Buy a Pound of Wool Movement Aims to Aid Wyoming Flockmasters
J D Noblitt of Cokeville leads a Buy-a-Pound-of-Wool campaign to aid Wyoming and western wool growers unable to market 1920 wool due to econ omic hardship. The plan envisions buying wool at 50 cents per pound with certificates, offering eventual payouts if wool sells for 60 to 75 cents, and draws support from regional wool groups and reformers.
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Cokeville
Wyo
J. D.noblitt
Wyoming
Mr. Noblitt
Watt Brandon
Sheridan Post
United States
Coke- Ville Register
Omaha Commission
South
Western
J. D. Noblitt
Lincoln County Wool Growers’ Association
Thirty Millions Is Sheridan Valuation
Sheridan county will tally about thirty million dollars in 1920 valuations, balancing declines in livestock with higher land and realty values. County Assessor John X. Morris reports 23,004,235 in assessed value excluding coal output and railroad property taxes, which will push totals above 30 million.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Sheridan County
John X. Morris
Airship Delivers Parts to Repair Harvesting Machine
Sheridan Wyoming August 23 Frank Campbell used an airplane to fetch repair parts for a broken harvesting machine at his Arno ranch. He dropped the parts beside the disabled unit and the machine was back in service within an hour, saving a day that road shipment would have cost.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Arno
Frank Campbell
Sheridan men held on liquor charges after Emerson street raid
Bond posted for Roy Ramsey and J S Maroney to appear at December district court term. Captain Colin Mackenzie held after failed bond. all three arrested with a 16 year old girl in a liquor raid on Emerson street. Mackenzie praised as aviator with WWI record. Maroney a local business figure. Ramsey son of Sheridan elder. Fire destroys over 4000 carloads of sheep and lambs in Jhopurton refrigerating stores.
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Hrmerson Street
Cheyenne
Malvey
Mechanician
A. S. Maroney
MacKenzie
Maroney
D. P. B. Marshall
Ramsey
Corne
Main
Brundage Street
Emerson Street
Walker
Moody
Barbie
Sheridan
Royal Flying Corps
Sty
Ramney
Lince
Bergstrom murder trial gains mother’s visit and funds
Roy Edward Bergstrom, jailed in Laramie for the killing of his wife on April 3, awaits trial likely in the week after September 1. His mother at Kenosha Wisconsin and the family’s attorney plan to visit in early September and have sent money for his jail expenses. Bergstrom previously showed signs of mental distress, but has improved since removal of two sailors who influenced him. The district court opens September 1 192? and trial is expected the following week. authorities say the wife was shot three times in the city office area during a confrontation surrounding divorce papers already prepared.
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Laramie
Wyo
Roy Edward Bergstrom
Kenosha
Wis
Bergstrom
Wedding at Eleanor Webster home in Rock Springs
Miss Rebecca Webster married William Reese of Dines in a Wednesday ceremony at Mrs. Eleanor Webster's home. Rev. S A Webber officiated. Attendants were Mrs. and Mrs. Ben Valkenburg. The couple will reside in Dines with Reese employed by Colony Coal.
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Rogk Springs
Wyo
Eleanor Webster
Rebecca
Willian Reese
Dines
S. A. Webber
Creen River
Ben Valkenburg
Reese
Colony Coal Company
S Morganti
D. F. Davis
Three Buildings at Evanston Destroyed
HVANSTON Wyo Aug 24 A fire started by a gasoline explosion in a clothes cleaning shop run by George Wwer burned forty suits and destroyed the Mower building and two adjacent Blyth and Fargo warehouses. Ninety suits were in the shop. forty burned while forty were saved. Contents of the warehouses were removed and saved. Florist Lewis B. Westholder suffered about a thousand dollar loss. Total loss estimated around ten thousand dollars.
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Hvanston
Wyo
George Wwer
Witty
Blyth and Fargo Company
Lewis
Westholder
Joe and William Iredale Catch 12 Trout in New York Trip
Joe Iredale and William Iredale returned from a fishing trip in the New York country with twelve trout weighing 385 pounds in total. One trout weighed 6 pounds and 44 ounces. Joe broke his twenty five year old metal fishing rod during the landing but deems the fish worth the effort.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Joe
William Iredale
New York
Joe Ledale
Colony Philosopher Buried Without Religious Ceremonies
Mrs. Lena Shepherd of Colony, Wyoming, known as the presiding genius of the Coyote Den, was laid to rest without any religious ceremony as she wished. She died after an operation at a Deadwood hospital and is buried on her husband Cola W. Shepherd’s ranch. A scholar of law and philosophy, she worked in the Colony Coyote office and was an authority on land law.
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Wyo
Lena Shepherd
Cola W. Shepherd
Shepherd
Deadwood
Interior Department
Coyote
Indian Fighter Brian Barker Revisits Crazy Horse Battle Site
L Barker, survivor of the Ranchester clash with Crazy Horse, travels from Clay City Kansas to Sheridan to renew ties with Wyoming landmarks. He recalls John son led scouts capturing prisoners and 250 scouts faced 1000 red skins in a sanguinary fight near Ranchester, hinting at efforts to mark the battlefield with society support.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Ranchester
Wyoming
Miles
Crazy Horse
L. Barker
H. M. Barker
General Miles
Liver-pating Johnson
Barker
Indian War Vaterans Association
Two Rock Springs Old Timers Dead
Two Rock Springs residents die within days of each other. Stemnley Grivna, 84, born in Austria, suffered stomach troubles and left a wife and four children behind. Funeral held at North Side Catholic church with Father Schiller officiating. Frank Taylor, 70, longtime Rock Springs resident, died at the hospital after cancer. He leaves a sister Mrs. Della Royce and a brother in Oklahoma. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mapler at the Congregational church.
