Temperamental Dynamite Probe Against Bumping Truck
In Wyoming near the Idaho line a government dynamite truck carrying explosives overturned but did not explode. Driver William Fry survived and transferred the dynamite to another vehicle. The cargo was believed dangerous yet caused no blast or casualties. The incident occurred during a trip from Victor Idaho to Jackson Lake reclamation work.
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Jackson, Wyo
William Fry
Victor
Idaho
Jackson Lake
Wyoming-Idaho Line
Fry
Character of Loot Is Clue to Thieves
SHERIDAN WY Aug 2 It did not require Sherlock Holmes to deduce a burglary at the D A D hardware store was by boys Loot consisted of guns revolvers ammunition pocket knives flashlights fishing lines and other tackle Ralph Albert Wooster and William Hoffman are in custody One has confessed implicating the others They are suspected in several other depredations on merchandise stocks and will be tried on burglary charges.
Tell Tale Tracks In Mud Establish Who Caused Crash
In Laramie Wyoming on August 2 tell tale tracks in mud settled responsibility for a collision between Mrs J G Burbank of this city driving a Franklin and Mrs B Cohn of Kansas City driving a Mormon car near The Siding. The tracks show Cohn used about two thirds of the highway while Burbank, stuck in a mud hole, could not avoid the crash. Cohn paid about $100 for Burbank’s damages and will spend more on repairs to his own car. Mrs Burbank suffered broken teeth from striking the steering wheel.
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Laramie
Wyo
Franklin
J. G. Burbank
B. Cohn
Kansas City
Burbank
Crossing remembered sixty years after Overland trail crossing
Charles Husbands of Salt Lake City recalled the Overland trail crossing on the Big Sandy near Rock Springs Wyoming while fishing. He had crossed that spot sixty years earlier with an ox team bound for Salt Lake, at age sixteen, and now revisited it as an elderly man.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Charles Husbands
Salt Lake City
Husbands
Salt Lake
Boy 10 Survives After Hay Rake Accident
ROCK RIVER Wyoming Aug 2 A 10 year old boy Jack White was dragged by a horse drawn hay rake at his father Vic White’s ranch between here and Chugwater. He escaped with a ragged neck wound and facial gouges when the rake struck an irrigating ditch and lifted. The mower and rake were wrecked and a horse was killed in the tangle as both machines ran amok.
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Rock River
Wyo
Here
Chugwater
Jack White
Vic White
Widow sues for 100000 in Osage oil land case
Gertrude Walker, widow of Fred Walker who died from a gunshot in the Osage oil field, files suit in Newcastle Wyoming district court for 100000 against Walter N. Simm and Freel Bros. The petition alleges Simm shot Walker at Freel Bros. instigation as part of a deliberate conspiracy to obtain oil land.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Gertrude Walker
Fred Walker
Osage
Walter N. Simm
Freel Bros
Simm
Walker
Giant Explodes in Boy's Hand. Two Fingers Lost
Casper, Wyoming. Leonard Hayes, seven, of Bates Hole, lost his thumb and one finger when a stick of 40 per cent giant powder left by a road crew exploded in his hand. The boys had been tossing the powder back and forth after finding it, a blast that left Hayes with shell shock but not fatal injuries.
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Casper, Wyo
Leonard Hayes
Bates Hole
Hayes
Block Signal System Sought For Cody Road
Cody club petitions Wyoming highway department to install a block signal system on the Shoshone canon section of the Cody Yellowstone park road. Heavy seasonal travel, between 100 and 200 autos daily, prompts call for safety devices along the Narrow canon route.
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Cody
Wyo
Cody Club
Wyoming State Highway Department
Cody-Yellowstone Park Road
Deloney Family May Hold Another Office
JACKSON WY Aug 2 If the record of Jacksons petticoat government reflects family public service W C Delaney of Jackson is a Republican candidate for the state legislature He is the husband of one of the women elected to oversee town minutepal affairs and alleged to run the town’s best munity administration yet
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Jackson
Wyo
Well Known Timberswolf Three Toes Caught Again
LANDER Wye Aug 2 Three Toes the infamous timber wolf with three toes on one foot has been trapped near Splitrock. Officials say in its career the wolf killed livestock worth at least 10000 dollars. Reports of the famous wolf’s capture and death have appeared periodically for years as residents await the next news break.
