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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
10
Fairy Ybab asks why the Horse Chestnut tree is named so and whether horses eat its nuts. The tree explains the name comes from leaf marks resembling horseshoes and nails, and confirms its nuts are too bitter for horses, though children enjoy them. The pair discuss spring dress of blossoms and the tree’s seasonal display.
A classroom riddle from Winnipeg has a teacher asking where a faster train will catch a slower one. Willie Green volunteers a strange answer claiming the collision occurs at the hind end of the rear car.
A London Daily Mail writer describes Central Africa’s drum signaling system as far reaching and fast as telegraph. Official drums relay messages up to 1000 miles, functioning like a postal service and church bell, with a code as complete as a language and rhythms conveying complex ideas to natives.
English doctor notes several small births that later become robust and normal in size. Examples include a Barrow infant who now weighs 150 pounds at 18 and Leonard Merrick who grew from 15 ounces at birth to over 180 pounds. Small babies can thrive if they survive infancy.
A Chesterton quip in New York condemns a wave of free verse poets. A Greenwich Village encounter features a thin free verse writer apologizing for D'Annunzio’s capitulation and boasting the oversaturated poetry market will spur more verse.
Russian ballet performers in Paris unveil a striking hairstyle as oil saturated hair rigidly forms a skullcap look. Dancers trim their hair short and apply a long thin eyebrow ring that extends to the scalp, creating a doll like face.
In a domestic exchange, Mrs Britk urges her husband that women may abandon trifling matters and pursue serious endeavors. He sighs and asks if she plans to bake bread at home instead. The dialogue hints at shifting traditional gender roles within the household.
A Paris fashion correspondent surveys this season’s gowns focusing on trimming. Designers favor restrained embroidery with large motifs spaced apart, plus varied trims including enamel medallions, beads, wood rings, and printed fabrics re-embroidered. Pearl and organdie accents, leather flowers, and ostrich feather edging color the collections, with Parisians praising inventive but disciplined detailing.
T J Parker of Gately's Clothing Store Seattle credits Tanlac for dramatic health recovery after months of sickness and digestive distress. He reports restored appetite weight gain and renewed strength and urges others to try the medicine sold by leading druggists.
A writer meets a former top student now married and mother of six boys. She jokes about the workload, inviting the writer to visit her home, and both laugh off the notion of impending chaos.
Comic quip hints at a baby as a potential cartoonist model while noting the notorious rotund voice of a man and the humor in silent whispers.
A lady of distinction uses Cuticura Soap with hot water to cleanse pores and Cuticura Talcum powder for a clear sweet healthy skin, as an advertisement notes.
A dialogue fragment shows a speaker asking how a love letter influenced a pretty teacher who responds with a general thirty percent figure. The exchange suggests social dynamics and evaluative judgments in a school setting.
A brief repartee recalls a fall from a branch with a question about injuries. The exchange notes the speaker felt pain only after reaching the ground, suggesting a reflection on the moment of impact rather than the ascent.
The article argues real health requires vigor and energy beyond absence of disease. It claims weak blood causes listlessness and urges enriching the blood with a remedy labeled 8.8.8, an herb compound from Indians, available at druggists. It offers free expert medical advice by writing to the Chief Medical Advisor in Atlante, Georgia.
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