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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1917
Page
7
Quoted figures detail cattle, hogs, corn, alfalfa, and dairy products from Denver and Colorado rail markets. Prices for butter, potatoes, poultry, meats, and live stock are listed with ranges for native and western cattle, stockers, and feeders. Multiple regional commodities and commodity classes show current bid and ask prices, with references to mills, crates, sacks, and per ton or per hundredweight terms.
A Indianapolis News item relates Matthias Erzberger and a German leader amid WWI tension. The piece describes a Ninth Division rifle range at Fort Harrison where a small dog fearlessly ran before targets as bullets cracked. A fellow notes the dog’s Jinx might mirror the Germans bullets, a remark highlighting wartime bravado and humor.
An article discusses coffee markets in Hamburg and Havre as dominant sources before European troubles. It notes favorable conditions for U.S. imports, including no duty on coffee, and mentions U.S. market positioning tied to global growers and trade dynamics. A personal anecdote about Audra and suitors appears in the text.
Old world garden wisdom explains upholding foods through canning and drying. Directions cover corn and tomato canning, brine preparation, jars, sealing, and sterilization. Also included are fruit desserts and homely drinks like mint punch, tea punch, and Turkish coffee, with Emerson quotes interspersed.
In a revised train scene near Calamity Little Mary and her mother ride a Pullman car. They start in cushioned seats and learn they will sleep in a bed formed by their seats by the porter around nine. A man later enters and Mary must give up her seat for him to upper berth sleep. The moment prompts questions and amused laughter.
A Circionati authority touts freezone as a simple remedy to sore and hard corns and calluses. A small bottle from a druggist can rid feet of corn or callus with no pain or infection risk as the compound dries on contact. The note also mentions disease-carrying insects and the house rat as major threats to health and prosperity. Then a brief exchange suggests wartime widowhood humor.
An old advertisement offers $1000 for catarrh fat that cannot Sezet by Halls in California. The copy touts a forty year history and a free offer. F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio is listed as the maker.
A playful exchange features Sentimental Sammie calling Pauline a belle while Pauline retorts with a quip about ringing a bell. The bit continues with a moral line urging readers to seek the good in neighbors, even under scrutiny.
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