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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
2
Wartime economy shifts women to silk and satin outfits as wool is conserved for the arts. The article highlights new frocks with smocked bodices and pockets, velvet capes with fox fur trim, and fashionable fur pieces from Hudson seal to dyed fox. It notes innovations in design, use of satin and crepe, and the clever pockets and adjustable waists using elastic bands for comfort.
The committee on public information forms a war information machine chaired by George Creel. It bypasses regular press access, digging out government facts for publication nationwide. A staff of reporters and feature writers, plus an official photo department, supply stories and images to papers at cost. The total staff exceeds 100.
A street car scene shows women sharing a seat and a sociable exchange. One passenger helps another with a heavy bundle, receives gratitude, and reflects on kindness as a worthwhile, though often unrewarded, gesture in daily life. The vignette ends with a wry note on occasional rewards and storytelling.
A tall immaculately dressed man in pinstripe, seen near the White House, goes unnoticed by 1000 onlookers. Though internationally renowned, the figure is only identified as President Wilson, with others rushing by without turning heads.
A Washington congressman balances dual lives as home supporters frown on wine at a wedding. His daughter’s marriage prompts champagne talk, but he asks reporters to spell out future coverage with Apollinaris and ginger ale to avoid jeopardizing his next campaign.
A USDA prepared guide outlines profitable rabbit farming from four months, with six to seven pound market rabbits, and explains housing, feeding, and timing. It covers marketing, humane slaughter methods, dressing, packing, and various traditional cooking recipes for domestic and wild rabbits.
United States Department of Agriculture meat-marketing specialists report waste meat on hides. A Washington dealer found nine steer hides with 79 pounds of waste meat and a Detroit plant averaged six pounds per 40 cow and steer hides. In ten days workers scraped 2,177 pounds, enough to feed about 5,000 people for one day. Wasted fats add to losses.
Word is being sent to farmers to take special precautions this fall and winter to protect their machines. Prices have advanced, and caring for farm machinery will pay doubly this year. The plan urges putting machines under cover after the season’s work ends, inspecting, tightening bolts, replacing parts, oiling to prevent rust, and painting to lengthen life with bridge paint recommended for iron parts.
Instructions describe building a fire with pine shavings placed in a forge. Start by packing coal around the kindling, not atop it, then gently blow to start the flame. Cover the coal edges and center, wet the edges to confine the fire for steady burning.
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