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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
10
A conversation in a Houston Post column features Maggie telling Lizzie she will visit the dentist and plans to have gas, noting she would not sit in the dark with a strange man.
An advertisement claims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetable herbs. It promises safety and purity with a sworn statement on each bottle and offers samples by mail from Binghamton New York.
A teacher asks what the saying means and points out that some are born with wealth and advantages. Johnny adds that everyone shares a basic need for clothing.
A publishable ad describes Diamond Dyes as simple to use on wool silk linen cotton or blends to revive worn garments including skirts waists dresses coats gloves stockings sweaters and even draperies. It urges asking druggist to show the Diamond Dyes Color Card. A separate anecdote notes a car card drop offering cash for diamonds and jewels, suggesting owners may need quick funds to operate cars.
Boschee's Syrup is advertised as a household remedy for colds coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It supposedly eases throat and lung irritation allowing a good night's rest and easy morning expectoration after fifty four years of use worldwide.
The piece argues real world events surpass fiction, highlighting World War I battles, gas attacks, submarine rescues, and dramatic incidents such as the 1919 gem theft at the Biltmore and the daring submarine 8-5 survivors. It notes stowaways, murders, heroism, and wealth shocks echoing novel plots.
An old advertisement touts S. S. S. as a blood purifier for 50 years. It claims impure blood causes rheumatism eczema and other diseases and invites readers to write for medical advice from Chief Medical Adviser at 159 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.
A Popular Mechanics note describes Bassin trees in India with sugary flowers that drop in the morning. Two varieties produce sweet blossoms while the Indian butter tree yields edible oil from its seeds. A tree can yield about 800 pounds of flowers yearly, which are dried in the sun and eaten fresh or cooked with rice coconut or flour. The butter tree seeds provide oil used for butter soap and candles.
The text quotes a Boston Transcript joke where a teacher named Edwin asks when to pick apples and a farmer answers when the farmer isn t looking. It closes with a quip about arguing with a pretty woman and a wise man going lame.
The speaker, noted for unusual appearance, opens with a harsh tirade urging poverty be abolished by saving time spent listening to various bores. He derides Chau tauqua lecturers painters singers and other polite society figures before bowing grimly and leaving the rostrum.
A note quotes Mrs. Benham and expresses a desire to win the prize offered by the society for old fashioned costumes. It contrasts humility with boastful wisdom, remarking that the wise man does not boast of knowledge while the foolish presume it.
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