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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a hair stimulant that promises long thick lustrous hair with restored color and vitality. It claims a 15 cent bottle cleans scalp reduces dandruff and prevents hair loss, urging quick action at drugstores. The text also includes a separate quip about a frugal fly from a joke column.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic for biliousness and constipation. It claims Cascarets cleanse the liver and bowels without harsh laxatives, causing no griping and working while you sleep.
In Switzerland glass weights are used for weighing goods, reflecting a broader European trend. The note highlights how glass weights replace traditional measures in various regions, signaling shifting practices across markets.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure safe non stimulant remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims medicinal purity from vegetable herbs and invites readers to request a sample bottle by mail while noting two bottle sizes at drug stores.
Fragmentary ad copy touts rub on rheumatic pain using Jacobs Oil. Mentions relief for joints muscles back pain and neuralgia with a small trial bottle suggested from drug stores. The distorted text imitates a vintage marketing notice with spelling errors and odd phrases.
A jumble of recipes and家庭 cooking notes cover desserts sandwiches and lunch boxes. French Sponge Cake and Cherry Pie appear alongside Nut Omelet and Harvard Pudding. The text gives bread, sandwich assembly tips, and garnish ideas for a domestic audience, with stylistic flourishes and advising on packing lunches.
Italian researchers led by Professor Sanarelli link sleeping sickness to prior influenza waves in Rome and other elites. They warn resistance must stay high and note uncertain contagion until cause is proven. References to papal actions in 1790 and 1800 color the historical context.
In Yarmouth a small bream was found on a pike catch. After a damaged tale of brandy revived the fish, it began swimming again. The event drew townwide attention with colorful names attached to participants and the odd recovery trick.
The piece discusses a paralytic fever resembling cerebral meningitis, its varying presentations across countries, and a focus on adults. It notes historical reports in 1907 1908 and 1910 along with outbreaks in Maglist cities and Bulgaria. Professor Sanarelli of Bologna and Montevideo is referenced.
John Thornton, twenty, began a 2600 mile trek from Toronto to Oakland to secure a ranch job with his brother. Lacking travel funds, he chose to walk, hoping to reach his brother within March 1920. He spoke of averaging about eighteen miles daily as he travels.
Report from Alaska describes Hyder as a new mining camp with a boom in spring. Rumors claim wide open drinking and dancing before laws, prompting departures to Stewart Canada as Royal Northwest Mounted Police restore order. Fears of a 20000 population if boom had continued, but restrictions reduced numbers.
New York reports a rule requiring migrants to read from thirty to forty words in any chosen language. Immigration law, explained by the Department of Labor, designates the Psalm as the standard for all applicants. Inspections are prepared in multiple scripts, excluding Chinese, with emphasis on nationality and literacy proofs.
Officials target a steady labor pool by boosting present workers pay so skilled staff stay in service. Management seeks to prevent attrition while private compensation policies are discussed with unions and workers.
In a Bonn era dispute, former duke contends state seized his property and jailed his revenue. The court rejects the plea of divine destiny and upholds the sales penalties while affirming the state's actions as within public policy.
A vivid tour of Vera Cruz describes the city’s painted façades, markets, and tropical climate contrasted with a snow peak seen 60 miles away. The San Juan d’Uilon fortress and an evening promenade by the cathedral are highlighted, with tradition noted as youths circle the square during band concerts.
The Columbus Hunter-Tractor Trapper notes wild animals, especially muskrats, as weather predictors. Large muskrat houses mean a cold winter, unusually high houses signal heavy snow and high water, and animal activity increases before storms. Humans feel changes too, especially the rheumatic.
The text notes Native Americans in Delaware Tidiana producing salt near New York by 1670, likely the first in the country, with white settlement salt manufacture starting near Syracuse around 1788. It remarks salt as the world's most common mineral and widely distributed in the United States, followed by a crude insect control recipe involving turpentine resin and lavender oil scent spray for moths.
An old account sketches Fameve Hudeun and the Hudsam River saga in New York. It mentions the river’s low tide, a channel by Deck Up, and a growing estuary with mentions of Alboiy and Teng. The fragment hints at river geography and local names, with uncertain details.
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