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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
6
An Erie Buffalo Courier excerpt relays bootlegger evasion lore from Maine and Massachusetts era enforcement. It details hidden booze caches in coats and yards, syringe dispensers, and trust based distribution, plus saloon shifts to near beer to dodge raids and taxes.
Berlin orders remove all pictures of the Kaiser and predecessors from German textbooks. Minister of Education rules out anecdotes about the Hohenzollerns to avoid glorifying the dynasty and impeding national unity. The move targets historic regal imagery in school materials nationwide.
A religious fanatic from India endures discomfort to secure a better afterlife. His seat is studded with spikes as penance to prove to believers that a holy man remains indifferent to pain. Even a store would not smile upon such an arrangement.
Tinehurst New Hampshire report notes Miss Metcalf Keating of Agawam Hunt club hit a drive toward railroad tracks beside the clubhouse as a train neared. The engineer leaned out, saw the ball perched on cinders between rails, and hit the brakes to stop the train briefly. Passengers were unsettled, but no one was harmed and the train resumed its trip southward.
A veteran recounts saloon evasion methods in Maine, detailing hidden liquor hides, ammonia to mask whiskey odor, secret offices off bars, concealed tanks in girders, flush closets, and underground passages. He notes the laxity of prohibition, 2.75 percent beer, and the circular chase by authorities, predicting wider prohibition would intensify the game.
Paterson New Jersey February 16 federal agents seized I W W records and arrested twenty members of the Libra Nuova network described as dangerous terrorists. Ludovico Caminetta editor of La Jacquerie led the raid which found the printing office active and the library of Fermino Gallo raided. Prisoners, including Caminetta, were taken to Ellis Island for deportation proceedings. three escaped.
Warsaw reports a Moscow message that Bolshevist detachments crossed the Dniester after passing the Bessarabian frontier. Troop concentrations are noted at three Polish frontier points while peace negotiations discussions persist in Warsaw and Moscow with talks possibly in March continuing.
Congregations of many denominations prayed for rain to end the prolonged dryness in California. Weather observers tracked wind and pressure but found no signs of an approaching wet spell or relief from the drought. No hopeful outlook appeared from the U S weather bureau regarding the Rocky mountains rainfall.
A commercial traveler arrives in a small town hoping for work. He is told the sound of many whistles signals a flour milling town preparing for growth, not multiple factories. The hotel owner confides they bought whistles to “sound” bustling industry, aiming to seem more citified.
In Lowell Nebraska a once thriving town of 6000 people dwindled to fewer than thirty as the railroad extension bypassed it. A shopkeeper overstocked his store and never reopened, leaving a full stock unsold as the town declined into near abandonment.
A witty quip contrasts home finishing with a mortgage, remarking on the irony of securing funds for a new home. The brief exchange highlights finance and housing humor without additional context.
A brief dialogue about a rumored fish trust in Europe and whether an independent operator can attract bites, reflecting local business concerns and speculation. The exchange hints at market resistance and outsider competition.
An old ad touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine offering $100 for incurable catarrh. It claims internal action by the medicine, affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. Includes testimonials and references J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the makers.
A strong, hungry man pleads for a bite at a kitchen door. He claims he is too busy tearing from house to house to work and warns he will waste hours if denied food. His nerve saves him from immediate refusal.
Dialog shows a pointed exchange about a reference. A woman questions a man, who dismisses the insinuation as false. The Florida Times-Union captures the terse confrontation implying workplace rumor impact.
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