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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
13
A humorous exchange props up on a transit bench as bystander dialogue assigns roles to a traveling group. One speaker calls someone the “stupidest man” while another clarifies the label, naming the conductor and the president of the road.
A professor, renowned for his international law thesis earning a doctoral degree, is humorously noted. Meanwhile an Italian priest invents clothing using pressed feathers as a substitute for wool.
A polite agent offers Knowitall's encyclopedia but the farmer declines for the next two decades. He explains he must read forty seven volumes of agricultural reports from his congressman from last winter before taking on anything else.
In a humorous exchange, a husband confesses he could not locate the item across six stores over five years. The wife reveals she knew the piece was out of style and aimed to prove the trend has gone stale.
Kari Kellams asked his wife to buy a black mourning dress and veil three days before his death. She dressed in mourning and stood at his bedside to help him see her as she would appear at the funeral. Kellams suffered tuberculosis for months and had recently returned from Phoenix, Arizona seeking better health.
A physician praises Postum and its companion Grape-Nuts as essential for health, noting he quit coffee and uses Postum at home and for patients' families. He cites a ten year old letter and a recent note confirming the product’s health benefits, with Postum Cereal and Instant Postum available.
Francisco Villa is said to be dead of wounds from Guerrero and was allegedly disinterred by Carlos Carranza’s detachment. The body, carried toward Chihuahua City, prompted warnings that American troops would quit Mexico if Villa’s death is confirmed.
German headquarters report heavy fighting on the Meuse near Verdurin as French defenders rally in a counterattack. On other fronts Austrian, Russian, and Italian units clash along the Stripa Dniester and Galicia fronts with ongoing offensives and heavy losses reported. An additional note says two ships carrying American citizens are reported captured by American consuls.
Read letters from women in Marinette Wisconsin and Belle Plaine Minnesota praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments. They describe doctor visits, fatigue, recovery after use, and requests to publish their experiences.
A humorous exchange follows a burglary report as a husband recalls his wife’s rolling pin tactic while he jokes that safety comes second to action. The anecdote highlights quick thinking in a home invasion scenario.
A girl at the candy counter jokes that a married man shows changes in spending. The cashier questions how she knows, and she notes he used to buy a three pound box twice weekly and now buys half a pound monthly.
Percival Claude is presented to a charming girl at a dance. They stroll among papier mache palms for ice cream and cake as he declares he will never marry until he finds his direct opposite. The girl jokes that bright, intelligent girls exist in every part of town.
An old newspaper item touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance remedy for women. It claims the extract from roots and herbs can aid irregularities, cations, irritability, and weakness, urging immediate purchase in liquid or tablet form.
In rheumatic joint pain and gout, the text claims rapid disappearance of pains and stiffness. Doctor Pierce’s remedy is advertised with a 10c sample and a 50c full trial, available at druggists.
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