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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
3
Brownsville dispatch describes a ten-man ranger pursuit into mesquite country after a ranch raid. The narrator notes ranger qualifications and follows tracks toward the Rio Grande with Mexican lines in view.
William Lawrence Saunders, noted American inventor, joins the U S naval advisory board as a figure in mining engineering. In Texas near Brownesville a party of ten rangers hunts greasers, returning with five corpses after a silent shootout by the Rio Grande.
Passenger trains on the Mahoning division are fitted with a device recording speed over the entire trip. If the device shows speeds above the rule limit, engineers are suspended. Trains may run at 60 miles an hour with a margin of six miles.
John L. Edmund, a young Norwegian inventor, unveils a traveling bag that appears normal but expands into a lifelike waterproof suit. The brown cloth bag conceals a folded suit for arms, legs, and body, designed to fit purchaser needs and compress back into the suitcase.
An innovative life saving bag provides buoyancy for days at sea. It features a window two air valves and internal locking, with optional arm flaps usable as a propeller. The occupant can stay upright rest or lean comfortably and survive four to five days with food.
A wooden box containing a hoard of money was found between two walls of a building in Mount Clemens Michigan, once owned by the late Frederick Kendrick. The find occurred while William Singer tore down the house, built about 65 years ago.
A Chicago report says growers and dealers plan a major apple consignment to soldiers in Europe. A Red Cross aided distribution would deliver apples to trenches and hospitals, funded by industry contributors. A ship chartered solely for apples may carry the effort, with costs pegged in the hundreds of thousands to feed millions of troops and sailors.
Commodity quotes from Western Mining News In Brief cover copper and speller prices, a completed Empire Zinc plant at Hanover, and tungsten ore at White Oaks. Reports cite gold ore from North and South Homestake, a 20-stamp mill, and new districts near Magdalena. Mines in Mogollon, Pinos Altos, Lewiston, and Globe show development, assays, and shipments.
Woman testimonials from Sterling Connecticut and Massena New York praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for anemia and exhaustion relief. A 22 year old girl and Miss Visa Myles describe fainting, poor color, and long illness improving after use. Advertorial tone urges similar relief for other young women.
A terse quip contrasts two thieves methods with one loading a rifle while the other rifled the load, illustrating divergent approaches to the same crime.
The quote notes poverty as a crime meriting hard labor for an indefinite term. It contrasts the disposed man who drinks soup with the one who inhales it, implying differing social judgments.
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