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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1917
Page
7
A Colorado man Antonio Lopez writes Tanlac headquarters describing 25 years of illness, weight loss from 138 to 148 pounds after three bottles, relief from stomach cramps, and ability to eat heartily. The letter, dated August 25 1917 from Houbideau Colorado, urges others to try Tanlac and includes the dealer notice.
A long list of winter food prep tips and recipes from canning to sandwiches. It includes cucumber and sardine toast ideas, classic meats layered in bread, pickled onions and cucumbers, pies like apple and banana, and sauces such as chili sauce and Bordeaux mix. Also notes on nutrition and thrift from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Mining and oil reports from Arizona Colorado and Wyoming note tungsten and copper activity at Dragoon and Benson area, new production at Crown King, Shattuck Copper and Mary Murphy mine progress near Cave Basin, and Elktson led output. Also mention Silverton ore shipments, Breckenridge plant start, Mogollon and Farmington oil testing, plus wells at Fort Bridger and Glenrock facilities.
A Canadian tutor notes a shift in trench correspondence. Censors duties are slightly reduced and soldiers show greater sense of the situation. Letters become more humorous and matter of fact. One soldier explains home readers cannot grasp life at front and warns against sharing anxieties.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone to instantly relieve corn pain and lift the corn root and all. Separately, 150 to 200 Parisian women are to drive military cars behind the front, enlisting for three months under strict military discipline to replace ambulance drivers initially and later other automobile sections.
W S Desmond, a carpenter from Aluntington Lake California, above the draft age, wanted military service. He proposed a penny match with his wife, who agreed. Heads he stays, tails he goes to the front, and he enlisted in the field artillery. He told the recruiting officer, My wife’s a good sport.
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports Germany now produces 300000 tons of nitrogen from air in 2016, up from 30000 tons in 1913, with expectations to reach 320000 tons this year. Production cost is about six cents per kilogram.
One of America's oldest industries, Cape Hatteras NC hosts porpoise fishery for about 200 years. The fishery yields valuable oil from jaws used in fine lubricants and the blubber, with rare attempts at fertilizer failed due to fuel distance. Porpoises are taken from shore in seasonal series then dragged ashore, sometimes capturing a whole school in a single haul.
A Scottish American joke has a lieutenant asking about a trench digging party. The answer reveals one officer among thirty men, noted as the only nonworker. A quip about appearances and a remark on money and love close the snippet.
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