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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
3
Farmers face higher costs for Osage and bur oak fence posts as timber supply shrinks. U S Department of Agriculture tests show creosote treated cheap woods last as long as durable timbers. Process involves hot and cold baths, with costs around ten cents per post and equipment around fifty dollars for a double-tank setup.
The piece argues that any cow breed can be successful with proper selection of individuals, emphasizing quality stock over breed name and focusing on traits of merit rather than breed stigma.
The air in a henhouse carries moisture through the body and affects laying. Poor drainage or low-lying, poorly outleted spots trap damp air causing a panting hen and shorter laying seasons. A higher southern slope with good drainage creates a drier, brighter, more economical henhouse.
The farmer should choose the best grade mares and breed them yearly to one strong sire to secure good colts. The dam’s quality influences progeny, but a superior sire remains essential even if the dam is average.
In garden or orchard work straight rows create a tidy 1F appearance and simplify planting, weeding, and harvesting, making cultivation more efficient and organized.
Health column extols daily glass of very hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Proponents claim it prevents toxins and ailments, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate from merchants and begin internal sanitation routines.
A dialogue notes thrift couture planning. One speaker claims frequent planning of dollar dresses yet warns the budget allowance often overruns when actually making them. The exchange highlights frugal fashion efforts and practical cost concerns.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief when taken with meals helps sour gas and undigested food and touts millions of cures worldwide with a fifty cent case available.
Report says Dobbs was injured after spotting a piece of wire in the street and attempting to pick it up. The exact nature of his injuries and current condition are not detailed in the fragment.
An advertisement proclaims quick relief from itching burning and disfiguring skin troubles using Cuticura Soap with hot water and Cuticura Ointment applied to the affected area. It promises instant itch relief and speedy healing and offers a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A humorous exchange in a shop where a customer asks for light rolls for supper and an absent minded clerk offers dog biscuits instead of bread claiming they are fine, highlighting a comic mismatch between request and product.
Mining activity rises across Arizona with plans at Oatman Big Jim and Gilt Edge upgrades. Copperfield drill reports 46 feet ore at Kingman. Whetstone district work intensifies near Turner. 1915 Arizona production nears $90 million as Magma Copper ships concentrates to Hayden. Ore moves to San Simon and Rodeo.
The article notes potential lease takeover of the Wright and Stauber mill at Pinos Altos by outside interests. Traces of oil found in the Las Cruces municipal well deepen geological indications of oil nearby. Tests planned for the oil field near Columbus and ongoing operations at Pinos Altos, with about fifty workers employed.
Butte capitalists will spend four million dollars to lay a pipeline from Butte to the Byron gas wells. Sulphur mining is expected to begin on Northwest and Yellowstone properties near Cody. A third well on Pulley land at Cody, the Cottonwood anticline, will be drilled as a rig is erected. The Byron gas well, capped weeks ago, now vents 90 million cubic feet daily with a roar heard fifteen miles away. The Ohio Oil Company, Standard Oil’s Wyoming representative, has acquired Valentine syndicate holdings in Torchlight and is shipping machinery to sink additional wells.
The Matchless property on Fryer hill Leadville produces heavy tonnage of low grade zinc carbonate from No 7 shaft with ore shipped to Western Zinc Oxide Company. Despite Mexico’s conditions the Am Smelting and Refining Company with Denver HQ has blown in three furnaces at Monterey near the mas acre site. December set a record in Summit county with Breckenridge reports. eighty six carloads of above average gold ore shipped from the Ap.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets to relieve constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses stomach liver and bowels and improves mood and clarity, urging use for adults and children with statements of all stores selling Cascarets.
A Cornell professor and his wife hosted guests. a child’s voice from upstairs asks for towels, sparking a humorous exchange as the mother replies there are only clean towels in the bathroom and asks if she should start one.
The ad warns that overindulgent eating harms kidneys and backs, causing various symptoms such as cloudy urine and backache. It promotes Jad Salts as a safe, inexpensive kidney flushing remedy made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, to be taken daily to prevent bladder issues.
A quirky exchange highlights Badger's sour mood as he is forced to swallow pride and reflect on a situation he cannot digest.
Caution advising mothers to inspect every Castoria bottle for the official signature and safety, emphasizing a trusted remedy in use for infants and children as children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A short collage of sayings contrasts excuses derived from ignorance of law with the idea that wealth enables legal defense. It notes hiring good lawyers as a preferred approach to legal trouble over personal merit or honesty.
The report notes Brown-Ile Jones maintains a strictly neutral stance and offers aid to any party he engages with, while Mrs. Jenke confirms this approach.
The fragment mentions bromine quinine combinations and a note on English colonies totaling 18,008,521 square miles with a population of 389,605,085. It references a system to deter grip and related health warnings, but remains unclear and partially garbled.
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