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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
7
A Prohibition era tale of moonshiner king Wayne Gooch and a government agent Tom Kennedy. Kennedy befriends Gooch under cover, wins his trust with a shooting match, then traps the king’s operation by ambushing a night truck, leading to the arrest of Gooch and his men.
A 1920s style meditation on gas stations dominating the U S landscape, compares stations to churches and schools and notes a shift as homeowners replace stations with suburban homes. The piece laments oil interests encroaching on old neighborhoods and records a countertrend with a colonial homestead built on a former station site.
A garbled fragment discusses languages including Spanish and Chinese copy terminology. It references Spain and colonies, Canary Islands, Porto Rico, Cuba, India, Mexico, and Central and South America, plus a definition of Chinese copy from Literary Digest and a quip attributed to Al Ho about a man who speaks only the much being content to remain silent.
Mary Roberts Rinehart recounts a haunting in a late Senator Penrose apartment after his death. Disturbances included ringing bells, moving furniture, upturned plants, and eerie noises affecting family and servants. The account ends with the narrator’s mother dying in a scalding bath, despite efforts to explain away the phenomena.
A Chelsea Record item recalls a bride crying as a cake she left to dry on the kitchen table was eaten by the dog. The June groom consoles, offering another dog, lightening the moment with humor in a small domestic anecdote.
An insurance study finds poets musicians and mathematicians share similar life spans. Among 81 musicians 75 poets and 82 mathematicians the average ages at death were 62.27 64.05 and 64.26 years respectively. Early celebrity deaths may have skewed beliefs.
The Gazette Montreal notes Briggs discusses two unhappy marriages of Horrocks. First wife left him and the second remains unsettled, reflecting a harsh domestic history across the two unions.
Doctors and the public increasingly favor liquid laxatives for their adjustable doses and natural movement. A properly prepared liquid laxative can be tailored to individual needs without causing discomfort or dependency. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is prescription safe and based on senna, available at all druggists.
United States post office released four and eight cent stamps featuring national parks. Zion Utah eight cent stamp debuted September 18 with The Great White Throne design, Mesa Verde Colorado four cent followed a week later showing Cliff Palace. The article notes park locations and geography from a National Geographic bulletin and compares stamp geography to international issues. A second item covers a London to Copenhagen television transmission using a three by nine foot screen in a Copenhagen theater via Vestfronten wireless station and land lines.
The note asserts Genuine Bayer Aspirin is now sold at a lower price, emphasizing reliability and quick action. It claims even a single tablet is affordable, urging consumers to choose the recognized Bayer brand over unknown substitutes.
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