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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
8
A fragment from the Big Piney examiner page recalls the London Chronicle story of William Lee who invented the knitting frame in the sixteenth century to impress a stocking knitter. Enraged, he allegedly killed her livelihood and fled to France where he died, fate unclear.
The article argues Andrew Jackson never faced real poverty and wealth shielded him, praising a supportive family and home life. It contrasts his upbringing with self-made figures like Franklin and Lincoln, noting Jackson’s childhood resembled “flowery beds of ease.”
A humorous tale opens with a pretty girl noting her fiancé cannot discern outfits. A sharp grandmother concedes a man who ignores a wife’s dress won’t fund fashion. Local notes report residents in Cottonwood and Piney, teaching plans, cattle turnout, grass growth, shop ads, and various visits, with several small-town updates and a hotel project in Marbleton.
A fragmentary note describes two persons unsure of each other’s identity. Mention of Grace and Newcomb hints at a social or entertainment context, with a joking reference to a local nickname such as Berubbitt Tooth Wash Girl or Tip piers Tonie Girl, ending in a dismissive reaction.
Filly Dowald of the Cleveland outdoor relief department was sent to Detroit to fetch a prisoner who escaped from the WetWhouse. The prisoner slipped away on the D and C boat, but Dowald spotted him ashore and recovered him, after the escape attempt was thwarted onboard when the prisoner tried to walk off with his own baggage.
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