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Lander
Wye
S Plitrock
Wyoming
Automobile In River Hints At Theft Or Tragedy
In Green River Wyoming a Hudson touring car found in the river near Toll Gate is believed stolen after dragging operations revealed the thief likely drove it into the stream to sink it. The car bore a Wyoming license plate issued for a Buick reported stolen at Medicine Bow.
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Green River
Wyo
Sheriff’s Office
Wyoming
Medicine Bow
Sage Chickens Seen Abundant In Lincoln County
KEMMERER Wyo August 2 Ranchmen and herders report sage chickens more numerous in Lincoln county than in years past Local sportsmen anticipate the hunting season from August 15 to September 15 with eagerness and expect a lively period for the birds and anglers alike
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Lincoln County
Union Pacific to Improve Rock Springs Housing and Rail Access
Union Pacific plans spending about 500000 dollars in Rock Springs. General Manager HB Brooks received notice that 160000 dollars is allocated to housing for married officials, with eighteen new homes and a large club house. A 45000 dollar unmarried facilities fund covers a two story club house with extensive amenities. Over 300000 dollars funds a new coal outlet from mines 7 8 and 10, extending the line to H Plane and B Plane for surface dumping. The move signals a new era as executives relocate families to Rock Springs to strengthen its status as a premier western coal center.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific
HB. S. Brooks
Union Pacific Coal Company
B. E. Calvin
Wardell
D Street
Birch and
Hicksley
Lion
Zeneral
Brooks
Mississippi
Reckless Leap Ends On Pitchfork Tine at Ramsay Ranch
ROOK SPRINGS Wyo Aug 2 A man named Charles Outsen leaped from a hay wagon at the Ramsay ranch and landed on a hay fork impaling his side. He was rushed to a local hospital where doctors said the injury is not dangerous though a small shift would have proved fatal.
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Rook
Springs
Wyo
Ramsay Ranch
Charles Outsen
Derailing of Mine Car Fatal to Grindo
James Grindo age 21 was instantly killed in a Wyoming coal mine when a mine car jumped the rails crushing him and a horse. A roof prop failed under the fall of rock released several tons of rock. Grindo’s parents live in Canon City Colorado.
Long string of 400 traps to span 160 miles in Wyoming
RAWLINS Wyo Aug 2 One of the longest strings of traps ever set in Wyoming is being distributed by Bryan Jordan of the federal biological survey from near Cooks Gap to Wamsutter and then to the environs of this city. The string of 400 traps will cover a line about 160 miles long.
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Rawlins
Wyon
Wyoming
Bryan Jordan
Federal Biological Survey
Cooks’ Gap
Wamsutter
Wyoming Woman to Teach in Mikadol and KEMMBERDER
Miss Hather Downey of KEMMBERDER, Wyoming, sails from San Francisco for Japan to teach English-speaking diplomats in Tokyo for the coming year.
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Wyoming
Kemmberder
Wyo
Hather Downey
San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Neil Hood Well at Carter to be Finished
Carter Wyoming August 2 The Wyoming Illinois Oil and Shale company has acquired rights to the Neil Hood well near Carter and will restart drilling to the oil sand. The well was abandoned at about 1800 feet deep after years of digging.
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Neil Hood
Carter
Carter, Wyo
Wyoming-Illinois Oil and Shale Company
Corn Cure May Cure By Destroying Foot
KEMMERER Wyo August 2 Pete Heat may lose his right foot after using a corn salve bought from an itinerant peddler. The mixture caused infection and gangrene now threatens amputation.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Pete Heat
Nine Miners Die in Week Across District Mines
The week ends with nine miners dead and Frank Krusecenk among the victims at the Miners' hospital here. Officials report the total mine casualties rising to a troubling figure as investigations continue into the causes and safety lapses across sites.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Frank Krusecenk
Miners Die in Week at Local Mine Crushing Incident
In Kemmerer district a miner named Krusecenk was crushed between two cars at the local mine during the last week to nine. Eight other miners died from injuries sustained in an explosion. Krusecenk is survived by a widow and three children.
