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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
1
A brief bar notice invites all to visit and enjoy liquor mixed drinks and soft beverages at Bocmer and Fuller. The ad promises courteous treatment and welcomes inquiries.
Geneva resident Thomas Hillier died at seven o clock Wednesday evening November 29 after years of rheumatism. He leaves a widow five children and two sons from a first marriage. He had just returned from sheep duties, enjoyed the phonograph with his family, and died suddenly likely of heart failure. Mrs John Bauman is gravely ill after an operation.
Deputy Sheriff Olsey Twiss escorted James Schmidt to the county seat last Monday evening to serve a 30 day hard labor sentence imposed by Justice Collett. Schmidt helped excavate the opera house cellar used to store liquor and was caught after several bottles disappeared.
The county seat Kemmerer hosted the eighth annual Lincoln County Wool Growers Association convention with a grand ball, banquet, and minstrel show. About 436 attended the banquet, and hundreds danced through the night at the skating rink. Key speakers included Col. H. E. Christmas and Dr. Wilson of McKinley with resolutions endorsing tariff reform, wildlife control, and support for national wool groups.
Absentees this week include Nelle Olson Mary Mau Victory Droubay Muriel cook Ella Mau Clara Dean Boyd Fuller Ed and Lizzie Williams and Virgil Droubay. A Thanksgiving program was held in the primary and intermediate rooms after noon on Wednesday. Tests given included Physical Geography Grammar and Arithmetic. A Victrola was purchased for the school. Penmanship efficiency tests were given to the sixth seventh and eighth grades. Graphs comparing pupil standings with the Russell Sage foundation standard were posted. Miss Francis Whiston was absent Tuesday and Wednesday due to a cold. Nelle Olson was substitute during the absence. Beatrice Nichols left to accompany her father to Montpelier for school. Mr Bagley attended the Wool Growers meeting and returned the next day.
Mrs Aile man attended a state teachers meeting in Cheyenne. Hand Club members sent drawings to the Christmas drawing contest by Wanamakers in Philadelphia.
Wyoming Public Health Association leads the Red Cross Christmas Seals campaign aiming for top per capita sales in the nation. Agents are secured across thirty areas with Mrs. Victor Forgeon to represent in Cokeville as the effort highlights funds used to cut tuberculosis deaths and improve health conditions statewide.
Joe C. Kinney remains president while T. Hunter Salmon becomes vice president succeeding James W. Chrisman. Marshall B. Reynolds takes over as secretary treasurer from A. D. Noblitt. New executive committee members are F. A. May, Lyon Rathbun, Dan Mackey, Martin Whelan and B. W. Smith, with thanks to attendees for their support.
A compact note lists a neat lot of Christmas cards available, including printed or engraved samples. It mentions varieties such as private veg related items and hints at costs or vendors.
Finishing touches by carpenters and painters aim to open the new Cokeville moving picture house within ten days. The 250 seat hall will feature an 18 by 12 stage, two dressing rooms, ample aisles, a 75 by 30 dance floor, electric lighting, and a patent heating system. Woodward and Hinky will run only top quality films, with select traveling troupes awaiting approval based on merit.
Mrs. Annie Kennington died at her daughter Mrs. Ad Jensen’s home in Afton on Sunday November 19, a Star Valley pioneer who settled there about thirty years ago. She was a passenger on the first boat crossing the Atlantic carrying Saints and met her husband while crossing the plains in a handcart company. They married in Salt Lake and lived in Tooele Utah before moving to Liberty Idaho and later Star Valley.
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