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Newspaper
The Greybull Standard
Location
Greybull, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
2
The Greybull Standard lists advertising rates and notices for meetings with admission charges, plus assorted local quips about weather, marriages, bigamy jokes, flood displays and a census quip about Nebraska duck farming. It cites archival associations and notes a 1907 postal entry.
P. J. Quealy of Kemmer was appointed by Governor Ross on Friday to fill a trustees vacancy at the state university caused by William C. Deming's resignation. Quealy is Wyoming's Democratic national committeeman and has interests in Kemmerer coal mines.
Fine strawberries thrive in the Big Horn basin as southern berries fade. Growers claim the berry business could yield good returns locally. Neosho Missouri shipped seventy five cars this season totaling over one hundred thousand dollars to the community. Washington reports executives of several major railroads considering voluntary rate reductions, especially for agricultural shipments.
The excerpt discusses Interstate Commerce Commission rate reductions and required interest on capital, age and occupation influences on perceptions of shorter days, tax attitudes tied to fuel efficiency, and pedestrians noting shoe colors. It ends with a quip by Tom Morgan about street girls and shoes.
A man leapt from a plane into the Potomac to prove his nerve. He survived. his wife and six children survive as well. The public might have believed his nerve without the jump.
A market note from New York indicates peak prices for both raw and refined sugar this year. The market is watched closely with possible price declines by the time a court decision is reached. Mrs Means in the Hosier Schoolmaster advised “git aplenty while yer gittin.”
The Chicago & Northern Railway and Wyoming North & South lines, plus other Middle and Southern States carriers, sign a 25 year contract. It creates a southern outlet for Middle States facilities while the Northern outlet runs via Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul for 25 years. The first Casper to Salt Creek section is to begin soon to ease daily congestion.
Statistics reveal the Nebraska state penitentiary intake figures for the year. Of 411 new inmates 217 men were single and three women single. 162 married men and 11 married women. 16 widowers and 2 widows. no divorced. Education spans graduates, high school completion, general schooling and no schooling. Occupations include laborers, farmers, mechanics, chauffeurs, cooks, porters and waiters. Most inmates were first offenders with a minority returning for repeat offenses.
A reflective note on global apathy contrasts sun cooling and impending ice with unchanged grocery prices. The piece cites casual shoppers and petty concerns, from figs to bird seed, as civilization slips toward crisis while daily life continues.
The National Forest Reservation Commission approved 11 457 acres across eight eastern states for national forest use at about 3 95 dollars per acre. Key blocks include 5 809 acres in McKean Forest and Warren counties Pennsylvania within the Allegheny National Forest and 1 015 acres added to the Monongahela forest in West Virginia.
Governor Ross asks Wyoming legislators for opinions on calling a special session to fix an engrossing error in the State Farm Loan act. He notes the bill was amended in the Senate and House, then mis engrossed, and urges responses to a mailed questionnaire with suggestions.
Universal Oil claims the Dobbs cracking process is the core patent for high test gasoline and accuses Standard Oil of Indiana of infringement with the Burton process. The $300 million case transfers from Kansas to San Francisco before Judge Holmes Hall with top U.S. attorneys, Sen James Reed leading Universal defense and Russell Wyles for Standard Oil. The hearing may last five to ten days, then move to Los Angeles and Santa Maria, with later sessions in Europe.
Several railroad boys camping near Paint Rock Saturday night were visited by a friendly kitten. After attempts to shoo it away failed a boy fired at the animal but did not kill it. The campers moved their site and sideswere joined by a remark about perfumery.
A traveling salesman for California shippers visited town and, using last year’s buyer list, sold seventeen carloads of muscat grapes for fall delivery in one day. Nearby towns added more orders, leaving him one car short of last year’s total. It’s rumored another customer balked under the eighteenth amendment.
Sam Rea head of the Pennsylvania railway system defies the U S Railway board after its findings and vows to deal directly with employees. Commentators note a pattern of leaders ignoring laws while courting obedience.
A Denver Post telegram says refined sugar in New York sold at 9 cents per pound, 25 points below refiners list prices. Brokers unable to move sugar are blamed for the cut.
Christian Science services are held every Sunday at 11 o clock in the Masonic hall with a Sunday school at 10 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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