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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary notice advises homesteaders to send checks to a commission division and complete applications. Mentions no need for a certain check and references advertising rates and consolidated notices. Details are garbled but indicate a government land proclamation and fee notices for settlers.
A Washington sourced report claims an agar sugar shortage stems from a group hoarding product and from soft drink makers. Citizens blame speculators as Cuban sugar sits idle on wharves while prices soar and enforcement remains lax.
In Washington the Senate Investigating Committee heard testimony from friends of rival candidates about campaign spending. Estimates cite 1.2 million dollars spent with 821000 borrowed for one group and 200000 spent plus 100000 more alleged in California. Commentary questions why men pursue the office when pay is modest and recalls past leaders’ legacies.
Zenith notes Willard Moulton on lek lit week and Mrs Frank Price from Welly visiting Zenith. Nurse Hearie and Mose Velen attend at Kellylaa Avarlay. Miss Nellie Seaton returns to Ballavlay from Balt Lake City. Margaret Deyo attends High sell at Lake Oby. Tot Fyhlgy Pal Wight plows at Tiogo's.
Fragmented text outlines Republicans in Jacksons Hole seeking a legislative candidate for the Lacemn County seat in the state legislature. It mentions Carl Le Hark and Kerwin dagen as figures, notes experience in law and military service, and references support for a candidate with public service credentials.
Kelly Lafferty and Guy Kyte from Upper Grovont visited Kelly this week for a four horse fond of provisions. Carpenters work on the old dance hall with space for a ponteffie and for cream confectionery and soda. J S Bimpton and J W Henrie are installing a soda fountain in the building. A party at Mr and Mrs Charles Alten marked Miss Josephine Nathon’s wedding and Carl Royce’s marriage, also celebrating Mr Alten’s sixty seventh birthday with gifts of pipes tobacco fountain pen and handkerchief.
A garbled read of miscellaneous items, ads, and notices. It includes auction notes, a wagon sale, shoe repair services in Idaho, and requests to send old shoes for repair, with scattered phrases about pay, work, and transportation. The piece resembles a late 19th or early 20th century roadside or small-town newspaper fragment.
Charles Bernard Nordhoff recounts a French inventor who perfected a deadly trick sight and nearly changed the war. The tale describes a dramatic clash with eight Albatrosses, the inventor’s survival, and colleagues noting his austere, rigid character and dislike of women.
The New York Sun notes Americans are abandoning hero names for children after wartime fervor. Civil War naming spiked with Abraham Lincoln and Grover Cleveland, then Theodore Roosevelt and Taft saw few, while 1918 Philadelphia births show 21 Woollen Wilsons and 7 John Pershings among 48,000.
A Paris correspondent reached Meta before French troops and noted only one official questioned him at the border. The customs officer asked if he had anything to declare and the reply was Vive La France. The town had been German-occupied since 1879 but armistice talks kept soldiers from stopping the visit.
Hemphill at Burns reports a new 82 page magazine titled The Blisaard issued by Burns Public School. Prof. Hemphill is superintendent. The issue features high school portraits, teachers, athletic and dramatic clubs, and praise for those who helped produce it. The Jackson High faculty head position remains unaccepted by the candidate.
Charles W. Ratyon, clerk of the Martinelreutt court, attended a county clerks meeting and declared a new resolution. The dialogue includes Hiatt daughter Alice and remarks by Mrs. Rooyen as the Indianapolis News reports on local civic discussions and staffing changes.
Unclear report cites John B. Seen of Boreka Nevale Wallroad in Palivade recalling birds stealing rides during flights. The text references Bed rows and innets, mentions S00 birds and a Beuttenrm rain event, with confusion over the Drukelenis of thamne and Nevidly Ueonet NEw from their concen.
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