Cretaceous Oil Co Seeks Oil as Season Opens
The Examiner learns from C R MacGlashan secretary of Cretaceous Oil Co that a small crew clears snow from field gear and prepares the big Keystone drill for the season. They expect pay oil within a thousand to twelve hundred feet, potentially to three thousand feet, in the LaBarge field's shale and sandstones as geologists anticipate a gusher once traversed.
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Examiner
C. P. MacGlashan
The
Cretaceous Oil Company
Cretaceous Company
MacGlashan
LaBarge
Men of 40 May Enlist for War Team
War Department telegram authorizes enlistment of unmarried US citizens under 40 for infantry cavalry field artillery coast artillery engineers medical and signal corps including aviation. Applies to colored regiments. discharge after emergency. Postmasters to forward telegrams. Denver Army Recruiting Office to examine applicants. Additional recruiting lines to open soon.
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Chambers of Commerce
Colorado
Wyoming
War Department
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Engineers
Medical Department
Signal Corps
United States
Army Recruiting Office
Denver
Colo
Red Cross Branch Meeting Invites Community Support
Sunday afternoon April 22 1917 at 3 o'clock at the Episcopal Church a meeting to organize a local branch of the American Red Cross Society will be held. The Red Cross needs you and offers a way to aid during the war without enlisting for field service. All men and women are urged to attend.
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Episcopal Church
American Red Cross Society
Mexican invasion debate grows over border guard value
The piece argues that keeping the state guards on duty at the Mexican border created a trained 150000 strong nucleus for a future army. It cites shifting criticism, noting even former harsh critics like the Boston Transcript praise border service and wartime experience gained by guardsmen including college graduates.
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War Department
Boston Transcript
Wilson
Transcript
Mexico
Miss Guthrie Begins Halfway School Teaching Post
Miss Marie Guthrie left Saturday for Halfway and on Monday assumed duties as teacher at the Halfway school. She will reside on the Guthrie ranches near Halfway.
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Marie Guthrie
Halfway
Miss Guthrie
Guthrie Ranches
Literary Club Enjoys Pleasant Evening at Mrs Mickels Home
The Big Piney Literary club hosted about thirty five members and guests Tuesday evening. The program featured Shakespeare selections from Romeo and Juliet, songs like Good Bye Good Luck God Bless You, readings from The Bohemian Girl, and music by L. E. Bennett and Mrs Mickelson. Rev. Reader presented Faust scenes and a vivid courtroom finale impressed the audience.
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Big Piney Literary Club
Jas. Mickels
Mrs. Jas. Mickel
J. B. Budd
Beck Brings Stockmen to Lincoln County
T. O. Beck returned Tuesday after a two week absence spent advancing stockmen interests. Oscar was the sole Western Wyoming stockman at the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association annual meeting in Cheyenne, where he secured the next year's convention for Kemmerer with only two votes against his choice. Beck attended two state branch board meetings and helped award unclaimed or disputed items.
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T. O. Beck
Green River
Oscar
Wyoming
Wyoming Stockgrowers’ Association
Cheyenne
Kemmerer
Mr. Beck
Uphill economy path toward prosperity and thrift
The passage stresses that economies grow through perseverance and avoiding extravagance. It warns that extravagance accrues interest and advises saving money in the bank to later afford luxuries without depleting funds.
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Cretaceous Oil CO
Just
Big Piney Merc. Co
American Red Cross
Mark G. Harris &Co
Tailors
Emporium
Woward
Big Pay
Beck
Lincoln County
Marbleton State Bank
W. W. Luce
Jas. W. Chrisman
J. Chas. Rumsch
State Bank of
Big Piney
Big Piney, Wyoming
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