Home Folks and Hearths in a Rural Yearning Ballad
A nostalgic narrator recalls family life by the cook stove and firelight. The verse contrasts rural joy with a roaming dream of riches, while valuing home and loved ones over distant fortunes.
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
1
A nostalgic narrator recalls family life by the cook stove and firelight. The verse contrasts rural joy with a roaming dream of riches, while valuing home and loved ones over distant fortunes.
Rain lifts spirits as Emil Fort fences his ranch amid spring warmth. Haskins trips Sundance. Wells and Robison at medical matters. Blanche Tinkcom’s birthday celebrated with dancing and gifts. Warford and Powell return from Moorcroft after delays caused by high water. New baby Boy Bush delights neighbors. Flooded Little Missouri drives residents from homes. Arbuckle family evacuates. Eastern mail delay. lambs perish in storm. Dr. Knode and Mrs. Weaver recover from injuries. Irish Setter delivered. Frances Folsom visits from Aladdin. Sammy works at a new bank. Spearfish ad notes watch service by I D Cory.
Rain and floods damaged property and delayed traffic across the Black Hills region. In Belle Fourche the Belle Fourche river surged to its highest since 1883, washing out bridges and inundating homes. The diversion dam area suffered heavy losses including machinery, cement, and stored harnesses, with several bridges out or damaged and road routes disrupted for days. Local residents faced flooding, with some moving to higher ground as water receded.
The column records residents' activities including building a house addition by J W Randall, Fern Mowhirter aiding Mrs Curtis Clark, Mrs Wade Ryan staying with the Davidsons, and the new school opening May 20 led by Ella Flagg. Also mentions Frank Clark’s travels, Red Water impressions, Inter Mountain Globes sales, and local piano offerings at I D Coryell in Belle Fourche.
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