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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
6
Western Mining and Oil News reports metal market values from the Western Newspaper Union News Service. The note lists silver at 7.5 dollars per ounce, copper casting at 28.62 dollars, and copper total at 60 percent with a price of 50 dollars, plus miscellaneous figures from New York and St. Louis.
The report notes active mining camps at Ajo Bisbee Kingman Globe Oatman and Prescott with output rising. New tungsten strikes appear near Miller Cafton and in Millionaire gulch while the Cascade Company forms to mine in San Juan county. Leadville Boulder and Golden districts report significant activity and shipments.
Robert L Lamaford of Cleveland Oklahoma announces his company Ww will spend 600000 dollars donating off to New Mexico. Whitman, agent of the Monitor Silver Lead and Zinc Mining, is optimistic about the mining outlook in that camp. The company has thirty men on the payroll.
A brief guide to popular summer salads using eggs watercress asparagus spinach and cauliflower. Recipes include several egg salads with different fillings and dressings, watercress with lemon juice and mayonnaise, asparagus with lettuce and French dressing, and mixed vegetable salads with mayonnaise or French dressing.
Line a deep plate with rich pie crust. Mix cup molasses sugar lard and ginger, add boiling water with soda, then flour and an egg beaten in. Pour into crust and bake until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool and top with whipped cream if desired.
A home cook explains turning leftover pie crust into thin wafers baked on a pan bottom then filled with crabapple jelly for a family favorite. Crust uses a touch of baking powder to puff into varied shapes.
A simple home recipe advises paring and shredding one pint of fresh cucumbers, boiling in water until tender, then seasoning with pepper salt and a small piece of butter. Add milk to taste and serve with crackers like oyster stew.
A recipe note describes cutting a green sweet pepper into straw shapes and layering on lettuce. It instructs to sprinkle walnuts broken into small pieces and top with mayonnaise dressing.
Rienzi C. Dickens was found guilty of the second degree murder of his father William H. Dickens, a wealthy Longmont banker. Sentencing ranges ten years to life in the penitentiary with a $40,000 bond to be posted for a possible new-trial motion and potential appeal to the Supreme Court.
Seven new bishops and two missionary bishops were consecrated at the twenty-seventh general conference. Names include Herbert Welch and Adna Wright Leonard with postings in Seoul and San Francisco. The conference debated unification within four years, a $10,000,000 pension fund, and reforms on liquor, tobacco, suffrage, polygamy, and entertainment.
London report says Bulgarians occupied Rupel Dragotin and Spatovo forts at French Balkan headquarters and push from Mir Hissar toward Karyalla as Austrians hold advantage on the Austro Italian front. Germans test French lines near Verdun. Italian and Saloniki actions cited. U S army pledge not to quit Mexico confirmed at Washington talks with Pershing and Carranza commanders.
Congressman Hilliard of Colorado introduces a bill to establish a standardized fruit container. The measure aims to set uniform size and packaging rules across shipments to improve handling and reduce waste. No dates or additional actors are specified.
Local Kansas druggists endorse Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with testimonials of satisfied customers. An advertisement fragment notes bladder and kidney trouble relief and claims strong results from using the product, citing counters and patrons in Binghamton and surrounding areas.
A judge scolds John Hays for contempt and threatening six months in the chain gang for refusing to go home. Hays defies parole, saying his reason is his mother in law who dared him to return, prompting a sharp exchange and a frail plea for home.
The largest car ferry in the world now transports freight and passenger cars between Port Costa and Benicia California as part of the Southern Pacific railroad. The wooden hull measures 43 feet, built with over 2,000,000 feet of lumber held by 76 tons of spikes. It can carry 36 freight cars and two engines or 24 passenger cars with two engines and runs on electric power.
Irvin Cobb shares a breezy tale from his visit to a New York World column. A Kentucky mountain girl visits a dentist and, amid the drill, asks if the air hurts, prompting a humorous miscommunication about the air itself.
An advertisement touts Cuticura remedies for skin and scalp care. It promises free samples by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept L, Boston, and notes the products are sold everywhere. The copy highlights relief from pimples redness roughness dandruff itching chapping and soreness.
The Boston Evening Transcript records a sharp exchange about marriage and intruding visitors. Ethel questions marrying a young man, while His Wife contemplates hosting him, implying tension over a potential marriage and its consequences.
In a terse exchange Egbert dismisses concerns while Bacon notes many cigars are shipped from the Philippines annually. The matter appears to hinge on actions by the board of health to determine responsibility.
A fragment hints at a Matrimony site causing conflicts or delusions about parenting roles. The partial text mentions women and sleep routines with dismissive or critical tone and references to letters or notices. The readable content is limited and unclear.
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