Cheyenne Light Plans Yearlong Power Plant Upgrades
Cheyenne plans a yearlong expansion including a turbine, gas machinery, and a stack as Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power moves to grow ahead of anticipated city growth. Superintendent Semrad notes the project aims to improve service and handle future business.
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Northern Light and Power Company
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Northern Colorado Light and Power Company
Western Light and Power Company
City Service Corporation
Henry L. Doherty
Mr. Semrad
Light Company
Bergstrom May Not Face Trial Until September
Roy Bergstrom, jailed for the murder of his young bride Gladys, awaits trial in Laramie. Prosecutor George Patterson seeks an early date but the court may hold the case over to the September term, with juror costs a concern. Bergstrom remains unmoved, save for a cigarette request after learning of the burial.
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Laramie
Wyo
Roy B. Bergstrom
George W. Patterson
John Cardillo
Gladys Bergstrom
Mass Labor Walkout Strands Hundreds of Rail Workers
Reports list thousands of switchmen and railway workers in cities from Chicago to Des Moines and Los Angeles who either walked out or returned to work. In Chicago area yards, 172 cars of livestock moved today as 25,000 workers idle for lack of supply.
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Chicago
New York
Jersey City
St. Louis
Toledo
Detroit
Los Angeles
Buffalo
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Gary
Syracuse
Salt Lake City
Saginaw
Mich
Ogden
Utah
Decatur
Ill
Pueblo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Ind
Morris & Co
Chicago Association of Commerce
American Railway Express Company
Elgin, Joliet
Chicago freight strike widens across rail network
The Chicago disruption spreads as unions clash with management over wages and hours. Western General Managers say conditions are improving with suburban and switching crews increasing, while strikers press for concrete results. Embargoes hit St Louis, Kansas City, and California rail centers as officials prepare charges and efforts to restore traffic continue.
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Chicago
John Grunau
Grunau
Western General Managers’ Association
New York
St. Louis
Madison
California
theRtraiio Inc
Pueblo Industries Face Shutdown as Rail Strike Looms
Pueblo on April 9 faces a shutdown as Den ver and Rio Grande switchmen walkout and Santa Fe workers vote on striking. The Denver and Rio Grande reports 420 men out while Missouri Pacific reports twelve out, halting car movements to and from plants.
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Pueblo
Denver and
To Grande
Santa Fe
Pueblo Industries
Denver & Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Cheyenne Homebuilders praised as city asset gains
The Cheyenne Homebuilders' Association is hailed as the greatest local undertaking by C A Semrad formerly of Cheyenne now in Boulder Colo He says it has boosted city advertising and showcased Cheyenne’s business ability amid a regional housing crunch. Northern Colorado towns emulate the model and continue rapid home construction. Semrad credits the idea to an unnamed innovator deserving a medal.
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Cheyenne Homebuilders’ Association
Cheyenne
C. A. Semrad
Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Yozen New Cottages Under Construction In Cheyenne
Cheyenne Home Builders' Association has thirty six houses under construction with fourteen more to begin as soon as possible. Fred Hofmann says fifty initial homes will be finished quickly and up to fifty more if sales match demand. Sewers for the near northwest area will be bid on April 29 and sewer work will proceed. The association funds much of sewer construction with others paying share as benefited. Hofmann expresses confidence in continued homebuilding activity.
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Cheyenne Home Builders’ Association
Fred Hofmann
Hofmann
Home Builders’ Association
Natrona County Orders Red Light District Closure
Casper officials require the end of the city red light district by August 4 under state morality law enforcement. The move shadows concerns that 54 percent of women in the district are infected with diseases, though officials cite morality rather than the health statistic. The order will shutter six large and 85 small resorts in the area.
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Casper
Wyo
Board of Commissioners
Natrona County
Supreme Court Refuses Motions in Christian Science Case
Washington April 9 The Supreme Court today refused three motions in the Christian Science litigation involving Edwin A Kraut hoff of Washington He sought recommittal for more evidence to file exceptions to the master report and to delay action on exceptions until a related equity bill is decided The court kept the case open three weeks for appearances by interested parties
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Washington
Supreme Court
Edwin A. Krauthoff
Publishing Society
Chief Resurrection to Visit White House
Chief Sam Resurrection of the Flathead Indians says he will soon visit the White House at President Wilsons invitation. He spoke during a Helena stop about seeking a public discussion with the Indian bureau on white interference in tribal affairs.
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Helena
Mont
Sam Resurrection
West End
Wilson
White House
Sam
Flatheads
Indian Bureau
Red Cross Plans Peace Time Aid Expansion at Cheyenne Meeting
The Cheyenne Red Cross monthly meeting on April 5 outlined expanding peace time services to civilian families needing counsel or financial help. They proposed a information bureau on legislation affecting ex servicemen, women, children, and families, plus closer cooperation with family relief agencies and continued visiting nurse work.
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The
Red Cross
W. E. Mullen
Gheyenne
Cross acts as clearing house for their cases
Miss Zilpha Guilfoil has been in the city three weeks studying local conditions and has been retained as executive secretary to handle the work. Permanent offices are established in the First National Bank building.
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Cross
Zilpha Guilfoil
First National Bank
American Mission Sails for Japan
A prominent business commission from Seattle sails for Japan to foster mutual understanding. The group, led by Frank A. Vanderlip, includes Henry W. Taft, George Eastman, Lyman J. Gage, Seymour Cromwell, Jacob Gould Schurman, Darwin P. Kingsley, and Julian Street. They will spend three weeks in Japan hosted by the Japanese Welcome Association.
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Seattle
Wash
Japan
Japanese Welcome Association
Far East
Frank A. Vanderp
National City Bank of New York
Henry W. Taft
New York
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Seymour Cromwell
New York Stock Exchange
Jacob Gould Schuman
Cornell University
Darwin P. Kingsley
Life Insurance
Julian Street
Electors to vote on 120000 lew for upper school
Cheyenne may vote on a $120000 levy to fund a new upper school building. The plan seeks a tax increase from 3 to 8 mills, using $90,000 from a prior bond issue and $90,000 more to cover the high school project. A new grade school at $90,000 is deemed essential.
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Lew
Cheyenne
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U.S. Army
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National Mail Order Co
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Mass
Rte
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Arctic
Greenland
Carrie
East Side
Evans Street
Borden’s Milk
Olsen
23Rd and
Evans Streets
Schilling
Herman
Herman’s Cash Grocery
W. 17Th Street
Meat Department
Abé
SWIFT
E. S. Johnston Grocery Company
Celery
Florida
Jones Dairy Farm
Floridas
Brookfield Sausage
Rome Beauty
Stayman
Yellow Newton
Wyoming Fruit Company
West 16Th Street
Dinneen
Borden’s
Kelley Mercantile Company
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