Wyoming coal output in 1913 and 1912 comparison
Wyoming produced about 7 303 000 short tons of coal in 1913 valued around 11.51 million dollars, up slightly from 1912 in tonnage but with a drop in value. 8 231 men were employed with fatalities totaling 34, while Sweetwater County dominated output through Union railroad controlled mines.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
E. W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Sweetwater County
Union Railroad
Colorado
Kahéas
Nebraska
United States Bureau of Mines
Wyoming Wheat Prospects Rise With 33 Percent Gain
Wyoming's crop report from Cheyenne forecasts a spring wheat increase of about 33 percent, totaling 1,590,000 bushels this year. Winter wheat, oats, and barley are also projected higher as crop conditions improve across the state.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
The
Weather Bureau
Testimony Leads to Her Arrest in Libel Case
Lander witnesses in a libel suit against editor T G Nicholson claim Prosecuting Attorney L B Winslow was referenced in a Mann Act related story. Mrs Reynolds bound over to the Cheyenne grand jury for transporting Margie Callahan from Colorado to Wyoming for immoral purposes. Revelations tied to the case spurred Winslow to probe Fremont county establishments of similar character.
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Lander
Mre
T D. Reynolds
T. G. Nicholson
L. B. Winslow
Cheyenne
Margie Callahan
Colorado
Wyoming
Winslow
Fremont
Reypolds
Passenger Jumps From Train Window Near Cheyenne
Peter Matson of Grand Rapids Michigan jumped through a car window of Union Pacific train No 17 near Tracey thirty eight miles east of Cheyenne. The westbound train was traveling fifty miles an hour and Matson suffered a cut on one hand from breaking the glass.
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Cheyenne
Peter Matson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Demented
Union Pacific
Tracey
Matson
Hench Withdraws From Race For State Supreme Court Nomination
Cheyenne April 4 John M Hench of Thermopolis withdraws as a candidate for the Republican nomination for associate justice of the State Supreme Court. He endorses Chief Justice K H Reott of Cheyenne who seeks reelection.
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Cheyenne
John M. Hench
Thermopolis
State Supreme Court
K. H. Reott
Tick Bite Causes Fever in Thermopolis Child
The nine-year-old son of PP Brooke in Thermopolis is seriously ill after a woodtick bite. He has developed a spotted fever-like illness and remains hospitalized under care.
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Thermopolis
PP Brooke
Accused of Vrain Wrecking Captured Near Bonneville
Shoshone Ed Myers attempted to wreck with Northwestern arm and was captured near Bonneville by Deputy Sheriff Gaylord. He surrendered without a struggle.
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Vrain
Ed Myers
Northwestern Arm
Bonneville
Gaylord
Wyoming News Briefs Highlight State Events and Incidents
Wyoming items report Fair dates across Uinta, Park, Converse and other counties. Cody, Thermopolis, Rawlins, Green River, Meeteetse, Casper and Cheyenne feature new schools, churches, post offices, and roads work. Notables include a divorce alimony case, a bishop’s land gift, a prisoner sentence for fraud, and a horseman’s death.
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Union News Service
Per Cony
Uinta Couny
Springs
Mie
Lan- Beptas
Wyoming
Green River
Meeteetae
Casper
Job County
Park County
Rawlins
Thermopolis
A. C. Dent
Big Horn
Greybull
Runaway Boyle Ghicken Biing Incident
A fragmentary report notes a runaway event involving Boyle Ghicken Biing while Jobi. Kauckhorst, aged fourteen, traveling toward his lodging on Walgut Street appears to have gone astray as he groped toward aid.
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Boyle Ghicken
Jobi
Kauckhorst
Walgut Street
Birds Help Explain Flight Stability In Early Study
At a Dresden meeting of the Society for Aeronautics and Aviation, Professor Conheim said birds maintain balance without willpower, using reflex head, tail, and wing movements. He argued such natural reflexes could inspire automatic machinery to stabilize planes without external control.
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Leeson
Birds
Dresden
Germany
Society For Aeronautics and Aviation
Conheiman of
Conheim
Bearded Pride and Politeness in Mexican Transit
A Denver railway engineer recalls a sharp clash of manners between Mexicans and a New York subway guard. In Mexico City traffic a cabman taunts another with a beard joke, then both trade stories about facial hair and pride in a humorous exchange.
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New York
Denver
City of Mexico
Santa Maria
To Much for Him Bishop’s Conversation Over the Ark Tale
A Methodist bishop recalls a Wyoming settler's challenge to belief in the ark. The Westerner accepts the ark’s size shape and animals but questions how the Israelites carried it for forty years, saying faith breaks down. This remark appears in Marper's Monthly.
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Northwest
Wyoming
Israel
Wright comments on fast French monoplanes at New York dinner
Orville Wright spoke at a New York dinner in his honor about French monoplanes capable of 150 miles per hour. A young millionaire pressed for limits, but Wright noted the machines cannot outrun their running costs.
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Orville Wright
New York
Mr. Wright
Domestic Amenities in a Sundown Parody
The exchange portrays a quarrel between a wife and husband over taste and choices. The wife accuses the husband of constant criticism while defending her own past judgments, including choosing a husband with evident taste.
One Little Slip
Joe Coyne recites a tale of a shabby passenger who confesses in a railway carriage that a single misstep ruined his medical career. He recalls signing his name as the cause of death on a death certificate, after which his patients deserted him and he drifted to poverty.
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Joe Coyne
Four Year Old Seeks Small Money for Purse Purchase
A mother sends Jimmy upstairs for 10 cents to buy stumps. He asks what a one cent piece looks like, then calls down to say he now recognizes it as church money. The exchange ends with a judge noted.
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Jimmy
Patchy old clipping on travel and phrases
Fragmentary text appears to be a garbled note or OCR error about Jack and Ethel and travel perhaps referencing old fashioned waste terms. No clear event or names usable for a proper summary.
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Jack
Ethel
Clerks and Sales Echo Frayed Communication Tale
Fragments show a dissatisfied speaker decrying a recommended clerk while recalling a recent sale and a letter of receipt. The disjointed notes imply a failed transaction and tense argument over service. Named individuals or places are unclear in the text.
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Cody
Sundance
Crook County
Wilson Club
Mra. F
King
Laramie
Glenrock
C. T. Paddan
Rock Springs
Banks
Cowley
Byron
Elks
Wheatland
Clarence Sear
C. A. Duniway
University of Wyoming
A. L. Common Coal Company
N. 3. Thomas
Chugwater
Frank Fox
G Ward King
Providence
Sheridan
Ireland
Btorstad
St. Lawrence
Belfast
Helen L. Grenfell
Beat Wilson
Lindsey
Small Fighters For Freedom
Constitutionalists
Salt Lake City
Utan
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