Cheyenne Faces Severe April Blizzard of 1897
The Cheyenne region endured the severest April blizzard since 1897, with six and a half inches of unmelted snow and 0.84 inches of precipitation. Winds hit 48 mph from the northeast, roads were impassable, and public transport struggled to function while farmers fear livestock losses and lambing takes place under dangerous conditions.
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Cheyenne
Weather Bureau
Capitol Avenue
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Railroad Labor Board names permanent chair and secretary
Washington reports the Railroad labor board elected R. M. Barton of Tennessee as permanent chairman and appointed C. P. Carrithers of Texas as permanent secretary Carrithers formerly led adjustment board No 1 of the railroad administration.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
R. M. Barton
Tennessee
Texas
Carrithers
Adjustment Board No. 1
The
Railroad Administration
High Jackers Loot Sacramental Wines From Bishop Home
Five robberies in Cheyenne linked to high jackers who opened vaults and safes, took sacramental wine from Bishop P A McGovern and others, and spanned residences including C J Ohnhaus and John Kunkel. A Wyoming Fuel & Feed vault yielded two private caches. clues include empty bottles labeled Hiner near a cemetery. A witness saw a Ford truck with engine running near the site.
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Cheyenne
P. A. McGovern
Wyoming
John Kunkel
Kunkel
Wyoming Fuel & Feed Company
C. W. Riner
R. N. Matson
Outlaw Strike Breaks Up as Sporadic Walkouts Erupt
Freight movement rose at nearly all Far West points as railway officials report an early collapse of the switchmen strike. California growers fear refrigerator cars stoppage while Los Angeles messenger lines plan to halt service except mail and milk trains. In Cleveland, a partial break in passenger service occurred as night crew refuses to work and volunteers take over.
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San Francisco
Far West
California
Iways
Los Angeles
Gleveland
Union Station
Overall clothing protest spurs nationwide denim movement
Congress member Upshaw appears in the House wearing overalls to comment on clothing costs. Governors and business groups debate the fashion push as a regional spread from California to Vancouver and North Carolina, with manufacturers reporting wider use as a cost-cutting protest.
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Congress
West
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Vancouver
British Columbia
Fate of Hugh Armstrong Charged With Murder at Choper
Douglas Wyoming April 17 the case against Hugh Armstrong charged with the murder of Undersheriff Tom Majors at Casper last November 1 was given to the jury late tonight after six days of trial and heated arguments. The death penalty was asked. Majors led a posse raiding a plumbing shop in East Casper where a bootleg cache was hidden. In the gun battle Majors was killed and deputies McKenzie and Martin were wounded. Armstrong is alleged to have aided the gunmen at the shop and in the home nearby. The case has been drawn out by venue fights and procedural delays since the initial arrests and resignations of local prosecutors.
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Hugh Armstrong
Tom Majors
Choper
Casper
Majors
Pat Noyce
East
W. F. Kilgore
George McKenzie
George Poulos
Charles Baslton
Roberts
Burlington
Natrona County
R. B. Martin
R. BE. Martin
Lawson Hallowell
Mckenzie
Martin
Moore
Winter and
Purcell
W. B. Patten
Pat Royce
Kilgore
Patten
Alfred R. Lowey
Royce
Ralph Kimball
Douglas
Delaware Suffrage Ratification Seen After Obstacle Cleared
Washington message reports Representative Fess of Ohio stating after a Delaware conference that ratification of the suffrage amendment had been blocked only by a parliamentary hurdle to be removed next week. He cites leaders of the Delaware assembly confirming sufficient votes in both houses to ensure ratification.
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Washington
Delaware
Representative Fess of
Ohid
Republican Congressional Committee
Fess
Wyoming Funeral Directors Convene in Cheyenne July
Cheyenne hosts the Wyoming Funeral Directors association meeting July 22 to 24 with lectures by Professor Albert Warsham of Warsham College of Embalming Chicago. About twenty casket displays and twenty-five motor hearses line the city as Colorado funeral directors join. Committee leads include W. W. Dumm B. H. Finkbiner and Harry Pepper.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Funeral Directors’ Association
Albert Warsham
Warsham College of Embalming
Chicago
W. W. Dumm
B. H. Finkbiner
Harry Pepper
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona Senator Threatens State Resistance to Mexican Troops
In Washington on April 17 the Senate debated allowing Mexican federal army officers to move forces through U.S. territory to attack Sonora. Arizona Senators Ashurst and Smith opposed granting the passage, hinting at state protection by force if needed. The matter stalled as Knox cited unverified reports of a refusal. Henry Lane Wilson continued criticizing President Wilson’s Mexican policy before the investigating committee, predicting approval for the crossing.
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Arizona
Washington
Sonora
Senate
State Department
War Department
Alin
Haan Tens Nak
Ashurst
Knox
Pennsylvania
New York Sun
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
Woman of 108 Regrets She Does Not Die
Springfield dispatch reports Antoinette Smith, born 1812 on Madeira, set to celebrate her 108th birthday but hopes it will be her last. She heads a long-lived Alves family with five members ages 80 to 108, including John Alves 80 of Salt Lake City and Manuel Alves 96 near Jacksonville, Florida.
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Springfield
Ill
Antoinette Smith
Mrs. Smith
Madeira
United States
Alves
John Alves
Salt Lake City
Manuel Alves
Jacksonville
Fiueria
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. J. Alves
Farmingdale
Casper Show Fal Less Than Here
Casper Wyoming April 48 Three inches of snow fell by 10 o clock last night freezing temperatures prevailed heavy losses of sheep are feared
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Casper
Wyo
Culiacan Falls to Invaders
General Angel Flores with 5 000 Sonora troops captured Culiacan the capital of Sinaloa this morning official announcement from Sonora military headquarters in Hermosillo reports. Troops moved toward Mazatlan then plan to press into Nayarit Tepic and other targets as hundreds of former Carranza soldiers join the revolution.
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Angel Flores
Sonora
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Hermosillo
Nogales
Marely
Mazatlan
Socinvine
Nayarit
Tepic
Carranza
SenaRa Flores
Jesus Aguirre
Agua Pridta
Carta Ee
Thermosillo
Manzo
Flores
Jlermo
Silo
México City
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico
Twenty One German War Brides Arrive in New York
Twenty one German war brides of American soldiers and Polish troops who enlisted and fought in the Polish army during World War I arrived in New York aboard the Antigone from Danzig and Antwerp. The ship also carried 1,047 United States troops and officers and a large cargo of war stores.
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New York
Antigone
Danzig
Antwerp
Wmy
City water department to be supervised by engineer office
Beginning May 1 the city water system will come under the city engineer as supervision shifts from the custodian role. Mayor Taylor cited past mismanagement and disorganization with several resignations and said the engineers will oversee the entire water department moving forward. Rodger Talbot will replace Robert Cook, former fire department member, in the custodian post.
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Ed. DP. ‘Taylor
Robert Cook
Round ‘Top
Maeh
Paylor
Hubert Jlerpa
Cool
Engineers
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Sgore
Ecomeare
Horace Baker
A. @. Wharton
Catholic Parsonage
Wyoming Fuel & Feed Office
Ohnhaus and Kunkel
C. J. Ohnhaus
United States District Court
Ohnhaus
Outlaw
Georgia
Representative Upshaw
House
Raleigh
N. C
Bickett
N. K. Rambo
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Ashurst and Smith
Culiacan Falls
San Antonio
Tex
Japan
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Ojs
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