Mother Mount Troy Laundry to Open North Durbin Plant
The Troy Laundry company of Casper is near completion on a North Durbin Street building and expects operation by late January. Exterior work is finished, a concrete floor remains, and a steel ceiling will be installed once ready. Machinery valued at 920,000 is ready to ship and the big copper boiler is on hand as directors plan delivery around January 1. The total investment will reach about 95,000.
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Troy Laundry Company
Casper
Durbin Street
Congress in session after President-Elect Warren G Harding takes office
Veteran congressmen expect a year or more of continuous session with heavy demand for new laws. Wilson is likely to propose major measures including tax revision. Farmers veterans labor unions businesses and Irish Americans plan to lobby for targeted legislation. The piece notes the vast annual spending on sports in the British Isles, valued in gold equivalent as a train a mile long.
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Washington
Congress
Warren G. Larding
Wilson
Elief
British Isles
Cheyenne Light Seeks Rate Hikes Via Public Service Body
Archie Allison of the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce heads a committee to study Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power Company proposed rate increases. The panel will compare steam and gas charges with other cities and report to the chamber to decide whether to oppose the rises. Also notes social visit of Mr and Mrs Beaumont Parks and a cultural reference to seventeenth century influenza origins.
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Cheyenne
Archie Allison
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
State
Public Serv Commission
Public Service Commission
Ight, Fuel and Power Company
Ciites
Chain of Commerce
Beaumont Parks
Rt. M. Andrus
Chicago
Mr. Parks
Standard Oil Company
Parks
Convict Lofton Recaptured After Sensational Wyoming Escape
Bert Lofton, who cut his way from the Wyoming state penitentiary death house and main prison with a needle, is back in custody after seven months of liberty. He was seized in Shreveport, Louisiana, following a Wyoming warden issued description and reward. Lofton was aided by William Smith, a fellow escape partner who did not finish the breakout.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Bert Lofton
Wyoming
Shreveport
Lofton
William Smith
Eugene Chafin, Day Chief, Dies in California
Eugene W. Chafin aged 68 former prohibition presidential candidate in 1908 and 1912 died at his Long Beach home. He suffered fatal burns from a gas heater accident on November 20 after his clothing caught fire while lighting the heater.
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Long Beach
Calif
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Frisco Attorney Retained to Defend Tongman in Murder Trial
In Cheyenne Wy a San Francisco attorney has been retained by Chinese residents to defend Yee Geow who is scheduled to go to trial December 1 for the murder of Thomas Holland. Geow is also charged with the murder of John Federhen.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Dee 1
San Francisco
Yee Geow
Thomas Holland
Geow
John Federhen
Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad incorporated in Denver
Articles filed in Denver show the Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad company with capital stock of 50 million dollars. The new firm will take over rehabilitate and operate the Denver Rio Grande railroad system sold on November 20.
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Denver and Rio Grande
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Denver & Rio Grande
Bates says it kept him on the payroll
C T Bates of Portland credits Taniae for dramatic health gains after three years of stomach trouble, loss of appetite, headaches, and back pains. He reports improved appetite, no indigestion, and better sleep after using Tanine from local Casper Pharmacy, Alcova Mercantile, and Salt Creek drug stores.
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Bates
C. T. Bates
Ochoco Avenue
Portland
Ore
Casper
Casper Pharmacy
Alcova
Alcova Mercantile Co
Salt Creek
Salt Creek Drug Store
Ady
Lusk Faces Bond Vote to Avoid School Shutdown
Lusk Wyoming faces a debt crisis as a $40,000 bond issue must be approved by property owners to liquidate outstanding warrants and secure future district funding after the bank capped credit. Taxes will provide about $45,000 this year, but continuing operations hinge on the bond approval.
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Lusk
Wyo
School work plan cited to cost ninety five thousand
A note states that proceeding with school work for the remainder of the year will total about $95,000, with the amount described as established or initiated.
Edinburgh Honors Bell for Freedom of the City
Alexander Graham Bell, native of Edinburgh and inventor of the telephone, was granted Freedom of the City in a ceremony in Edinburgh on December 1. The act, part of tributes from civic leaders, acknowledges his pioneering contributions.
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Edinburgh
Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
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Cheyenne Light
WEY
Pioneer Grocery
Fiddes
Jefferson Sts
Sandison & Fiddes
State Pen
Eugene Chafin
Frisco
Tongman
Tribune
Denver Medical Institute
Eighteenth Street
Denver Medical Institutes
Gosealtr
Grand Central Block
Thrift
Thrift Price
Grocery Department
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