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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
A military officer’s wife writes to Brigadier Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Brown about her teething child. He replies with the proper address, prompting a witty return that ironizes the hierarchy. Additional jokes include a nurse’s chat about a college graduate as a cook and the cost of marriage.
A historic health ad extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a pure herbal tonic to renew energy and stamina. It promises clearer eyes, healthier skin, and strong red blood without alcohol or narcotics, made from botanical roots and bark and sold as tablets or liquid.
An advertisement touts a new whitening cream claiming to remove freckles and blemishes quickly. It highlights a supposed herbal formula, claims of dramatic results, and cites critic Wu Depo Howells as skeptical of the technique.
United States Department of Agriculture notes from Indiana Experiment Station finding oat straw with a ration of corn silage corn and rottenseed meal provides similar gains to hover hay. Straw and stover valued for wintering breeding beef cattle with distinct rations for cows and 1000 pound steers. Advice on feeding levels and ad hoc substitutions.
Guidance on horse hoof care urges frequent foot inspection in pasture and barn. Keep toes trimmed to proper length, heels not overgrown, and hooves rounded to reduce spilling and cracking. In stables clean and trim feet often and maintain the frog in proper condition.
Alfalfa and other roughages are identified as top feeds for sheep. The text notes rapid growth of alfalfa production in the United States and its expanding use beyond cattle feeding to include horses hogs and other livestock.
The piece outlines historical social divisions in Treland describing three classes: the half mounted or buckskin gentry, the gentlemen of old families who lost estates and worked for living, and the gentlemen to the backbone who lived on ancient estates and peasant labor.
In 1927 George Pipwhistle asks for money and Mrs Pipwhistle heads to work. Mia Ir returns with parcels including corkscrews owl mirrors brushes and a bound Uncle Tom's Cabin. He revels in the haul calling it the best bargain sale.
A Toledo piece recalls a boy’s quip about recruiting a Bantams battalion in the city. It also includes scattered notices and jokes about notaries, eczema ads, and familiar consumer lines from vintage newspapers.
A story from the Ithehoboth Sunday Herald features a teacher prompting students to craft original multiplication problems while a boy named William presents a quirky scenario about a baby sister aging from one year old at 20 pounds to sixteen years, with daily weight loss and a doubling of living costs, leading to a graduation outfit price inquiry for his sister.
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