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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
5
A Monarch butterfly speaks of being a ruler among insects, its milkweed family, and its beauty. It describes its reddish brown color with white spotted collar, travels south in autumn, and a girl who keeps it as a tame pet, sipping water on her finger while singing of her beloved.
The passage urges schools to keep flag salutes meaningful as part of wartime education. It stresses graduates and students should put heart into each salute, treating it as a fresh consecration to national service rather than a mere formality.
Washington July 16 US House approves a 15 percent ad valorem duty on raw, green and pickled hides with plans for further leather product taxation. Debate highlights include GOP defections, support from Garner and Hawley, and strong opposition from shoe center Republicans. A second vote in the full House is anticipated.
A Sioux squaw at Pine Ridge agency complains Stingy Blanket is the phrase used during Frontier Days. At Mercury beach near Frontier Park she glimpses a shapely woman wearing a scarlet one piece bathing suit.
The Ohio Bankers Association closing session heard speakers affirm the United States weathered crisis and moving toward normal conditions. Senator Pomerene of Ohio praised national solidity and urged prudent price adjustments through common sense.
Chicago. Mrs. Dora Waterman was found guilty of murdering her husband by kicking him to death with a meat cleaver in a bid to gain his property. She was the third woman among twenty one tried for murder in twenty years and was sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary.
Washington reports a new pellagra outbreak alarming public health officials. Officials cite low cotton market mood and diet of salt pork and corn bread among poor planters as contributing factors. In one state cases have doubled since last year. officials warn the situation is very narrow.
Philadelphia officials debunk a sensational claim of an $800 million Baker estate tied to Colonel Jacob Baker. Officials say no lease or city property exists under such terms and treat the tale as a fraudulent scheme drawing wannabe heirs nationwide.
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