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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
3
An old advertisement touts S.S.S. as a powerful blood cleanser to remove disease germs causing rheumatism. It emphasizes a universal cure by cleansing the blood and offers free literature from Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory, Atlanta.
Reading through a vintage collage of advice and trivia, the page covers Castoria’s long-standing use, cautions about film illusion techniques like smoke pots, a child’s French lesson anecdote, and a note on growing male head size. It then shifts to dairy farming barn design, detailing a modern concrete and brick dairy barn with ventilators, hay storage, and cow stalls, and ends with gossip about the Vanderbilt family and Mrs. Vanderbilt’s rumored home option.
A feature on modern farm structures highlights a two silo dairy barn design praised for efficiency and comfort. William A. Radford offers building advice for readers, noting farm construction as a major lumber user with many barns planned due to a strong crop and cheaper grain.
New York reports that the W. K. Vanderbilt mansion at Fifty second street and Fifth Avenue will be retained for 25 feet while a 16 story bank addition rises behind it. The trust company reportedly paid 3 million dollars for the property and aims to preserve the French gothic styling amid a modern expansion.
In a brief vignette Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Lovejoy admire a portrait of her dog Dido, noting Beauty and the Beast with a playful exchange. The scene ends with Johnson blushing at his own forgetfulness. Also included is a note on how Chinese newspapers are widely read, with collectors recirculating yesterday’s issues to spread to villages at lower prices.
Article notes growing use of English across nations with the United States at 112,000,000 and the British Empire potentially adding 65,000,000 whites, projecting nearly 200,000,000 people linked by a common language worldwide.
The total radium to the world is estimated at four or five ounces. No figures on distribution are published, but the country is believed to have the largest share.
H W Boring, a prominent farmer from Overland Park Kansas, says Tanlac restored his appetite and digestion, relieved back pains and catarrh, calmed his nerves, improved sleep, and helped him regain twenty pounds after two years of decline. He plans to keep Tanlac at home and praises its benefits.
A terse dialogue fragment records one person saying another skated into an opening, with the reply noting it as common but finding it filled with water. The snippet hints at a humorous or revealing moment about a skating mishap.
Drugstore miracle Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promoted as remedy for hidden kidney issues. Advert claims many insurance rejections stem from unrecognized kidney trouble. Available in two bottle sizes, sample offered for ten cents. Send requests to Dr Elmer Co. in Binghamton NY with paper mention.
A fashion note from New York reports cigarettes colored to match gowns as the latest feminine fad. Observers predict stylish ladies will begin blowing colored smoke through their noses as part of the trend.
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