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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
7
In a cave Mother Black Bear speaks of the coming cubs, their first months in den, and the lessons she will teach them. She imagines their growth, curiosity, and playful appetite for berries, honey, and corn, while vowing to protect them from harm.
A brief dialogue captures a moment as an old lady scolds a boy for swearing while he defends himself by saying he is just learning. The exchange centers on manners, parental oversight, and a dusty street corner lesson in restraint.
A father and son discuss Julius Caesar with comic misstatements and humorous confusion. The mother claims Caesar was Nero's relative, while the father debunks it, calling Caesar a womanizer and a Roman senator. A joking Brutus quotes Et tu Brute as Julius dies, prompting Thomas’s puzzled questions.
A Asia Magazine note describes Japanese shrewdness in copper cash dealings during wartime. Chinese copper cash, the size of a penny, trades at 1,500 to 2,000 per gold dollar. The Manchuria Daily News cites 25,000 tons bought in one year with a profit of 2,167,000 yen.
Prof Louis Kretlow of Chicago notes the shimmy is about 400 years old and that many modern dances trace back to 1588 when Thoinot Arbeau wrote about them. Arbeau knew the shimmy calling it The Death Dance. Kretlow, born in 1845, recalls Milwaukee as a trading post era with reels and jigs and pantalettes and hoopskirts.
A London morning tale recalls a worker in March 1010 at an American headquarters who set off in haste. Citizens smiled and laughed as Trafalgar Square drew attention when he realized his leather leg garments were missing revealing white socks and underclothes. He fled to a taxi back to his lodging after the public sighting.
A witty exchange on a young heiress taking a domestic science course. One insists money doesn’t grant breadmaking skill, the other quips that while she need not, she kneads to be competent.
A fragment from the Baltimore American hints at a daughter who talks in cryptic ways and was tongue tied in childhood, suggesting ongoing communication quirks and a remark about ET related woes. The snippet captures a brief, informal newspaper voice on personal speech patterns and childhood traits.
Druggists report many people suffer kidney issues without realizing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is praised for healing influence and high success. An insurance examiner notes kidney trouble is common and often leads to declined applications. Sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A Kansas City Star excerpt shows a rustic exchange where a speaker asks how local farmers feel toward the proletariat. The respondant, from Jimpson Jimerson, quips that those who took it admit conditions aren’t better for the rheuming than a huckeye in a britches pocket.
Bayer aspirin ad promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer package with directions for headache cold neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It states Bayer is genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years with 12 tablets costing a few cents. The product is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
A Boston Transcript item quotes a frugal exchange about ending an engagement with Billy due to slang and phoniness. The dialogue shows a father figure displeased with Billy and a character attempting to explain social disapproval.
An advertisement touts Culicura Talcum as part of the Culicura Trio with Soup and Ointment. It highlights the exquisitely scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use. The ad claims 25 cents each and notes availability everywhere.
A Washington Star quip observes that much golf is played mainly because some women think their husbands look sharp in knickerbockers. The remark highlights social style over sport in a lighthearted tone.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative and liver stimulant. It claims to cure indigestion nervous dyspepsia sluggish liver and constipation and notes it has been used for over fifty years in households worldwide. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle take no substitute.
A fragmented note mocks social flattery as Edith chafes at compliments about a cousin. The overheard banter shifts to dismissive humor and social faux pas, with uneven dialogue and unclear speaker identities.
An old classified style ad claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up waters cleanses the blood and reduces susceptibility to colds. It warns repeated acute catarrh may become chronic and promises internal action through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces. A money back guarantee is offered if not cured.
A fragment suggests a dialogue about social change and private displays. The speaker contrasts past etiquette with present practices, noting how art and stock are shown differently to gentlemen friends. The piece hints at shifting norms and concealed possessions.
A fragmented quote notes a speaker claiming he can espret hiself in sever alferent Hingis while adding he cannot wake Ionig in one. The garbled text suggests a misread discussion of ability versus action amid unclear names and subjects.
Chicago labor leaders denounced federal raids on radicals as part of a plot to destroy organized labor. The DoJ roundup affected 224 deportation cases, with 400 arrested. officials warned the operation would continue. Washington disclosed seized documents showing Communist groups aimed to control unions, while Paris prepared the League of Nations meeting notices. Mexico reported a major earthquake near Teocelo and Coustlin causing heavy damage and many deaths.
May produce a Siberia concession if Allies delay aid to white forces. Dorpat report quotes Admiral Kolchak informing the United States Movement of potential cession to Japan absent further support. Fire at Dunville Port destroys V Johnson Co store and surrounding shops. several buildings damaged. total loss near 1 million dollars.
Victor L Berger representative elect from Wisconsin's eleventh district told about 1000 Socialists that he would carry the Socialist platform to Congress or prison. The crowd cheered as he claimed he would win despite years of legal battles on numerous counts and his vow to run again.
Nature warns pimples signal impure blood and possible skin disorders. A vegetable compound named S. S. S. claims to cleanse the blood without minerals or chemicals. Visit a drug store for a bottle and write for medical guidance to the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Fiddle Creek resident recounts a prank that turned serious when Jord Prodd and his wife were surprised at their house. The intruders report Miz Prodd restraining Jord with a skillet while the children played with popcorn grains. The tale blends tall tales about family ties and alleged ancestors.
The Harvard undergraduate in the stands survived the game’s strain as the Crimson halfback caught a forward pass, dodged two Yale tacklers, and scored the winning touchdown near the end of the second quarter. A sophomore asked in the uproar what all the excitement was about as the crowd roared.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald style line, a townsfolk laments no local celebrity ever making it big. The old resident quips that the only Champlain-like figure is in prison, detained for a decade, with much steel stone and mortar detaining him, a grim local note.
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