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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
2
A rambling mix of a recruit’s medical exam mishap at a National Guard armory and poetic prose about mountain scenery and Fiona Macleod. The piece shifts from a comic hospital moment to lush nature imagery and stray notes on wildlife, including crocodiles and danger in the hills.
A U S senator spoke on national financial strain at a New York Credit Men's association dinner. The report includes a country town bank scene where a note for three months drew 740 in interest, and a friend asked about the matter. A city woman and a belchery question appear in a fragmented tale reflecting urban weary notes.
A report from Intermoun tain details a violent confrontation between Mexican highwaymen and city police in Salt Lake City. The piece notes related casualties, indictments in Colorado coal strike disorders, and various other war era incidents across the United States and border regions.
General Trevino reports a sharp skirmish north of Mapimi Durango with Villa forces. Lieutenant Colonel Compean and a dozen privates were killed. bandit casualties estimated at eighteen. Outlaws driven into canyons, troops consolidating for a larger drive north from Durango City and south from Rosario Parral Jimenes Recalén. Country east of San Antonio cleared of outlaws fleeing toward advancing forces.
A Newton woman who lived with a lifelong fear of lightning collapsed during a thunderstorm and died from fright. The New York World questions the superstition and notes that lightning deaths are rare, with more people burned in fires and deaths from heart disease. Dandelions gain popularity as a canned staple. canning science and hardy growth emphasize home use and potential export.
El Paso reports Carranza forces captured a party led by Mariano Tames, former Villista colonel, who had left Saturday to join Villa near Zaragoza about fifty miles south. Gen Francisco Gonzales said four others were captured near Samar layuca and that over eighty men awaiting to join south of Juarez dispersed after word of the pursuit.
El Paso July 16 reports Francisco Villa wounded on the right side during a skirmish with Gen Matias Ramos troops at San Juan Durango. Villa allegedly ordered his men to scatter and then killed himself, but the report has little credence.
Five automobile bandits who robbed Burroughs Adding Machine Co. pay car Friday, stealing over 922,265 and wounding one man, have had the Detroit search practically abandoned.
Republican delegates selected in four Utah counties on Saturday were instructed for statewide prohibition and to vote for prohibitionist candidates. The convention focuses on planks for prohibition and gubernatorial nomination alignment.
Forest fire danger rises as fires threaten Ontario regions. Officials keep watch at multiple points and ready to act if needed. France reports 2.800 captured in the week of July 30 to August 6, mostly in the Meuse area, with numbers exceeding 5.10. Three drowned in Cedar River incident near Rous on Sunday amid rowing mishap.
Neighbor Yaw touts a shocking device to deter chickens by leg attachment that delivers a prod when scratched, predicting the birds will be kicked out of the garden. Gaunt Griaun dismisses the plan and promises to catch and discipline the birds himself.
A simple method for etching glass uses careful warming to avoid cracking. Rub paraffin or bees wax on the warm surface, then press with a blunt instru ment to create text. Use calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid mix in a metal dish, heat slightly, place the glass wax side down, and leave overnight to etch the words.
A muddled OCR line depicts Bunko Pete attempting to run a gate of chance on a public street while a weary man calls to caution. The fragment hints at a circus scene and a conflict over gambling legality, with Bunko Pete insisting the other man is “not all chance.”
Suburbanite notes a fragmentary item showing a conversation line about a misheard word and a domestic remark, with little readable context or complete facts.
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