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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
6
A Washington school teacher and her aunt used inexpensive home canning gear to process tree ripened peaches from Yakima valley orchards. With a brick stove and simple equipment they earned about $600 in two weeks last fall and produced 800 quarts of conserve plus 215 quarts of jelly and specialty pear butter recipes.
The U S department of agriculture and a New York grape juice producer report jelly can be made from grape pomace with minimal material costs. By drying and processing the skins pulp and seeds, the product resembles fresh grape jelly, uses existing equipment, and could cut prices to near apple jelly while keeping machinery busy year round.
Pink eye is an acute contagious inflammation of the eye membranes. It starts with itching, lids stick with yellowish discharge by day two, and burning follows. Without treatment it can last two to six months. consult a doctor immediately to avoid blindness and prevent spread via towels and napkins. Maintain scrupulous cleanliness and avoid self treatment without a prescription.
Sugar is a valuable food but a concentrated source. It should be eaten in moderate quantities and balanced with other bulk materials. Active individuals with good digestion may consume more, while sedentary or delicate digestions should use it sparingly.
Household hints describe keeping furniture clean before polishing and ovens for toasting cheese sandwiches. Salt as a half tonic, a potato ricer for apple sauce, and cold water to ease butter and sugar creaming are mentioned. Apples and peaches relate to religh with meat.
An advertisement touts Danderine offering affordable hair restoration. It promises no falling hair or dandruff after use, with every strand showing new life, vigor, brightness, color, and thickness.
At London docks two men seal a trade by exchanging black beans as tokens of honesty. The ritual is viewed as more binding than a written contract, underscoring a traditional trust-based method in maritime commerce.
An advertisement urges parents to look for the name California on the bottle to ensure a gentle and effective laxative for children. It promises a fruity taste and full directions on each bottle, instructing to say California.
A fragment from Sun and New York Herald portrays Mrs Becker asking about a busy week. The speaker recounts two husbands, three landlords and four cooks as part of the hectic schedule reflecting bustling domestic life.
Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin with red rough itching skin treated by hot baths of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Also use Cuticura Talcum dusting powder for its scent and quality as part of the indispensable Cuticura Toilet Trio in daily care.
Richleigh declares plans to build a beautiful house for his son. A witty friend counters with a pun about an heir castle, prompting light banter.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast acting cold relief. A dose every two hours up to three doses clears nasal congestion stops runny nose relieves headache feverishness sneezing and body aches without quinine and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
A man in a barber's chair asks about trouble as the barber mentions changes in how time is spent with news and commentary. The dialogue hints at new rules and possible charges for extra commentary.
In a whimsical dialogue, Mr Rob'n and Mrs Robin discuss markets and marketing, noting humans shop for food while birds gather worms and feed their nest. They compare roles of parent birds guarding nests and gathering provisions to human shopping, stressing shared food duties and dividing up resources.
A village fable-like dialogue explores how animals and people share the task of marketing for food. Mrs. Robin and Mr. Robin discuss summer water, crumbs, and what they seek in markets, noting every creature must feed to live and that humans and animals alike perform the market task in different ways.
An old advertisement urges prompt cleansing of the system to keep the blood pure. It claims ninety percent of ailments relate to blood condition and promotes S. S. S. for appetite, strength, and vitality. Readers are advised to obtain S. S. S. at drugstores and request free medical literature from the Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta.
A humorous or reflective note contrasts romantic longing with the abrupt arrival of love or illness in old age. The speaker laments the rough impact when affection or measles strikes someone late in life, weaving a playful yet somber mood.
Professor Pritchard laments faults in modern education and recalls a friend whose child has failing homework. The piece blends a quip about schooling with a dream lexicon predicting trouble, tears from a costly journey, treachery, and calamities linked to feet imagery.
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