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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
6
Agricultural piece advises selecting a ram by conformation over size and notes samba and Southdowns as profitable. Emphasizes buying purebred ewes, breeding grade ewes to purebreds, selling purebred rams for breeding, and raising sheep with proper shelter, dry floors, and steady forage. Marketing is highlighted as crucial.
A cryptic fragment praises a place as ideal for bogs and brood sows with abundant pasture for eastern states, urging quick action. The text unusually frames Arye Geld as the ideal site for livestock, hinting at regional farming or land-use notes.
The notice urges daily exercise for all animals to improve health. It emphasizes that lack of activity leads to overeating and poor weight management, especially for younger livestock.
Washington reports British orders to treat grain and flour bound for Germany as conditional contraband after Germany decreed seizure of all such goods. Ambassador Page says the Wilhelmina will be seized but released with cargo bought at invoice. future shipments will be seized without compensation. Counts von Bernstorff assures exemptions for some foodstuffs, but British action expands to indirect shipments.
London report states the probate court ruled Charles R. Slingsby’s son is the legitimate heir to the £500,000 Slingsby family estate in Yorkshire. Charles, once a British Navy lieutenant and later a San Francisco resident, holds the property, while a younger brother challenged legitimacy alleging an infant substitution by the lieutenant’s wife after her nursery died.
The committee had been approved by states representing 290 electoral votes, about twenty five more than required, under national committee conditions, and will take effect when the committee meets to arrange for the next national convention.
Olga Krasiliakof, 19, wounded in Moscow after nineteen battles in Poland, enlisted under a man's name. Her disguise was uncovered and she received the cross of St George, fourth degree.
Jobe Barkoo a Syrian admitted to an immigration inspector that he collected 9400 from people in Salt Lake City and nearby by posing as an agent of a foreign missionary society. He spent the money to bring his family to the United States and is jailed awaiting action as an undesirable alien.
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal white slave act allows indicting a woman as a coconspirator with the person who caused her transportation, interpreting the statute to cover both parties in the act.
State news reports 1,178 German jurists killed in the present war. The total includes professors 275 judges 140 lawyers 144 assessors and 624 barristers across the profession.
Stal lings moved Charlie Deal to exploit left field wind conditions in the Braves Athletics World Series games. Deal, a left field hitter, struggled with only two hits in four games as the wind aided fly balls to left.
Francis Ouimet objects to a prize tied to professional status at the amateur club event. To avoid displacing other amateur entrants, officials awarded him a $40 pro prize, which he declined, prompting a redistribution of prize money after his refusal.
A Philadelphia Telegraph writer cites umpire secrecy across leagues. Tommy Keenan of the Hamern association notes a three-base drive where only the runner was ruled out, per major league directives, while the batter advanced. The dispute centers on who should be penalized when misinterpreted signals affect play.
The House of Representatives voted late Thursday to sustain the president’s veto of the Burnett Immigration bill. The tally showed 261 in favor, short of the two thirds required by five votes, with 196 voting against and two abstentions. Party lines dominated the debate and vote.
In Washington the Democratic caucus selected Champ Clark as their candidate for speaker for the next Congress. The decision follows a noisy meeting where Clark emerged as the party’s choice for the top House role.
New York based plumbing supply house agrees to pay seventy five thousand dollars and withdraw from business in Texas. The settlement settles alleged violations of antitrust laws and ends a multi million dollar penalty dispute with the Crane company.
The article notes the suspension of a two cent postage rate while detailing a new charge of five cents for the first ounce and three cents for each additional ounce.
Bryan for Prohibition declared the Democratic party cannot stand with the brewer against women's suffrage. The remark followed by a banquet of Democratic editors where the secretary denounced liquor traffic and asserted that women's suffrage was inevitable.
Bremen W. J. Tollerton, mechanical superintendent, told arbitration board on Friday that larger locomotives do not ease the labor load for 64 000 engineers and firemen on 98 roads seeking wage increases.
Chicago report states former pastor Rev Job J Mullen killed Hillside postmaster Thomas W Peterson. Jurors ruled Mullen regained sanity after the injury and delivered verdicts matching the homicide case.
Reports say the Goodrich steamship vessel sank three miles from the river mouth after a collision. The incident is described as the heaviest jam seen in years, with crews rushing to rescue and assess damage.
In Augusta Georgia a coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide after a posse sought to arrest Dr M Dunson on a charge of attacked a young girl. The incident occurred as the manhunt unfolded with local authorities pursuing him.
The report notes official statements attempting to clarify events in early February along the front from the North Sea to the Awerning area. It mentions perceived German pressures and signals that American vessels faced dangers from German actions and the state department in Washington.
The Chinese administration pressing for settlement of Japan's political demands after the collision over Khothow territory, ended its debate in Pekin with four hours of fruitless talks and adjourned to meet again next Friday.
London reports Bulgarian premier M. Redoslavol states Bulgaria will remain strictly neutral. He notes the Macedonian issue, affecting Bulgarians under Serbia and Greece, could prompt Bulgaria to act at a future date.
Mareball Texas records indicate a preliminary inquiry into deaths of Wil lems Black lecturer Obie Reger and local coe tweeter Clarence F. Mall of St Pen Mine. Testimony suggests killings occurred after leaving a room of a hotel.
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