Miss Elaine Johanson Dies at Fontenelle
Miss Elaine Johanson cousin of Albert and Gus Larsen of Fontenelle died at 3:00 a m Tuesday after influenza and complications. She had been at the Alford Hemp ranch seeking health after leaving Chicago and a tuberculosis sanitarium. Dr Looney arrived after death. Body to Kemmerer for shipment to Chicago for interment. Larsen brothers are her only relatives in the U S. deceased came from Sweden four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Johanson
Albert
Gus Larsen
Fontenelle
Alford Hemp
Chicago
Looney
Hamp Ranch
Kemmerer
Embrey Mortuary
Larsen Brothers
America
Sweden
Wedding bells and busy travel in Daniel notes
Mrs. Joseph Huston and Hayden visit Merna then return home. Rev Best marries Leila Bloom and Thurston Doyle at Mrs. BE. D. Key home with local guests. A second ceremony unites Earl Lozier and Mabel Adney at the Sargent Inn with attendees. Temperatures plunge to 38 below and 44 below in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Huston
Hayden
Merna
Best
Sargent Inn
Earl Lozier
Mabel Adney
Cora
Carlson
Thurston Doyle
Pioneer Drug Store Sold and Dissolved in Wyoming
Notice states the Pioneer Drug Store in Big Piney Sublette County Wyoming has been sold and discontinued. Dr M B Hook proprietor declares no further responsibility for debts or obligations incurred by others in the store name. Dated February 13 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Drug Store
Big Piney
Sublette County
Wyoming
A. D
M. B. Hook
Townsman Frank Lewis to Receive 53000 From State
State House Bill 161 provides for 3000 to Frank Lewis of Big Piney for negligence by a nurse at State Hospital Rock Springs after an X ray burn caused his left arm amputation last year. Triangle Club to meet Feb 21 1929 at Mrs Tanner’s home. Lively Ladies Triangle Club party drew full attendance with high score by Mrs Bess and consolation to Miss Bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lewis
Wyoming
Big Piney
State Hospital
Rock Springs
Triangle Club
L. D. Tanner
L. Z. Bess
Jessie Bird
Judge Tidball and the Look of Twenty Years
The Rock Springs Rocket reports Sheriff Morton describing a darkey’s plea decision before Judge W. J. Tidball. The prisoner intended to plead guilty but, seeing the judge, exclaimed he was scared and changed to a not guilty plea, suggesting the judge’s stern demeanor resembled twenty years of prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
al Morton
de Lure
Darkey
W. J. Tidball
Darky
Relatives of Late A L McClanahan Visit Kemmerer
Mrs Charles Hill of Omaha former wife of Tate A L McClanahan of Tulsa and her daughter Vivian arrived in Kemmerer after learning of the decedent's death on December 29. They planned to dispose of his estate including two lots and a small frame building in Tulsa. Vivian had not heard from her father since she was 13. They left Kemmerer on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hill
Omaha
Tate A. L. McClanahan
Tulsa
Vivian McClanahan
Kemmerer
Miss McClanahan
Kemmerer Gazette
Fire at Piney Hotel Causes Minor Roof Damage
Last Friday morning a small blaze on the Piney Hotel roof was spotted by Mrs. G. B. Hackett. Her husband raced to the Big Piney Garage to trigger the alarm as the volunteer fire department arrived. flames were extinguished with little damage and only soot damage from the chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Hotel
Hotel Piney
G. B. Hackett
Wyoming Livestock and Range Report Highlights Snow Impacts
The Wyoming Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports generally favorable cattle and sheep conditions despite heavy snow. Ranges show a winter decline to 77, the lowest since 1922, with hay shortages and high prices driving reliance on supplementary feeds as cattle and sheep endure cold and scarce desert range feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Putnam
Wyoming Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Red Desert
Ganges
Examiner Delayed By Late Ready Prints From Kemmerer
The Examiner is late this week due to ready prints failing to arrive from Kemmerer on schedule. They arrive at Kemmerer post office on Saturday and have until Thursday to reach here. The paper is held to give readers the continued story in the patent sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Winter's Reply to Casper Chamber on Colorado River Compact
