Short items from Cheyenne and vicinity
Short notices and personals from Cheyenne Wyoming include W P Adams and family visiting from Denver en route to Buffalo in a Studebaker. Fred Holdredge, superintendent of the Hot Springs reserve at Thermopolis, visiting the capital. Nate P Wilson returning to Lander after business in the capital. J F Coad Jr and son Frank guests at the Plains hotel planning to stay while eastern heat subsides. Taxi services promoted by One-One.
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Sherman Co
Buffalo
W. P. Adams
Denver
Studebaker
Fred Holdredge
Thermopolis
Lander
Nate P. Wilson
Omaha
J. F. Coad, Jr
Frank
Plains Hotel
Cheyenne
Prone No 8 for a Messenger Prompt Service
An ad announces a messenger prompt service labeled Prone No 8 offering reasonable prices and extended hours open until 11 p m.
Shipping board seeks chief for new merchant fleet department
The Shipping Board will create an operating department to run all government owned merchant ships. It is seeking a top shipping expert to head the new department and manage the fleet.
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Ship Board
Washington, D. C
The
Shipping Board
Burglar Flees After Taking Shot at Guard
Early Tuesday a burglar entered John Fleming’s home on Central Avenue but fled after a confrontation with night officers. Sergeant Bernotes exchanged fire with the fleeing man who shot at him from behind an ash pit. the assailant escaped into darkness.
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John Fleming
Central Avenue
Fleming
Jack McFarland
Christianson
Bernotes
Poliee
Thaat
Clyde Farly
New Cabinet Fails to Gain Approval in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports lukewarm press response to Germanys new cabinet. Fourteen newcomers to ministerial and minor posts are seen as not signaling real system change and fail to win broad approval.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Bonn Professors Demand No More Peace Offers
Seventy eight Bonn University professors sign a petition urging Germany to avoid further peace offers after Britain rejected the latest proposal and challenged Germany to withdraw behind the Rhine. The signers call any further proposal mishievous and harmful to the cause.
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Amsterdam
Bonn University
Germany
Rhine
Export License List Expanded to Include Key Commodities
The expert council has recommended adding cotton lumber and sugar to export controls. Pending approval by President Wilson these three commodities would require export licenses, extending current controls that already cover foods feedstuffs iron steel and explosives.
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Washington, D. C
Prsident Wilson
Cruise Tops National League Batting Lead
Walter Cruise of the St. Louis Cardinals is highlighted as the season’s batting sensation and training camp phenom. He led the league early, slipped to second briefly, and now remains in the lead playing center field for the Cardinals.
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Walter Cruise
St. Louis Cardinals
Cruise
Cardinals
Here to Demonstrate New National Model
Lovers of the new and distinctive in motor cars will see the new National highway chummy roadster at the Lildine garage this week. The car features the famed National motor under its hood and offers a buy that discriminating buyers will appreciate. Pop Hicks of the National Motor company from Denver arrived yesterday and will stay through the week assisting the Dilding garage in promoting the car.
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National Highway
Lildine
National Motor
Pop” Hicks
National Motor Company of
Denver
Dilding
President Focuses on War Prices and Government Powers
President Wilson turned his attention to war prices and visited the federal trades commission to urge faster investigations into production costs for government materials. A definite policy on war purchases and prices is expected soon, with war profits to be minimized and the option to commandeer materials if needed.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Trades Commission
Fort Russell man joins mosquito navy to chase U-Boats
Irvin M. Hansen, traveling salesman for the Bastian brothers and resident of Fort D. A. Russell, enlists in the mosquito fleet in Seattle. The small fast boats form a naval branch to hunt submarines, drawing only selected young men.
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Irvin M. Hansen
Bastian Brothers
Fort D. A
Kentucky Coal Miners Voth to Go on Strike
Resolutions calling for a strike to start next Saturday were adopted at a conference of miners representing southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee. The action affects about 10,000 men.
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Kentucky
Dy Associated Press
Pineville
Tennessee
Mexicans Arrested After Attempt To Break Into West Sixteenth Street Home
Two Mexican men identified as Pete Mandis and Frisco were arrested after a late night attempt to smash windows at Mrs Lazier’s home on West Sixteenth street. Officers Staten and Christianson pursued and captured them. one fighter dropped his rocks, the other was knocked down. Both men, intoxicated, face drunken and disorderly conduct charges.
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Pete Mandis
San Frisco
Staten
Christiansen
Sho
Anlley
Peta
Christianson
Pete
Two Calls Keep the Department on Jump
Yesterday the fire department answered two calls. One was at the corner of Fifteenth and Bent streets where a house roof burned heavily and its contents were destroyed. The other was a small out building at Fifteenth and Maxwell streets and was quickly extinguished.
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Fifteenth
Bent Streets
Maxwell Streets
White Sox Pitchers Seek Commission Amid Draft Exams
Three Chicago Americans players Gandil Pelee and Weaver passed physical exams in Philadelphia despite claiming marriage and dependents. Pitcher Jim Seate also sought eligibility for the officers' reserve corps and would report to Presidio, California, if approved.
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Philadlphia
Chicago Americans
National Army
Gandil
Mio
Pelee
Weaver
Dasoman
Jim Seate
Presidio
Cal
Former President Accepts Colorado School of Mines Presidency
A telegram from Dr. Victor Alderson of Boston indicates he accepts the office of president of the Colorado School of Mines. The message, sent from Royce Idaho, notes an anticipated five year contract and approval by the board of managers.
Baseball Scores From Aboard The League Grounds
Baseball scores list shows Cleveland 6 over Boston 1 and Chicago 1 over Philadelphia with Detroit 1 and New York 7 over St Louis 2. Washington defeats National League New York 4 to Cincinnati 2. all other games postponed.
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Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Washingtan
National League
Cueinnati
Howton
Washington
Nutihomnal Lenaus
le Pot
Rt. Louis
Brooklyn
Heaton
Pittsburg Aeesenenaeel
Louis Cook Killed in Car Accident Among Mason Family
Louis Cook, 24, dies when wheels of a Cherenne Emetric Railway car pass over him. He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Scottish Rite. his father FP. 8 Cook is a 33rd degree Mason. He worked as motorman and conductor and recently pledged never to run another car. He is survived by his nineteen-year-old and members of the BP 3S Cook Plumbing Co. family is devastated. Public condolences and funeral arrangements are expected as investigations continue.
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Robert
Willem
David
Cook
Cherenne Emetric Railway Romlprony
Servie
Louis Cook
Aventy
Cook Plumbing Company
Thieety
Wilely
Pike Man PapE pbs Given A Coman fOn
Aug 7 Harry C. Gilert of this state has been named a lieutenant in the national army by the senate. The first drafted man to guard is appointed, with Wilson as possible posting, amid military readiness concerns.
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Pike Man Pape
Pbs
Washington
Harry C. Gilert
National Army
Wilsop Ax
Val
A Clean Stomach Remedial Advice From Old Page Text
A fragmentary medical note extols the stomach liver and kidneys as a coordinated machine. It urges regular cleansing meals and quiet lifestyle to prevent health issues, recommending diuretic tonics, herbal leaves like mill and May apple, and Curtis cure pills, with a dubious claim of cure-all properties.
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Plemoe
Moore Alkiwline
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