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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
14
Feature on building a modern barn with twin silos and a centralized carrier track. Describes a gambrel roof frame construction on a concrete foundation with separate horse and dairy stalls, a feeding alley, and a water-pressure system with automatic cups.
The article explains that weather proof, well ventilated barns improve milk flow in cold weather and animal health. It notes features like steel stanchions, water cups, manure carriers, and feed delivery, citing a 124 by 88 foot barn housing nine horses and 28 cows as an example of efficiency and reduced labor.
The piece reports crop conditions in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta showing favorable growth with Marquis wheat near full heading and predictions of record yields. It notes corn sunflowers alfalfa and sweet clover expanding, silos being built, and a shift toward more intensive mixed farming alongside dairy and cattle industries.
In Indianapolis News notes, Aunt Mary is twenty five and mocked as an old maid by married brothers. Her five year old niece Jean defends her by declaring she is not an old maid, saying “teacher says anyone isn’t as long as they roll their stockings down over their knees,” ending the gossip.
A physician explains radium hazards and recommends lead lined gloves spectacles with lead salt placers and lead shields. Dr Belehere notes progress on a lead protector for heart and lungs and advises operators to wrap themselves in thin lead sheets during handling.
Jud Tunkins comments that nature adds scales on creatures to resemble a bathing suit more than some humans wear. The remark underscores evolving views on display and attire in public perception.
The text notes Splea shines 18 000 times and Canopus 56 000 times brighter than the sun. Both stars lie about 500 light years away. A playful aside says expressing their distances in miles would require three followed by fifteen ciphers.
A red headed landlady confronts a thin-boarder in Missouri complaining that his room had no light mattress on the bed. The exchange centers on a mislaid item and a request to verify the alleged single mattress.
A short exchange captures a light moment about a son returning from college. The father notes his son has learned a lot, perhaps more than his parents. The humor hinges on modest pride and generational contrast.
A whimsical scene unfolds as Mrs Pink Pig and rival pigs argue about beauty, boasting, and meals while waiting for dinner. The group, including Pink Pig, Pinky's mother, and Miss Tam, debates prettiness and riches, then shifts to eating as the farmer brings food.
Joseph St towns of Marshall Michigan praises Tanlac for curing stomach trouble and restoring energy after a year of malnutrition milk and mush. He claims three bottles restored health and weight, enabling him to run the Sanitary Meat Market again. Tanlac is advertised as sold by druggists nationwide.
A preparatory school instructor tests a student on the link between animal and plant kingdoms. The boy jokes that the connecting link is hash.
An Army and Navy favorite, Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves stinging corns and bunions. Shake into shoes to ease smarting and swelling. millions used during the war.
In a Philadelphia Ledger item, Old Joe Carter, plagued by rheumatism, eagerly awaits a claimed remedy his Mobile sister will reveal. She begins to say it involves electricity, but Joe jokes about being struck by lightning last summer and doubting any cure.
A compact reflection on art and power cites Emerson and notes most men are too modest to admit the size of their faults. The excerpt contrasts art's defiance of constraints with human tendency toward self-restraint.
Two former southern neighbors meet in Philadelphia and recall a truck garden venture. One claims he recovered his investment and earned more than the owner did, with rent money going to him rather than the owner.
A quotation highlights quirks of scientists and a Pasteur Institute figure Dr Elle Metchnikoff famed for life extending microbes. The text notes meticulous habits such as washing grapes separately in water before drinking. It also offers a quip about gardeners and the paradox of stature versus speech.
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