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Kemmerer
Krusecenk
Ten Orphaned By Mine Death In Kansas Accident
Cumberland Wyoming August 2 Ten children are left orphaned by the death of William McDermott a coal miner formerly of Cumberland. He was killed in a mine accident at Hiawatha Kansas and news reached here today.
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Cumberland
Wyo
William McDermott
McDermott
Hiawatha
Kansas
Lambs Reported Contracted for 11 Cents
Corbeville Wyoming Aug 2 An unconfirmed report says Dan Mackay a leading flock master in this section has contracted his fall lamb crop at 11 cents a pound This is the first local indication of the fall lamb crop condition.
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Corbeville
Wyo
Dan Mackay
Wyoming State Museum Welcomes Frontier Week Visitors
The Wyoming state museum in the capitol drew several thousand visitors during Frontier Days. State Historian H. Hunice Anderson reports about 500 daily, with literature on Wyoming given to at least half. Notables Dr George F Kunz and Miss A J Coe toured, praising the museum’s completeness.
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Wyoming State Museum
Capitol Building
Cheyenne
Hwunice G. Anderson
Wyoming
Miss Anderson
George F. Kunz
Sulgrace Institution
New York City
A. J. Coe
Philadelphia
William R. Coe
State Museum
Pennewill
Frontier Days data drive boosts state museum relics
Dr Kunz praises Frontier Days efforts to collect data and photos of early celebrations. Citizens are urged to deposit programs posters and clippings with the state historian to aid museum exhibits. Relics including a spinning wheel and old Fort Laramie printing press draw public interest amid new Elk Basin field drilling by Midwest Refining.
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Wyoming
Miss Anderson
Guesis
Osage field reports show modest outputs on section 26-46-64
Reports from Osage field indicate barrels in the 20 per day range for the Sinclair well, once the discovery well, with production far below the thousand-plus barrels claimed by some sources. The area’s best producers approach 60 barrels daily, reflecting a steadier, lower-yield trend.
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Sinclair
Wyoming school bonds sold for 150000 in Casper
Casper Wyoming July 31 school bonds voted last June for district No 2 totaling 150000 were sold to the state at a special school board meeting. West Casper School project funded by the issue nears completion and will be turned over shortly. Bonds carry 6 percent interest and run 25 years.
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Casper
Wyo
State of
Wyoming
West Casper
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Supported by Letter
Washington Ind Mrs IvA Banta says the remedy restored her health and led to a normal condition and a fine baby after years of infertility and nervousness She reports using the product again when anxious and recommends publishing her letter as evidence of its effectiveness The advertisement touts the compound as correcting sterility and helping hundreds of other homes see children due to restored health and strength
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Washington
Ind
Lydia B. Pinkham
Iva Banta
R. R. No
Lydia E. Pinkham
Local visit notes sketch show of Onn Goo Fale and teams
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Onn Goo Fale and Bert Geo Ney with references to a visit, a game and a tentative schedule. Details remain unclear but imply a arranged meeting or appearance connected to a local team and a visiting party.
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Bert Geoney
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Boy
Canon
Deloney
Three Toes
Reckless Leap
Pitchfork
Tine
Grindo
Lambs Reported
Kerr
Kerr Mason
Saa Kerr
Kerr Glass Mfg. Co
Sand Springs, Okla
Fort Laramie
John Hunton
Old Fort Laramie
Midwest ‘Refining Company
Elk Basin
Montana
Cowley
Midwest
Growers Nation L Bank
Winnipeg
Canada
Midland .Carbon Company
Cowley, Wyoming
Nature
Bitar Biewali Ky
Abe
Offiday
Istris
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