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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
11
A promotional ad extols morning internal bathing with phosphate to purify the blood and improve health. It claims everyone should take limestone phosphate daily to flush toxins and achieve better digestion and breath, urging readers to purchase from druggists.
Arbor Day connects school children with tree planting ceremonies that educate on the beauty and utility of trees, fostering public spirit and foresight. It evolved from Nebraska’s initial aim of supplying useful woodlands to a nationwide festival promoting roadside planting and community pride.
A reflection on expressing inner feelings to develop thought. It argues thought, language, and action form a sequence where expression nourishes growth and fruit follows from effort. The prose links expression to emotional development and practical outcomes.
William L. Carlisle, 25, alias the parlor car bandit, confesses to Friday night California Limited holdup and earlier Portland Flyer and Overland Limited robberies. Surrounded by 200 mounted men near the Platte river north of Rawlins, he surrendered after a tense standoff. He is jailed in Rawlins after the Rawlins arrest.
A messenger reaches Ojinaga with word that Villa is at Agua Chile on Vicenti ranch with 200 followers. Carrancistas encamp near the Conchas River four miles from Ojinaga and reinforcements to the garrison are denied. Col. Jose Riojas may be transferred from Ojinaga with no successor named. Agua Chile lies 30 miles from Santa Rosalia on an established highway near the national railway.
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg has returned from a diplomatic mission, suggesting Germany may be prepared to yield in response to the American note. The Lokal Abseiger claims German strength and prestige have grown, and the government may follow wise counsel.
Leadville miners ride a silver price surge with tungsten discoveries near Red Cliff and Silverton. Boulder gears up for a historic mining boom as Western Zinc Oxide plans plant expansion. Leases at Leadville properties rush ore output while Harrod oil interests lease 2000 acres near Pittsburg and Des Moines for exploratory drilling.
Five car loads of copper ore were shipped from Scholle to the El Paso smelter. Manganese ore was found by John J. Hyatt at his ranch near Cooks. The Farmington Meadows oil field will start development on May 15. An 1800 ton concentrator at Tyrone is in active operation, costing over 1 million dollars. A magnesite deposit near Las Cruces runs 9 percent to near pure magnesium. A coal deposit with a surface vein about 34 feet wide lies 18 miles northwest of Magdalena.
A force unloads a steam engine at No 4 mine Rock Springs with plans to push development employing about 160 men and producing 1 000 tons of coal daily. J H Gardner of Crystal Springs hails Occidental Mining on Band Creek with assays near 3 000 dollars per ton and new machinery. In Lander fields Dallas fields top producers with Wyopo Company handling oil locally and Hudson Oil shipping three cars daily to Casper refineries after Abkalilo Butte Company formation and land transfers. An old field thirty miles east of Lander remains largely undeveloped.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician s prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. It promotes a 50 cent to 1 support bottle and offers a sample for ten cents, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
A fragmented text discusses a safe remedy for infants and children, mentioning Fletcher's Castoria, followed by a Marie-like question about Mabel and Jack, noting his occupation as an insurance agent. The passage blends product promotion with a personal inquiry.
A wry exchange has a speed fiend asked where he will travel next. He replies undecided yet, but friends predict the destination could be heaven or the other place.
A reader recalls an author who reads with strong feeling and notes that many poems faced repeated editor rejections. The exchange highlights persistence in getting poetry published despite multiple refusals.
A humorous remark questions whether a man with 27 suits can own a genuine idea. The exchange centers on the incongruity between wealth in attire and lack of a clear notion.
A Kansas City Star item recalls Petunia, where the Tate Fair store owner notes the town cut the marshal’s salary, replaced him with a life size Charlie Chaplin cut-out wearing a tin star, placed at depots and corners, as an ironic but effective stand-in measure.
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