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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
2
United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 777 details calf care from birth to weaning. Emphasizes maternal milk, cleanliness, regular feeding, and progressive milk to separated milk transitions. Advises three daily feedings, gradual grain introduction, and careful pasteurization for milk from diseased cows.
A guide by Leonard Haseman of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges beginners to study bee habits and handle hives with care. Wear a veil, use smoke sparingly, avoid pinching bees, and choose warm, calm times for inspections to prevent chilling brood and to build a profitable, calm hive.
Conferees finish a war revenue bill raising about 2.7 billion dollars from an earlier Senate 2.4166 billion. The plan adopts a graduated excess profits tax, adjusted capital definitions, new inheritance taxes, higher stamp taxes, and increased general duties.
Washington reports the war revenue bill approved by Senate and House conferees raises about $1.007 billion. Key items include income tax 842 million, excess profits tax 1.11 billion, spirits and wines taxes, tobacco and cigarettes, freight and transportation levies, insurance and sales taxes on autos and goods, and various niceties in Schedule A.
Washington announces immediate regulation of coal pricing through the fuel administration setting maximum gross margins for retail dealers. The rule caps how much retailers can add to wholesale costs when selling bituminous and anthracite coal, using 1915 and July margin benchmarks as ceilings.
A young girl and her mother travel by Pullman waiting for a bed made from two seats. A man enters at a stop and Mary must give up her seat to him with an upper berth reserved. The scene sparks humor as the mom explains where everyone will sleep and the journey continues.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless method to lift corns and calluses. A small bottle costs little at drugstores and works by drying on contact without irritation or infection risk. If a pharmacist lacks Freezone, he can source it from wholesalers.
The piece notes BE W. Nelson in National Geographic on how mosquitoes spread yellow fever and malaria while body lice carry typhus. It emphasizes the house rat as a major disease carrier and its role in plagues, urging public health attention alongside a brief advertisement for Red Cross Bag Blue.
A wife speaks of urging her husband to war, noting the hardship for her as a spouse but concluding it would be easier for her as a widow, illustrating personal sacrifice and stark wartime attitudes. The exchange highlights intimate costs of conflict and resilience amid loss.
An old advertisement promises 7100.00 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured. It promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine as a blood and mucous system remedy, sold by druggists for over forty years. Price not specified.
Sentimental Sammie calls Pauline a silvery-toned belle prompting a sharp reply. Pauline quips about the purpose of a bell if one does not ring it. The exchange shows playful flirtation and wit between two characters.
A concise moral urging readers to seek the positive in others and extend fairness. The note encourages careful judgment and a charitable view, suggesting that truth and virtue shine when examined with a careful, patient eye.
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