Frank W Mondell A Wyoming Pioneer and Politician
Frank W Mondell rose from a hard early life in Iowa and Chicago to become a Wyoming railroad builder, coal prospector and town founder. He led Newcastle as mayor, served as Crook County state senator and became elected congressman shaping the interstate mountain region.
Community Notes and Events in Crook County
Baseball benefit dance at the hall Saturday night featuring the Aikman Orchestra. A lunch at the hotel will be served for 25 cents. Lawn party and necktie social Saturday August 12 at Miss Fay Jolley’s home. Gerald Tucker began a Nebraska trip to visit his old home and vacation. Rosa Storm will assist at the bank. John Seeley was in town Friday. busy Crook County carpenter and farmer. John Handrup sold threshing outfit to Chas McGuire. John Mahoney rebuilding his ranch house. Mr and Mrs W F Leslie and children visiting in Hulett. Ben Garman arrived from Indiana for summer. Mrs Chas Durfee and daughter Marjorie returned from Missouri. J O McDonald of Aladdin announced for Crook County sheriff before the Democratic primary. He has lived in Wyoming 51 years and Crook County 25 years. endorsed as up-to-date and contributing citizen. note favors McDonald if nominated and elected.
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Stephen Godfrey Dies After Long Illness at 64
Stephen Godfrey died last Friday at his daughter's home after a long illness. Born in Kent England, he was 64 and served thirteen years in the English Army. He leaves a wife, steps, siblings in West Virginia and London, and a brother in Peru. Funeral held at his residence with burial at Storm cemetery.
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Durfee Hardy Nuptials at MelIntest South Dakota
Aaron bud Durfee and Miss Anna Hardy married last Saturday at MelIntest South Dakota. Both have spent most of their lives near Hulett and will reside in Morristown South Dakota where Durfee works for Charles Hardy. Hardy is a niece of Mrs J C Evans and they have many friends here who wish them happiness.
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Bud) Durfee
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Rural Schools Win Fund Distribution Ruling
The state supreme court affirmed Judge Mentzer’s decision ordering county commissioners to distribute the county school fund to rural schools based on six months in session, not grade status. The ruling reaffirms old practice and affects all rural districts statewide.
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Growth and Settlers Bean the Ridge Country
Lisle and Vernon Powell bring a threshing machine from the Ridge country to thresh Lisle’s last year grain now stacked in nearly thirty stacks. Mrs. Jessie Isham visits from Miller D. to explore open lands with the aim of locating on Uncle Sam’s lands. Wim Steele from Sundance surveys the country as a potential home site. W B Penfold and James T Craig of the Butte County Bank visit town on bank business and approve the growth in the area. they are boosters for the territory near their town.
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