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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
5
An old advertisement hawks Danderine a hair cleanser claiming immediate soft lustrous hair and elimination of dandruff while promising new hair growth after weeks of use. It urges buying a 26 cent bottle from local stores to try the product.
An old gentleman boasted about his son who supposedly outsmarted others in a stock market trick. The father learns his son orchestrated the scheme and then becomes proud, claiming a notable achievement in the United States.
The notice promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a superior kidney liver and bladder remedy. It urges buyers to request information and mentions a one dollar size available at drug stores with a mail order option. The ad cites testimonials and factory sale details from 1916 Nebraska materials.
In a clipped exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal, the mock dialogue recalls a politician’s wary stance after an egg boycott and litigation. The piece notes Edith’s gain from a lawyer’s fee, while a tangential line observes British women embracing herbal culture.
President Wilson urged the Senate steering committee to push administration measures so the reform program could reach law by March 4. He discussed the clogged calendar with Senators Kern Williams Thomas Reed James and Chamberlain in a two hour session. He emphasized railroad labor reform water power conservation corrupt practices and foreign service and Porto Rican citizenship bills along with major appropriation and revenue measures.
London reports Russian service says during the last year the Russians took 428000 officers and men prisoner and captured 525 guns and 1661 machine guns. The tally notes 420000 infantry and 421 trench mortars plus 421 mine throwers as part of the booty with a large share from General Brussiloff's operations.
Washington dispatches report from Rio Janeiro that the British steamer St Theodore, captured by a German raider in the south Atlantic, sails as an auxiliary to the raider and is armed with two guns and crewed by Germans. A logging chain attempted wrecks near Salinas on the Southern Pacific line, and London saw a chemical plant explosions scattering destruction over a London district.
Captain John L. Duffy of the steamer Chemung is reported dead after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine.
Germany has dropped its charges of neutral conduct against Minister Vopicka linked to Romania Serbia and Bulgaria. The announcement came Friday from the state department.
An omnibus public buildings bill passed the House by a wide margin and would authorize about 998 million dollars for federal construction nationwide despite President Wilson’s vow to veto it.
Dr J C Hunter a Johns Hopkins trained physician killed his wife in Hysham Montana in a drug influenced so called life restoration attempt. The woman died five days earlier her body later found as authorities suspect poison. Hunter was declared insane and ordered in an asylum. The case unfolds amid sensational details of the couple's drug use and bizarre experiment in life restoration.
Secretary Daniels explains action in defense of awarding Hadfield Limited a British munition contract for armor piercing projectiles priced below the American bid. In Blain Oklahoma Nellie Dunn a teacher was shot dead in her classroom and nearby Rowland Williams a composer was killed. John Couch was held in Guthrie Oklahoma.
Philippe Simeon of alien origin and Prince Hearle de Brogl Revel were arrested in Paris as newspapers estimate a Gwindle plot sum between 4 million and 10 million francs. The case highlights a high stake scheme with royal or noble links.
San Francisco artist Hetty de Jong a noted member of the local art colony and an internationally known painter died Sunday from a self inflicted gunshot wound.
Reports from Rio Janeiro say a German commerce raider torpedoed and captured at least thirteen ships between December 12 and January 10 across the Atlantic. Eight British steamers and two French ships, loaded with arms and supplies, are believed sunk. one Japanese steamer was released. The raider’s location remains unknown.
Walter Harold, 23, of Kansas and formerly of Kankakee Illinois, is under arrest in Toronto with a bullet in his brain and his wife Rose Ella Harold and their 3 month old daughter dead from his gunshots. Harold says he fired the shots. In New York, daylight saving plans to advance the clock one hour from May 1 for five months gain AFL approval led by Samuel Gompers.
A humorous exchange recalls the old-fashioned scorn toward immodest dress, noting the woman would be out of breath if alive today. The quip reflects outdated norms about attire and propriety with a playful twist.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach and bowels without griping. It claims to aid feverish, sick, or colicky children and advises using a teaspoonful for relief, with a 50 cent bottle sold in stores.
The article cites an actress sharing a home hair darkening mix using water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with directions on mixing. It also notes a farm and home science appeal to students and includes a light moral about daily charity and a rural New England exchange.
The note urges mothers to seek Fletcher's Castoria for children and mentions a man in a boarding house with no use for the local paper. It adds a remark that Austrian women are now employed digging trenches on the Gallipoli front, reflecting wartime context.
An old ad explains a bodily health recipe to keep kidneys in good order. It warns against excess meat salt alcohol tea and recommends water diet and exercise. It promotes an eliminator of uric acid sold by Dr Pierce of Buffalo for gout and joint stiffness with a mail order offer.
Two American cowboys killed six Mexicans thirty miles west of Nogales while the rustled cattle were being returned. Sheriff reports the deadly clash followed an exchange of fire. In Nebraska, Albert B. Carroll is jailed on a coroner verdict charging the slaying of Cleero Allen and Otto Jones of Cheyenne and Union Pacific.
Mr. 8 P Benton of Kerrville Texas writes that after years of kidney and rheumatic trouble he used Dodd’s Kidney Pills and regained full health. The ad praises the product naming DODD’S three D’s and urges readers to use it as the remedy.
An ad touts Cuticura as an easy quick cure for pimples and blackheads. It instructs to wash affected surfaces in five minutes, bathe with Cuticura Soap, repeat morning and night, and offers a free sample by mail.
The farmer boss questions a new man about washing up while farm hands take turns at the pump. The reply says sleeping does not make him dirty, with a chuckle about vanity and the camel and a monkey quip.
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