Neighborhood letters from Lance Creek and sights in Wyoming
The column records multiple local notes from Lance Creek and Moorecroft Wyoming including visits by Mr and Mrs Powell and family to Moorecroft, harvest work by Ernest Tessi in Kimble County, birthday surprises for Mrs Newman and J Judevine, and social gatherings at the Newman and Bryant homes. It mentions threshing starting, an oil well brought in near Lance Creek, and speculative remarks about coal iron potash and isinglass prospects by Grant. The writer jokes about partnerships and potential ventures and laments prairie dogs in Grant’s center city. The piece ends with travel plans to Colorado and a humorous note about milk and diamonds, signed J J Keenan.
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Powell
Moorecroft
Wyo
Ernest Tessi
Kimble County
Wm. Newman
FE. Bryant
A. A. Lee
I. Elise
Pine Ridge
Chadron
J. Judevine
Alfred Tosai
Crawford
Ernest Tossi
Otto Becker
Alfred Tossi
Lance Creek
Grant
Burehel
Colorado
Alliance
J. J, Keenan
Dawes County Fair Set to Open Next Week
The Dawes County Fair and Livestock Exposition kicks off next week as the year’s biggest local event. Organizers urge residents to attend for exhibits, contests, and community celebrations.
Man Cannot Make a Worm in a Big City Tale
A collection of editor quips contrasts New York life with fishing fables and a boastful Angeleno remark. The Ohio editor dislikes the metropolis while comic lines critique self praise and urban lore from The Argonaut and New York Tribune.
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Ohio
New York
Argonaut
Los Angeles
New York Tribune
Child Calls Bear Gladly With Cross Eyed Crest
A visitor asks a small girl the name of her new bear. She gravely replies the bear is named Gladly, like the hymn line cross eyed bear. The exchange ends with confusion over the hymn reference.
Keenan Writes From Wyoming Ranch
Letter from Lance Keenan in J. C. Keenans Wyoming note describes ranch life at Lance Creek Aug 1 with cattle range, fencing needs, and crop reports. It references poetry lines and natural imagery while noting fat cattle, good grass, shade trees, and a neighbor's fifty acres of corn.
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Lance Creek
Wyo
the Herald
No concise title available Reflecting beauty and terror with foams and winds
Fragmentary text blends poetic imagery of clouds and rain with abrupt inserts about private stead and home brew. It mentions Kaleer foreign exchange and alfalfa seed at Stephenson and O Bannon, suggesting a damaged page mixing poetry and ads.
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Stephenson & O' Bannon
Platform Inadequates and Silent Gaps Spark Debate
A fragmented treatise criticizes the platform for neglecting the forty hour week and rights for women including suffrage. It laments incomplete coverage of social issues from dress to labor and questions proposals for wartime gardens and servant conditions.
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