Extry Lyon Reporter Hit by Shrapnel Saved by Tin Hat
American Army reporter describes German bombardment near a French village in France. He recalls a shrapnel strike on his helmet and a second shell, with many houses damaged and a hospital hit but casualties described as light. The piece notes dugouts common in nearby towns and ends with a call for reprisal bombing.
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Lyon
France
Mall
Twan
Oulrage
Kaleor
Cencor
Bate
Ohio
No Man's Land
Mandy
Gilchrest Park Nearing Completion Plans Outlined
City hall announced Gilchrest Park on a triangular plot between Twenty-fifth Street Plonger Avenue and Randall Boulevard at Carey Avenue head will be completed soon. Work will start Saturday with south and west sidewalls, lawn planting, and trees at three corners. Wire benches will be installed and space reserved for a captured German cannon per commissioner Ed Storey.
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Gilchrest Park
Twenty-fifth Street
Plonger Avenue
Randall Boulevard
Carey Avenue
Ed. Storey
Finhance
Elks lodge funeral notice for C R Stabler in Cheyenne
Members of Cheyenne lodge No 660 B P O Elk are called to meet at the Elke home at 2 50 p m Friday April 26 to attend the funeral of their late brother C Rk Stabler James T Speer exalted ruler Attest John J Melmerney secretary
Cheyenne Plans 230 More Trees for City Parks and Boulevards
Cheyenne will beautify the city with 250 trees to be planted in parks along the boulevard and at Round Top as soon as workers are secured. Pine trees will be placed at Round Top and 100 six foot trees at Sigane's Lake with the rest open in city parks and boulevards. An additional 250 seedlings have been ordered and arrived this morning.
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Cheyenne
Round Top
Slgane
Stores to Close Friday for U G Holiday
Governor urges state observe Friday as a holiday causing groceries and meat markets to close at noon and reopen Saturday morning. Arbor Day also celebrated with planned send off for drafted men, creating a dual holiday observance and related events.
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U. G
Renmain
Alwo
High School Graduation to Be Held Here
Sunday May 26 at 7 p m the commencement address will be given by Rev George Van Winkle of the Baptist church. The public is invited. List of teachers shows Ira B Fee as superintendent and a full slate for next year including Mrs Dorothea Derger sen secretary to officers and A Jessup principal for night school.
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Nérman
George van Winkle
Ira B. Fee
Thomas F. Dillon
Georgia C. Crary
Oliva Wills
Florence A. Flanagan
Merril F. Hart
Kathryn M. Wilson
Dorothea Dergersen
Nigh
A. Jessup
Eunice Thompson
Ada Peryam
Abby K. Roya
C. M. Owens
Jessie Cooper
Florence M. Live
Elizabeth Stephenson
Ina Nightwander
Valeria Hornell
Aliee Williamson
Lulu McCormick
Virginija L. Warkley
Estelle O' Boyle
Edna
Bartlett
Mabel Hawes
Anna M. Dobbin
Ethel M. Ivey
Ruth M. Chaplin
Converse
Mabel Fincher
Mayme A. O'Connell
Hixabeth Pederson
Mary B. Costello
Dora Leach
Caroline Maltby
Hessie Burke
Nelle Hworn
Two More German Planes Downed by Yankee Flyer
Washington April 25 Major William Thaw commander of the Lafayette Escadrille adds two more enemy planes to his record. The official dispatch says the double victory places him among prime aviators, now second to Major Lufbery in enemy aircraft downed.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
William Thaw
Lafayette Escadrille
Thaw
Lufberry
Impersonator Bryce Preston Arrested in Greeley
Bryce Preston a 17 year old of Greeley was arrested Saturday night after carrying a six shooter and impersonating a secret service officer in the post office building. Police acted on authority of Rolland K Goddard Denver head of the secret service. Preston enlisted in the navy but was rejected after about 60 days service.
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Greeley
Colo
Secret Service
Bryce Preston
Greeley Boy
Rolland K. Goddard
Denver
Preston
Navy
Hindu Plotter Accused as Accessory in Murder Case
San tokh Singh named as accessory before the fact in the murder of Ram Chandra. Singh Ghaul sworn statement to federal officials says Raotokh Singh handed an automatic pistol to Ram Singh moments before the fatal shooting in the federal courtroom.
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United Press
San Francisco
Santokh Singh
Ream Chandra
Singh Ghaul Today
Raotokh Singh
Ram Singh
Ram Chandra
Tueeday
National Holiday Declared by President Wilson in Cheyenne
Friday April 20 is proclaimed a national holiday. Twelve beat boys are recalled to serve at the front and industrial workers close at 2.30 pm to report for duty. A train will transport them, with music and flags expected, as a show of 100 percent American loyalty.
