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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
7
Quiet motorist waits as car sits by street
A sorrowful driver sits for hours by his car near the curb while another asks questions about the vehicle. The real issue is his wife visiting a sister's fragile infant, not mechanical trouble, provoking reflections on mob spirit and farming hardship.
Optimist Quip on Weather and Umbrellas
The remark plays with optimism as a speaker notes that during a rainstorm a man without an umbrella prompts the reply never mind the weather, if the speaker has an umbrella. The exchange hints at practical optimism and social wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Hemlock seed scam told by Mr Pickwick characters
Samuel Weller recalls a London drug house tale where a vendor sold hemlock seed cheaply by sowing hedgerows in spring and charging farmers a shilling per hedge to cut down the resulting weeds in autumn, securing free ground and a harvest payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pickwick
Samuel Weller
London
Moonlight Preference Sparks Romantic Debate
A romantic girl voices a preference for more moonlight over an extra hour of daylight in a lighthearted exchange, illustrating personal sentiment about evening ambiance and time use.
Two Known Survivors From Sinking of Connemara and Retriever
In a severe Irish Sea gale the British steamships Connemara from Greenore to Holyhead and Retriever carrying coal sank near Carlingford bar. About 100 lives were lost with only one Connemara survivor. The Retriever crew perished. no Americans aboard. Many cattle and bodies washed ashore along the Irish coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Irish Sea
Connemara
Greenore
Ireland
Holyhead
Wales
Carlingford Bar
Retriever
Newry
Belfast
London Press Association
London & Northwestern Railway
Poland Declared Free as Central Powers Lose Ground
Overseas News Agency reports that territories held by central powers in Poland were declared free and Poland’s independence reestablished with rights to govern itself. French and British forces push German lines north of the Somme and in Verdun, while Italians gain on the Carso plateau near Trieste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Warsaw
Lublin
Kingdom of Poland
London
Somme
Les Boeufs
Sailly-Saillisel
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Butte de Warlencourt
Verdun
Vaux
Damloup
Fort Vaux
Gorizia
Trieste
Victor Emmanuel
Carso Plateau
U S Physician Slain by Villa Forces in Chihuahua City
An American doctor, Dr. Fisher, was killed by Villa bandits near Santa Rosalia. A Mexican refugee ties the assault to Gen. Baudelio Uribe. Gen. Trevino concentrates about 10,000 troops toward Jimines as Chihuahua City fortifications finish and receive his approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Mex
Fisher
Santa Rosalia
Villa
Baudelio Uribe
Trevino
Jimines
Maycotte
Arrigta
Ortis
Herrera
Murgula
Health for women from Lydia E Pinkham remedies
A collection of testimonials from women in North Crandon Wisconsin Lawton Oklahoma and Roxbury Massachusetts praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for displacement ulcers inflammation and related ailments. The letters urge women to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co and promise confidential responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
North Crandon
Wis
Marine
Pinkham
Mayme Asnaca
Lawton
Okla
Fulton Vagos
A. L. McCastano
Oklo
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Mass
B. M. Oscoop
Haynes Park
Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Are Your Kidneys Weak Substitute remedy promotes Swamp Root
Public notice-style ad touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming early warnings of kidney disease and urging readers to buy regular sizes or obtain a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with a request noting the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Loeb Pe
Nll
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton, N
Spohn Medival CO
Geehes
Ind
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