Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year in Lincoln County
The note celebrates subscribers and readers, pledges a better newspaper, and wishes prosperity. It reflects on 1916 events, including the European war, American elections, and Wyoming industry gains, with a humorous jab at Senator Kenyon and the Kendrick vote tale.
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Lincoln County
Europe
Bryan
Wyoming
Kenyon
John B. Kendrick
Senator Kenyon
Kendrick
Loo
Merchants Hope for Spread Out Christmas Rush
Retailers urge early shopping to ease crowding on Christmas morning in Kemmerer. Stores report readiness for holiday trade and encourage customers to shop ahead to reduce tired clerks and improve service.
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Kemmerer
Ripley attacks eight hour law and women in governance rise
A special letter from KE P Ripley of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe outlines opposition to the eight hour law and reviews the Admunson bill. The article notes high pay for trainmen on long hours and discusses women in executive positions across colleges, schools, and public service. It also covers Maine shipbuilding in Bath and wage increases at the Tinplate Company, with labor disputes in Ireland and Westinghouse subsidiaries seeking 25 cent hourly wages.
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KE. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ripley
United States
Garde
Bath
Sewalls
Maine
Tinplate Company
McKeesport
Gominion
Westinghouse Company
Ireland
Mlewan
Plowwen
Carthaven
Wage scales and labor news from across industries
Reports from labor unions and war production discuss new wage scales with minimums and overtime rules, apprenticeship pay, and a 12 hour day limit. Other items cover Japanese labor distribution, Allied and British union actions, open shop debates, and public health guidance for childhood croup.
Mark Twain Praised Grant With Hartford Welcome Speech
Albert Bigelow Paine recounts in Bt. Nicholas how in 1880 Mark Twain backed General Grant during his Hartford visit. Twain delivered a celebrated welcome, teased Grant with a whispered cue, and then lauded the general’s service while forging a strong bond between the humorist and the soldier.
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Mark Twain
Garfield
General Grant
Hartford
Grant
Bie
Clemens
Mark Twale
Chicago
Missouri
America
Albert Bigelow Paine
Nicholas
Her First Day in Church
A Newark News brief notes two church trustees collecting in the middle aisle then moving to the front and side aisles. A small girl whispers to her father that they would make four waiters, one for each aisle.
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Newark News
Courage for steadfast purpose in emergencies
A concise call to cultivate tenacity of purpose that resists wavering in crises, urges standing apart from the crowd, and rejects defeat.
Distance leads enchantment to cents and girl beauty
A fragment from the Boston Transcript notes that distance enhances charm and humorously ponders admiration for a girl seen from afar, with quirky wordplay about money and perception.
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Maya
Boston Transcript
County Commissioners Meet Monthly in Kemmerer Courthouse
County commissioners convene on the first Tuesday of each month at the Kemmerer courthouse and remain until their work is finished. All county claims must be filed before the end of the month.
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Chamberlain
Cour House
Kemmerer
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Oregon
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Satbow
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Colchester
England
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Essex
Ruseien
Philadelphia
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Frisco
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
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Lancashire
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Dublin
Eastern
Magland
Ome
Cis
Fehan
Kodake
Columbia Records
Jikemmerer
Grant and
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