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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
5
Andre Tudesq recounts intense gas warfare on the British front with heavy shell expenditure and lingering suffocating fumes. Night battles near Fresnoy feature moonlit, Poe like scenes where regiments clash in black vapors, masks torn and close combat. Few prisoners and even fewer wounded. death dominates the scene.
The comedian recounts a music hall anecdote where a manager apologizes for a missing comic singer. To calm the troubled crowd he hints at a replacement act while a gallery voice protests that the audience will be fine if the band is kept from playing.
An excerpt shows a narrator seeking advice from Got. Tox on how to ask for his daughter’s hand. The voice notes trying humor and tact as a lead in, suggesting a strategy to ease the request while gauging the father’s reception.
Engineer Charles Gibbs died and fireman William Palmer and brakeman J W Staith were badly burned when a Denver and Rio Grande work train engine derailed at Una Colorado. Idaho strike activity grows as I W W reports 1700 on strike. Roach shot himself in Pueblo while drawing a revolver. Grand and North Fork floods cause deaths and property loss in Grand Valley. More reports cover Butte miners striking, Kiel canal plan, and various international war updates.
The article describes belts as varied and comfortable, with wide, narrow, and medium widths suited to cloth garments. It notes decorative bands, loops, and buttons, and praises belt designs that enhance gowns and outfits, highlighting craftsmanship and an old time fashion voice.
A damaged OCR line describes a lonely draped belt encircling a slim figure in a tailor made outfit. The fragment hints at how the belt sits high on the torso and its relation to the raised torso, but text is incomplete and lacks clear context.
A damaged OCR snippet shows garbled phrases and nonsensical quotes. No coherent event or names are readable beyond partial words. Unable to extract a clear people, places, or actions for a factual summary.
A wartime drill scene at a military center features a tall wiry recruit who cannot endure the Swedish drill and asks to be excused. He protests that he did not know the nation was at war with Sweden, while the drill sergeant contemplates punishment for failing to complete the routine.
An advertisement touts Cuticura for sore hands, claiming Fast relief with Cuticura Soap cleansing and Cuticura Ointment application. It promises a free sample by mail with a booklet upon sending a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Bouton.
Col John Ward once led raw recruits of his navvies in an unorthodox musketry session. He explained the bayonet concept with the phrase this is the bayonet boss and this is the bayonet bar, noting where you get your money and where you upend it. The squad grinned, then understood.
A fragment notes the public appetite for scandal as people readily accept rumors and sensational claims without verification, reflecting a broader social tendency toward gossip and suspicion.
A Kansas City Star snippet recalls three socially prominent women dining in a park dance pavilion when a floor manager offered to arrange a dance with the senor. One of the women spoke for the trio and declined, prompting the manager to claim he would dance with anyone. The scene captures a moment of social tact and wit amid early 20th century manners.
Mrs. O. M. Runes of Ridgway Pennsylvania says seven months of female trouble with backache and side pain left her unable to work. After three doctors failed she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered enough to handle all housework while caring for her three year old. She invites others to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
A terse exchange centers on a prisoner and a confrontation described as occurring between the eyes. The dialogue implies a moment of heightened exasperation without physical injury details. The source presents a brief, dramatic snippet rather than a full narrative.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freasone as a low cost treatment that lifts any corn or callus without pain. A small bottle from drug stores allegedly frees feet of corn with no irritation to surrounding skin. If stocks run out, suggest a local wholesale drug house.
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