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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
5
Druggist Maxwell of Plymouth Massachusetts endorses Swamp-Root kidney medicine. A customer letter from June 5, 1916 lauds the product for kidney issues and recommends sending ten cents for a sample and a booklet. The advertisement notes regular bottles for sale at drug stores and addresses Dr Kilmer & Co.
A fragment from a domestic scene shows a couple debating wartime thrift and reuse. The wife notes her winter hat will suffice for the summer, while the husband urges strict economy as the nation braces for war.
Soft clear skin tips urge daily use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment with hot water to cleanse the face and treat pimples or dandruff. A free sample offer via mail to Cuticura Dept L Boston appears alongside an ad blurb and a brief, wry exchange about a millionaire’s limousine.
An advertisement extols a laundry product as making clothes white and bright. It mentions grocers carrying the item and notes its appeal to laundresses seeking clean results with a Red Cross bag branding.
A light anecdote from London Tit-Bits recounts Brown and Johnson meeting in the morning. Johnson jokes about a parcel containing gaiters and later repeats the tale to his wife, who fails to see the pun about crocodiles. The humor hinges on women not seeing the joke.
Walter Gifford, Harvard statistician turned recruiting and mobilizing head of the Council of National Defense, coordinates industry and resources for national security. The council, created by congress in late August 1916, unites the secretaries of war, navy, agriculture, interior, commerce, and labor to marshal the nation’s industries and resources.
The Countess of Warwick, owner of 23000 acres, appeals British aristocracy to surrender feudal lands to the state. She urges abolishing private land ownership, arguing war dead deserve freedom and that titled owners should retire from influence as a memorial to sacrifice.
Miss Florence Schofield, in Paris during the German threat in 1914, inspired by rescue of the capital, aids widows and children of the 25,000 who died at the Marne and elsewhere. She travels to America with Miss Fell to unite with the American Society for the Relief of French War Orphans, joining a national committee including Roosevelt, Root, Bacon, and Choate.
An analysis notes wartime ties with the United States boost Canada’s immigration for homesteads and farm labor. It cites Ottawa figures showing a sharp rise in U S to Canada settlements, with settlers arriving via Emerson, North Portal, Coutts, Kingsgate and Vancouver, and Saskatchewan stock movements enhancing western livestock in early 1917.
Francis 8 Peabody of Chicago, head of Illinois coal interests, chosen by the Council of National Defense as chairman of its coal sub committee. He will supervise production, distribution, and consumption, acting in an advisory role for now to prevent shortages that could hinder military and civilian needs. Railways ordered to give coal traffic priority. allies’ needs considered. Senator Calder cites a coal shortage risk and inquiries into the anthracite industry.
Dialogue depicts Mandy reacting to her husband’s ten year prison sentence and a joking remark about good behavior. The exchange highlights a harsh view of time served and resilience in hardship among rural characters.
Ad copy urges readers to ask for Red Crane Bag Blue and shop at grocers for beautiful white clothes. A closing line asks Thomas to name a wel-fonted animal, answered as spider in a playful aside.
A Lowell Massachusetts woman testifies to relief from Change of Life using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. A North Haven Connecticut resident also credits the remedies for easing bearing down pains and overall health improvement. Readers are invited to seek free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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