Local Notices and Town Meeting Updates
For sale items and service notices appear with Mrs Sol Anderson for cooking range and Noblitt Bros. and Roberts for orders. A June pause of the Good Citizenship league is announced. Commissioner Chas Peterson visited en route from Kemmerer after county board meetings. Rose Layland of Border visited Cokeville. she taught the northern school last year. Gull Whitman and wife returned from Kemmerer. he will demo Ford and Buick cars. South road talks stall over a right of way at Bennion place. Nice room for rent advertised by Mrs George Bourne at the drug store. Bucks ted to one revering.
Card of Thanks for Support After Mother's Death
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who helped during the sickness and death of their mother and sister. Names include Mrs Jno, Mr and Mrs E F Kibby, Mr and Mrs C L Baker, Eb Baker, L C Baker, Angie and Esther Baker, A L Chilton Optometrist of Pocatello Optical.
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Jno
E. F. Kibby
C. L. Baker
EB. C
L. C. Baker
Angie and
Esther Baker
Uplifting Drama and Weather Notes in One Page
A fragment from the Christian Register hints at improving stage craft with wings and light. It also mentions Alan Ficks offering year round weather insights by reading different thermometer ends, a quirky aside on climate views.
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Christian Register
Muman Fu
Alan
Smiths in England and Ireland Family names noted
Smiths in England are the most numerous of all families with Ireland also showing a large presence. The text mentions Smitihe and lists Murphy Kelly Bullivan and Walsh as connected surnames in Ireland.
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England
Ireland
Smitihe
Ransith
Murphy
Kelly
Bullivan
Walsh
Senator Borgham Confronts Attitude Question In Speech
A fragment quotes Senator Borg ham as saying he is unsure how constituents will view his stance. He claims he has spoken to prevent them from understanding what the issue is.
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Borgham
Hot Air and Bombast in Old English Speech
The piece explains how bombastic orators are linked to padding used in garments in old England, yet asserts that the term hot air originated in American usage. It traces the phrase to inflated rhetoric and notes its distinctly American roots despite Anglo origins.
Peculiarity of the Mississippi Explained by Engineer
A government engineer notes a strange river journey in Mississippi. He says a man could start in Greenville, paddle a light canoe 40 miles downstream and portage four times, ending 60 miles upstream from the starting point.
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Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Renaming Porto as Oporto by Irish influence
The article notes the town Porto in Portugal was long known to foreigners as Oporto due to Irish regiments associated with the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. It highlights how the name persisted in historical references and travel literature.
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Duke of Wellington
O'lares
Porto
Oporto
Cokeville Plans Fourth Celebration With Band and Ball Game
A Cokeville council meeting decided to celebrate Independence Day with a large bowery, a ball game, and formal arrangements. Committees for finance general bowery decorating were named and a Montpelier band and orchestra may participate in activities. A stray garbled note appears at the end with unclear text.
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Montpelier
Cokeville
Fontenelle Seeks Youthful Ease in Refined Gaffe
The Pall Mall Gazette recalls Fontenelle, nearly a century old, stumbling to retrieve a fan from a pretty young lady. She assists him and he laments, Ah if only I were eighty again.
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Fontenelle
Henry Clay Senate Age Discrepancy Noted
A historical note questions Henry Clay's age when he served as United States senator from December 2 1806 to March 5 1807. Born April 12, 1777, he would have been twenty nine at the time, raising a clerical question about the constitutional age limit.
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Henry Clay
United
Old fogy philosopher seeks mysterious girl and a magasice URL
A rambling old man seeks a girl who knits and styles hair while avoiding a beedle and sheets. He hints at finding a Brown ing'd Magasice URL through a strange quest and trom bie in search of somebody who can provide it.
Children Need Protection Teaches Early Health Habits
A brief notice urges adults to teach children early to avoid hazards and protect them from disease exposure. The text emphasizes children's vulnerability to germs compared with older people and calls for proactive care.
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Hillard S. Ridgley
Crowley
Wyo
Cokeville Register
The
Cokeville Publishing Co
C. 0. Davis
H. Smalley
Wyoming
Good Citizenship League
Chas. Peterson
Kemmerer
Rose Layland
Border
Miss Layland
Norther
Gull Whitman
Bennion Place
Geo. Bourne
Ted
A. L. Chilton
Pocatello Optical
E. D. Haggerty
R. D. Boomer
G. E. Bourne
B. H. Smalley
A. D. Noblitt
J. G. Reynolds
L. A. Woodward
C. O. Davis
Bowery and Decorating
J. A
T. K. Collett
Ralph Forgeon
Geo. Hellett
Geo. Barr
Alma Porter
William Leary
W. W. Smalley
Chas. Peters
Alex Johnson
Whisky
R. E. Dowell
5Th St
Are D. Morgan
Errath
Remson
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