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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
1
A special Big Piney Telephone Company meeting decided to purchase a new switchboard. After reviewing the company’s affairs, deemed in first class condition, the decision was to proceed with the purchase. The new switchboard will be installed in about sixty days.
The Redmen held a large meeting last Monday and voted to host another social entertainment on Monday September 20. Starting September 6 a School Shoe week at the Big Piney Mercantile offers a pencil with each shoe purchase.
The document records liabilities and assets of a Wyoming bank with entries such as deposits and notes. It includes statements sworn by the cashier and notarized by Royal A. Young on September 7, 1915.
Official proceedings from Big Piney Wyoming show no quorum at the Sept 7 1915 meeting and adjournment to Sept 14 1915. Present were Mayor L D Tanner and Councillors Black Budd with Chapel and Whitman absent. Bills approved and paid include Big Piney Examiner City Hall fixtures and Grover Triupo salary. Motion to paint front of City Hall and obtain 1000 insurance carried. Meeting adjourned.
Work begins on a foundation for a new winter residence for Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mickelson at the corner of Fish Avenue and Smith Street in Big Piney. The five room show house with porches, stucco exterior, and shingle roof will be built under Nels Christensen supervision, enhancing local dwellings and inviting nearby ranchers to erect homes. Honorbilt Shoes featured at the Big Piney Mercantile Co.
Big Piney Examiner notes market holds steady with all grades good. Kem Merer shipment sold. W. C. Wright sells 34 steers at 4.10 average. Wright 24 steers at 9.36? 7.60. Curtis 20 steers at 9.64 7.50 and 25 heifers at 6.00 at 7c. Bulk good cows from shipment ranged 6.30 to 6.40. Union Stock Yards Co.
A marriage unites Jas Stewart of Marbleton Garage with Miss Gussie Helbig in Kemmerer. An evening reception was planned in Marbleton, with a shower for the bride hosted by Mrs. P. J. Quealy and the Bachelor Girls featuring prizes and gift decorations.
A Marbleton man, Jerry Hare, allegedly caused alarm by threats of execution. Piney marshal James Woods confronted him after a search for weapons, then escorted him out and beat him. Doc Hallinan and Doc McDill were involved in post incident care as Hank Beecher seeks belongings from Marbleton.
Mrs. Dan Harrison received a box from her father in Utah this week containing a small branch of plums. The fruit appeared crowded yet rosy cheeked and smiling despite rough handling in the box. A Wyoming morning framed their unspoken exchange about climate for fruit.
A mix of a cowboy verse by JOE E. JENNINGS from Daniel Wyoming dated Sept 1915 and local notices from Big Piney about postponed banquet plans, church services resuming, and a sale of ladies’ night wear and children’s wares at Big Piney Mercantile Co.
Frank A. Travis sold the Valley Theatre to C P. MacGlashan last Friday. Travis will continue to manage the theatre for now with no changes in show dates or film contracts. MacGlashan plans improvements such as purchasing opera chairs and enclosing the picture machine.
Notice states rancher George Haddenham six miles north of Opal on Craven Creek will take care of beef cattle this fall. He promises ample water and asks to be alerted in advance if hay is needed.
Albert Larson cashier swears to a bank statement detailing assets and liabilities. The report lists cash from national and state banks, checks and cash items, fractional currency, and notes. Liabilities include capital stock surplus undivided profits and various deposits. due to banks appears on the books.
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