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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
1
The stockraising homestead bill has been sent to the president for signature and will take effect after issuing official regulations. The measure remains controversial with critics arguing it restricts entry rights and mineral reservations, while supporters hope for better grazing legislation.
Holiday train service on the Oregon Short Line announces ticket sales opening December 16. Dates listed include December 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 30 31 and January 1 with Liberal limits. Contact agent for details.
The senator asks Wyoming youths interested in the Naval Academy to contact him in Washington. Nominations will be made soon. applicants should provide date of birth height and weight and names of two or three citizens who know the applicant well to vouch for ability.
A Unity message urges forming the habit of health by daily optimism cheerfulness urbanity and consideration for others rights and failures. The founder emphasizes health in body mind heart and a striving spirit.
A fragmentary dialogue from a faded text features two tramps at a water tank discussing a fat fowl and a hypothetical demise. One mocks the scene while the other eagerly imagines violent outcomes as a form of grim entertainment.
A child named James hides three pennies and asks his mother for help. She refuses to reveal the location, and James speculates the coins will be in a place that nobody will find.
A reflective note cites Emerson on welfare needing one or two companions of intelligence and grace to share life with daily reasonable words, keeping us grounded in sense and virtue. The excerpt presents a moral appeal to companionship and steady discourse to sustain virtue.
A historical note claims Mozart authored the first German opera marking national originality among German composers. The piece suggests his work foreshadowed a distinct operatic style, influencing later writers including Weber.
A snippet reveals muddled prose on aging and speech in awkward phrasing. It drifts through comparisons of old age and intelligibility with odd spellings and interrupted thoughts, hinting at linguistic drift or a draft note rather than a finished piece.
A fragment expresses longing for transformation through a Japanese baby to view the world beautifully and a desire to awaken a Japanese brain to contemplate life with fresh perception. The text reflects poetic musings on identity and cultural imagination.
A terse Dickens line reflects the idea that those not in the predicament understand the proper course. The aphorism emphasizes outsider judgment over direct experience in decision making.
A compact report notes Safer and Vossels pursuing a large tiny venture with minor hurdles. Details remain unclear in the fragment but imply ongoing efforts and cautious progress likely near a harbor or coastal setting.
Miss Ethel Keen and Harry Julian both of Sage were married at Paris Idaho last Monday. Julian is a Sage businessman and postmaster. Keen is the daughter of Frank Keen and wife. The Sage correspondent for our paper, Keen, covered the story before it appeared elsewhere. The Register wishes the couple happiness.
G H Haxton manager of the Golden Rule store will travel to Salt Lake City for a meeting of 200 J C Penney Company representatives. From Salt Lake City the group proceeds to Kansas City and New York for spring buying. Haxton plans to return to Salt Lake City and not accompany the party east.
Local patrons paid increased rents this week as prices for small boxes rose ten cents and large boxes fifteen cents per quarter. The higher charges come as the post office shifts from a fourth class service.
The Register notes hay at Rock Springs is $25 per ton for the winter. Quadros and company report their sheep are in fine shape and have ample hay to endure the season.
Local residents received several post cards promoting the New Years Eve Carnival at Webster Hall New York City. The designs were by Norman Jacobson son of Julius Jacobson a noted New York cartoonist.
The Breeders Gazette Chicago Christmas Edition, 100 pages, offers breeders rich half tone illustrations and reading material. The writer credits improved stock to both breeders and publishers of periodicals for persistent promotion of better stock.
The United States public health service issued a bulletin on nervous diseases and life shortening trends. It notes humorous maxims about animals to illustrate how worry affects people, denying excessive anxiety as a cause of premature death.
State Game Warden Nate P. Wilson reports buffalo herds expanding across the northwest, with Thermopolis herd in excellent condition and seven calves born this year. Two bulls from Yellowstone park reserve will join the herd this winter.
Editorial notes from the Kemmerer Republican about advertising old papers for sale to clear storage space. The piece wryly questions editor Baker’s paper sources and storage needs, and includes a quip comparing newspapers to wives and a reference to Secretary Daniels submarines.
Holiday travel chance via Oregon Short Line with low rates between local points. Tickets sold on selected December and January dates. liberal limits. See agents for details.
The piece argues inner worth over outer size noting a gray squirrel has more meat than an elephant carcass. A Sunday school tale is cited to illustrate judging by mind not appearance or strength. It emphasizes inner measure as the true test of character.
Hawthorne spoke with Longfellow about Evangeline and noted it suited verse. He described Tiawatha from an Onondage chief related by Atwahait Le Port and tied the Tales of a Wayside Don to a Sudbury colonial history still existing.
A fragmented note outlines sharpeners rules for razors and knives. It mentions flat bone alignment, hollow ground edges, and keeping a keen edge. Pocket knives are said to need a sharp edge with specific angle guidance.
A muddled guide suggests ferns struggle in furnace heat and offers a plan to grow a grape plant center diet. It describes planting a dish with rich earth, layering seed, and keeping soil moist. The prose mentions a New York Living supplement and winter color additions.
Robert S. Spence longtime attorney in Western Wyoming and Eastern Idaho died at his Salt Lake City home from peritonitis at age 72. Born August 12, 1844 in Bedford England he emigrated to the US in 1870 and lived in Utah since 1871. He served as prosecuting attorney at Paris Idaho, later resided in Evanston Wyoming before moving to Salt Lake City. He leaves a widow and nine children.
Lillian Stoffers daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Stoffers has shown notable improvement after a week of serious illness. She had been very low at times with little hope seen, and friends of Mr and Mrs Steffens are relieved she is on the road to recovery.
The Leap Year Dance on Christmas night drew about 35 couples despite a fierce storm. Attendees reported a good time and expressed wish to be entertained again by the ladies.
A masquerade ball will be held at the Opera House Monday evening January 1 1917. Salt Lake Costume Co will display costumes at the Opera House Saturday to Monday. Spectators pay 25 cents and dancers 1.00. All dancing before midnight must be masked.
Miss Marye Fuller a Sage Wyoming schoolteacher called at the Regis office this week praising her rural school and expressing eagerness for No 19 on Saturday morning. She notes Sage’s merits but says Cokesville lacks its charm. The piece closes with bar advertisement for liquor mixed and soft drinks.
Curtis of Kemmerer repairs watches at Cokeville Mere Co ensuring accurate timekeeping with each service.
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