Fatal Wyoming Railway wreck claims Buffalo baseball player
A Wyoming Railway locomotive overturned four miles east of Buffalo killing T. Lewis 23 of St Joseph Missouri a Buffalo baseball club member. Caught in the wreck were Bob Jones Alvin Lohse Ed Ninnemann. steam scalding others. Accident deemed accidental by Sheriff Stevenson with no evidence of tampering.
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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
Formal opening of Wyoming’s largest garage occurred in Laramie at Garfield avenue and Third street. The Bath Motor Company offers tourists amenities including ladies rest rooms wash rooms 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 Announced
A tri weekly automobile stage service between Laramie and Denver begins immediately. Cars depart Laramie every other day for Denver and depart Denver for Laramie on alternating days, Sundays excluded. The trip takes about seven hours and fares match railroad rates. Express and messenger service are included. The company says it plans no fare increase despite railroad rate changes.
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Laramie
Wyo
Denver
One Who Rode In Airplane Is Not a Sightseer
SHERIDAN Wyo Aug 12 A local resident M Kerr of Sheridan made a flight in an airplane from Cheyenne piloted by Captain C A McKenzie. Kerr is stone blind and did not remark on the view, though he enjoyed the experience.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Wyoming
M. Kerr
Cheyenne
C. A. McKenzie
Kenn
Wilse Causes Slaughterhouse Injury In Weird Rodeo Incident
In WHEHATLAND Wyoming on August 12 Wilson Meglemre triggered a strange accident by wrestling a life loving steer in a slaughterhouse. His hammer noise agitated the animal causing a beam to fall and strike him. He suffered a concussion and was hospitalized unconscious for twelve hours before recovering. The steer was killed and processed as beef.
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Whehatland
Wyo
Wilson Meglemre
Meglemre
Wyoming harvest Jerom reveals record production
A. D. Cook reports Wyoming crops for August 1 show strong yields and good quality across staples. Winter wheat yields reach about 20 bushels per acre with 96 percent of normal quality and 1.711 million bushels produced, while rye yields average 18 bushels per acre and 480,000 bushels produced. All hay is exceptionally good, with clover up to two and a half tons per acre and 100 percent quality.
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Douglas
Wyo
A. D. Cook
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates
Wyoming
Stockyards to Be Much Enlarged at Laramie
LARAMIE Wyo Aug 12 Contracts will be awarded this week for enlarging the Laramie stockyards to raise capacity by about twenty five percent. The yards are the largest feeding point west of the Missouri river and handle tens of thousands head annually sent to packing centers.
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Laramie
Wyo
Missouri River
Theatre Deal at Casper Completed
Casper Wyoming Theater company completed negotiations on August 12 taking 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 company with Rex theater renamed America as a subsidiary of Bishop-Cass of Deaver. Reported sale price cited as 325000 with terms of the lease undisclosed.
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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 to Attend Basin Camp in September
Adjutant General Timoff J McCoy reports Wyoming National Guard units will gather at Basin from September 1 to 15 for an encampment. Eight troops from Sheridan Lovell Cody Lander Riverton Wheatland and Basin plus a Ninth Troop of State Cavalry formed at Torrington will train under expert instructors with a four day Fort Russell course for officers prior to Basin. The reorganized guard now totals about 500 cavalrymen with mounts and equipment.
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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 Set to Begin Work
LARAMIE Wyo Aug 12 Work is expected to begin this week on the Pacific Fruit Express company new plant valued at about 50000 dollars The facility will employ about 50 men in addition to the current staff It will serve local icing needs and ship to most points on the companys lines with several carloads of ice already sent to California last week
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Laramire
Wyo
Pacific Fruit Express Company
California
Wells Near Gem City Strike Water In Oil Field Readiness
In the Two Rivers district near Gem City Ohio Oil and Utah Oil and Refining drillers hit water at 1 950 feet and 3050 feet respectively while aimed at oil. Ohio will push deeper toward Dakota and Lakota sands as Lake Hattie resumes drilling. James Lake Mandel field noted as premier prospect.
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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 Survey Tracks Big Land Expansion Near Casper
Casper Wyoming August 12 Earle D Holmes president of the Casper Chamber of Commerce with State Engineer Robert C Duthie inspected the North Platte irrigation project above the city. They visited Pathfinder dam Alcora Bessemer Poison Spider and Emigrant Gap area noting about 13000 acres to be irrigated between Bessemer and Alcora bend with further acres likely in Poison Spider and surrounding territory possible near 100000 acres overall.
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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
In Casper Wyoming a July surge in building permits followed adverse construction conditions. Total permits issued amounted to 205 467 dollars, an increase of 118 223 dollars from June and higher than May’s total.
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Casper
Wyo
Wheatland May Be Sugar Factory Site
G. T. Goodrich, local field manager for Great Western Sugar, surveys beet development and Wheatland district potential to support a plan for erecting a sugar factory. The effort aims to form the basis for an eventual Great Western factory proposal 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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