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Wilson
Hindenburg Strikes On 2 Big Sectors In WWI Front
Reports from London dated April 25 describe a renewed enemy push on the Amiens front with heavy artillery and severe fighting at Picardy. French statements claim no decisive breakthrough and General Pershing had not yet reported on the battle. The attack yielded only light gains, capturing Villers-Bretonneux after a day of combat as other sector assaults were repulsed.
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Picardy Front
Pershing
London
Amiens
Villera- Bretonneeux
Oil Field Boom Spreads Across Wyoming with New Wells and Pipelines
Reports show nine of eleven wells in Test Soldier Field producing within five weeks with one at 1500 barrels and another at 800 on Prairie Oil ground. Diamond Oil plans eight summer wells. Lost Soldier field activity rises with a 98000 barrel steel tank linking wells and new refinery near Ft. Steel. Eleven refineries planned or under construction. 600 miles of pipelines announced to connect plants from Frannie to Casper and Thermopolis to Douglas. Incorporation filed for Texas and Gulf Coast Oil Fields with office in Denver.
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Soldier Field
Prairie Oil Company
Diamond Oil Company
Prairie Oil
Soldier
Ft. Steel
Jo Wroming
Thermopolis
Riverton
Douglas
Laramie
Greybull
Fort Steel
Kemmerer
Glenrock
Frannie
Pilot Butte
Galt Creek
Casper
Midwest Refining
Big Muddy
Gleprock
Thermopols
A County
Polson Spider
Plunkett Oil Field
Pretty French Pillow Tor Shown At FP
Roedel displays in his drugstore window a embroidered pillow top made by a French woman and sent to the United States by Thomas McGough. The piece features both the French and U S flags in needlework and is praised as a beautiful work. McGough and his family reside on the South Ridge.
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W. Bordiel
F. W. Roedel
Thomas McGough
U, & Infantry
France
United States
McGough
Mr. End
P. MH. McGough
Town Reads Dry Law Echo in Courthouse Column
A sagacious note from the Louisville Courier Journal describes local sentiment on prohibition. The item quotes residents debating enforcement and the value of temperance in the town.
Death of C R Stabler Veteran Cheyenne Railroad Man
C R Stabler 47 of 908 East Sixteenth died at Union Pacific hospital Wednesday at 5 20 after a two day illness from pneumonia. He left a mother and three children Harold Frank and Irma living in Cheyenne with Harold in the navy aboard Panaman. A longtime U P brakeman conductor yardmaster and yardmaster he was a member of the Elks and Odd Fellows. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 from the Elks home with the Bike and the O R C in charge.
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C. R. Stabler
Union Pacific
Harold
Prank
Irma
Navy
Panamah
Cheyenne
Mr. Stabler
U. P. Yarda
The
Elks and the
O. KR. Oo
Elks
Local Theater Men Join Trades Union
The Local 230 executive committee of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees met theater managers of Amuso and Allas in Cheyenne. Both theaters signed agreements, operators became members, and Cheyenne reports 190 percent union presence in places of amusement. Lyric had signed previously. Delegates William Walls and William McDonald aided the push, with Ed Shiels as president and officers Dooley Kintusky Thomas Costello guiding efforts.
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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Denver
Amuso
Allas
Cheyennne Can
Lyric
Trades Assembly of
Cheyenne
Willam J. Walls
William J. McDonald
Ed Shiels
J. Dooley
H. Kintusky
George Thomas
Tom Costello
New York City
McAdoo Urges Quota Towns to Maintain Liberty Loan Work
Secretary McAdoo urged local Liberty loan committees to keep operating after reaching quotas. He cited reports of towns becoming complacent at 100 percent records and urged continued campaign activity nationwide.
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MADOO
Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan
McAdoo
Baseball Scores from Yesterday in the Leagues
American League results show Cleveland 2 Detroit 5, Philadelphia 0 Boston 0, Washington 4 New York 5. National League games include Brooklyn 2 New York 46, Chicago 2 St Louis 0, Boston 1 Philadelphia 4.
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Esterday
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Man Held On Charge Of Selling Booze To Troops
KR C Poster was arrested by U S marshal representatives at Green River for selling liquor to soldiers on a troop train passing Cheyenne. He was taken from the train with ten halfhot hotties of whinky spin pockets and held at Green River until a later train brought him to Cheyenne and lodged in the county jail.
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KR. C. Poster
United States Marshal’s Office
Green River
Cheyenne
Ho Wen
Murray Relieved of Command in Western Army Department
San Francisco April 25 Maj Gen Arthur Murray has been ordered relieved from command of the western department of the army. Maj Gen Charlea E Treat now commanding at Camp Sheridan is to take the post on arrival at the coast in accordance with a war department message.
