Opal booster Payne notes Opal growth and mail routes
J. E. Milliston led shipments with sheep to Omaha on Sept 8 as Opal enjoys a robust freighting year. Al W Payne, a livewire local booster, details new residents west of the Green River, road improvements, and impending railcar activity as mail contracts move toward Pinedale country. The section highlights sprawling freight, lumber, machinery arrivals, and an open, repaired upper Green River road for year round use.
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al W. Payne
Opal
Wyoming
Pinedale
Green River
J. E. Milliston
Omaha
Mr. Payne
Opal Post Office Expansion and Local News
Enlarge Opal post office due to rising parcel post demand. Opal Mercantile Co. adds two story extension housing postmaster and company offices. Sept 9 Ogden wedding joins Peter B. Petrie and Stella Miller on a wedding tour. Petrie treasurer of Opal Mercantile, newly remodeled home ready upon return. Opal School thriving under Grace Stewart from Rock River. Loln Thompson visits then returns to Kernmerer.
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Basii
Opal Post
Opal Mercantile Co
Ogden
Peter B. Petrie
Opal
Stella Miller
Oden
Grace Stewart
Rock River
Mins Loln Thompson
Baddendicks
Kernmerer
Mail contractor Chas Bird expands wagon fleet for routes
Six new mountain wagons join Chas Bird to carry mail and passengers as the old stage line is upgraded to boost service across the region. Parcel post over 20 000 pounds moved forward by freight teams. Two he shorse wagons departed with potatoes in 50 pound sacks for Big Piney along with feed and other supplies.
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Chas
Bird
Cangas Cough Cure Prompts Town Bottle Purchase
A Tipton Iowa resident Sarah Duncan says her son’s dreadful cough nearly suggested consumption. She bought a single bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at City Drug Store, which stopped the cough and cured the cold.
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Sarah Duncan
Tipton
Iowa
Chamberlain
City
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