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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
12
A feature on the high cost and craving for decorative accessories in women’s dress. It notes the global shift toward adornment over utilitarian needs, with Spanish, Egyptian, and American Indian motifs influencing hair ornaments, headdresses, and jewelry. It highlights new purses, vanity cases, and bracelet-handled bags using tortoise shell, gallith, and coral colors.
The passage notes tortoise shell remains used for small fashion items like card cases and purses. It mentions combs no longer made from shell, and describes purses with shell and suede elements. The tone reflects antique shopping and material use in pews and everyday objects.
A Snoqualmie National Forest sale of yew wood drew attention as the government sells a material famed for strong elastic bows. The article notes yew as a preferred bow wood, used by English archers and Northwest Indians for bows and paddles, with its striking grain and color for carved items.
A Paris correspondent notes the city will install a night doctor panel at the police station to provide fresh, alert physicians for nocturnal emergencies. The system aims to prevent overworked doctors from fatigue during night calls and improve response times for ill or injured residents.
The Kansas City Star warns that a nationwide search for the worst boy should use smarter methods. It proposes a Christmas tree event with presents for good boys to lure the mischief maker, then identify him from the audience.
A Hampshire woman horticulturist, demobbed after the war, cultivates oversized violets for decoration and scent production. Some flowers are used in confections as crystallized violets are in high demand, illustrating a thriving postwar enterprise from her picturesque estate.
A transcript snippet shows a witness recalling a tense exchange about a new wife with a volatile temper. The speaker notes the wife’s anger and physical reaction, saying she struck with whatever was near. The line hints at domestic conflict without full context.
A dialogue between Mr and Mrs Platypus explores time value and identity. The tale covers their hybrid nature, preferences for sea or forest life, and how different creatures express pleasure while noting the uniqueness of their family.
The platypus muses on being different and cheerful in unique ways. Mrs. and Mr. Platypus discuss behaviors that reveal happiness and contrast them with childlike imitation, ending with them rubbing their backs against rocks in quiet contentment.
A reflection on why sympathy arises for fellow beings, suggesting that shared sentience drives mutual care and a sense of kinship with other creatures. The text questions the nature of compassion and the bond between beings through common experience.
A vintage health ad touts a blood purifier that claims to remove disease germs causing eczema and other skin disorders. It asserts itching ends only after germs are removed from the blood and offers literature from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
A fly’s leg allegedly caused a St Paul concern to show $140 instead of $40 in its bankbook, a trick referenced by Buffalo News as an ongoing issue with swatted files since early June, noting some people are born to luck.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as the premier treatment for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims rapid mild relief and urges readers to sample a bottle by sending ten cents to the company in Binghamton New York.
In the zone finance office a soldier's bond inquiry arrived. The officer could not identify the case due to a garbled message. A reply sought more information and asked if the bond was converted. The soldier stated it was not converted and requested the bond be sent to him as is, not for devotional use.
Dialogue notes a brief acquaintance formed when the speaker met Miss Daisy at a church fair raffle. The exchange hints at a casual, fateful connection arising from a community event.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes birds travel long distances to feed each night returning to distant sleeping sites, describing their daily commute and routine behavior.
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