Community Notes From Big Piney and Surroundings
Local items report travelers for business trips to Cheyenne Rock Springs and Kemmerer with returns planned in a week. W O W camp 851 aims to boost activity while preparations for the Fourth of July intensify. Local residents visit Boise Idaho Salt Lake City and Opal with posts about new home progress and school colors for Big Piney High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Osterhout
Denver
Salt Lake
Chas. P. MacGlashan
Cheyenne
Rock Spiring
Kemmerer
Green River Valley
Big Viney
Ged
Boise Idaho
Ross
Plains Kansan visit and local notes mix with historic digs
A report from Plains Kansas notes Mrs A H Dent visiting her daughter Mrs H C Dunham while several locals participate in farm labor and teaching. The piece also mentions a humorous political exchange featuring Senator Depew and a Cromwell House archaeological find at Huntingdon England with remains of an old Friary and a foundation including doorway fragments and a chimney stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Dent
Plains, Kansas
H. C. Dunham
Cromwell House
River Cromwell
Huntingdon
England
Gas buoy drifts 18000 miles after breaking moorings
A gas buoy detached from moorings in the St Lawrence and drifted for two years, covering about 18 000 miles before being recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Lawrence
Cocktail Promoter and Finance Tale in Odd Verses
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt mixes a cocktail scene with financial deceptions. A well known promoter recalls being asked to fund a venture with Canada’s investors, debating share counts and a five dollar par value while discussing a costly cocktail. The piece also notes a court ruling on a weekend fare and a mythic serpent motif across legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walfort
Saturday Evening Post
Canada
Canink
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. V. Cleop
Wilson F. McDill
John Y. Butler
LaBarg
J. F
Vine
Kegin
Lion Bros
Doctor McCall
George Jo
Stanley I
Frank Dal
Ironwood
J. E
Irvine
Walter Wilkey
Joe Stanton
Bob Hereford
Joe Bell
Sullivant
Strap
Praight
Ona
Charley Walker
Charles Noble
Stowr
Boise
Stelter
Pinedale
G. A. Hileman
Big Piney High School
Lincoln County
Buster Mellvain
Zotconwood
H. Dunham Bran
C. BP. MacGlash
Miss Hope Dent
J. G. Hayden
Lyla Spencer
A. C. Dunham
Frank Ball
Horse Creek
O. H. Dunham
Depew
Berator Depew
Barthesome
Peekskill
Senate
Egypt
Moses
Cadmus
Wagner
Alberich
Greece
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