Personal notes from Piney and surrounding towns
John Angus returns from Kemmerer and heads to Daniel on Wednesday. Cy Kelly travels from the county seat, while Congregational Sunday School holds at 10. L D Tanner visits Daniel and Bronx for farming machinery. New switchboard for Big Piney Telephone arrives from Opal via John Herrod. installation soon. Regular community notices include travel, ill health, dances, visits, and upcoming events in Piney and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Angus
Kemmerer
Daniel
Mr. Angus
Opal
Fontenelle
Big Piney Telephone Company
John Herrod
Piney
Jas
Mickelson
Hartley Place
Merna
Card Club Entertained by Fear Hosts in Big Piney
Last Friday evening the Big Piney Card Club met at Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fear with Miss Nordstrom Miss Bailey and Miss Hallett as hostesses. Mrs. Fear organized lunch and other features of the evening. Prizes went to Lawrence Bess for high honors and Miss Ursula Tanner as consolation. The club took a sleigh ride to and from the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Card Club
F. A. Fear
Nordstrom, Bailey and Hallett
Ursula Tanner
Vacant State Lands Open for Leasing in Cheyenne Wyoming
Public Lands Commissioner G. Hopkins announces vacant state and school lands across multiple ranges and townships in Wyoming are open to lease. Blanks and leasing information will be provided on request. direct all communications to Commissioner Hopkins. 20-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
Wyoming
An Easier Job by Henry Dickson
Henry Dickson recalls an old enslaved mammy kept from hunger by white women who gave her odd jobs. Mandy explains she must collect for the missionary society to earn money, accepting no regular pay but only what she collects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dickson
de Missionary Society
Mrs. Dickson
Mandy
Green Book Magazine
Textile wear testing machine details described
A device for testing fabric wear clamps cloth in a rigid jaw and feeds it over a rubber bed made of dull blades on a cylinder. The opposite end is fixed to a tensioned roller. An electric motor drives the cylinder alternately forward and back, with a counter recording each pass as one rub to compare wear against standards.
English Literary Superiority and the Rise of Gadgets
A jokey discussion on English prowess and the trendy shift toward motorized sewing machines. The piece cites a South Side matron dismissing the device, recalling her own hand sewing and quipping about the “lickety-scoot” pose.
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South Side
Cleveland
A Wife Seeks Return of a Frustrated Artist
In a tale of ten years of drift and disappointment a husband who left after offering a meager $25 weekly to his wife explains he will not return. He becomes a successful comic artist under the name Scorn while she learns of his dream and pursuit. He stays distant, claiming her lack of belief fueled the split and keeps living in the Town of Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Harry
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
California
Aso
California Women Seek National Marketing Commission
The United States delegate to Rome proposes a national marketing commission with 29 members including the president appointing key business and civic leaders, plus 15 farmers, plus state and local commissions. The plan envisions sales spaces in towns and city areas and staggered farm produce hours.
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California
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Chamber of Keting Commission
Commerce
Parcel Post
Barrie Chides Gaby Deslys in Paris Burlesque Debut
The Parisienne Gaby Deslys comments on Sir James Barrie as a “strange author” in his first musical burlesque venture. She notes his mood guides her performance with look of gladness or trist, and complains he may dislike her dresses. Deslys also cites his opinion on her hair styling a “nice little round bump” at the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrie
Gaby Deslys
Gaby Deslyn
James Barrie
James
Mile
Deslyn
A Gentle Hint
A fragmentary dialogue suggests a playful exchange about a boy and a dog named Rome. The tone hints at a social quip or domestic anecdote in a column style. The short exchange circulates as a light remark on naming or pet behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cy”’ Kelly
Congregational Sunday School
L. D. Tanner
Bronx
Jas, Pope
Pinedale
Solon
Wilson
Hallett, Bailey and
Goodwin
Murdock
J. Chas. Rumsch
Pearl Berger
Kansas City
Mothe
Wilford Nichols, Jr
San Gabrel
Cal
Wilfred Nichols
Nichols
Redmen
Gus Rodgers
St. Pasadena
Studebaker
al McNeil
Frank Chapel
Chayel
Rube Boulter
O. Henderson
Viola
Budd Hall
McLain
Carl Craft
Louis H. Beck
Cora
Earl Workman
C. H. Dunham
W. B. Apperson
Vinson
Charles Lancaster
Jas. Harmison
St Patrick’s Day
L. E. Bennett
Bert Atwood
Congregational Church
Josephine Budd
Sadie Osterhout
Henry L. Budd
Wm. Paxton
Compre
aRit R One
Blyth-Fargo-Hoskins Company
Kemmerer, Wyoming
General Merchandise
Ranch Supplies
Burney and Company
Big Piney, Wyoming
Card Club
Britain
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Atlantic Monthly
Want Market Commission
J. A. Peterson
Big Piney
Ivan S. Jones
L. Elias Bennett
Madgate
NEW York Conservatory OF Muse
Plano
the House OF Courtesy
Omaha
Rome Miller
E. L. Hallinan
W. H. McDonald
P. O
D. D. Span
Ogan
Rock Springs Nation Bank
Rock Springs
Wyom's
Big Piney Camp
W.O. W
A. F. Atwood
Grover Trittipo
F. E. Curtis
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