Aviator Versus Lover Sparks High Flying Breakup
Fragmentary dialogue shows a woman courting the aviator for two years then being dumped after a playful flight. She confronts the pilot and he rises with the plane, and she has not seen him since.
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
7
Cornered tale sparks time dispute after clock stops
Mrs Duf fersby questions frenzied husband about his arrival time saying the clock had stopped. He insists it was 2 a m. while the Jibways next door are noted for late hours. Mrs Jibway may be consulted about the discrepancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Duffersby
Mr. Duffersby
Inspector Questions Black Hand Suspect In Red-Handed Claim
The detective insists the right man is in custody after claiming to have caught the suspect in the act. The exchange hints at a tense confrontation over the identity of the culprit.
Then and Now We Hear Of The Bold New Woman
A reflective note contrasts past daily talk of the bold modern woman with present restraint as time passes and elders age. The piece hints at changing public attention toward youth and new roles.
Porter Job Test Reveals 225-Pound Claim
A hotel manager questions a lightweight applicant about handling heavy trunks. The applicant confidently claims his girlfriend weighs 225 pounds, suggesting the scale of strength behind his claim.
Had Her Doubts
A brief dramatic exchange shows a daughter doubting a suitor as her father seeks to end his parental role. The dialogue hints at underlying family pressure and concern over commitment. The Boston Transcript framing suggests a serialized or theatrical context.
Observant judge tells litigant to hire a lawyer
A judge bluntly tells a litigant his claim is dubious and advises him to obtain legal counsel. The remark underscores courtroom scrutiny of the case and the judge's insistence on clear, truthful testimony.
She Might Try It Dialogue Sparks Domestic Tension
A brief exchange unfolds with a husband scolding his wife for kindness to animals. She retorts about his harshness, and he challenges her to test dumbness to provoke a response. The fragment hints at a strained marriage and sharp repartee.
Modest Remark Sparks Family Banter From Detroit Free Press
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press records a playful exchange about a mother’s meals and abilities, with a jab about being the best she could land. The brief dialogue reflects casual domestic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
In Love’s Strain Cited By Widow On Prices
A widow notes that intense romance can sap appetite, attributing the lack of hunger to the steep costs of flowers and theater tickets. The observer cites high expenses as a common cause of such lovestruck malaise. However the quote remains a reflection on romance and spending.
Appreciation Kid in Motorcar Describes Emergency Brake
A brief dialogue shows a boy noting that the brake is activated quickly in emergencies while a co-ed compares the action to a kimono, highlighting casual misunderstandings about safety features.
Mean Insinuation. Soph Have You a Minute to Spare
A brief dialogue between Soph and Wreach in Syracuse Orange fashion captures a playful exchange. Soph asks for time and offers to share what she knows, prompting a lighthearted back-and-forth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soph
Wreach
Syracuse Orange
Untitled Opinion Reflects Domestic Role Debate
A fragment shows a discussion on gender roles with a question about whether women should break rules and a reply asserting it is tough to determine who leads at home. The tone captures domestic sphere tensions and authority questions without specifics.
King's Blue Fashion Trends in Evening Wear
A description of blue gowns and accessories, noting King's blue as a flattering shade for women. It discusses bold new fashion, including an extreme trend with a coat and large appliques, illustrated by a beige velour de laine ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velour de Laine
Ever Try It The Uplift Of Humanity
A compact note ponders humanity rising while resisting profanity. It frames virtue as shared effort and cautions against moral laxity in public discourse.
Expensive operation costs and wit about living
A humorous exchange features a surgeon naming a $500 price for a procedure and a patient debating its necessity. The surgeon asserts dependence on perspective, while the patient quips about the high cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Skinner
Skinner
His Fatal Error Dreaming of You Night and Day
A dialogue style brief outlines a couplet of lovers where he dreams of marriage but she rejects dreams and demands a man who is wide awake. She asserts no dreamers need apply as the man’s fate hinges on strength of resolve and readiness. The exchange echoes a social caution about readiness for commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hitts
Clara
Crossbar taffetas gowns mark simple spring style trends
Soft crossbar taffetas outfits in silks show a practical range from unpretentious afternoon gowns to novelty petticoats. Descriptions highlight panel fronts, pockets, scalloped edges, crocheted finishes, wide belts, sailor collars, and seasonal color pairings, noting accessibility of fashion for most women.
Rural Visitor Breaks a Dollar at Oddly Quiet Eatery
A rural visitor declares no smaller money than a dollar. The cashier offers to break it in the alley to avoid disturbing patrons at the self service restaurant. The exchange hints at a large sum in play behind the scene.
Woman seeks divorce over incompatibility in prizefighter guise
A woman, dressed in a way suggesting a prizefighter, declares she wants a divorce as she enters a law studio. When asked the grounds, she replies incompatibility, claiming her husband won't fight with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erbout
Safety First
A fragmentary line from a Life magazine piece shows a mother pressing Willie for the truth about his father’s whereabouts last night, and Willie resisting punishment, implying a family discipline scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
With Her Eyes They Stood By The Low Well
A Princeton Tiger verse line describes two figures beside a well with no bucket. She looks away and then meets his gaze filled with water, implying challenge and unresolved need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Tiger
Bragging About George Washington Draws Uncle Eben’s Caution
Uncle Eben laments that most admiration seems to be bragging about George Washington. The remark emphasizes skepticism toward hollow praise and praise of the nation’s founder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
George Washio
Inventor of the wire leas airabip questioned
A dialogue centers on identifying the inventor of the wire leas airabip with one character pressing another for an answer. The exchange highlights knowledge gaps and humor about who would know such a fact.
