Elk Coal Founder Proposes Mammoth Coal Company
W F Volker of Ogden purchases Rik Coal of Kibu Wy waning and meets stockholders in the county court house to propose a new Mammoth Coal Company with capitalization of 1000000 dollars in one dollar shares. Many sign up, but Volker misses a payment and seeks 30 days more to finalize the deal.
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W. F. Volker
Ogden
Rik Coal Company
Kibu
Wywaning
Hows
Old Elk Coal Company
Mammoth Coal Company
Volker
Ogden Standard
Injured Marshal Sneddon Recovers After Accident
Marshal Wm. Sneddon of Diamondville was returning from Glencoe with payroll when his rig rolled over on the Diamondville hill. He suffered a severe head wound needing twenty three stitches and other bruises. Dr. Fisher treated him and reports he is improving. Friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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Wm. Sneddon
Diamondville
Glencoe
Sneddon
Athenian Program Notes Students Visitors and Activities
School notes record Mrs Woods and Martha Curtis visiting the Athenian program. Several students miss days due to illness. Semester exams set for Thursday and Friday. A February basketball game with Kemmerer High in Lyceum theater. A joint program planned next Friday with a debate and audience invited. Student activities include a Senior class sleigh ride and officer elections for Alpha and Athenian Societies with named officers and outgoing officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nay Geer
May Geer
Ursule Tanner
Big Piney
Montpelier High School
Kemmerer High School
Lyceum
Ida Esiman
LeRoy Konenberg
Ronald Magor
Marjorie Christmas
United States
Kathryn Eliot
Dean Palmer
Louis Sneddon
Maggie Roberts
Mr. Burch
Miss LeFevre
Miss Howard
Kemmerer
Vaughn Lyons
Marion Soot
Ethel Pfeiffer
Margaret Christmas
Flemiemith
Arma
Parley Smith Athenian Society
Puna
Tanner
Olive Rathban
Tromsares
Louis Sneddow
Sar Rom
Crillon
Jesse Sammon
Tragedy in Rock Springs Involves Youth and Two Families
In Rock Springs a 10 year old, Ed Wend Clark, fired an automatic pistol killing Hazel Cooper 16 and wounding himself. The incident at a boarding house raises murder versus accident questions amid conflicting testimonies from Elizabeth Erickson as coroner's jury weighs the case.
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Rock Springs
Sweetwater County
Ed Wend Clark
Mantly
Hazel Cooper
Clark
Elizabeth Erickson
Minny Cooper
Whew House
Wm. Clark
Adam Cooper
Sage
Erickson
Postmaster Suggests Return Card For Misaddressed Letters
Postmaster general recommends adding a small return card on the envelope or its front to ensure letters are returned within five to seven days if undeliverable or misaddressed. The idea is brighter than signing letters and would cost little, improving mail efficiency.
Fire at Spur Ranch destroys storeroom in Big Piney area
Fire at the Spur ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Davison damaged dry goods in the post office storeroom. The blaze started when coal blew up igniting paper. responders contained it to one room with about 500 dollars in damage. No one was hurt.
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Spur Ranch
al Davison
Mra. Davison
Big Piney Examiner
Sublet Nest of Owls Sees Near Thousand-Member Status
Joe Nagel of Sublet Nest 1615 Order of Owls reports the fraternal group is flourishing with membership near 100. Benefits aid sickness and death with 97.00 weekly support and 100 funeral expense. Regular meetings sustain fraternal spirit as James Groutage serves as president and Joe Levesque as treasurer.
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Joe Nagel
Sublet Nest
Order of Owls
Butcher de Frontier Supply Co
Sanday
Nagel
James Groutage
Joe Levesque
Lincoln Coal Company Operations Near Elk County Site
Lincoln Coal Company and WF Mars Whe Lo with A. L Thomas Jr operate on Elk Coal Company property. A visitor to town Saturday reports the mine pushing to capacity to meet large daily coal orders. Output runs between 400 and 500 tons daily as Thomas solicits orders and meets with potential buyers.
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WF Mars
Lo Company
A. L Thomas, Jr
Lincoln Coal Company
Elk Coal Company
Thomas
Proms
Col
Burns Birthday Celebration in Diamondville Saturday Evening
A Burns celebration in Diamondville titled to honor Boattieh with bagpipes and reels planned for Fine Hall Saturday evening around January 25. The program isn’t finished but tickets are on sale and invitations are extended to all residents.
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Osbur
Diemondville
Burns of Alloway A Scot Lyricist and Farmer
Birth at Alloway Scotland in 1780 and death at Dumfries 1804 mark the life of poet Robert Burns. Eldest son of Wim farmer he started farming with brother Gilbert and later turned to letters and excise work. His first poetry volume appeared in 1789 at Kilmarnock and his fame grew after Edinburgh connections with noted writers.
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Robert Burne
Alloway
Ayr
Scotland
Dasefriss
Wim
Gilbert
Kilmarnock
Excise
Dumfries
Currie
Cunningham
New Books and Stationery at City Drug Store
City Drug Store announces arrivals of new books and stationery novelties. shoppers can browse latest titles and fresh paper goods in the front section.
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City Drug Store
Allard Denies Buying Idaho Paper
Evanston Pree reports that A. C. Allard denies purchasing the Blackfoot Optimist. He examined the deal but says no agreement was reached and he will not take over the paper.
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Allard
Idaho Paper
Pocatello Tribune
3. A. Allard
Blackfoot “Optimist
Improved Mining Methods Across Regions In 1911
The report contrasts the repulsive practice of shooting coal with newer mining methods adopted in Rocky Mountain States especially New Mexico. Pacific coast conditions in 1911 align with 1910, while California oil production remains dominant and may slow Alaska coal field development and other Pacific coast fields. Geological Survey Bulletin. School Dist. No. 9 Attendance report for month ending December 9, 1911.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain States
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
California
Pacific Coat
Geological Survey
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Wetesnder
Damvery
Frontier Supply Company
Ee Ervoation
Wyoming
Rgo
Hoskins Company
A. P, Heitz
Rh, Embros Kemmerer Hardware & Furniture Co
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