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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
5
An exchange writer describes the Nakimo people near Herschel Inland noting their sun dance origins and lack of belief in an afterlife. They are now religious and industrious, truthful, good with children, ambitious to learn, and sanitary. tuberculosis is common though insanity is rare. They trade well, repair tools, and adapt to white man foods seasonally.
A wartime YMCA hut in a New Jersey camp shows a preacher doing many tasks beyond preaching. He cleans, manages laundry, judges basketball, organizes events, sells treats, writes letters, teaches English, and even guards a box of detonators with high explosive during a stormy night.
A dozen British prisoners of war who escaped from Germany gathered in London for a celebratory dinner. They decided to form a club limited to those who have escaped from a German POW or internment camp, with premises to be chosen later. The club aims to be a novel London institution.
When a window shade falls from its rod, thread a shoe string or strong tape through the tack. It resists pulling by children or spring breakage and won’t tear away again.
A Washington memo from a congressional party recounts a camp for German prisoners near the British border in France. British guards spoke no German and prisoners no English, forcing diggers to be pushed beyond norms until a weary German, gasping with sweat, cursed his departure from Baltimore.
In a brief dialogue Mrs. Flatbush pleads with John to stop singing as an angry man across the way appears ready to throw something. John notes the warning but questions the necessity to end the song.
An examining physician for a major life insurance company warns that kidney trouble is common and often misdiagnosed. Advertisers tout Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a successful herbal remedy, urging readers to try a sample or buy bottles at drug stores.
A fragment notes charity as a costly clonk masking many amateur theatrical performances. The Boston Transcript quips honesty helps little, suggesting benevolence fails to cover all human costs.
A German farmer in Australia mourns his wife who wore herself out from hard work. After the funeral a neighbor consoles him on the loss. August replies that she was a good woman but a bit too tight for his work. The remark underscores the ironies of labor and life in frontier settlement.
A vintage advertisement promotes mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It claims daily massage clears freckles windburn and tan, yielding clear soft white skin and states the product is harmless. It ends with a note on kindness aiding stock success.
Mrs. Sara Shaw of R. No. 1 Portsmouth Ohio reports relief from irregularities side pains and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She urges other women to try the famous root herb remedy and seeks special advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
A fragmentary line hints at a dangerous dare or warning about a red hot object dropped into a keg of powder, implying a catastrophic accident or explosion. The text presents a tense image without clear context or named entities.
The article notes a shift in focus from bipartisan repairs to strategic barbed wire entanglements. It contrasts a statesmanlike attention with current tensions and fence line standoffs.
A local art scene discusses Henry whose methods unsettle some critics. The artist explains he created his major work on an empty stomach, sparking curiosity about inspiration and discipline.
A man describes a severe attack he suffered, saying muscular rheumatism felled him and left him unable to rise for a month. The episode is recounted with emphasis on its strength and duration.
A brief humorous exchange shows Mrs Knicker claiming she forgot to write a letter while joking about sending mail. The light dialogue hints at a domestic moment and a memory lapse in a casual chat.
The exchange hints that his father worked in the fish business and taught people to swim, indicating a background tied to maritime trades and aquatic skills in the community.
A collage of vintage lines includes Cuticura skin remedies with pricing and address, a woodshop scene featuring Dorothy the pyrographer, a quip about a heartless papa, and a wartime observation noting that the war has nudged consumers to study foods and values.
Readable fragments from the Retort Courteous involve a dated quip about offering a hand and social etiquette. The exact wording is garbled with errors and does not form a clear news item or event to summarize.
An unusual note claims knowledge equals power as a man hides a phrase in his head tie. The passage emphasizes mental control and suggests power resides in thought.
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