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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
6
A week of visits and calls at the Bondurant office includes Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bowlsby and Frank Hansen with daughter Ella, Mrs. Walter McPherson, Mrs. Hazel Querry, and Nan of Music Mountain. Logs, trapping, elk, and horses are mentioned along with remarks on seasonal weather and a serialized fiction promotion for Nan of Music Mountain in the Examiner.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wilhelm and daughter Helen spent New Year’s Day at the Frank Van Vleck residence. A snowshoe journey and a sleigh ride followed a grand dinner prepared by cook Kenhey with hostess help.
The article records community movements in Marbleton and nearby towns. Hage Swanstrom and his mother visited Marbleton on Friday. Nellie Scott completed a settlement school term and will teach at Gene Spencer's Sunday. Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Carlson accompanied Shi Wis to Spencer's. Bille Stow left for Big Piney to finish the term. W Carlson and wife traveled to Marbleton and Big Piney. Spencer and two children are sick with colds. local conditions include weather fluctuations.
A batch of letters to A. B. Wyly, Oklahoma Indian schools superintendent, reveals Indian boys lamenting low pay and harsh work, language clashes with English instruction, and a few seeking relief from schooling. One boy from the Snake settlement pleads to go home, saying he is sick and tired of school.
The Engineering Magazine outlines a six step German approach to waging war as a science. It emphasizes investigation, organization, records, planning, standardization, and incentives as keys to efficient, well trained execution.
The Journal Officiel of France notes Corporal Surrugue No. 913 of the Ninth company Sixth regiment of engineers as a veteran of 1870 and knight of the Legion of Honor. He volunteered at seventy six to front line sapper duties and worked tirelessly under fire. In civilian life he led as mayor of Auxerre for twelve years and now oversees light railway construction and upkeep.
Mrs George Jay Gould spoke at a New York dinner defending a marriage seen as rational rather than romantic. She warned that initial romantic choices may fail, while practical partnerships endure, noting love may fade as time reveals true challenges.
Notice lists James R. Gooden of Bronx Wyoming and Hugh T. Bell of Bronx Wyoming filing for Desert Land final proof at Big Piney Wyoming on February 10 1917 before Royal A. Young. Witnesses include Joseph Huston Harry Payne and Daisy S Gooden. Fields cover sections 2 11 and 2 township 35 north range 112 west and lots 8 4 the s s nw and sw of section 2 township 85 north range 112 west.
In the District Court Probate division Lincoln County Wyoming the Estate of Chas Elder deceased letters of administration were granted January 3 1917 to Amelia Elder Bronx Wyoming claimants must file claims with vouchers for allowance within six months or be barred and if not exhibited within one year from the letters they will be forever barred Dated January 10 1917 Amelia Elder Bronx Wyoming J18-F1
Albert H Beecher of Marbleton Wyoming filed intent to prove desert land entry 03730 for SEYSEY Section 23 SWYNWY 25 and EX NE 6, Township 82N Range 114W, before Royal A Young at Big Piney on February 24 1917. Albert A filed a 3 year proof for entry 08729 NWYNWY Section 26 and SWN WY 24, before Royal A Young at Big Piney in 1911. witnesses Frank D Chapel Tomas Connor George Booker J E Fleming from Halfway. 118-Fee ALEX NISBET Register.
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