City and County Building Contract Still Unawarded
The city county building contract remains unsigned while plans for Veoehy tinge heating and elevator and vault details are settled. John Howard is favored to receive the award and Rawlins stone is viewed as the best material. Arrangements with the city light company aim to cover both the city hall and the court house. Completion is expected within seventeen months at the latest.
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John Howard
Rawlins
City Light Company
City Hall
Court House
Martin
Aged Man Buried in Nameless Grave at Local Cemetery
After more than a week awaiting identification, the elderly man who died from an assault or fall was buried in a nameless grave at the local cemetery. Efforts to locate relatives or identify him failed, and no funeral rites were held. Other Early's bodies have been identified and funeral arrangements follow.
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Potters
Chen
Militiamer 10 Undergo Army Examinations at Fort A Roseell
The first contingent of 150 national guardsmen faced physical exams by regular army doctors at Fort A Roseell with 250 men to be processed daily. By week’s end Third Infantry units will have all men tested and inoculated for typhoid and smallpox, then outfitted and trained for departure to Palo Alto.
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Fort A. Roseell
Third Infantry Regiment
Coalone
Cavender
Max Garber
United States Army
Palo Alto
Aydelette
Fort D. A. Russell
Runaway Horses Cause Cheyenne Block Chaos and Shed Damage
A frightened team belonging to KE Talents, a Cheyenne dry farmer, bolted with a heavy wagon just before 6 pm. The wagon struck the coal shed of W W Quinn, wrecking the shed wall and tearing the wagon in two. One horse suffered facial injuries, other animal unhurt. The pair were captured at Seventeenth Street and Carey Avenue after a wild chase.
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Talents
Cheyenne
Presbyterian Church
W. W. Quinn
Quinn
Capitol Avenue
New Officers Named for American Defense Society
Trustees of the American Defense Society have chosen Robert Appleton as treasurer Henry C Quimby as chairman of the executive committee Richard M Hurd as chairman of the board of trustees and Major William Tutherly as secretary This group supported Preparedness well before others and before US entry into World War I Advisory board includes Theodore Roosevelt David J Hill and Robert Bacon.
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The
American Defense Society
Robert Appleton
Henry ¢. Quimby
Richard M. Hurd
Major William Tutherly
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
David J. Hill
Robert Bacon
Four Carloads of Speedy Nags Arriving Daily at Frontier Park
The nineteen days race meeting begins August 8 at Frontier park with at least four carloads arriving in the last day. Jockeys Earl Pool J Longo Pete Ormes Charley Grose and others are en route. Grose a former cowboy turned jockey has ridden on major tracks and should be popular at the meeting. Judge A T Dobson arrives in Cheyenne with word from Toronto Thorncliffe track while Eddie Taplin plans a return to Cheyenne for the event. Apprentice Johnson, a top rider, is also expected to attend the frontier park meet.
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Frontier Park
Park
America
Earl Pool
J. Longo
Pete Ormes
Charley Grose
Charles Gross
E. V
Pomeroy
Sidney
Neb
Gross
Elmridge
Kansas City
H. G. Bedwell
Grand Junction
Colo
Charley
A. T. Dobson
Cheyenne
Thorncliff
Toronto
Canada
Eddie Taplin
New York
Johnson
Senate defers action on commandeering German patents
The senate patents committee in Washington on August 6 decided to defer bills to commandeer German patents for domestically manufacturing salvarsan. The panel believes the pending trading with the enemy bill would address the situation or be amended to do so.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Patents Committee
Wyoming Stocks Fall in Gotham
Wyoming oil stocks retreated in New York after a two week rally, with Midwest Refining down to one and a half and Merritt Oil near forty two. Local trading in Denver noted Halliburton and Elkhorn rising, Western Exploration gaining on a new Powder River well, while Midwest Oils held steady near prior close.
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Wyoming
Gotham
West
Denver
Colo
New York
Midwest Refining
Merritt Oil
Merritt
Midwest Oils
Hall
Elkhorn
New
Powder River District
Elkhorn Oil Well Nears Steady Flow as Price Climb Surges
Elkhorn reports the deep Wall Creek sand well has begun to flow, with production likely to stabilize in a week or two after cleaning. Trading today was largely at the 50 cent price set yesterday, rising from about 75 cents.
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Elkhorn
Wall Creek
Oil Prices Edge Higher in Regional Market Report
With Hall, Grass Creek O1 and Gas rising to 94 cents, continuing its climb from yesterday, buyers held firm. United Petroleum traded at 30 cents while Beaton-Wyoming moved to 26 cents and Glenrock ranged from 4.65 to 4.75 dollars. The local market largely ignored New York's softness, reflecting the region’s producing-area proximity.
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Hall
Grass Creek
United Petroleum
Beaton-Wyoming
Glenrock
New York
Visitors Complain Their Car Is Gone
Two men named M. Johnson and C. W. Andrews were arrested by provost guards near Colorado and Southern tracks after a car went missing. They reported possessing oversized ammunition, which police found useless for their gun. Officers noted the ammo is standard issue for many weapons and could spark a scramble if held as evidence. The men claimed they arrived in Cheyenne with a car that somehow disappeared.
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Colorado & Southerns
M. Johnson
C. W. Andrews
Cheyenne
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Modesto
Cal
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Edward
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Medicine Bow
Hanna
Dildine’s Service
For
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Cartersittle
College of Saint Thomas
Paul
Minnesota
War Department
H. Moynihan
D. D
Aoblat Appleton Acard
HUARD
Bevo
A Morey Mercantile Company
Denver, Colorado
Dildine Garage Company
Turthouse
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