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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
7
A detailed feature on the bungalow as an ideal, affordable family home with all rooms on one floor, a spacious basement, and flexible design. The piece describes a stucco and brick exterior, a sun parlor, living and dining areas, two bedrooms, and practical storage, plus planning tips and the value of professional guidance.
A fragmented description argues Notre Dame gargoyles stem from medieval themes but were shaped by Violet le Due during storage in the last century. The author cites YS Horryems, an architectural authority, on the stained glass and carving history.
A Portland dispatch notes probate filings in Washington for Rear Admiral Robert E Peary s will. It lists several Casco Bay islands once owned by the explorer including Wagle Basket Pound Pine Pettingill Shelter Crab Brown Cow Mark and Flag Island. Peary reportedly owned most of Flag Island and nearly all of Mark and other islets, with a disputed eighth part never acquired.
The article notes that more gargoyles from Notre Dame’s restoration were carved by an engineer named Brampton Hehman, though the fact is now remembered by very few.
A French scientist asserts that birthmarks in families not currently of high social standing indicate knightly ancestry, claiming the marks result from ancestors who wore armor.
San Remo April 26 The Supreme Council asks President Wilson to arbitrate Armenia boundaries while yielding Mesopotamia and Palestine to Britain and Syria to France The council debates including Erzerum region amid Turkish nationalist claims The dispatches note Palestine under a British mandate and the Balfour pledge Arabs and Jews rights protected
Warrants issued for six leading theater ticket brokers in Chicago for defrauding the government of about 100000 in war taxes over the past year. Two of the six are women. Three brokers were arraigned before U S Commissioner Mason and held on 1000 bonds each. They face charges of evading federal tax payments and failing to stamp broker name and purchase price on tickets.
After an eleven hour fifty minute verdict, James D. O'Dell was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Edward J. Knelpp on the night of January 7. Supreme Court Justice Robert Thompson set the death sentence for the week of June 13.
In Great Falls Montana two hundred ninety eight men including members of the Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly the Great Northern Railway Shop Federation and several city crafts were arrested while marching with banners prohibited by a city ordinance.
The will of the late H. C. Boxtwick, a Omaha banker, is filed. It disperses sums from $500 to $5,000 to his valet, barber, cook, janitors and other employees. The document outlines gifts and bequests to household staff.
Police killed a famed burglar named Harry James in a Chicago battle with six officers after he seriously wounded two policemen during the gunfight. In a saloon leased as a repair shop they found stolen property valued at 100,000 plus revolvers wigs skeleton keys and disguises. He had been detained for questioning at the station when he opened fire.
An advertisement extols Milks Emulsion as a remedy for stomach catarrh constipation and weak digestion. A testimonial from Bert Becker of Miami Ohio claims regular bowels improved weight gained and better health after ten bottles. The copy touts palatability easy serving like ice cream and a money back guarantee with six bottles. A Benjamin Franklin quote closes the ad.
An old advertisement promotes genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross as the signature. It claims the Bayer name on authentic aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years and lists pain relief directions for several ailments. Tin boxes of 12 tablets are priced cheaply, with larger packages sold by druggists.
The item features two quips about baseball and cinema. Ite Condition jokes that a baseball is a sphere because it is the whirled. Dyed-in-the-Wool asks if he is a real movie fan and the reply notes he even wears a celluloid collar.
An advertisement extols purity of blood as key to health and disease resistance. It urges readers to obtain a bottle from Swift Laboratory, promising free medical advice upon request and directing to write to the Medical Director for more information.
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