Woodmen Camp Plans Welcome for Pfistener Visit
The Big Piney Woodmen Camp 851 prepared Saturday night for district manager John F. Pfistener and Deputy Head Consul Hoover arriving Saturday evening February 10. A large class of candidates will be initiated that night and a banquet will follow. The gathering aims to plan the campaign to recruit members and extend activities while the two officers are in town. The local camp expected to boast the largest membership for a town its size.
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John F. Pfistener
Hoover
Big Piney
Mysterious Woman Promised at Valentine Dance for Ladies Guild
Interest grows in a shadow dance planned for February 14, by the Ladies Guild to benefit the church. The event aims to be a joyous occasion with the ladies serving supper and a possible high value turnout. Mrs Dan Harrison and children, delayed by a sick baby with measles, were bound for Salt Lake City but remain home.
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Ladies’ Guild
Dan Harrison
Salt Lake City
Poole and Thorp Wed in Columbus Ceremony
Miss Pearl Agnes Poole and George E. Thorp united in marriage on Wednesday afternoon January 17 1917 at Columbus. The ceremony was witnessed by J O'Brien and Redmond Poole among others. Afterward the couple and guests celebrated with music dancing and a late supper at the bride's parents ranch on Valley Creek. The groom a prosperous Lake Basin farmer holds a long term lease on the Olaf Wiig ranch and plans to reside on the Peter Bowers ranch on Coombs Flat pending the Bowers’ return from the East. The Examiner offers its congratulations.
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Pearl Agnes Poole
George E. Thorp
Columbus
Mr. Thorp
Lake Basin
Mr. Bone
Olaf Wiig
Mrs. Thorp
Peter Bowers
Coombs Flat
Mrs. Bowers
Park City
Trials of Mrs Charles Doty in 1916 Wilds of La Barge
In fall 1916 Mrs. Charles Doty and her son Frank Adkins with two young children left Opal for upper La Barge seeking deer and fur profits amid heavy snow. They relied on a county pension, ration shortages grew as 19 year old Frank made trips to Viola post office hoping for funds. An investigation by Phil Twichel was begun to assess their welfare.
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Charles Doty
Frank Adkins
Fay
Guy
la Barge
Opaladieu
Jack Rabbit
Mr. Frank
God’s Country
Millient
Ernest
Frank
Coal Creek
Viola Post Office
Phil Twichel
Calf Diphtheria Treatment Outlined By State Vet
State Veterinary French described calf diphtheria or necrotic stomatitis as a contagious disease affecting calves from ten days to eight months. He reported 84 affected of 197 calves at Sutton ranch, four deaths, and urged isolation, daily cleaning of sores with creolin, soft feeding, and vigilant inspection. Grover Trittipo delayed by snow at Opal.
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Piney Hotel
Whitman- Baum
Sutton Ranch
Opal
Cheyenne
the Piney
Who Gets the Money You Earn
A brief editorial arguing that saving extra income in bank accounts builds future prosperity. It warns extravagance accrues interest costs and urges prudent, habitual saving to afford future luxuries without financial strain.
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Big Piney Merc. Co
Joseph H. Guyette
Winter
Emporium
Big Piney, Wyoming
Grover Trittipo
Marbleton State Bank
W. W. Luce
Jas. W. Chrisman
J. Chas, Rumsch
State Bank of
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