Government to Return Wires After War Ends
Postmaster General Burleson announces plans to return cables, telegraph and telephone networks to private owners once Congress enacts required safeguards. He urges action by lawmakers and notes no legislation is needed for cable properties. Political friction and personnel shifts accompany the move.
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Associated Press
W.ashington
Congress
Burleson
Wilson
Mary
Coneries
Herteson
Post Office Department
Post Office
Postmaster General
Clarence HL Mackay
Commercial Cable Company
Mackay
Puffer
Postal Telegraph Company
Officiala
Western Union
Edward Reynolda
Postal Company
A. B. Rickhands
Pacific Coast Division
Recruiting Brisk at Cheyenne Office
The report lists local men enlisting for World War I service, including Hobert E B Blackmore Joseph W Mall Wiam and Ormin Bower. Bower re enlisted in Company OD 22nd Infantry Philadelphia with 24 years in the U S Army and prior service in Cuba the Philippines and the Spanish American War era. Recruiting shows strong activity across Wyoming and the nation as men seek to serve in Europe Asia and Central America.
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Hobert EB. Blackmore
Joseph W. Mall
Wiam
Ormin Bower
Blackmore
Bartos
Malte
Jlulbert
France
Bower
22Nd Infantry
Phiadelpia
Hower
United States Army
Shaffer
Cuba
Funaton
John J. Pershing
Philippine Islands
America
Germany
Cocke Sem
Rhine
China
Hawaii
Panama
Service in Alaska Spurs Mass Enlistment Talk
Sergeant John J. Cooney said the chance to enlist with immediate assignments to the American wing abroad could trigger large enlistments. He noted possible postings in France Germany China the Philippines or Hawaii.
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Alaska
France
Germany
China
Philippines
Hawaii
John J. Coone Yeaterday
The Joy of Motherhood Promotion in Philadelphia
An advertisement from West Philadelphia touts Lydia E Pickham's Vegetable Compound as improving health for mothers before and after childbirth. It claims the remedy helps with illness and strengthens both mother and child, citing Dr. references and longtime experience by the company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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West Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pickham
Dia Piaknam
Allen Rene
T Pleas Med. Medicine Co
Lynn, Maas
Bilker Uses Name of Casper Minister
Reports reaching the Key Walter H. Bradley state that a swindler is using his name at Colorado points to solicit loans from church people. The man claimed to be a member of the Casper Presbyterian congregation and sought small sums to tide him over temporary financial embarrassment.
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Casper
Wyo
Walter H. Bradley
Golorado
Brave Rock Springs Boy Honored for Bank Robbery Fight
Private Meary James of Rock Springs Wyoming received wounds while stopping three bank robbers at Camp Lewis Washington on January 7. He was awarded a small reward and commended by the adjutant of the U S Army with hope of a service medal later.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Meary James
Camp Lewis
Wash
U. S. Army
King Kelley Opens Boxing School in Wyoming
King Kelley, famed as one of the cleverest boxers, has started a boxing school at the Railroad Men's club. He teaches a class of eight at 4 p m daily and plans an evening class. Facilities include shower baths and private lessons are offered.
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King Kelley
Wyoming
Railroad Men's Club
Flag Proposed for League of Nations
A proposed flag for the League of Nations appears in a fragmentary note. The item cites design ideas and symbolic elements, outlining a global unity theme without confirming adoption or formal approval.
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League OF Nations
Two Injured When Speeder Jumps Track
Isaac Okjumb a Union Pacific extra gang foreman and his clerk Walter Geiger were injured when a motor car jumped the rails and plunged down an embankment about eleven miles west of Cheyenne Saturday afternoon. Both men were carried to a hospital. Wood fragmentary details follow.
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Isaac Okjumb
Union Pacific Extra
Walter Geiger
Cheyenne
SL. John's Hospital
Casper Drilling to Begin as Tools Are Readied
Casper officials report drilling will start soon as equipment is rigged up. Angus McPherson of the McPherson company cites that the unit is prepared and the city utilities are ready for the operation to commence in Casper, Wyoming.
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Casper
Wyo
Angus McPherson
The
McPherson Smallcate
Lincoln County Bets on Local Crude Oil Discovery
Lincoln County Purchasing Agent Harrison Lr ordered crude oil from President Grimson of Lines in Idaho for 1 barrels to Pry Piney basin. Delivery within two weeks. The crude from the Pew well is the highest grade ever found and can power motors without refining, suitable for heavy tractor use over gasoline.
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Kemmerem
Wyo
Harrison Lr
Grimson
Idaho
Pry Piney Basin
Pew
Shoe Drilled Out and Well Progress at Lance Field
A report from Link 3 yesterday says the steel casting shoe delaying Ohio-OM's well on Sech 33 36 64 has been dealt with. The Dow rig is now more than 4 000 feet deep and the complex is near 4 100 feet. Completion will be slow due to hole depth.
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Link 3
Terday
Ohio-Om
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