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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
2
The narrative follows the aging Wolf Larsen whose brain deterioration brings paralysis and a plan to survive. Humphrey and Maud manage the ship and mind him as storms and smoldering danger test their endurance. Larsen communicates by hand signals and pencil, while the crew completes critical rigging and mast work despite looming mortality.
In a dramatic scene Wolf Larsen’s dying hand scrambles to write a message while Maud assists. The last word reads “B4.8-H bosh,” signaling his final, skeptical note as life ebbs from him.
A timid young man enters a men's furnishing shop seeking a gift for a young lady. A helpful clerk pivots from ties to ladies coats and hose, guiding him through choices as he stares at a sweater display and estimates size.
The German emperor’s royal Corfu palace described as a magnificent white marble edifice with over a hundred rooms and lavish gardens. It was formerly owned by Empress Elizabeth of Austria who spent heavily on its embellishment.
A professor asks which combination releases gold the fastest and the student answers with a playful mispronounced word leading to the punchline about marriage. The exchange mirrors a light classroom moment.
The Wyoming crop report from the U S Department of Agriculture lists August 1 forecasts for winter and spring wheat oats potatoes and hay plus pasture condition at 76 percent of normal. Price averages compare Aug 1 this year to last year with wheat 94 vs 105 cents per bushel oats 62 vs 55 cents and hay 11.30 vs 7.10 per ton.
The city of Lander welcomes the Wyoming State Bankers' Association for its annual meeting September 6 to 8, the Wyoming State Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for its annual session September 5 to 10, and Fremont County Teachers Institute from September 5 to 9, all in Lander.
Cheyenne suit filed in federal court seeks cancellation of 98 patents to about 12,000 acres in Hot Springs Washakie Natrona and Fremont counties held by the Big Horn Sheep Company with John B Okie of Lost Cabin as principal stockholder. It also asks reimbursement of land rental dating from occupation totaling 84 607 85 dollars.
Sundance businessman Sundance D. Russell and his son George C. Russell sell were held without bail on murder charges for the killing of L. H. Hampton at a dance on the Chalmers ranch twelve miles south of town. The two men fled to Sundance and surrendered to police amid crowd fears.
Eight year old Afton Rolla son of Bishop Osborne Lowe fell through a feeding hole in a barn to a cement floor twenty five feet below. He struck his head and the skull was badly shattered over the left eye.
Evanston telegrapher J R Schillerman died from peritonitis not the stab wound after a fight with Jack Harless. A five surgeon post mortem found the cause. Harless remains in custody at Liberty on $1000 bail awaiting further inquiry.
Charles BE Van Loan along with Irvin Cobb and Tom O’Connor escaped a fatal plunge after a fresh log outing on the Platte. John White, the party’s guide, saved Van Loan from the swift river current.
Theodore P. Zuras died from injuries after being struck by Edward Riley on a Cheyenne sidewalk. Riley, 21, was involved in the assault that led to Zuras’s death.
Wilmer P. Palmer, 34, of Denver, was executed at the state penitentiary after attempting self harm in his cell. He killed his wife Jessie at Ball Creek on January 8, 1916, moving by jealousy said to be unfounded.
Wyoming reports multiple public events from Aug 28 to Sept 30 including fairs and camps at Thermopolis Marbleton Green River Valley Cody and Douglas. Key local items include fires in Big Horn forest, saloon license refusals at Lusk, oil ventures near Torrington Basin and Lander, sugar factory overhaul in Sheridan, new bank in Saratoga, and personnel moves in Cheyenne Rawlins and Sheridan.
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