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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1921
Page
7
A humorous exchange between two coaches about football outcomes. The first claims vegetarian teams win all games, while the second cites garden bags thrown by the opposing team that scared his players, explaining losses with this strange obstacle.
An advertisement warns that only products with Bayer on the package or tablets are genuine Aspirin trusted by physicians for twenty one years and millions. It lists uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and influenza. Bayer tablets come in small tin boxes and larger packages. aspirin is Bayer’s trademark.
William A. Radford offers free advice on building and home ownership. The article argues many face eviction as leases end in May and rents rise, urging readers to consider buying a small, affordable home. It describes a compact kitchen, small pantry, modern bathroom, light filled rooms, and a pleasant, uncrowded layout ideal for families seeking independence and stability.
The article blends literary history with a home design feature. It discusses Hamlet’s origins from Saxo Grammaticus and De Belleforest, then shifts to a 36 by 39 foot bungalow with white stucco, a front porch, and airy rooms. It also notes Harvard president Charles W. Eliot’s oarsmanship and cites a quip about letters of recommendation.
The commissioner of Indian affairs notes many wealthy Indians own substantial property and that a large number are fully enfranchised U S citizens. He says efforts are made to encourage Indian settlers on reservations to improve themselves and seize opportunities to become American citizens.
In Pennsylvania the first railways allowed toll use by any vehicle and horsepower, but rules soon required specific car weights and speeds. Conductors must signal slower trains and switch tracks to let faster locos pass. fines for noncompliance. The era witnessed horses and locomotives sharing tracks as both vied for dominance.
In a rural Indianapolis area, a father and son leased adjoining farms and grew tomatoes for the market. The son pinned a ripe-looking tomato to his vine with a wire hairpin to trick his father into thinking his own crop was ripening first. The ruse is discovered when the father asks about ripeness, and the son calmly reveals his own crop is not yet ripe. The father concedes, admitting the son had outsmarted him this time.
St Dunstan's Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors reports more than 23000 visually impaired men discharged at war's end. The organization, active five years, trains in massage poultry farming mat making basketry boot repair joinery and music with many blind veterans finding regular work in London offices. St Dunstan's also extends to colonies and is now represented worldwide.
A playful scene from the Hichmon Times Dispatch notes a child boasting 70 cents saved for July Fourth. The dialogue hints at saving money while planning festive, noisy celebration centered on local basketball players referred to as Cagers.
A New York investment banker, famed for annual railway inspections in a private car with two valises, bath trip with valet, and nightly sleep in the car, is contrasted with Russell Sage. The anecdote notes his tips, bath costs, and waste-avoidant habits, followed by a joke about an alarm clock dog that wakes Brown by barking at 6:30 each morning.
A witty exchange about inseparability and ego ends with a quip on emotion. Waggle affectionately calls his wife his altar ego, while a remark about a woman missing true enjoyment without tears adds a sly humor note.
Lord Rossmore, just dead in England, recalls Bay Middleton as a premier hunter and rider. He tells of Middleton hiding in a lady's bedroom and surviving a thorough search until the reveal, when Ray’s voice cries I see you. Middleton had slipped inside a bolster to astonish the crowd.
A Paris L'Illustration cartoon caption shows a blind beggar told to seek work. He asks what job, being blind from birth. An old gentleman replies that many of his colleagues have succeeded in diplomacy.
A brief kitchen exchange describes options using ham scrap beet roast and sausage with celery. They decide to make chicken croquettes, reflecting a homey meal planning moment from a Richmond Times-Dispatch excerpt.
In a playful exchange, Maud asks if the third finger is for the wedding ring and which finger signals divorce Marie replies with a quip about the “Vie finger of scorn” in a lighthearted moment.
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