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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
12
After a decisive Helium victory over Zodanga, Dejah Thoris is rescued and the court of Helium rests in triumph. John Carter races to restart Barsoom’s atmosphere plant, ultimately returning to a Mars transformed into Arizona, leaving questions about Dejah Thoris, the pump room, and a hoped reunion with his lost love across space.
A fragment from Burroughs chronicles ten days of Thark hospitality to Helium allies led by Mars Kajak then the pledge of peace between Dejah Thoris and John Carter. Sola is named as daughter of Tars Tarkas, with a royal memory of Carter and Dejah Thoris, and a mysterious white eye incubator signals an approaching airship.
The narrator awakens in a dark chamber clad oddly and discovers a mummified old woman at a bench with a coal burner and copper vessel holding green powder. Behind her hangs a ceiling-long row of bone skeletons, connected by rawhide thongs across the cave.
A missionary tale notes a Christian woman aged twenty eight with an embroidered skirt faces rejection from a country farmer who would not marry a girl with such fashion. The anecdote highlights cultural rigidity and the impact of attire on marriage prospects in the village.
A quirky dialogue reveals a heated family moment as a niece jokes about wishing for enemies to be punished. The aunt prompts pious language while the niece sharpens the play with a dark punchline.
State Insurance Commissioner Don M. Forsyth announced the revocation of the certificate of authority for the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont to do business in Wyoming. The action cites refusal to pay state tax on dividends and reductions in premiums. The National has operated in Wyoming since 1806 and plans to challenge the decision in court.
Six cowboys led by 63 year old John Hefferman halted sixty motorists on the Roosevelt National highway near Williston North Carolina wearing chaps and firing 45 caliber revolvers. The riders then passed the hat and returned the $1.76 they collected calling it a joke.
In Dayton Ohio traffic officers watched a tiny car glide past signals with no driver. A radio system in a nearby car controlled the vehicle about 100 feet away. The car, lacking its own wireless, is described as the first of its kind publicly exhibited by the radio air service.
Benjamin Koen of San Francisco fell from a third story window while asleep and became wedged between two walls. Firefighters freed him after about thirty minutes. He was taken to an emergency hospital with injuries thought possibly fatal.
Carl J. Lomen of Nome reports that Alaska’s reindeer herds will double within ten years and exceed the combined herds of Norway Sweden and Finland. He arrived from Washington to push for a larger annual appropriation for Alaska’s biological survey before heading north.
BF P A Vacaralli announced the Loyal Labor Legion of New York City to overhaul labor relations. The group seeks to allow all workers to work regardless of union membership and to settle disputes between employers and workers without third party intervention.
Mexican residents in Bartlesville appeal for protection after anonymous notices posted on homes demand departure within 24 hours or arson. Jose Montemayor, Mexican consul, announces the situation and appeals for safety measures.
Judge D M Brothers rules against staying execution of two dogs owned by Mrs Margaret Christian. The dogs were convicted as a public nuisance by a justice of the peace and condemned to be killed. Christian had appealed to the Circuit Court for a writ of Injunction to halt the sentence.
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