06 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1919
Page
1
The notice lists Morning Service every other Sunday at 11:00 o'clock and St John Baptist Mission Sunday School at 10:30 AM with a pupil notice changing Sunday School from 10:00 to 10:30 AM. Rev Reese preached at the Congregational Church last Sunday and will hold services next Sunday morning January 19.
A buyer seeks a small ranch with water access and good meadow land including buildings and capacity for 150 to 200 head of cattle. Communications directed to C. W. Grinnell in Columbus, Ohio, via the Adv. newspaper.
Notice states the firm Barber and Pixley Daniel of Wyoming has been dissolved and G P Barber has assumed the entire business and solicits patronage. Signed G B Pixley and 8 P Barber.
All parties are warned not to hunt or fish on the F Norris ranches. Parties caught trespassing will be prosecuted. Floyd Norris Dan Crafton was on the sick for a few days but is now better. Wm Hesser has charge of the pool hall denimg his absence.
School notes say beginners classes started at three times this term but lack of time prevents another. Parents are asked not to start beginner this term. Irwin Covey and James Mickle Jr. returned to school Monday. Sophomores study Benjamin Franklin in character sketches. Seventh graders begin Longfellow’s Courtship of Miles Standish.
The Green River Valley Chapter reports receipt of 31.45 from the Soldier Boys proceeds of a New Year's Eve auction and offers thanks for the donation.
Families of Jake and Ned Herschler Harley Gillispie D O Robison C L Holden and Wm Graham joined Mr and Mrs Justin Pomeroy for New Year’s Day basket dinners. Lyon Rathbun and Guy Pyle missed due to illness. Nineteen covers set. Music and dancing marked the hours. Warm wishes to the hosts for a joyful year ahead.
Mr and Mrs Claude Daniels spent Saturday and Sunday in town visiting local shops and attending a church event. The couple did not announce any plans beyond a brief stay and returned home Sunday evening.
Local readers receive news on residents and visitors in Big Piney with notes on travel and family ties. Chas Rumsch leaves for Cheyenne with plans to return later in the week while Mrs G I Sheldon and her two sons arrive from Salt Lake to stay indefinitely as Mr Sheldon explores local oil fields.
For ten days Mr Lewis and a woman calling herself Dr Mary K Lewis solicited donations for a tubercular hospital claiming to represent a Denver organization. Deputized men arrested the couple. Red Cross and Denver officials denied any such association. the pair were held in Kemmerer as investigations continued.
The Christmas Roll Call closed with 352 members reported, plus a few awaiting word. The chapter chair thanks Mrs. E D Key, Mrs. Gee, Booker, and the Misses Lydia Tanner Martha Jenkins Dorothea Budd for their tireless campaign efforts. Also notes Mrs. Don Angus returned to Daniel from Texas and family travel details, and a theft of a boy's tricycle from the yard with a warning to suspects to replace it soon.
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