Girl Found Safe After Supposed Death by Action
Casper Wyoming August 20 Blendena Peete 16 daughter of J L Peete disappeared from home amid a turbulent romance. A search party located her eight miles south of the city perched on a rock in the mountains peacefully devouring the scenery with five friends. The father, driving a taxicab, recalled a past picnic spot where the two youths sat on a rock and believed she had returned to the site. He found her unharmed and in cheerful spirits.
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Casper
Wyo
Blendena Peete
J. L. Peete
Mr. Peete
Peete
Laramie County Fair Plans Announced for September
The twelfth annual Laramie county fair will run September 7 8 and 9 in Burns with premium listings for a wide range of farm exhibits. Daily baseball games and afternoon racing events are promised along with livestock poultry and domestic science displays. The program includes multiple running and harness races with a featured Golden Prairie derby offering a $100 purse.
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Burns
Wyo
Laramie County
Charles O. Lyon
C. P. Wingert
Secrtary
G. H. Romsa
A. A. Pugh
C. O. Lyons
Charles Jacobsen
Carpenter
Clint C. Donahue
Wauneta
Thomas Meredith
Richard Spatz
Hillsdale
Thomas Hunter
Cheyenne
B. F. Schmoker
C. R. Buschow
Pine Bluffs
G. H. Komsa
W.H. Lyon
Frank P. Land
A. L. Kendig
H. Heathman
Laramie
Man o War’s Winnings Highlight Storied Record
The famed racehorse Man o War has earned $132 290 over two years from 15 wins in 16 starts. He has dominated this season with six straight victories in three year old races at Saratoga.
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Baratoga
Harnings
Wonder Horse
Owing Bulletin Forest Service fishing reports near encampment and Dubois
Weekly forest service fishing bulletin from Denver reports lakes and streams near national forests. Entries list location, stream, waters conditions and species, noting good to excellent fishing with names of flies and reports of heavy weights and exceptional catches in several spots such as Big Creek Big Creek Lake Brooks Lake Encampment Creek Pellham Lake West Fork of Warm Spring Creek Warm Spring Creek and Wind River with conditions ranging from clear water to high or low levels and consistent success.
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Denver
The
Forest Service
Big Creek
Walden
Colo
Dubois
Encampment Creek
Pellham Lake
Wind River
Cheyenne Airmen Held in Sheridan on Grave Charge
Captain Colin Mackenzie, pilot for Southern Wyoming Aircraft of Cheyenne, Edward Maroney and “Bud” Ramsey were jailed in Sheridan for drunken conduct after being found in a house with a sixteen year old girl. The father plans a felony charge against Mackenzie. Maroney faces no such accusation.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Colin MacKenzie
Southern Wyoming, Aircraft Corporation of
Cheyenne
Edward Maroney
Bud" Ramsey
Sheridan
MacKenzie
Maroney
Canadian Corps
Royal Flying Service
Reed H. Hollister
Southern Wyoming Aircraft Corporation
Denver
Sherdan
Oil discovery near Rock River reported in Wyoming
Reports from Cheyenne describe an oil find from a well two miles west of Rock River along the Union Pacific line about twelve miles east of Rock Creek. The well, on an Associated Oil lease, lacks depth and production data and mirrors Rock Creek formation. Diamond Cattle Co owns surrounding lands with mineral rights via Rock River Petroleum, backed by Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum.
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Cheyenne
Rock River
Union Pacific
Rock Creek
Associated Oil Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Diamond Cattle Company
Rock River Petroleum Company
Alan B. Bowen
Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum Company
Postseason Series Unlikely for Class AA Title
August 20 in St Paul. The International club is not favored by American Association officials for a fall post season series to decide the Class AA championship.
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St, Paul
American Association
Escape of Murder Suspect From Weston County Jail
Walter Simm charged with the Fred Walker murder in June fled Weston County Jail in Newcastle Wyoming early this morning. Bars were removed from his cell window and an outside car is suspected to have driven him away. Walker died after being shot from a distance following a dispute over oil land in the Osage field. Mrs Gertrude Walker filed suit for damages against Simm and Freel Brothers alleging conspiracy.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Walter Simm
Fred Walker
Osage
Weston County
Simm
Walker
Freel Brothers
Gertrdue Walker
Insurance Litigation Recall Casper Death by Own Action
In Casper Wyoming on August 20 the memory of Zed T. Riggs will be revisited as Missouri court officials travel to Casper to take depositions about Riggs death by his own hand. Local residents Rey Bradley and others summoned may provide details. Relatives sue to collect policy face values arguing Missouri law voids death by own action clauses.
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Casper
Wyo
Zed T. Riggs
Missouri
Rey
Walter H. Bradley
Riggs
Wyoming National Bank
Note Raisers Did Not Operate Here
A Laramie report states four young men were arrested for raising bank notes by pasting ciphers and attempted to operate in Cheyenne as well. Local banks did not report any such fraud and no raised notes or victims were found in the Cheyenne banks.
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Laramie
Cheyenne
Freight rate hikes not a justification for retail price rises
U S householders are urged to resist any price increases by retailers due to new interstate freight rates. Economists warn that increases cannot justify higher meat, shoes, clothes, or bread prices. Pennsylvania Rail Road notes modest per-item cost impacts in carload and partial shipments, with specifics for flour, eggs, butter, potatoes, and processed meats.
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Washington
Angel Ae
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. J. Laucky
Railroad Labor Organization
Pennsylvania Railroad
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Chicago
New Jersey
Virginia
New York
Southern
Boston
Atlanta
New Orleans
Kinney seeks divorce over failure to provide support
Sarah Jane Kinney filed a district court petition Friday asking for a divorce from William L. Kinney. She states the marriage began March 14, 1919 in Cheyenne and accuses him of failing to support her during a year and five months of marriage.
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Sarah Jane Kinney
William L. Sinney
District Court
Shipping Rates Cut and Ranges for Goods From Chicago
The article notes lower ship rates for clothing and beef moving from Chicago to destinations like Jacksonville and Birmingham. Clothing shipments cost 1.88 per 100 pounds, or about 11 cents for a six pound suit, rising to 2.3844 per 100 pounds with packing. Fresh beef rates drop from 82 cents to about 1.06 per 100 pounds, roughly one cent per pound.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Drunkenness Rise in England and Wales in 1919
London report shows 57 948 convictions for drunkenness in 1919, nearly double 1918’s 29 075. Greater London and Northern England account for 93 percent of the total, with causes including more men at home, fewer in khaki, more police on duty, longer drinking hours, and stronger liquor.
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London
England
Wales
Greater
Woodmen Picnic Aboard Auto Trains From Fraternal Hall
All Woodmen invited to a Phoenix Camp No. 144 W O W picnic at Natural Fort on Sunday August 22. Auto trucks depart Fraternal Hall at 8 o'clock. Round trip fare one dollar. Phoenix Camp will provide the cats. Bring families and sweethearts.
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Phoenix Camp No. 144
Natural Fort
Phoenix Camp
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