Wyoming Girl Helps Halt Jail Break Attempt
In Lander on August 5, the Eltion Deathers escaped county jail by removing a window bar. Miss Ina Gaylord and Spencer Gaylord fired on the fugitives but did not stop them. A posse searched the river and rail yards. one man was found in a caboose, the other captured Monday in Little Wind bottoms near Arapahoe and Riverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ina
Spencer Gaylord
Gaylord
Little Wind
Arapahoe
Riverton
Cashier Held For Massive Company Shortage
L. W. Kennedy cashier for the Missouri and Kansas Telephone company was arrested in Wichita on August 4 for allegedly falsifying company books to cover a shortage of more than $20,000.
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Wichita
Kan
L. W. Kennedy
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Fragmented Medical Text on Digestion and Tonic Use
Disjointed notes discuss illness, digestion, and dietary remedies. Mentions membranes, fermentation, stagnation, and a tonic. Includes scattered terms like Speen, Te ng ag a Se te Tonic, and various indecipherable phrases.
Auto Carrying Explosive Turns Turtle at Worland
RARIN Aue reports an auto from Awahson Torpedo company returning from Grane Creek with nitro glycerine turned over on a hill near Worland. The occupants A. W. Swanson and driver John Sorran escaped injury. The vehicle sustained damage but the explosive cargo did not detonate despite the crash and weather conditions from a prior waterspout.
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Rarin
Aue
Grane Creek
Awahson Torpedo Company
Worland
A. W. Swanson
John Sorran
Lusk Industrial Club Organized and Elects Officers
The Lusk Industrial Club organized to promote local interests. J G Hartwell was elected president Ralph Olinger secretary and Jease L Hall treasurer. Committees will study railway freight charges and county fair progress. A three day fair with a barbecue is proposed.
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Lusk
Lask Industries Club
J. G. Hartwell
Ralph Olinger
Jease L. Hall
Jno
F. Harkin
W. DB. Read
Jonao Hall
Link
J. BE. Hawthorne
Saloon License for Van Tassell Denied
The county commissioners denied a saloon license for Van Tassell after a lengthy hearing with pro and con arguments. Town residents and users of the supply point were evenly divided and the town council showed reluctance to decide, having previously left licensure to the county commission.
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van Tassell
Lusk
Grant
County Commission
Ora
Social workers for coal camps formed by Colorado Fuel and Iron
J F Welborn announced that Colorado Fuel and Iron will hire a corps of trained women workers in medical, social, and domestic roles to serve coal and iron mining camps this month. The program, supported by J M Rockefeller Jr and MC A, begins with five women experts in the field.
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J. F. Welborn
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
O MC. A
John J. Rockefeller, Jr
Sunrise Camp CA YMCA Plan Aimed at Women and Children
The nutweale will fitwether attachen to home sanitation. The plan extends the YMCA influence beyond male residents to include women and children at Sunrise camp. The aim is improved operations and family life benefiting employees and their families now and in future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tt Faleo
Eperas
Lincoln School Man Becomes Sheridan High Principal
J. J. Marshal, longtime assistant high school principal in Lincoln, has been elected principal of Sheridan high school. A graduate of Albion College and holder a master s degree from the University of Michigan, he plans to move with his family to Sheridan later this month.
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Heridan
J. J. Marshal
Lincoln
Sheridan High School
Marshal
Albion College
Albion
Stich
University of Michigan
Sheridan
Austrian Women Look Into Future
Leading women of Germany Austria and Hungary at the ninth convention of the Austrian women's organizations focus on postwar problems and future work. Marianne Hainisch and Bertha Suttner’s successor Bertha Suttner’s successor as president lead discussions on public questions and roles in rebuilding their states after peace.
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Vienna
Austria
Associated Press
Germany
Hungary
Association of Austrian Women's Organizations
Haedig
Frau
Marianne Hainiseh
Bertha Suttner
First Ammunition Car in Black Tom Explosion
The article describes the first ammunition car that exploded in the Black Tom New Jersey incident, with a distant view of its wreckage and three cars burning after the engineer abandoned the scene. The event scattered large quantities of supplies to the Allies as flames spread along the New Jersey flats.
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Black Tom
Black Tom New Jersey
New Jersey Flats
Medical and social services expanded at iron mining camps
The program extends medical care beyond illness and accident treatment with trained nurses for dispensary work and home instruction on sanitation. Miss Edna May Gallaher will serve as dispensary and visiting social worker from a camp headquarters in a Rockefeller erected camp dispensary, with disease surveillance and required quarantines.
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Rkera
Edna May Gallaher
Rockefeller
German built commercial submarine tied to Kiel navy yards
Sheridan reports that the Deutach land submarine built under the Vogels in Kiel navy yards, later the Bremen, was financed by Lohman of Bremen. Herman Claussen, a relative of the Vogels, notes family involvement and war connections including a brother serving in Belgium.
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Sheridan
Deutachland
Germany
Baltimore
Vogels
Imperial Engineers
Navy
Kiel
Herman Claussen
Wolf Creek
Bremen
Navy Yard
Claussen
Lohman
Governor Kendrick speaks at Sundance address to crowd
Governor John B. Kendrick arrived in Upton from Cheyenne en route to Sundance where he delivered a notable address before about 400 people. He was met by a Sundance delegation and escorted to the event.
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Upton
John B. Kendrick
Cheyenne
Sundance
E. E. Green
Hon. M. Michela
Hop. J. W. Woods
Roy Poole
Crook Monitor
Tralia
Denver
Mins Clark
Jeke Heine Killed in Head-On Highway Crash
Aug 1 dispatch reports 20 year old Jeke Heine, unmarried, from Greeley, was struck and killed in a roadway collision near Johntown after a night patrol. The injured survivor was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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Greeley
Jeke Heine
Women Convention Agrees to Abolish Rules and Elevate Housewife Role
The organization tops a convention agenda by seeking abolition of old laws and creation of protections for women as a calling. It endorses obligatory domestic studies for girls, training for raising farm animals, and gardening, plus reducing factory inspector numbers and promoting feminine health measures to free women from fashion bondage.
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Sry
Wyoming Constitutional Amendments Proposed for 1916 Election
Full true copy of proposed constitutional amendments from the Wyoming state legislature to be submitted to voters at the November 7 1916 general election. Details outline two amendments numbered One and Two received from the state house for adoption or rejection.
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Wyoming
Amendment Two and State Aid to Road and Internal Improvements
Fragmentary text describes amendments to Article Sixteen including funds rules for bonds and securities, state aid or involvement in construction and improvement of internal works, and exceptions for public roads and highways. Mentions two thirds vote, grants of land, and pledged revenues, with coded references and dates.
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United States
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