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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
8
A garbled OCR fragment references a festival, a midwest camp, and mentions Powder River and various places and people. The readable lines note a parade or event at Minevite Las and a claim of a large crowd, with scattered names and locations, but the text is highly corrupted and partial.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a local dramatic event with mention of Wieever Jane Orehunten and a two week stay. It notes performances, singing, and audience reactions. Also references Mr and Mrs I S Milley at University City California watching a cinema feature titled Great Alk Robbery.
D S McCalnman and B S McCalman of Cheyenne arrived in Jackson's Hole on Wednesday via Two-gwostes Pass. With J Bynon they explored much of the valley and inspected the Funkeiver bridge. McCune expressed eagerness to view the valley and promised to return next year. Contracts for the bridge were let and work should start soon. a state engineer will visit next week to supervise contractor arrangements.
A local notice states binding twine is offered at 20 cents per hound at Jackson Mercantile Co. The item appears in a brief trade listing from the era, indicating a common merchandise price for agricultural supplies.
An odd report describes a special motion picture titled The Sky Daredevil in The Great Air Robbery. It mentions a crude set, a tall structure, and a Friday night screening on August 27 with varied local names and figures amid an urban gallery of characters and events.
The report covers a string of events and plans across the inland Northwest and nearby states including a Leek of water incident in Lovelock Ventura, a fatal Montana crash near Napa, and an upcoming U S Geological survey of hydroelectric sites. It notes federal road funding in Utah and Nevada, harvests in Lewistown and Great Falls, a murder arrest bounty in Montana, and drought relief efforts in Nevada.
Mr Branan of Lake City signed up farmers to buy milk cows for the Cracey business. Wm Merrill bought two lots from Chas Wort in the west part of town near the road from the schoolhouse. Construction will start soon with plans to move heavy machinery after snow falls. The lots were paid for from stock shares by local merchants and residents of Jackson. Merrill will receive and pay for cream on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. A milk wagon will depart for Victor on Thursday mornings weekly.
On September 2 at 8 P M Rows and Mike Yokel will wrestle one hour or best two of three falls. This will be the best match ever held in Jacksons Hole with strong preliminaries. The description blends public contest flair with floral imagery and poetic phrases.
Rachael Saunders hosted a picnic party with friends at Motorpelaunyon last Sunday. Petey Nowlin returned from Colo arlo to the valley. The ange chicken emason opened not Sunday and many people were out early. Mark Weaver won the 1014 annual medal and prize from the Idaho Technics Institute for best vocalist in Idaho. Yokel is slated to wrestle Sept. 2. Mr and Mrs GOR. Van Vleck visited Jackson's Lake with Stella and Mildred Lawton guests. Henry Crabtree drove the party in his car.
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