Novel Fur Trim and Waterfall Pockets Update Fashion
The piece describes fur bands attached to coats and dresses with large semi cylindrical folds at fingertip depth. It notes the folds fall irregularly and softness without stiffness. It highlights new pockets along skirt and coat edges, including a moon shape outlined by narrow waterfall bands.
Rinner Kills Merrill Over Alleged Marital Troubled Home
Ranch hand William Rinner shot and killed Ote Merrill three times after seeing Merrill with his wife in a Sheridan car. A bystander disarmed Rinner before his arrest. Merrill, a rancher, leaves a widow and six children. Rinner says Merrill had ruined his home and had previously ignored his warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Sheridan
Wyo
Ote Merrill
William Rinner
Merrill
Rinner
Montana
Cheyenne Welcomes Guard Troops From Two States
Acting Governor Houx delivers welcome to Colorado and Wyoming guardsmen. Mayor La Fontaine represents Cheyenne as the city greets the troops returning from the call to arms last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Colorado
Wyoming
Houx
R. N. la Fontaine
Baker Block House Moves Toward Cheyenne History Site
The cabin and block house built by Jim Baker on the Snake River bank near the Colorado line began its final trek to Cheyenne. The structure will be reerected in Frontier Park to be preserved as a historical relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Jim Baker
Wyoming
Colorado
Snake River
Colorado Line
Frontier Park
Old Scout McKenzie Dies After Long Exposure
Casper tribute for pioneer plainsman John McKenzie known as Old Scout McKenzie who died in a local hospital from exposure after freezing feet and living on sugar and water for eleven days before relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
John McKenzie
Old Scout McKenzie
McKenzie
Fireman dies from head injury after train collision west of Rawlins
Cheyenne reports C. W. Reavly, 28, fireman, died from the head injury suffered when a Union Pacific passenger and freight train collided fifteen miles west of Rawlins. He was hurled from the cab and found unconscious with one leg amputated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
C. W. Reavly
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Reavly
Cream fund nets Van Tassell area over forty thousand
The Van Tassell region and surrounding country collected 40,505 dollars last year from selling 5035 cans of cream or about 135000 pounds of butter fat to buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Tassel
van Tassell
Wool Clip Sold At Record 40 Cents Per Pound
Cheyenne based Stoner Bros and flock masters Frank May and W P Olson of Cokeville contracted to sell their 1917 wool clip at 40 cents a pound, the highest price ever offered for Wyoming wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Stoner Bros
Frank May
W. P. Olson
Cokeville
Flockmasters
Wyoming
Armed Guards to Patrol Wyoming Tunnels and Bridges
Due to rising tensions with Germany and fear of war, Union Pacific plans armed guards at key bridges and tunnels on its Wyoming division from Cheyenne to Ogden to safeguard transcontinental rail links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
United States
Germany
America
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Wyo
Ogden
Utah
Clarence Cunningham Sentenced to Seven to Ten Years
Clarence Cunningham pleaded guilty to horse stealing and received a seven to ten year sentence in the penitentiary. He was the leader of a gang that operated in Wyoming and Nebraska for over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cunningham
Cheyenne
Cunningham
Wyoming
Nebraska
Hold Farmers' Short Courses in Wyoming State
In the tradition of prior years the extension division of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture conducts farmers institutes and short courses in agriculture at multiple locations across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
College of Agriculture
University
Land Board Awards Cheyenne Prospectors Lease
J T Heret bid 105000 for one half of section in the Big Muddy field and deposited 10600 by another bidder. He then deposited 94500 to complete the 105000 bid before State Land Commission er Ray B Jee for the lease term of the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
State Land Board
J.T. Heret
Big Muddy
Mr. Heret
Ray B. Jee
Potatoes gel in Kemmerer as Wyoming items flood lists
Wyoming State News items report potato prices at four dollars per hundredweight in Kemmerer, new hotels in Chugwater, a federation formed by Laramie women, elk shipments to Parrisburg, a large sugar warehouse at Worland, a scarlet fever case in Wheatland, a fire destroying a Rock Springs store and bank, and various civic developments across the state including depots, commissions, and oil and wool interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Cody
State House
State Capitol Commission
John B. Kendrick
United States
Cokeville
R. W. Brown
Kemmerer
Pearl Johnson
Sunset Oil Company
Midwest
George Trabing
Rock River
Rock
B. L. Emery
Good Roads
Emery
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Boston Transcript
Tyro
Payne
Cretonne
Sirah
Tady
Tatyeres
Ashion
Baker
Old Land Lease
Wyoming State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Chugwater
John J. Mong
State Hospital
Wyoming Holding and Development Company
Secretary of State
Carnegie Hbrary
Louise Portz
Abraman
Cecil Wade
Joseph M. Carey
Maha Farm Loan Bank
Lawrence Howard
Meeteetse
William M. Benton
Cheyenne Daily News
T. Joe Fisher
Seattle, Wash
State Public Service Commission
Soda Butte Telephone Company
Weston County
Clark
Rolla Glenn Yates
Uva
Naval Academy
Oklahoma
Cumberland
State Highway Commission
Robert D. Carey
Careyhurst
M. R. Johnson
Wheatland
Gua Holmes
Joe Kinney
FP. C. Williame
Go Firm
Kansas City
Lincoln County
Kemeter
Plains Ol Company
LaBarge Oil
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