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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
4
A noisy mix of community items from the Dante scene including a forger, a Sunday event at the Dante senior House, and social visits. Return of residents from basin, winter preparations, and a school term completion near Daniel. Funeral attendance, mayoral visit, and a Monday dancing party conclude the town notes.
Mrs Rosa Ball and family travel to Lusk Wyoming to visit kin while neighbors share news of falls, weddings, hunting trips, and farm projects. Clarence Mershon and Roxie Roach wed at Willow Creek, with several locals attending. Neighbors report minor snow, cattle moves, school and building updates, and a lively round of visits and celebrations.
The bridge over Alkali creek on Rock Springs road washed out in the last heavy rain. The road is almost unusable except for light buggies. Fremont County has not maintained the road, and local residents urge action to grade washouts and bridge gaps to restore the Rock Springs outlet.
A local plea argues a single flowing well could supply all town needs for drinking water and school use. The author proposes a standpipe system to deliver hot and cold water to homes, claiming it would cost less than twenty wells and could be expanded next year.
November notes from Josephine Osterhout’s California trip with Caesar the dog. Rumors of two new pupils in the high school and one in the grades. Ladies Twentieth Century Club funds offer for Monday and Thursday lessons by Prof L B Bennet. Report cards issued and new blackboards delivered for the extra room. Mrs C F MacGlashan visited late last week. Grade rooms begin exams. English classes study The Tale of Two Cities and Princess by Alfred Ford Tennyan with related themes.
The Youth's Companion promotes free issues for the remainder of 1916 with a $2 subscription. It touts 1918 as a rich year with entertaining reading, lists contributors from ex presidents, previews 1916 stories, and offers a Forecast and Home Calendar with new subscriptions. Subscriptions are received at the Boston office.
In a plea for annual gratitude, a proposal argues to add a flowing well and swimming facility to a school grounds. The 46 by 60 foot building would host a pool, gym, and auditorium with heated gravity-fed baths. Estimated total cost about 4590 dollars.
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