Casper Chamber of Commerce Secretary Charles B. Stafford forwards Winter's reply disputing Cortell and Smoot critiques of the Boulder Dam Bill and Colorado River Compact. He argues a federal allocation is inappropriate, urging state-to-state compacts among Colorado Utah New Mexico Wyoming to distribute water fairly while warning of prior appropriation risks for California. He emphasizes Wyoming's equal footing with other upper states and cautions against delaying measurements and ratifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Stafford
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Casper
Wyoming
Boulder Dam
N. Cortell
Laramie
Soi
Cortell
Smoot
Senator Smoot
Seiberk Special Board of Engineers
Congress
Seibert, Colorado River Board
Lee’s Ferry
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
North Platte
Nebraska
Platte River
California
Nevada
Arizona
Green
Colorado River
Federal Power Commission
United States Supreme Court
Taylor
Col~ Creade
House
Sunmans
North Platte River
Ulless
Green River Basin
United States
Boulder
Dern
Senate
Reclamation Service
Casper-Alcova
Charles E, Winter
Hockett's Father Dies in Portland Oregon
J M Hockett aged 83, longtime Portland resident, died of heart failure after a stroke. G T Hockett received the news from Portland and could not reach the obsequies due to road conditions. The obituary notes active public life and community sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Hockett
Portland
Oregon
J. M. Hockett
Hackett
Fire Loss in United States Hits Half a Billion Annually
For the last century annual U S fire losses run near five hundred million dollars. During the same period about five billion dollars of property values have been consumed by flames across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Easter Date Shifts Early This Year Prompting Spring Talk
Easter falls on March 31 this year, the earliest March date since 1921 and among the earliest on record. Lent began on February 13 with Ash Wednesday, and Easter Sunday can range from March 22 to April 25. An old saying ties early Easter to early spring, though that does not guarantee early wardrobe demands.
Merchants from Omaha to Attend Winter Mid-Continental Meet
About two thousand merchants and their wives from Omaha and nearby trade areas plan to attend the winter meeting of the Mid-Continental Merchants association in Omaha the week of March 4. An extensive program includes dinners theater parties dancing and prizes at venues such as Ad-Sell Riviera Livestock Exchange Hotel Fontenelle and Air Coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Mid-Continent Merchants Association
Riviera
Ralph Smith
Carpenter Paper Company
Harry Hundley
Byrne & Hammer Dry Goods Company
Livestock Exchange
Hotel Fontenelle
John J. Barnes
U_ 5, Rubber company
Robert S. Trimble
Trimble Brothers
Ak-Sar-Ber Exposition Company
Air” Coliseum
Bid Solicitation for Tile Drainage Project in Big Piney
The Town of Big Piney Wyoming calls for sealed bids to construct and lay tiling from Block 7 to North Piney Creek, 1600 feet, with tile buried four feet deep and deeper as needed. Bids due by March midday 1929, opening 8 pm at City Hall. Plans via Town Clerk George A Moffat at State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
State of
Wyoming
Block No. 7
Budd Avenue
Block No 9
Mickelson Street
North Piney Creek
George A. Moffat
Big Piney Wyoming
State Bank of
Penn Shipley
Mayr
Transforming Fellowship and The Instinct for What is Vital at Community Church
The Community Church announces Sunday worship at 10 a m and 11 a m with morning and evening sermons Transforming Fellowship and The Instinct for What is Vital. Lent notes invite readers to study Finding a Religion to Live by and a free meditation book Fellowship of Prayer is offered during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Church
A. C. Best
Fellowship of Prayer
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Daniel News
Court Johnson
Daniel
Brother-Inlaw
Fred Pape
H. E. Price
C. ¥. Phillips
Warren Bridge
Mr. W. I. Todd
Buck Baker
A. EL
McClanahan Dere
Wyoming Livestock and Range Report
Winter
PACT
G. B. Hockett
Portland, Ore
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