The Need of a Good Auto Road for Our Region
The Examiner notes the Hoback canyon government road nearing completion and urges lining up support for a Rock Springs outlet and a link to the Yellowstone Park. Residents report good progress from Daniel to the Basin rim and call for a Big Piney to Fall River Basin connection. Rock Springs businessmen may fund part of the auto road efforts, and the piece urges locals to mobilize for regional road development.
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Rock Springs
Yellowstone Park
Bronx
Daniel
County Division Debate in Green River Valley
The Green River Valley seeks county division with strong support inside the proposed area. Past failures centered on the county seat dispute and rushed boundaries. The Examiner invites public input and will publish articles after the holidays to inform voters before any fall decision.
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Green River Valley
Public Forum on Railroads and Economic Life
President Wilson argues railways are central to national welfare and investments. C B H Schaff refutes myths of railroad magnates, noting 95 percent of $20 billion in securities are held by over two million investors. He stresses railroads underpin life insurance bonds and public solvency nationwide.
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Wilson
C. B H. Schaff
M. E. & T. Railway Company
Republic
Missing Brooch Case Arises From Virginia Tale
A Baltimore prom inent marine corps officer’s wife recounts finding a missing diamond brooch after a Virginia search. A trusted servant, a mulatto girl, suspected the Baltimore house and, warned by a fortune teller, reveals the brooch was later found pinned to a gown the same night.
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Marine Corps
Baltimore
Virginia
Alice
Maltmore
Pay Day in the Trenches Amid War Time Pay Office Strain
The British army pay department employs about 700 officers and 7000 clerks, nearly ten times peacetime levels. The London main office has moved twice since the war began and now uses private houses. Since August the payroll team works day and night, paying soldiers in French currency notes through company officers via acquaintance rolls, with soldiers carrying their paybooks and receiving weekly wages even in the trenches.
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London
King Albert Dares With Soldiers In Trench Calm
A Belgian soldier recounts King Albert of Belgium choosing to fight beside his men in a trench without staff or guard. After a shell splinter strikes the brother-in-law, the king calmly takes up a rifle and keeps firing before quietly leaving the trench. Mon Dieu C etait le Roi.
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Albert
Belgium
Nieuwe Rotterdammer Courant
King
Lost Works of James Whitcomb Riley Unearthed
The search for Riley's lost works, tied to a complete prose and poetry collection, has uncovered a large volume of unknown material. More than two hundred unpublished poems were found, including an illuminated manuscript titled Man's Devotion and a baby book with portraits of the poet's child friends, each inspiring a poem.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Soldier in Alsace Wakes to Thigh Injury From Night Bullet
In Alsace a French soldier slept through the night as a bullet pierced the roof of his shelter and lodged in his thigh. He awoke complaining of a cramp and could not rise, despite orders to move, until a doctor arrived.
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Alsace
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