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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
15
Two young students in a broker’s office study ticker tape listings. They identify PM as a stock priced at $1 a share and decide to buy five shares. The board marker notes the post noon time as they invest in the afternoon market.
An impatient man on the telephone declares he will go fishing though not normally fond of it. He calls it his only chance to find himself at the end of a line that isn t busy.
An advertisement promises quick relief from hard and soft corns with Freezone. It asserts the product stops pain instantly and allows the corn to be lifted away with fingers, sold by druggists in a small bottle for a few cents.
Mrs. Della M. Doyen touts Eatonic after a decade of stomach trouble claiming a single bar provided major relief. The ad notes over half a million users last year and promises quick relief with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A British general at a district in India presented prizes at a garrison sports. A private asked to swap his meat-carver prize for a useful knife and fork sized for eating meat, saying he preferred practical dining utensils.
A court judge admonishes a wife for staying out until 2 am with friends, calling her actions her own fault and criticizing the company she kept. The remark underscores domestic tensions and moral expectations reflected in the era.
The text describes several flies that commonly enter houses. It details the biting stable fly with piercing mouthparts, the cluster fly that forms yellowish hairy clusters, and the stable fly breeding in decaying matter and excrement. It notes metallic greenish or bluish flies also seen indoors.
The text notes bluebottles and green bottle maggots breeding in decaying matter and mentions a smaller species called the lesser house fly. It distinguishes the lesser house fly from the ordinary house fly by paler, more pointed bodies and male with large pale base-abdomen patches.
The text notes small transient flies on window panes as late summer and autumn arrive. Young house flies are not the same as these little flies. Vinegar flies appear near overripe fruit, but house flies dominate, making up 98.8 percent of flies collected in dining rooms across the country in 1900.
The article notes eggs from many sources besides hens are eaten. It covers domestic poultry like ducks and geese, guinea and turkey eggs, ostrich eggs in South Africa, and even wild bird eggs. It also mentions turtle and terrapin eggs and fish eggs such as caviar and shad roe, with flavor influenced by feed.
Food specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture recommend honey cakes that stay fresh longer. The recipe uses butter honey egg sour milk flour and spices folded together and baked in a shallow pan for a moist finish.
The piece argues bread quality matters across the nation. It states bread should be light and spongy with a crisp golden crust and nutty sweet flavor, reflecting USDA guidance on yeast-raised bread.
Honey can replace sugar for custards. Use a fine grater to remove burned surfaces. Clear starch from aged candles. wash irons if sticky. Figs dates and raisins stewed with honey make a nice cake filling. A blueing rinse enhances black stockings' color.
A column by W A Radford extolls the Airplane Bungalow with a cupola containing two bedrooms. The piece highlights California style homes, economy, and practical layouts including a six room first floor and upper cupola sleeping porches suitable for children and warm weather.
A narrative extols home ownership over mobility, arguing owners contribute to civic welfare and stability. It describes an attractive airship bungalow design with a cupola two bedrooms and verandas, praising its exterior details and welcoming interior layout.
Readable text describes a home layout with two entrances from the walk and terrace linked to a dining room and living room. The living area measures about 18 by 16 feet and connects to a sun parlor and terrace. The dining room, kitchen, and hall lead to two bedrooms and additional rooms, detailing door placements and room sizes.
John Roscoe recounts an ethnographic note on Uganda’s old marriage law that condemned women bearing triplets to death. He describes the king ordering the mother and children killed and the husband blinded to avoid future witchcraft. The account links the pastoral Baganida to Hamitic groups Aukole Bahima.
After the ceremony the best man handed the minister an envelope containing a cash gift from the groom. An onlooker opened it to find a $2 bill. The bride confessed she had secretly taken 3 from the envelope, deeming 8 too much to pay for the wedding service.
A peculiar tale describes a man seeking a home for phantoms by visiting haunted houses in London. He collected around 20 addresses, but every place had become unoccupied or no longer haunted, leaving the specters without a residence.
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