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Wyoming State News Highlights From 1917 Period
Wyoming reports list events including Trappers Union reunion near Kemmerer August 30 to September 1 and statewide coal order week June 3–8. It notes the death of Corporal John Cox, a fire at a Jackson area schoolhouse, a Newcastle waterworks bid call, and the Powell Breeding Association filing articles of incorporation. Additional items mention 2000 Wyoming youths turning 21 since June 1917 for army service, hot water flow at Shafer dome, Roy Seney as a merchant marine recruiter, wage conditions in oil fields, and local political moves such as Robert C. Carey’s gubernatorial candidacy.
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Western
Union News Service
Wvents
Trapper's Union
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Oupele
Laramie
Cheyenne
Red Cross
South Park
Jackson
John Cox
148Th Field Artillery
Sheridan
Newcastle
Powell Breeding Association
Trappers’ Union
North Fork of Elk
W. (. Jones
Carter Oil Company
Riverton
Williams & McGrath
Shafer
Weather Bureau of
Roy Seney
Merchant Marine
Shipping Board
Washington
Houx
A. Kendall
Rock Springs
United States
Joan Washakie
Washakie
American Lake
Wash
Fremont County
Fort Steele
Robert C. Carey
Careyhurst
Warm Springs Oil Company
Warm Springs
Thermopolis
Shoshone Sheep Growers’ Association
Lovell
Chicago
Jim Baker
Snake River
Dee J. Wren
Rawlins
Baker
Frontier Park
James A.taylor
Stregia
Glenrock
Mra. Taylor
Casper
Platte River
Ball Creek
Ingo
County of
Natrona
Blaze Highway Commission
Swingle Oil Company
Lusk Field