Social Club and Bridge Party Notes From 1917
Society and Church notes recount a January 7 1917 club meeting with Mes James Suttles Carver Austin Ferry and several Misses Alma Wombaker Irene Hilliard Dorothy Peryam Marion Crout Margaret Campbell. Gentlemen and guests later attended bridge gatherings and dinners with local families. A Bible class formed at the parsonage with weekly Thursday meetings.
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G. F
Mes
James Suttles
Carver
Austin
Ferry
Atul
Alma Wombaker
Irene Hilliard
Dorothy Peryam
Marion Crout
Margaret Campbell
Mise Alice Boyd and Royce Visit Local Household
Mise Alice Boyd and her brother Royce spent part of Saturday and Sunday with local residents, sharing news and stories during a social visit around the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Alice Boyd
Royce
Seilay
Home Folke
Oil in This State Shifts Wyoming Toward Oil Boom
J S Barnes of Big Horn county declares Wyoming is rapidly becoming an oil producer with growing outside investment. He says Greybull district will center production and refining as refineries struggle with output. He notes a well over 1000 feet deep and a surge in land and stock values as evidence of the boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
J. S. Barnes
Big Horn County
Mr. Barnes
Greybull
Barnes
Recital Saturday Night by Miss Rosa Boyd at Encampment
Local notes show Charles Hunter and family visiting Encampment on business and several residents in town. The Saturday recital on February 10 features Miss Rosa Boyd and her pupils in expression and music. A sled of miners left for the Coldwater mine near Pearl Colorado, and Wilder activity includes fishing, mining, and cattle buying notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Boyd
Pearl
Colorado
Unclear note warns Wilcox cottage trespassers of prosecution
The record cites warnings against a man and others attempting entry to the Wilcox cottage and states they will be prosecuted if operations continue. The rest of the fragment mentions Ray Riggs Sr being treated in Denver, George Eberhart planning a trip, a stock note about Portland Consolidated Copper, and references to illness and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox Cottage
Ray Riggs
Denver
Americans Fight With Allies Abroad Near Halfway Marks
Nearly 50,000 American troops are fighting alongside the Allies, most of them with the British, as the war progresses.
Recreation in forests and public land policy shift
Henry S. Graves reports that over 1.5 million people use national forests yearly for recreation. He notes public land aims to safeguard, develop, and provide accessible routes, trails, and camping while keeping key watersheds and resources under public control.
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Henry S. Graves
Forest Service
American Forestry Association
Mr. Graves
Graves
Gravee
Little Mesas
National Forests of Colorado Forest Service
National Forests
Congress
Land rush swells after homestead law passes
In Guernsey and Sundance Wyoming filing activity surges. Since the new homestead law, U S Commissioner Diver reports about 4 000 dollars in filing fees. Guernsey records show 77 000 acres claimed this year. Sundance notes over 500 000 acres filed in sixteen days with 1 895 filings and 6 767 20 in fees on January 5th.
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Guernsey
Wyo
U.S
Diver
Sundance
Alothough
United States
Large land seizure affects three Wyoming counties
Three hundred thousand acres have been taken in Cony Natrona and Niobrara counties raising questions about the scope and impact on settlers and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cony , Natrona
Niobrara Cou
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Mesdames Blackhall
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Kuntzman
Elsie Altwater
Miss Bergquist
Dramic
Bert Rose
Catherine
Beaver
Ruth Platt
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Arthur Tenney
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The
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Charles Hunter
Martin Farrel
Prench
Henry Pantle
Dave Nichols
John Peryam
Walter Leake
Coldwater
Charles Vyvey
J. J. Wombaker
Mr. Crout
Frank Heaton
Coldwater Mine
U.P. Plohr
Mrs. Lee
Portland
Will Wallesea
Hog Park
Wyoming Timber Company
California
George Eberhart
Nebraska
Kansas
Ellinwood
West Virginia
Wyoming Wine
Portland Consolidated Copper Company
Rollman
Baritoga
Mr. Stallings
Mes. Sullivan
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Air-O Lite
Englehart
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