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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
3
At a Market Square church vestry meeting Gall Bargent discusses selling church tenements to Edward E. Allison. When asked for her opinion, Allison calls the church sale a lucrative business enterprise. Allison then takes Gall for a ride in his motor car.
Gail and Edward Allison dine at a roadhouse then drive home in a sleet covered night. They return with a white teddy bear collie puppy named Flakes attracting amused praise from Rev Smith Boyd and mild disapproval from Gail’s guardians. Gail’s jaunty mood contrasts with Mrs Sargent’s worry over the unchaperoned outing.
In a hill town, Gail Sar gent debates conscience with Rev. Smith Boyd as a toboggan ride begins. The rector notes epigrams are hard to trust while Gail questions wealth and spirituality in a moonlit, snowbound landscape.
In a mahogany paneled library Mrs. Sargent frets over Gail who has not returned from Lucile's as evening settles. Helen Davies reassures and calls Lucile to learn Gail is driving with Edward Allison, the wealthiest bachelor in New York, setting up a potential brilliant future.
Gail and Rev. Smith Boyd clash over wealth and charity as they walk after a sermon in Towando Valley. The rector argues money’s morality lies in use while Gail recalls past charity clashes and recalls Market Square church’s wealth. The scene hints at unresolved tension between them.
The piece discusses replacing identical with identic in English usage, tracing the term’s diplomatic roots to French influence. It argues identic conveys the meaning without redundancy, criticizes unnecessary long forms like philosophical and geographical, and notes language evolves with reasonable usage.
The passage recalls how trees served as sanctuaries for gods in ancient times and how rural communities still honor sacred groves. It assigns each tree species to a deity, noting beech with Jupiter and laurel with Apollo, while praising trees for soothing human roughness more than grain.
The country shows fewer cattle in recent years while the poultry flock expands. The commentary notes a shift in agricultural dynamics and questions who poses greater danger to public safety between a poor shotgunner and a careless automobile driver.
A brief note shows confusion over attendance with phrases about being late and not seeing you at church this morning, followed by fragmented dialogue. The garbled text mentions someone named He I and references sleeping and waking.
A doctor prescribes frequent baths fresh air and light clothing for a woman. At home she relays that she should visit the seashore take long drives and buy new summer gowns, per the Times report.
A girl visiting alone learns politeness from her father who instructs her to decline any invitation to dine. When pressed by her friend’s father, she maintains dignity and says she has already bitten, turning the phrase into a humorous pun.
Bridget waits at the church door to praise the priest's sermon. The priest notes her flattery slips away like water off a duck, but Bridget retorts that the ducks still enjoy it. This light anecdote from Today's Magazine preserves a quaint humor about parish life.
A snatch of dialogue from the New York American features a married man urging cheer to an old suitor who laments lost love. The suitor lists roles benefiting from romance’s end, including florist, confectioner, messenger, waiter, taxicab man, theater magnate, and jeweler.
The Washington Star quotes a contrast between a kind man and a perpetual grouch. A kind observer urges not to complain about noise around children and to recall being a boy. The grouchy man recalls his own cramped childhood watching others enjoy themselves.
A quick exchange among three girls highlights flirtatious banter about past present and future in a humorous jab at romantic interest. The dialogue contrasts appeal of a man with a past with a man of the present and even a costly gift.
A traveling man asks about the pretty waitress. The hotel clerk says she is an heiress now after someone died and left her money, then clarifies she is simply on vacation.
A young man describes how to break news to his parents after a separation from their wishes. He advises starting with the claim that he is dead and then building to the climactic revelation in conversation with four friends who asked how to deliver the message.
A fragmented clipping notes a 1870 arrest or crime with a dismissive tone about old news and a lingering sense of memory. It mentions a man and a cornet anecdote from youth, reflecting archival curiosity in Louisville reporting.
A fragment shows a dialogue where a woman asks why a bugle is blown at arms and a man explains its ritual meaning. The exchange hints at wartime pageantry and the soldiers’ routines aboard a flagship.
Fragmentary speech praises a railroad motto "Safety Wire" to reassure the public about travel and mail service, amid unclear context and garbled text.
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