School Notes as Christmas Vacation Approaches
Absent pupils listed including Ella May and Clara Dean. Murial Cook leaves to return to Dingle. High School decorates assembly room. Christmas vacation from Friday with reopening January 8 1917. Basketball affected by absences. Courtis Arithmetic Tests given to grades six to eight. Psychology class drew a head. cyphering contest won by seventh grade led by Thiel Collett. Mae Whiston to host Christmas tree. Mary Joe Stoner to Salt Lake City for schooling after holidays. Basement excavation progresses for post holiday use.
Border Notes on Weath er and Local Stock Move
Winter has dominated Border with back to back blizzards and three foot drifts. Mercury stays in the twenties nightly, cutting school attendance at South Border to under half. E. J. Inneck brings in his Border bred Cotswolds to keep on the Border place for winter.
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Mercury
South Border School
E. J. Inneck
Cotswolds
Saint Quintin Named After Early Martyr in France
The town of Saint Quintin in France received its present name in honor of Clue Quintinus, martyred in the third century while preaching Christianity. His tomb became a shrine attracting pilgrims, and the town’s medieval cloth industry boosted local prosperity.
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Martyr
Auguste Veromanduorum
St. Quentin
France
Clue Quintinus
Daylight Saving Proves Beneficial in Vienna
United States Consul General Albert Tidstead reports daylight saving in Austria ran April 20 to September 30 and boosted Viennese health by extra sunlight in work hours. He says gas usage dropped markedly, with Vienna cutting gas consumption by 155 million cubic feet and reducing street lighting needs by 14 million cubic feet for the period.
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Austria
United States
Albert Tidstead
Vienna
County Attorney-elect Rose travels to Star Valley for business
Local notes report County Attorney-elect R R Rose passing through Cokeville Tuesday morning en route to Star Valley to conduct legal matters. Various residents plan holidays visits, travels and family gatherings, with many leaving for Salt Lake City or other towns for winter holidays.
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R. R. Rose
Cokeville
Star Valley
Montpelier Visitors and Holiday Travel Notes
Mrs T K Collett and Thiel were Montpelier visitors yesterday. Gladys Pearson, three, broke her arm after falling from a highchair early in the week. George Rogers leaves Tuesday for the East to spend holidays visiting. Agnes Tremellion leaves for Montpelier to visit sister until New Year then Salt Lake City. R Doomer visited Rock Springs earlier in the week and rode the goat in a fraternal order. Blizzard and snow storm all day Tuesday. Harold Monteer returns from Omaha after Auto School studies. Oscar Stoffers returns from Salt Lake City and will stay home for holidays. Dr Campbell returns Thursday and will be at Cokeville office for dental work.
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Agnes
Tremellion Lef
Montpelier
Salt Lake City
Harold Monteer
Omaha
Oscar Stoffers
Utah
Campbell
Cokeville
Kronstadt Derives Name From Hidden Solomon Crown Legend
The legend ties Kronstadt’s name to a golden crown found in a tree stump in 1204. Supposedly the royal emblem, believed to belong to King Solomon of Hungary, was hidden to keep it from Bulgarians. The crown stayed hidden for more than a century, shaping the town’s name Kronstadt.
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Kronstadt
Solomon
Hungary
Kron Stadt
Not Hurt by Use
A San Francisco lawyer on vacation meets an old friend in a village. They discuss the natives and spot a young farmer, praised for his looks and a supposedly good head. The lawyer jokes that the head is brand new and never used.
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San Francisco
Absurd Old Laws About Chattel Forfeiture And Excommunication
The 1800 Revue describes a glacier excommunication over damage in a valley. English law long required owners of personal chattels that killed a man to surrender them to the crown for sale with proceeds going to pious uses.
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Revue Des Tradicions Populaires
Auroras Reach Toward New York in Clear Skies
The article notes that aurora borealis displays are common in America down to 40 degrees latitude, with about ten yearly events at 40 degrees, twenty at 42, and forty at 45, becoming frequent between 50 and 60 degrees where they can appear on most clear nights. South of 40 degrees, auroras are rare.
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America
New York
Beam in the Eye and a 16th Century Woodcut
A discussion of the biblical phrase a beam in the eye noting that some readers misinterpret it. Solomon Kernhard’s 1555 Lyons woodcuts depict the beam as a rectangular wooden beam several feet long.
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Solomon Kernhard
Lyons
Butter Wraps and Form Station At The Register Office
Butter wraps and form station finished correctly at the register office offering items at the right prices.
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Golden Rule
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Lincoln County Hospital
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Cottonwood Ranch
Myra McArthur
Mrs. Nystrom
Milo Taylor
William Thompson
Dora Tueller
Rose Bauman
Geneva
Walt Smalley
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Montpeter Saurday
Crystal Symes
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Chet Williams
Main Street
Errol Bagley
Fairview
Agnes Kavanagh
Francis Whiston
Diamondville
Dr. Marquis
Hardie
Western
J. G. Reynolds & Co
Albert May
Wyoming University At
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Fred
Louie Roberts
Mre
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Donald
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Tuesaday
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J. D. Noblitt
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Tonellitis
T. K. Collett
Thiel
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George Rogers
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