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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
8
Daddy suggests children stage tableaux to raise money for city kids to enjoy fresh air at the country. Nick and Nancy eagerly agree to prepare simple costumes, volunteer ushers, and a sequence of scenes from fairs, farms, beaches, fairyland, and famous pictures to entertain and benefit a charity.
A wandering scholar recounts chess as a universal language aiding travel from Monte Caprino to Stamboul and London clubs, with monks in Italy hosting a silent tournament. Separate notes discuss moths using wireless-like signals, suggesting electromagnetism and antennae guide male moths to mates, per Daily Mail commentary.
The Biological Survey of the Agriculture Department reports birds practice mate changes or “divorces.” A Cleveland bird lover supplied trapping data showing a retrapped bird remating with a new partner while its original mate survived, rearing a brood with the new mate. Further studies will explore how widespread this behavior is.
The Italian government begins coining a silver dollar for trade in Eritrea and likely across the Red sea. For a century the Austro-Hungarian Maria Theresa dollar dominated the region with about 200 million in use at the start of the war, though at least a third have been melted in seven years. The new Italian dollar closely resembles the Maria Theresa dollar to avoid disruption among Arab traders.
A Boston Transcript quips that modern leadership lacks a Moses to guide people out of the wilderness, noting the need for decisive action rather than waiting forty years.
A fragment with two lines of verse by Helen Manville contemplates walking in footsteps and finding the thorn after the rose. It reflects on grief or joy on tomorrow and posits that God’s way is the best path.
A seasonal guide outlines Cream of Mushroom Soup Eggs Waldorf Style and Brown Mushroom Sauce with detailed prep steps. It includes mushroom use, stock, cream, onion, beef extract, and paprika, plus a lemon orange fruit punch and a closing quote.
A period piece outlines seasonable dishes and refreshments. Recipes include iced tea served on ice, vegetable soup with diced vegetables, apple soup thickened with cornstarch and cider, ginger ale gelatin salad served in lettuce hearts with cocktail sauce, creamed sweetbreads with a light cream sauce, mushroom and chicken bits optional, and a refreshing orange gelatin mold with whipped eggs and strawberries for garnish.
Antiquated prose notes Circassian walnut used in furniture trade, sold by the pound or by ten logs. Ancient mention places introduction from Persia to Italy around 116 B C. Logs reportedly heavy and non floating and only the heartwood used. describes crooked logs with distinctive figure.
A quirky domestic riddle appears in the Boston Transcript noting a man’s wife could haul him over the conte when there isn’t a speck in the house. The item frames a light, wry puzzle about household order and social expectations.
Burmese men and women delight in rare ornaments. Ear lobes are bored with large holes to wear pieces of wood jewels or rolls of solid gold or silver. When not wearing ornaments men thread cigars through the holes and women use them as bouquet holders.
A discerning woman is described as judged by the delicate influence of her perfume. The routine includes a bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse pores, then a dusting with Cuticura Talcum powder for clear healthy skin. A vanity remark follows about self-centered glory.
A health ad advises against catarrh’s minor symptoms and warns the disease can progress to lungs, urging a direct blood-targeting treatment from S. S. and Medical Director, Atlanta. It promotes a product as the only logical cure and offers free medical advice.
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