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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
2
A 1916 testimonial from Springs Arkansas praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. The letter claims long market presence and universal satisfaction with anti inflammatory and urinary benefits. The author asserts customers are highly gratified and there is curative value in the product.
Prose fragment touts Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer & Co promising benefits for kidneys and bladder. It urges readers to mention the paper and notes bottles sold in drug stores. Includes stray quotes and jumbled lines from unrelated items and a mention of Kilmer ads.
An old advertisement extols Danderine claiming rapid dandruff control and new hair growth within minutes of application. It promises hair becomes light, fluffy, shiny and abundant after use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle to prove the claims.
Fifteen years past a publisher’s board described the South as a home for the paper and the magazine era. The Southern press scene suffered after Poe’s era, and the Dixieland publishing house faced decline. debate centers on whether Southerners value reading or social talk, with critics calling the habit elite and isolating.
A fragmented historic note describes Washington holding the key to a military situation, Vyker-Yex, and the long years needed to wind up a decisive resolve. The garbled text references leadership, strategic position, and a pivotal stance shaping outcome.
An advertisement laments rising living costs and food prices. It urges eating out the high priced meat dishes and serving Skinners Macaroni and Spaghetti as the cheapest nutritious option. It invites Welte the Skinner Mfg Co of Omaha Nebraska to send a free cook book detailing hundreds of preparations.
A fragmentary line shows a heated exchange with threats of self harm and a counter, reflecting a tense confrontation. Names, places, or dates are not provided in the readable text. The fragment offers a glimpse of an emotional dispute without clear context or outcome.
An ad promotes soft white hands soap and creamy emollients to cleanse and protect pores for toilet use. A Boston mailing offer provides a free sample by postcard. A mother reports her seven year old son stabbing his four year old sister with a pocket knife, while saying he was "waxinating" Eva.
A rustic ad extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for infants and children, claiming it empties the bowels to prevent sickness. It urges mothers to check for a coated tongue and describes the product’s pleasant taste, with directions printed on the bottle.
Emperor William of Germany marked his fifty-eighth birthday with a message to Berlin from army headquarters stating Germany would enforce peace with victory. He pledged the unyielding will to victory and said the German people would endure sacrifices to force peace by the sword, amid entente hopes for a peace move.
Washington reports an urgent appeal will be sent to Carranza as American forces withdraw from Mexico to safeguard foreigners in the occupied district. Chinese supply purveyors are singled out as needing special protection amid the withdrawal and unrest.
Five percent of receipts on the first Mondays in February through June will aid homeless Belgian children under a resolution passed unanimously by the Rocky Mountain Lumber Dealers Association.
In Phoenix the Arizona supreme court on Saturday held Thomas Campbell as de facto governor. The decision, signed by Justices Franklin and Roads, includes a dissent by Justice Cunningham. In New York Francisco Villa and his troops are near control of northern Mexico, awaiting the U.S. punitive expedition withdrawal, per Villa's agent John J. Hawes.
Washington minister Hayenith of Belgium denounces as untrue Germanys assertion that deportation of Belgians for forced labor is a social necessity due to unemployment from the Huntleh blockade. Armored Auto Not Bullet Proof tests show bullet holes in armor after range tests at Golden. Robbed paymaster result details given. Four killed in wreck near Strongville Bruns wick, and a Chicago widow prepares for burial. Berlin taxes rise as revenue upproved to 48 million marks in 1918.
The War Department ordered the withdrawal of the Mexican expedition. By next week Pershing’s command will recross the border, with regulars taking over border duties and a large portion of state national guardsmen recalled. About 25,100 guardsmen are to return home as the force moves northward. Carranza’s rejection of the Atlantic City protocol is tied to the withdrawal.
Seattle report says four Hewett children ages five and younger were found dead amid the burned Auburn house ruins. Coroner notes skulls crushed, bloodstained mattresses, a hammer marked with blood, and an empty poison bottle. Hewett, a brakeman, was arrested and moved to Seattle amid a threatening crowd. He later delivered recent insurance policies for his children to a neighbor. Mrs Hewett had left a week earlier with the youngest child.
Federal grand jury indicted Seattle Mayor Hiram Gill Chief of Police Charles Beckingham and former Sheriff Hubert T Hodge on charges of violating federal liquor laws and taking a bribe. Prosecutors say Gill accepted $4000 related to activities of an alleged ring shipping liquor into Washington since prohibition began a year ago.
The Democratic Senate steering committee decided on Sunday to hold daily sessions from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting February 1 to push key measures including appropriations and the revenue bill, with administration actions tackled one by one as time permits. Elsewhere a Roumanian train wreck near Tshura reportedly killed or injured many high-ranking officials per Overseas News Agency reports via Rusaky Slovo.
An airman nicknamed The Bird endures a harrowing crash behind enemy lines. He reports mission details before dying, later awakens in a hospital where nurse Winthrop helps him recover. He reveals love for Katy Fred’s sister and requests to marry her, proposing to a recovering George, while the tale blends wartime peril with a romantic vow.
The article explains petroleum as the world’s financial backbone, noting that most wealth stems from the oil industry. It describes extraction and processing into paraffin and petrol, the lightest oils, and outlines the refining steps from wells to underground pipelines delivering oil to ships, with a long pipeline of about forty miles.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Americans keep quiet in industry. It cites daily factory outputs of about 14,000 planes and 1,800 talking machines, compares piano versus phonograph production and values, and mentions earlier and current spending on talking machines and records, with stock market implications for the sector.
A historic discussion argues that all individuals including the insane and paupers must answer to authority. It stresses that public institutions guide behavior through fixed rules, aiming to elevate the child and empower the feeble minded by fostering self respect and responsibility.
Paper making trials in South Africa test tur grass as a pulp source. The grass yields more pulp than Algerian esparto and slightly less than Spanish esparto, with good quality pulp that bleaches well. Potential use includes converting grass into halt. wtwft for export to Europe or local papermaking. A note on old superstitions warns breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck.
Partial OCR text recounts a call for help as someone overboard struggles to stay afloat. A responder contemplates diving in while recalling regrets and the peril of failing to act. The fragment hints at a dramatic maritime moment and a tense decision.
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