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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
5
A man tells a clerk he must adjust his finances to $4.20 while his wife is away. He admits he has been writing his wife that he spends his evenings at home, implying a misallocation of funds during her absence.
Antonio Lopez of Roubi deau Colorado writes to Tanlac HQ that after twenty five years of illness and five years of stomach cramps he weighed 138 pounds. After three bottles he rose to 148 pounds able to eat a hearty supper vegetables and fruit without pain or gas. He urges others to try Tanlac.
A fragmented column riffs on a singer with praised range and a former cook past. It mentions a newly invented air powered device that ejects ice cream from molds and observations on waiting for things not worth delaying.
Mrs O M Runes of Ridgway Pennsylvania reports seven months of backache and fatigue ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Lindsey now keeps house for seven Tennille Georgia says eight years of ill health vanished and she regained energy after the remedy. Both women credit the product with restoring health and urge others to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines four cases for sand clay road surfaces. Case 1 layers clay on sandy roadbeds then mixes with in situ sand to form an eight inch compacted surface.
The text outlines best practices for sand clay road surfaces focusing on location design drainage and grading. It states that the clay content should fill voids in sand and recommends about one part clay to two parts sand for satisfactory results. It describes an eight inch finished surface depth and notes adjustments for center to edge feathering and cases of mixing sand from the roadbed with clay.
The text outlines mixing sand and clay thoroughly for road surfacing and emphasizes repeated dragging under traffic to achieve proper compaction. It describes cases of layering with grading machines forming bottom and top layers and the need for at least eight inches of surfacing after compaction. It notes adjustments if materials are not mixed properly and ensures proper proportions.
A Canadian major quotes Captain Harry Light on a new trench letter style with lighter censoring. He notes soldiers show humor and realism, understanding home readers cannot grasp life at the front and should not be teased with anxieties. One man says he can write only weekly due to home readers’ incomprehension.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a cure for corns and calluses. A few drops applied to a tender corn relieve soreness and the corn lifts out with root. The drug dries quickly and shrivels the corn without irritating surrounding skin. A small bottle costs little and will remove hard or soft corn or callus. If not stocked, ask your druggist to stock freezone.
Desmond, a Huntington Lake carpenter above draft age, sought military service. After a playful coin toss with his wife, tails won and he enlisted in the field artillery, calling his wife “good sport” to the recruiting officer.
The Wrackfurter Zeitung reports nitrogen production from air in Germany rose from 0 in 1915 to 1000s of tons last year and is expected to reach 820000 this year. Cost is claimed at six conte per kilogram, with high efficiency noted.
The porpoise fishery centered at Cape Hatteras North Carolina has operated for about 200 years. The Bureau of Fisheries urges using porpoise hides as a substitute for cowhides, highlighting porpoise oil worth about $20 a gallon for delicate lubrication.
A lieutenant tests his squad by asking the number in a trench party. The reply notes thirty men and one officer, observed by distance as the officer not working. A Scottish American quip highlights the officer’s visibility.
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