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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement extolls drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims daily inside bathing removes indigestible waste and toxins, preventing nervousness headaches and many ailments, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate as a simple remedy.
The ad promotes Othine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles overnight with an ounce often enough to clear the skin. It warns customers to insist on double strength and promises a money back guarantee if freckles persist, noting occasional references to safety statistics about aviation accidents.
A fragment describes a home remedy mix using Bar Remy small box of Barbo Compound and glycerine to apply on hair. Claimed effects include fading gray, reducing dandruff, improving hair quality, and not staining or greasing the scalp.
The Instrument quips about clearing cobwebs in the brain and jokes about using a vacuum cleaner. The playful line highlights a humorous back-and-forth that showcases wit and character.
An Olivehill Tennessee resident J M Sinclair describes four years of back pain and kidney issues believed to be diabetes and heart trouble. He credits Dodde Kidney Pills with complete relief after failed doctor visits and claims improvement in spirits. Also mentions Diamond Dinner Pills for constipation and a note on Greenheart wood from British Guiana lasting under water.
A Western Newspaper Union dispatch lists numerous Wyoming items. Ceremonial Shriners session in Casper, a Casper Hillsdale bank, and a planned Cheyenne race meeting. Lander postmaster F. B. Godfrey confirmed. about 12,000 elk fed in Jackson Hole. Wheatland seeks $20,000 Carnegie library grant. Cody consolidates theaters. Converse oil fields attracting attention. electric light managers form a Casper association. Greybull Basin auto bridge planned. Hogs fetch $7.00 cwt at Denver. a Japanese man committed to Evanston asylum after insanity in Kemmerer. Lone Star: F.3 King Sheep Co. of Laramie wins $1,500 at San Francisco Exposition. Miner Charles Skinner injured in Glenrock. Glenn R. Bush in Rawlins held on $10,000 bond after fatal shooting. Pheonix Camp W O W Cheyenne initiates many. Thermopolis water project awarded. State goals stress game preservation. Scotty William Percy declared mentally incompetent. Frank Gentle found dead near Greybull. Water well at Robert S01 ranch shows irrigation capability. Cheyenne teens disappearances traced to Omaha. Marshal Gore bound to court for obscene mail pictures. Henry Littaker killed by falling tree at Evanston camp. wireless time signals received at Douglas ranch. wireless advocacy for ranch use. State vets and wardens head to Jackson to probe elk dies. Ruth Camp dies in Denver after illegal operation. Denver coroner’s jury cites medical verdict. A Cheyenne-area mountain zone kill by hunter John Zimmerman northwest of the city.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as safely quick in five minutes for indigestion gas or sour stomach. It claims the remedy digests foods, relieves distress, and strengthens the stomach so you can eat favorite foods again. Buy a fifty cent case from any store.
Ad touts eating less meat and using four ounces of Jad Salts from a pharmacy to flush kidneys and ease back pain. It describes Jad Salts as a grape lemon lithia blend that purports to purify blood, prevent urinary issues, and avoid serious kidney trouble. The piece ends with a quip contrasting focus on a shiftless son-in-law to older advice.
A nostalgic appeal compares old fashioned physic to modern child friendly remedy. The ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe gentle laxative that cleanses the liver and bowels, suitable for babies to adults, with a 50 cent bottle and full directions on the label.
Incomplete OCR fragment raises a question about a wife asking about her husband's wish to become an aviator and whether she believes his craving could soar. No clear event, names, or dates are readable.
Sheriff Jackson and Coroner Miller brought from the New Rambler mine the ashes of two Austrian men, Mike Coller and Lazo Jareg, burned in a birthday celebration incident. A French-Canadian companion woke to smoke and survived. the two others likely tried to escape but perished. Jareg carried $400 cash, with $150 wages owed, funds long sent home to Austria but delayed by the war.
Checks totaling over 3000 dollars were received from the state treasurer by George Nottingham, clerk of the District Court, for claims under the workmen's compensation act. Andrew Creslar of Carneyville, who lost a leg, got 339 dollars. Widow Armenia Menigas and her two minor children shared 1500 dollars for a mine death and later years. M. R. Peters, finger loss at sugar factory, 122 dollars. James McNally, arm injuries at Carney Coal, 54.85 dollars. Several smaller claims were approved.
Articles filed with Secretary of State reveal Lovell Gas and Electric Company seeks to pipe natural gas from the Big Horn Basin to Lovell and supply Lovell and other towns in Big Horn and Park counties with gas and electricity. Capital stock is $100,000.
Denver buyer Husted purchases the Wyoming Hereford Association herd of registered cattle and 18968 acre Hereford ranch southeast of Cheyenne for about 400000 dollars. Ten thousand paid down. Possession after paying 150000 next year. Balance to be financed over five years.
Miner B G Briggs buried twelve feet by snowslide in Sam's Creek Canon. His ski pole stood upright, allowing him to twist and carve a hole for air and aid. He was dug out with help from companion W M H Marpster who escaped the slide.
Harvey F. Hendricks, 74, died under a roof removal accident at a ranch near Hulett. Authorities doubt the cause, with reports suggesting heart failure or fatal fall after Hendricks did not return and was found by an employee.
Evanston Wyoming Cal Hinkle a bartender lies dead and Clem Morrison an old operator dying from bullet wounds inflicted during a saloon scuffle. The incident followed a fight at a local saloon in Evanston.
West Danby New York resident Mrs Dewitt Sivcebaugh reports long lasting nervous trouble eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nerves and female troubles. She and her ten year old daughter and oldest girl all benefited and keep the remedy at home. Judge Twenty five and costs noted. motorist remark about a new tire observed.
Mrs Knicker asks about trade while Weary Willie recalls rain and the New York Sun. A sales line promotes Red Cross Bag Blue for whitening clothes, claiming availability at grocers. An old aphorism about waiting for opportunity appears, suggesting thrift and readiness.
A reader recalls a fatal blast last week and questions whether a boiler accident or wife injury caused the death. The message contrasts grief with skepticism about the cause.
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