Lieutenant Irwin Recalls Three-Hour Rescue in No Man's Land
Meeteetse Wyoming January 12 Lieutenant Constant Irwin recounts a daring WWI rescue of an American private stranded in a shell hole in No Man's Land crawling 300 yards over three hours under German fire to save a paralyzed comrade. He mentions the act was already celebrated locally and censored before public notice.
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Meeteetse
Wyo
Constant Irwin
America
France
Henry River
No Man’s Land
Irwin
Cable Dispatch
Wyoming
Useless Wheat Duty Amid War Rations
The Food Administration warns of worsening wheat shortages in Europe with potential bread ration cuts. France faces 20 percent cuts, Denmark considers reductions, and Swiss rations drop to tight levels. Lieutenant Irwin reports among the first Americans at the front in France and a trench raid.
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Food Administration
France
Denmark
Switzerland
Satan Rejects Kaiser in Hell’s Self-Respect Rally
A verse scene shows Satan defending hell’s honor against the Kaiser’s imagined entry. He declaims that the deposed ruler would corrupt hell, insisting devils maintain purity and order while rejecting any merger with the Kaiser for fear of moral decay and an upheaval of their set rules.
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Satan
Hell
Kaiser Bill
Church of St John the Baptist Sunday Services 1918
Devotions at 8:00 a m. School of Religion at 10:00 a m. Morning Prayer at 11:00 a m. Evening service at 8:15 p m. Cordial welcome to all. Rev A Gordon Fawkes. Walter Yose is in Salt Lake on business this week.
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School of Religion
A. Gordon Fawkes
Walter Yose
Salt Lake
McDonald's Salt Lake Chocolates
Stock Show Guests Highlight Denver Event Week
Visitors at the Denver Stock show January 19 to 26 include Angus and Huston. A dance at Budd hall tomorrow January 18 features Budd brothers with L. E. Bennett on music and Steve Baldwin catering the supper.
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Denver
Angus, Huston
Angus
Budd Hall
Budd Brothers
L. E. Bennett
Steve Baldwin
Red Cross Reports 22 Million Members After Christmas Drive
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross War Council, notes the Christmas campaign added sixteen million names, bringing total enrollment to twenty two million. He calls it a patriotic, humanitarian mobilization and urges continued service to aid soldiers, sailors, allies, and civilians amid the war.
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Henry P. Davison
American Red Cross War Council
American Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
United States
Red Cross
Marbleton State Bank December 1917 Condition Report
The document records the financial condition of Marbleton State Bank as of December 1917 in Wyoming. It lists resources 165,907.67 and liabilities 165,907.67 including capital 20,000, surplus 2,000, undivided profits 8,582.04, deposits 140,375.68, and various accounts. The statement is sworn by Cashier J. Charles Rumach on January 16, 1918, before Notary Roya A. Young with attestations by Director F. D. Ball.
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State OF
Wyoming
Lincoln
I. J. Charles Rumach
J. Charles Rumsey
Roya. A. Young
F. D. Ball
State Bank of
Big Piney
Red Cross pledge echoes in wartime resolve
Henry P. Davison urges the American Red Cross to serve and sacrifice as the world faces tragedy. In a wartime New Year address, he calls on the 22 million Red Cross members to commit deeply to relief work once the war ends and peace comes.
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American Red Cross
Henry P. Davison
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Lieutenant Irwin
Self
Ieutenant Irwin
Paris
Wyoming Tribune
Northland Skees
Big Piney Merc. Co
Church OF ST. John the Baptist
the Emporium
W. G. Heitz
Big Piney, Wyoming
Imarbleton State Bank
Aan
Liberty Bonds
Natio
Fanta
Bankaecee
Bank Oe
Penni
Total
S. Albert Larson
Albert Larson
Royal A. Young
Notary Public
Jams Mickelson
Seal
F. A. Fear
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