Fatal Wyoming Railway wreck claims Buffalo ballplayer
A Wyoming Railway wreck four miles east of Buffalo caused a fatality and injuries to Buffalo baseball club members. T. Lewis 23 of St Joseph Mo died from severe scalds after the engine overturned. Bob Jones Alvin Lohse and Ed Ninnemann were badly burned. Investigators deem the accident accidental with no foul play detected.
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Buffalo
Wyo
Wyoming Railway
Burlington
Clearmont
T. Lewis
St Joseph
Buffalo Baseball Club
Bob Jones
Buffalo Club
Alvin Lohse
Ed Ninnemann
Lewis
St. Joseph
Jones
G. S. Stevenson
Johnson County
New Laramie Garage Opens With Comforts
The Bath Motor company in Laramie Wyoming formally opened as the largest garage in the state. The facility occupies nearly half a block at Garfield avenue and Third street and offers luxuriously equipped ladies rest rooms wash rooms for tourists and a fully outfitted bath room with hot water soap and towels for patrons.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming
Garfield Avenue
Third Street
Bath Motor Company
Auto Stage Service Laramie to Denver Opens
Tri weekly automobile stage service announced between Laramie and Denver effective at once. Cars depart Laramie every other day for Denver and depart Denver every other day for Laramie except Sundays. The trip takes about seven hours and fares match railroad rates. Both messengers and express are handled. The company said no fare increase is planned despite railroad rate changes.
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Laramie
Wyo
Denver
One Who Rode In Airplane Who Is Not a Sightseer
Sheridan Wyoming August 12. M Kerr of Sheridan is the one resident who flew in an airplane from Cheyenne piloted by Captain C A McKenzie. He enjoyed the experience but said nothing about the view because he is stone blind.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Wyoming
M. Kerr
Cheyenne
C. A. McKenzie
Kenn
Slaughterhouse Bout Sparks Injuries After Beam Collapse
Wilse Meglemre sparked a dangerous incident at a Wyoming slaughterhouse by provoking a steer with a hammer. The steer kicked an overhanging beam, which toppled and struck Meglemre, giving him a brain concussion and keeping him unconscious twelve hours before he recovered. The beam was replaced and the steer was slaughtered.
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Whehatland
Wyo
Wilson Meglemre
Meglemre
Wyoming Harvest Reports Record Production Across Crops
A. D. Cook reports Wyoming’s August 1 crop outlook is very favorable with record hay yields and excellent growth in winter wheat rye and other crops. Winter wheat a 20 bushel per acre yield at 96 percent normal. rye 18 bushels at 99 percent. all hay at 107 percent acreage and 150 percent condition. A table lists 1920 1919 1918 average conditions for crops including corn oats flax apples timothy alfalfa millet pasture sorghum field peas beans tomatoes cabbage onions muskmelons and beets with strong showing across most items.
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Douglas
Wyo
A. D. Cook
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates
Wyoming
Stockyards to Be Much Enlarged in Wyoming
Laramie Wyoming August 12 contracts will be awarded this week for the enlargement of the Laramie stockyards raising capacity by about twenty five percent. The yards are the largest feeding point west of the Missouri river handling tens of thousands of stock annually bound for packing centers.
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Laramie
Wyo
Missouri River
Theatre Deal at Casper Completed
Casper Wyoming Theater company took over a ten year lease for the Iris and Rex theaters from Rex Investment company. The Iris and Rex will operate under Casper Wyoming Theater with Rex to be renamed Americas as a subsidiary of Bishop Cass Deaver. Reported price for the purchase is 325000 with terms of the lease not disclosed.
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Casper
Wyo
Rex
Casper-Wyoming Theater Company
Rex Investment Company
Iris
America
Bishop-Cass Company
Deaver
M. W. R. Sample
Wyoming State Guard Seeks Full Cavalry Regiment at Basin Camp
Adjutant General McCoy reports northern towns contain guardsmen preparing to attend the Basin encampment September 1 to 15. Eight troops two squadrons will train under expert instructors with Governor Carey reviewing. Fort Russell course August 18 to 21 precedes the Basin camp. About 500 officers and men will participate. trains replace overland marches.
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Timoff
J. McCoy
Wyoming National Guard
Basin
McCoy
Torrington
Wyoming
National Guard
Sheridan
Lovell
Cody
Lander
Riverton
Wheatland
Carey
Fort Russell
Wyoming National Guardsmen
Wyoming Guard
Pacific Fruit Plant at Laramie to Start This Week
LARAMIE Wyo Aug 12 Work is expected to begin this week on the Pacific Fruit Express company new plant. The building costs about 50000 dollars and will employ about 50 men in addition to the current staff. It will serve local icing needs and ship to points along the Pacific system. Several carloads of ice were sent to California last week to meet demand there.
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Laramire
Wyo
Pacific Fruit Express Company
California
Two Wells Near Gem City Strike Water in Wyoming
Ohio Oil company in the Two Rivers district at 1950 feet hits water in Muddy Land after passing Wall creek. They will drill deeper toward Dakota and Lakota sands. Utah Oil and Refining at 3050 feet in Cooper Cove eases water from Wall creek sands and aims deeper for oil. Lake Hattie well by Centennial Valley Oil resumes drilling. Prospects favor James Lake Mandel field as drilling continues.
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Laramie
Ohio Oil Company
Two Rivers
Wall Creek
Lakota
Utah Oil and Refining Company
Cooper Cove
Township 18
Illinois Pipe Line Company
Midwest
Lake Hattie
Centennial Valley Oil Company
Utah
Ohio
James Lake- Mandel
Irrigation Project Expands Across Casper Region
Earle D. Holmes of the Casper Chamber of Commerce and State Engineer Robert C. Duthie surveyed the North Platte irrigation works above Casper. They toured Pathfinder dam Alcora Bessemer Poison Spider and Emigrant Gap areas and estimated about 13 000 acres will be brought under irrigation between Bessemer and Alcora Bend with potential acreage near 100 000 in Poison Spider and surrounding districts.
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Casper
Wyo
Earle D. Holmes
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Robert C. Duthie
North Platte River
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Duthie
Pathfinder Dam
Alcora
Bessemer
Poison Spider
Emigrant Gap
Alcora Bend
Increase in Permits For Casper Building
Casper Wy August 12 despite adverse conditions for construction work all sorts there was a large increase in the number of building permits issued during July as compared with June. The increase amounted to 118223 permits having been issued for 205467 dollars worth of new construction work during the last month. This is more than the total amount of new building as shown in requests for permits during May.
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Casper
Wyo
Wheatland May Be Sugar Factory Site
G T Goodrich local field manager for the Great Western Sugar company surveys beet development and potential in Wheatland district. The study aims to form the basis for a possible factory erection by the company in Wheatland.
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Wheatland
Wheatland, Wyo
G. T. Goodrich
Great Western Sugar Company
Great Western Company
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Eno
Buffalo Railroad
New Laramie
Auto
Wilse
Wyoming Harvest
Jerom
Bureau OF Crop Estimates
State Guard
Pacific Fruit Plant
Gem City
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
Associated Press Service
Father
Satterfield
Cheyenne State Leader Tribune Building
Federal Street
Cheyenne, Wyo
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