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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1926
Page
5
Big Piney High School postpones the minstrel show to Saturday February 20th due to several performers being ill A dance will follow the performance promising a season highlight and inviting every young attendee to enjoy themselves at the event
The House passed a revenue measure, now awaiting Senate action, proposing to eliminate publicity rules, cut the surtax from 40 to 20 percent, raise the married exemption from 2500 to 3500 dollars, reduce inheritance tax from 40 to 20 percent, drop nuisance taxes, and deliver a total tax reduction of 325 million dollars.
The ancestral home of George Washington, standing in England for over 800 years, arrived in Norfolk in 15 crates of stone 14 wooden beams and 350 tons of brick and stonework ready for reconstruction at the president’s birthplace.
Jesse Budd son of Mr and Mrs J B Budd of this place and a student at State University in Laramie is one of fourteen students chosen from several hundred to join the varsity swimming team which will compete against traveling teams before the State tournament next month.
The article traces radio from early entertainment to a vital public utility over four years. It highlights uses in education, policing, locating missing persons, weather, ship guidance, and mass presidential addresses, noting its role in uniting the nation.
J. J. Albano, a forest ranger on official duty at Tie Camp, returned home Wednesday and notes the area has snow well below the long term average for the region.
Special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Sublette County Wyoming on February 2 1926 considered Buck Elmore care. Jack Wall hired at $8 per month, and logs for bridges southeast of Big Piney approved. Bills audited include salaries for Assessor Undersheriff Clerk County Attorney Treasurer and others. March 1 1926 salary warrants authorized. March meeting canceled. adjourned to April 6 1926.
John Budd reports two large moose, a bull and cow, browsing beside the highway between Fontenelle and Slate Creek. They walked along the road for about a mile and a half without panic as Budd tailed them in Kemmerer area. Locals note moose emigrants from Fontenese basin amid cold winter reports.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Big Piney Mercantile Company will be held in the office of the company on the 15th day of February, 1926, for the election of officers and the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting.
A county Superintendent of Schools will lead a conference here next Saturday with 23 local teachers attending at the school building. In the evening a party and dance will be held at Hooks Hall with specially printed programs for the occasion.
The Pinedale Roundup clarifies the annual Dog Derby dates, correcting prior errors. The event is set for February 20th and 21st 2021, replacing the previously reported February 2nd and 22nd dates. Local exchanges echoed the correction.
A traditional house warming at Mr and Mrs Will Payne on Green River drew many visitors from surrounding areas. Old time dances ran late into Friday night with Mr Payne noted as best schottish dancer, claiming a prize and being 60 years younger than many partners.
David 8. Clark died Monday at 7 pm at the Kemmerer home of his daughter Mrs F C McDonough after a period of ill health. A Boulder country pioneer, he ran a ranch for two decades and later operated a hotel in Kelly Wyoming. He was 65. Funeral rites were held Wednesday in Kemmerer with burial in Kemmerer cemetery. He is survived by his wife and thirteen children, including Mrs McDonough Mrs C E Bowden Mrs Wiley Davis and Mrs Ray Boulder. eight other children live in Kelly.
Lusk Wyoming February 9 1929 The Swiss visit surprised Fred Bruegger a local sheep man returning from Switzerland. He learned registered mul k cows brought 300 dollars and up horses aged 10 to 12 years sold for 200 dollars and that an average cow sold for 200 dollars.
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