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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
14
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid, harmless remedy for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims relief from heartburn sourness belching and dizziness and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for family stomach upset at day or night. The copy ends with a humorous political quip about the Pan American Congress.
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a inexpensive remedy to flush clogged kidneys. It claims meat eaters suffer from uric acid buildup and recommends a tablespoonful in water before breakfast to improve kidney function and blood purity. It also notes Italy’s 1915 trade values for six months with imports at 325,794,650 and exports at 246,026,660.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless stomach liver and bowels cleanser for kids. It claims a teaspoonful clears constipation within hours and urges mothers to buy the 60 cent bottle with full directions for all ages and even grown-ups.
A crowded program marks the Twelfth Annual Wyoming Wool Growers Association convention to be held in Casper Feb 23 and 24. Lander high school girls beat Casper 18 to 6 in basketball.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming dandruff disappears within ten minutes of application and hair stops falling. It promises new hair growth in weeks, describes the product as adding luster and fullness, and urges purchase of a 25 cent bottle.
About fifty homesteads in the Frannie unit between Frannie and Lovell, Wyoming, will be opened to settlement in early spring. After ditches and laterals were completed, tracts will be separated and enumerated. Last fall unit five drew a rush of filings, and lottery will determine winners where multiple entries exist.
A light exchange notes Oliver’s shift from a five-cent hair raiser to reading only dime novels. The adults confirm the change as a genuine improvement in his reading habits and literacy.
State Examiner J. C. Newlin submitted a report to Governor Kendrick detailing audits of the offices of James B. True State Engineer Frank L Hour Secretary of State and Robert B Forsyth State Auditor. The 1915 Insurance Commission revenue totaled 45417.44 with 35457.33 from taxes and 10060.11 from fees. Secretary of State collections reached 38875.12 with 21121.02 from auto licenses and 17752.10 from fees. Fees declined vs 1914 due to higher filing fees reducing articles of incorporation. True office fees and misc totaled 4191.75.
More than 500 jobless women, over half with college training, found work in New York through the Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations in the year ended April 30, 1915. Many became secretaries, companions, suffrage workers, librarians, settlement workers, and nurses. Others held unusual posts including three saleswomen and demonstrators for an automobile company and two employed by a bond firm to sell stocks among women. One became a rent collector and four worked as police agents and detectives.
A woman recovers from long standing stomach and nervous trouble after abandoning coffee and adopting Postum then Grape-Nuts. Her husband also improves sleep and cramps after stopping coffee. Postum Co. of Battle Creek promotes Postum Cereal and instant Postum with instructions and pricing.
Mrs. J. H. Gunder found a crystal in her yard she first mistook for blue glass. A Chicago jeweler offered 100 dollars for it after confirming it cut glass, deeming it a sapphire. The gem, about one carat, now sits in a ring, and several smaller sapphires have been found nearby.
Lincoln county assessable value increased by 138,849.68 during the year ending Feb 1 1916 due to developed lands. During the period 18 51.29 acres were proven up, each valued at 7.50, boosting county property valuation.
Marsha Gore, a professional trapper, has been bound to the United States District Court at Cheyenne on charges of sending obscene material through the mails.
The third trial of R. D. Meldrum for the murder of Chick Bowen of Slater Cole at Baggs Wyoming will be brought to the District Court here.
Warden Alston reports fifteen prisoners received and ten discharged at the state penitentiary in Rawlins during January.
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