New York War Mobilization Shrinks City Workforce
About 20 000 volunteer soldiers sailors and war workers have left New York for France Washington and military camps. Authorities predict ten times that number will be called away within a month crippling offices and factories unless women fill in. Rising food costs and closed saloons worsen hardship as wartime mobilization reshapes life around the city.
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New York
France
Washington
Navy
A Terrifying Prospect Warns of Netion Terror
In Gombwin's Weekly a siren warning declares WoW as a positive menace threatening a general reign of terror unless ring fenders are apprehended and punished. It urges swift action by authorities, calling for sweeping searches and jailings to quell outlaw factions within the community.
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Lend
Larce
Ewcep
America
Public mood and wartime tensions prompt calls for action
An editorial decries lawlessness and urges swift government action to preserve peace. It recalls France at the outbreak of war and warns that vigilance committees could arise if authorities fail to act. It also notes U boat reports and Senator Kendrick’s leasing amendment as part of broader wartime policy.
Kendrick Amendment Aims to Protect Wyoming Oil Claims
Attorney details Kendrick amendment to Senator Walsh's oil leasing bill designed to shield bona fide occupants and claimants from loss of rights on lands not withdrawn. New section guarantees patent pursuit rights if diligent work leads to discovery and a shale or oil find, with a three year window to drill a commercial well and obtain a lease. The article credits Kendrick for defending small operators against arbitrary federal action and potential lengthy litigation that could cost many locators their property and future titles.
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Warwick Vo Deaning
Qa Center
Biormey
Wraeming
Walsh
Kendrick
Air Downing
Lawning Untis
Whetun
Kendry
S Enaite Public Lands Committee
Wyoming
Persen
United States
Kiner
Secretary of the Interior
Territory of
Alaska
Kendrick Amendment Wins Support for Oil Lease Rights
The passage notes that an amendment backed by Senator Kendrick expands preferential lease rights for mineral claims on public lands and protects work in progress and valid discoveries under the Riner decision. It credits Kendrick and Senator Shafroth for their efforts amid naval reserve and lobbying pressures, predicting broad benefits for Wyoming.
Wheatland Man 18 Drowned in Chugwater
Johnny Blose aged 18 drowned while swimming at a hole beside the railroad near Curtis beet dump north of Wheatland. He and J L McCaddon of the depot force had gone for a dip. Blose called for help and sank, likely overheated after pumping a hand car, life extinct before recovery.
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Wheatland
Johnny Blose
Curtis Beet
J. L. McCaddon
Johnny
Blose
Western Wyoming horse thieves strike near Kemmerer
Lige Christensen woke to find a team of five horses in the corral. two were missing along with two saddles. A horseman was seen near Bear River with two horses, suggesting an organized gang working across regions as government horse buying stations tighten watches.
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Kemmerer
Lige Christensen
Corral
Bear River
Bear River Bridge
Christengen Ranch
John Green
Cokeville-Afton
Fred Stolfers
Christensen
High Prices Spur Food Adulteration in Paris Markets
Paris reports rising food fraud as prices climb since January. Of 1076 samples tested in May, 286 were impure, about 25 percent, the highest rate yet. Milk and wine most affected. substitutes replace meats and butter, with inspectors stretched by mobilization.
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Paris
Municipal Laboratory of
Chem
Women Who Fade Early and the Pinkham Remedy
A column extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women experiencing decline and fatigue. The piece portrays social and marital awareness of aging and promotes the product as a long standing health aid.
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Lydia EK. Pinkham
Tennessee Resident Held for Burglary
Sheridan police arrested J. Smith, claiming Tennessee origin, for the Nichols Supply store robbery at Newcastle on July 31. A pawn shop attempt on North Main led to discovery of Kingston Street goods, including a .22 caliber Colt revolver watches razors knives and a sample case of sixty knives.
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J. Nr. Smith
Tennessee
Nichols Supply Company
Newcastle
Smith
North Main
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