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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
7
The census shows urban population now tops rural by about 4 million, with cities housing over 64 million people. Editorial urges reversing drift to cities by seizing land in states with ample ranges and in Western Canada, arguing farming remains the nation’s base and calling for forward to the land to prevent shortages and stabilize prices.
Tragic local report records a hairdresser taking his life in a sorrowful act. Authorities found him at his shop after a note referenced despair over professional struggles. No other persons were involved. The incident prompts questions about mental health support in small-town trades.
An advertisement for Diamond Dyes warns women to avoid poor results like streaks fades or ruins and urges buying only Diamond Dyes with a color card from the druggist. The page also contains a humor snippet noting unrest and arrest in troubled times.
An advertisement states catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires constitutional treatment. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood acting remedy to reduce mucous inflammation of the Eustachian tube and restore hearing, with a Toledo, Ohio maker claim. It ends with advertising chorus about blue laws and ambition.
New fabrics for spring inspire a panorama of gowns and frocks as designers favor the fabric’s charm over heavy trimming. Silks dominate with prints and crepe variations, including crepe satin and gray crepe, while luxurious duveryn and homespun wool offer drape and durability. Cotton options spark fresh summer dress ideas as stock floods in from abroad and domestically produced weaves improve.
A thin good looking cloth coat features a ruff collar and sleeves that extend as part of the bloused coat, giving a cohesive, stylish silhouette.
Heywood Brown argues in FoCull's Magazine that the idea men cannot perform domestic tasks is a long running deception. He traces this pretense to gender roles, noting men avoid chores like washing dishes and sewing while praising women, and he questions biology as a limiting factor. The piece mocks supposed masculine incapacity and claims the stage is kept by social propaganda.
A National Electric Light association committee finds color toned lamps should be nearer to kerosene flame than white. The candle flame lamp tested shows beautiful color, durable coating on gas lamps, and a lower energy loss, with specific consumption under half that of a carbon lamp of the same color.
A monumental Pershing Square model in New York, touted as the most complete model building ever attempted, was displayed at a hotel men’s convention. Sprung from Public Service Commission plans and architects, sculptor Francis T. Gilling spent two years on the Grand Central terminal miniature crafted from wood pulp and celluloid. The 14,000 windows, cars, lights, and subway devices are all portrayed, with plans to exhibit in other cities and possibly abroad.
In a local remark Squire Witherbee notes after the eighteenth amendment's effect many moonshiners in the neighborhood have purchased motor cars phonographs and pianos for their families and wives though he stops short of a firm statement. The comment appears in a Birmingham area discussion.
The text highlights Doctor Hedin’s Tibet expedition noting a 2000 mile continuous mountain chain, larger than other crust ranges with higher passes than the Himalayas. It mentions crossing ten passes in Bongba and details then shifts to shipboard reflections by George Gould about winter voyages and a child’s question on praying for safe arrival.
“I’ll never forget,” said Cactus Joe, recalling a time when Crimson Gulch decided all citizens should disarm. The plan initially unified the town until Te male Tom located the cached weapons and seized them, making the recovery of self preservation a prolonged, agitating episode in Crimson Gulch history.
A playful reflection on forgetfulness about a newborn's gender and resemblance. The dialogue hints at parental pride and the humor of mislabeling the baby with pronouns. The piece contrasts cautious hopes for health with light social commentary on baking and small people.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt contrasts Mr Wad leigh pussyfoots into church with his cautious approach to a directors' meeting. The dialogue questions hypocrisy and suggests he should adjust his stance on the Sabbath.
A terse exchange recalls a close shave on a narrow path known as the Razor. The dialogue hints at a perilous moment and a bored man’s wish to find interest in a fool ish game.
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