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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
11
A terse governor admonishes a departing convict about avoiding old ties. A humorous ad promotes a hair darkening mixture with alcohol and barbo, promising glossy hair. A brief exchange jokes about letters and boredom, and Lateman jokes about a lifetime clock with numbered hours.
A dated advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by internal ingestion through the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts forty years of use, lists price, and offers testimonials, with F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as the makers.
A brief comic of a couple discussing paying off a house mortgage and planning to incur a new loan for a motorcar. The exchange reveals domestic finance and consumer aspiration in a light tone.
A vintage advert touts S. S. S. as a din blood cleanser for eczema claiming rapid relief and vigor. It asserts the remedy has 50 years of proven use, is mineral free, and available at reputable druggists with a mail address for inquiries in Atlanta, Georgia.
Herbert Hoover states he is not a candidate and no one may speak for him politically. He says he will vote for the party supporting the League of Nations if the treaty is an issue and will exercise his prerogative as an American citizen to refrain from blind party pledges. He emphasizes seeking clear party positions on postwar issues and warns against extremes that threaten free speech and initiative.
Washington reports savings exceed 1 million dollars annually as the Shipping Board reorganizes its operations. The changes slash salaries by 739 875 dollars and drop 455 employees, with over 100 000 dollars saved yearly from the discontinuance of print publications.
British marines are landed at Panderma following the Turkish seizure of an arms depot at Akboarh near Chanek on the Dardanelles. Small detachments of the British guard. No casualties reported. French troops reinforce the gendarmerie at Adrianople and British artillery is said to have landed at Timid, Baghdad railway terminus.
A five story Berkshee hotel fire in San Francisco injures twenty five people mostly women. Many were hospitalized with burns and officials fear some victims remain trapped as firefighters fight the blaze from ladders and openings on the burned floors.
A New York press agent hints Prince Donietski could wed an American heiress for status and money. A London probate reveals Lieut Frank Kirkley left his small estate to Miss Muriel Kyrke Smith in a photo autographed will, reflecting a dying wish for love.
The Springheld Republican repeats the old claim that Sir William Osler advocated chloroforming men at sixty. It notes his speech referenced Trollope’s The Fixed Period and a college where men retire at sixty for contemplation before peaceful departure by chloroform.
A wry proverb style line noting hesitation on the shore when opportunity drifts offshore and a humorous jab at in laws, suggesting people miss chances while staying on land.
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