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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
5
The ad highlights Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy to regulate liver bowels and stomach. It uses sharp phrasing and brisk humor with a jab at Hammer-Mr Tack and a pointed remark from Screwdriver about his wit.
Drug ads claim Dr Kilmer Swamp Root restores kidneys liver and bladder and urge readers to test the preparation with a sample bottle offer. Prize Boy Farmers program sends high school boys to farm work and a note mentions Buffalo providing recreation for select draft soldiers in New York camps.
New York Jewish groups have delayed inviting proposed congrdts and await an official peace declaration, signaling a pause in public calls amid calms and debates.
A fragment quotes the judge saying Flo is indifferent to suffering and notes that an honest dollar isn’t to blame for tainted nasocrates, reflecting a harsh social sentiment.
Admiral Mayo and staff return from London after a naval conference with Allied leaders. A vigorous campaign in European waters by US and British forces is expected, with the aim of hunting subs to their bases and forcing the German fleet from concealment. The talks may lead to a British mission or a joint board guiding combined fleets, while Wilson and Daniels push for a decisive naval role in the war. May prove a turning point in sea warfare.
William Wallace Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is selected by the secretary of war to head railway operations in France for American forces in World War I. He will create and run an overseas railroad network from seaports to the front, oversee locomotives 300 on order, 150000 tons of steel rail, spikes, repair shops, roundhouses, and coaling stations to support troop and supply transport.
Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune is ordered to Quantico Va to assume command of the biggest Marine force yet assembled. His career includes Boxer rebellion service in China, Cuba 1906 12, Nicaragua, Panama Puerto Rico Santo Domingo and a period at Vera Cruz.
Mrs Thomas J Preston Jr led a New York war service meeting urging wives mothers and sisters of troops to support wartime measures. She urged no grief but labor and steadfast purpose and called women to inspire national patriotism aiding the cause of global peace.
An office worker at a noisy munitions plant misses the morning, returns after lunch claiming to be fit for work. The boss recalls his wife warned of nervous prostration from noise, but the man explains he went home after a morning at work and will stay for a bridge party this afternoon.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment praised for cleansing soothing and healing itching and skin and scalp diseases with daily use preventing minor troubles. Free book and sample mailed to Cuticura Boston. A Beckenham Irish barber shaved a wounded soldier on the street when his chair would not fit through the shop door.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER is pitched as a long standing household remedy for constipation digestion and liver troubles with quick relief from nervous dyspepsia and related symptoms. Ad claims it acts as a gentle laxative and is sold by druggists in civilized countries. Also includes a humor panel about rising prices and a husband’s dilemma over money and eating less.
A newspaper ad urges household pest control citing $20 million annual loss from rats and pests. Stearns' Paste advertised as a low cost solution to exterminate rats mice roaches and waterbugs, promising substantial savings on food and property.
A woman who believed she was a singer brushed against fresh pitch left by workmen and soiled her dress. Her friend asked why she did not sing to remove the stain, joking that singing would make the pitch come off.
Mrs Elizabeth Reuther of Washington DC says Peruna cured her catarrh and stomach trouble after months of use and keeps her well during colds. The article also recounts Lt colonel's tale of a sent barrage and a sentry who lets a soldier pass, plus notes skepticism about wartime tax avoidance and a call for curb on reckless pedestrians.
Obscure dialogue parodies relationship strains with lines about marriage and death. References to household products like Peruna Tablets and Crose Bag Blue appear as consumer cues amid a mock court scene. The fragmentary text suggests a period newspaper filler or advertisement patch.
Many men fall for kidney disease signs from tests. Dr. Pierce touts water and Anuric double strength from druggists as a cure. He claims Anuric dissolves uric acid like sugar in water, with a large package priced at 60 cents and trial plug available by mail.
A weary man laments coal prices and rent increases in a tense quarrel over their engagement, with the woman urging directness and resisting hedged talk. The exchange captures financial pressure and relationship strain in a terse, sharp tone.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen germ resistance by building healthy flesh, stimulating the liver, and purifying blood. It claims to protect against diseases like grip and malaria, urging readers to obtain the remedy from druggists and order The Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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