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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
3
Waynesboro Virginia resident Prof W L Perkins says four months under a doctor yielded no improvement. After being given up to die of catarrh he used Peruna and immediately felt better and now is as well as ever.
Rhinelander Waldo, former police commissioner who founded a policemen’s public library, praised the New York police system at a luncheon in Manhattan. He noted its strength has grown since Mayor Gaynor’s era and shared a lighthearted joke about a henpecked husband.
A brief literary note records Bre’r Simpson’s umbrella as a focal point while Puck comments on recognizing his shirt. The fragment hints at a visual or symbolic scene within a broader comic or narrative context.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give Castoria to infants and children, touting it as a safe cure and noting it has been used for over a generation. The ad emphasizes the product’s reliability and encourages readers to request Fletcher's Castoria.
In a witty exchange a patient notes her doctor has sent all his patients to the mountains and plans a seaside rest. A girl asks about the soup and learns it tastes good yet sounds odd in the context of the conversation.
A quoted exchange praises blunt honesty and bold career choice as a man expresses preference for aviation over driving. The remarks illuminate attitudes toward ambition and public perception.
Rube Marquard, with the Giants, expanded his mark by winning 14 straight NL games in 1912 and tying Tim Keefe's 19 straight wins. The Cleveland native, born April 22, 1889, rose from Canton to Indianapolis before joining New York, later posting 24 wins in 1911 and helping the Giants reach 1910-11 success under John McGraw.
Nick Altrock lauds young pitcher Jack Bentley saying he has the stuff and will improve with regular pitching. Altrock, a veteran booster, has mentored Bentley, rooming with him on road trips and coaching during practice, promising Bentley can deliver for the Senators if Griff assigns him regular work.
Judge J H Trieber postponed the hearing on September to dissolve the injunction against Armando Mareans the Cuban outfielder who jumped from the Cincinnati Nationals. A vacation break September 7 to 16 delays trial and a decision before October schedule.
The article discusses a potential coalition between organized baseball and the Federal League before the season ends. It notes that majors rely on minor leagues, especially Class AA, and that pressure from the Federal challenge has hurt those minors. The majors would not survive without support from the smaller leagues, which are now grumbling over the current pinch.
The piece surveys multiple teams and stars. It highlights Leonard as a top pitcher and notes moves like Davies to the Athletics, Fritty to Cincinnati, and Schang’s brother joining Pittsburgh. It mentions Ed Barrow on pay and the Red Sox contending with Hooper and Lewis returning.
The thirty first convention of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of Wyoming adjourned in Laramie after a two days session. Sheridan was chosen as the 1915 meeting place with Ed Mackay of Cheyenne elected grand chancellor and B B E LaFrien ter of Newcastle named grand vice chancellor.
In Saratoga two local residents were hospitalized with serious injuries from near identical incidents. BE L Stewart was dragged when a mower bolted while he unhitched a team, suffering deep cuts to the body and head and loss of an eye. Mrs Clark, unhitching a team from another mower, was run over and severely cut on both thighs.
The Wyoming horse is valued at 79 dollars per head per a United States Department of Agriculture report. There are 171000 horses on farms in the state with a total value of 12509000 dollars. In 1910 the count was 156000 horses valued at 12949010 dollars.
Nick Kragovitch of Cumberland swore out a warrant for Steve Geddish also of Cumberland over threatening letters and jealousy. Kragovitch followed the officer and shot down the man in custody with a 30-20 rifle. Geddish is described as Austrian and Kragovitch as Servian.
Cheyenne reports Wyoming's assessed property value at 203,740,087.21 dollars for 1914, about ten million more than 1913, marking the highest valuation in state history. The 2.55 mill state levy will yield 550,659.11 dollars.
Patrick Quealy coal operator of this place Peter Keenan Sheridan brewer Jay Quealy and Shirley Kester were severely injured when a large touring car overturned during a trip to Evanston.
Matt Kasey, thirty, waylaid and shot his wife Julia, twenty, as she walked from her home at Frontier to Kemmerer. The motive cited jealousy and anger over Julia's divorce filing.
John Harwell, a gunman and Sidna Alien gang member from Virginia, fatally wounds Oscar Logan with a knife and evades a deputy sheriff and pursuing posse, disappearing into the mountains.
Information shows the Northwestern Oil Company and the Wyoming Crude Oil Company, both long active in the Ball Creek field, have gone out of existence for three weeks. They are replaced by the Boston Wyoming Oil Company, capitalized at 4 million dollars, consolidating the two former holdings.
Wyoming items list county fairs from Natrona to Fremont with dates and locations. Other notes mention alfalfa mill completion, school uniforms, Wheatland meeting, rattlesnake reports, lightning injury, prairie fire, Frontier show lighting, vehicle accidents, drownings in Snake and Platte rivers, a new Lava Hot Springs bath house, old-timers day at Douglas, transcontinental freight bans, suicides, mining gold seam finds, and public postmaster exams in Sheridan.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co says no war price increases on its tires. President F A Sieberling notes they raised prices during the rubber panic and secured 1.5 million pounds of premium rubber from London. The company, operating three shifts, will continue supplying at prewar prices while rubber lasts.
A prince urges a line of battle to inspire valiant deeds while a general cites the enemy gunners intent on unprecedented firing. The dialogue contrasts heroic resolve with the danger of intensified artillery.
The Kansan City Journal quotes a playful exchange about a cushion stuffed with love letters used in a marriage scene with witty remarks about the letters being soft. The dialogue hints at intimate, sentimental symbolism in a local ceremony.
A Detroit Free Press clipping recalls a man saying he lost his job after the war began. He declares he once lectured for international peace, reflecting on prewar prosperity and postwar hardship.
A fragment from a larger text shows a speaker stating they were injured by a premature blast after character assassination. The dialogue hints at blame and reflection on consequences. Specific names or places are not provided.
A Georgia physician recounts his personal recovery using Grape-Nuts after severe illness. He notes rapid strength and weight gain, resumed work in five weeks, and urges others to try the product as a rebuilder of nerve and brain function. The text promotes Postum Company and the slogan There's a Reason with a reference to The Road to Wellville.
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