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San Francisco
Arthur Murray
Western Department
War Department
Charlea £. Treat
Camp Sheridan
Aliens tarred when they balk at pathionium
Twenty aliens, mostly Austrians, were tarred and feathered by Cononaugh residents after they refused to donate to a fund for a home guard. The man reportedly refused to buy Liberty bonds, avoid Red Cross aid, or join any patriotic movement.
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United Preas
Johwretown
Cononaugh
Belog
Tuy Antipras
Five Trainloads of Soldiers Pass Through Cheyenne Eastward
Five trainloads of soldiers marched through Cheyenne last night en route to an eastern destination from Palo Alto California. The troop train arrived late yesterday and departed Cheyenne around six this morning. Most riders were members of the new national army. An auxiliary group led by Mrs. Bruce Jones distributed candy and smokes at the station to the men.
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Uraing
Cheyenne
Pato Alto
Cal
New
National Army
Waffen
Bruce Jones
Big Gravel Pit at Buford Opens Under Union Pacific
The Union Pacific gravel pit at Buford opened early this week, though weather limited work. The operation, overseen by Superintendent McDuffie, supplies ballast for the railroad with a vast extent and capacity of up to 100 car loads daily, covering much of the Buford area.
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Buford
Union Pacific
McDuffie
Haford
Funeral gathering for late brother Stabler at 1:30 p m
All members of Cheyenne lodge 660 B P O Diks are requested to meet at the Elke home at 1 30 p m Friday April 26 to attend the funeral of our late brother K Stabler Exalted Ruler Attest John J Melmerney Bec y
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Cheyenne ‘Lodge No. 660
B. P. O. Diks
Elke
K. Stabler
Graduates Named From Camp Upton Officers Training Camp
Washington April 28. The adjutant general's office announced the third officers training camp at Camp Upton N Y produced several graduates including Archie W Alderson Fondnett Ida and William J Buchanan Rawline Wyo in last nights release
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W NG Man
Washington, D, C
Camp Upton
N. Y
Adjutant General's Office
Archie W. Alderson
Fomnett
Ida
Amd
William J. Buchanan
Rawline
Wyo
Women Braver Than Men In Daily Pain Relief Claim
An ad shares Mia Thou Davis of Montgomery Indiana praising Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder related pain. She states eight bottles cured her, urging readers to try the product as a safe quick remedy available everywhere.
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Mia
Davis
Montgomery
Ind
Recruiting for Marines Again Will Be Pushed
A Denver dispatch says the Marine Corps plans a renewed push for recruits in Colorado and Wyoming, aiming to call 500 men monthly. The Corps expects to double its strength, needing several hundred officers promoted from the ranks after training. Information is available at the Marine Recruiting Office, 308 First National Bank Building.
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France
Sergt
James Kateer
Marine Corps
Marine Recruiting Office
First National Bank
Denver
J. Guggenheim
Marine Corps Mountain Division
Colorado
Wyoming
Congress
Fleet Corp Lets 29 Vessels Contracts in DC
Washington April 25 Emergency Fleet corporation awarded contracts for twenty nine more ships totaling over 215 thousand tons to be built. The awards expand the wartime shipbuilding program and involve multiple shipyards under government supervision.
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Washington, D. C
Emergency Fleet Corporation
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Peshing
Paris
Adelalim
Pregiment
Attention
B.P.O. Elks
Cheyenne Lodge No. 660
B. P. O. Elke
C. Rk. Stabler
James T. Speer
John J. Melmerney
Laramie County
Liberty Bonds
Wyoming Trust and Savings Bank
Churchill School
J. C. Liston
Pearl LaRue
Maurine Carley
Maude B. Varney
Margaret Bruce
Edna Young
Rachel Justice
Bessie Wal- Ila
Corlett
Irene Hinkston
Hannorah V. Coleman
Geraldine Swarm
Katharine P. Organ
Edwina Branson
Anna B. Babcock
Lavinia A. Cole
Alice G. Hutchinson
Margaret Weaver
Lulu M. Leihart
Georgia
FP. Sullivan
Genesta L. Clark
Anne Miller
Marion A. Branson
Jennie C. Hosford
Edith M. Roebuck
Gladys Cole
Center
Ruth Clark
HUN
Yankee Flyer
Cutiaens
Hindenburg
Salt Creek
Superintendent Creek
Ohio Oil Company
Putnam
Buck Creek
Lusk
Wyoming Secretary of State
Texas and Gulf Coast Oil Fields Company
A. Reidel
J. Borland
B. Thorens
J. A. Robbon
Wwer
Loulaville Courter
C.R. Stabler
Man
Gen. Murray
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Pathionium
Atlas Theatre
Kitty Gordon
Cuet
Muriel Ostricha
Geo. Kelson
Jackie Saunders
Nish
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