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Rock Svuring
Wyo
Stemnley Grivna
Austria
Trock Souringe
North Side Catholic Church
Pather Schiller
Frank Taylor
Reel Springs
The
Roundhouse
Della Royce
Oklahoma
Nev. Mapler
Congregational Church
Senorita Rachel Meller Discovers London Fame
A young Spottish singer known as Senorita Rachel Meller rose from poverty in Bar etom where she worked as a sewing girl to capture London’s attention with her remarkable voice.
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Senorita
Rachel Meller
London
Stom
Bar Etom
Standard Directors Visit Casper Plant
The Standard Oil Company directors from Indiana arrived in Casper, Wyoming, Monday night by the Burlington. The party includes seven board members led by chairman Col. R. W. Stewart, plus B. Mancheck former Casper manager, J. W. Curry head of Industrial Relations, and seven others. The visit follows an invitation from the company through the local joint Industrial Relations committee.
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Casper
Wyo
Standard Oi! Company of
Indiana
Burlington
Col
R. W. Stewart
B. Mancheck
Standard
Whiting
Ind
J. W. Curry
Industrial Relations Department
Weather Report for Cheyenne Aug 7
Weather report for Cheyenne covers 24 hours ending 6:00 p m Aug 7 1940s with temperatures 60 69 68 wet bulb 47 humidity 82 wind W velocity 10 rain none since Jan 1 total precip 11.39 inches normal 10.94 inches. highest 81 at 2 pm lowest 50 at 6 am. mean temp 66 and change 4 degrees warmer in last 2 hours.
Weather and road conditions across the Northern Rocky Mountain region
Weather forecast for August 28 to 28 1920 notes generally fair with normal temperatures. Reports describe muddy and rough sections on Lincoln Highway in western Nebraska and some Wyoming routes, while parts around Cheyenne and Lander show improving but imperfect conditions. A separate note mentions a projected 20 million tons of paper production from India’s bamboo resources within nine years.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Pine Bluff
Cheyenne
Laramie
Lyman
Ogden
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Powderiver
State Highway Commission
Moneta
Riverton
Lander
Cdy
Horsecreek
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Wyo
UK unveils trail projects employing women drivers
More than 16 municipal trail undertakings across the United Kingdom use women drivers. Glasgow alone reports 820 women in these roles, reflecting broader progress in inclusive public transport during the period.
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United Kingdom
Glasgow
World’s Largest Hog Dies From Excess Fat
In Indianapolis on August 23 a record sized Poland China hog owned by Sutherlin Bros of Russellville Ind died before exhibition. Weighing 1850 pounds it stood forty inches high and stretched nine feet from tip to tip with a seven foot two inch girth. The animal fed on corn and alfalfa with condition powders used late. Local visitors reported it as the largest hog seen by many, including veteran stock raiser Uncle Dick Lloyd.
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Indianapolis
Sutherlin Bros
Russellville
Ind
Poland
Charles Sutherlin
Springfield
Disher Giant
Mammoth Giant
Indiana
Journal-Stockman
Uncle Dick
Lloyd
Sheep shals for 70,900 animals built at Denver
A new complex recently erected in Denver, Colorado houses accommodations for 70,900 sheep. The facility aims to improve livestock housing and management in the region.
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Denver
Cola
De Haviland Four Mail Planes At City Hangar
Two DH-4 air mail planes rest at the municipal hangar on Pershing Heights awaiting a scheduled departure to Salt Lake City with a stop at Rock Springs. Crowds toured the hangar after dark to view the non all metal planes used for the transmountain leg of the continental route.
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Pershing Heights
Salt Lake City
Rock Springs
Salt Lake
Official Canvass Primary Vote Underway in Laramie County
The official canvass of primary election returns from Laramie County precincts starts at 9 o clock this morning in the office of County Clerk Ida R Graham. It is not expected to be finished tonight or tomorrow due to contests and margins already showing leaders ahead.
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Laramie County
Ida R. Graham
Likely No Change in Official Canvass Results
The discussion notes that changes to the official canvass are unlikely and will not alter the current standings of the candidates as announced last week.
Bishop McGovern Heads to Rome on Holy See Visit
Bishop P. A. McGovern departed Monday for Rome on a regular seven year visit to the Holy See. He expects to be away about three months conducting church business on behalf of his diocese.
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P. A. McGovern
Rome
Catholic Church
Holy See
Trees on Both Sides Required for Wide French Roads
In France a rule mandates that all roads exceeding 33 feet in width be lined with trees on both sides. The measure aims to enhance aesthetics and curbside environmental benefits across the road network.
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France
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets Promises Digestive Health
An advertisement claims poor digestion harms health and promotes NR Tablets as a nightly week long remedy. It asserts quick relief after the first dose, with lasting benefits from occasional use and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
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S.eaker
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Redskins
Ecogjn Pol Owlen
Sant Rochelle Falls
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India
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