Frontier park races highlight Wyoming handicap at Cheyenne meet
Today's selections list horses in seven Frontier Park races led by the Wyoming handicap a one mile event with a big purse. The day drew a Denver crowd via Union Pacific special train, Ladies day featured athena and Min now among winners, and multiple ownership changes surfaced after each race.
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Frontier Park
Wyoming
Denver
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
J. Dahlken
Athena
Minnow
Nevada Stock Farm
Stanley 8
Stanley
Concha & Yoeiman
Barnard
Stanley Sr
R. H. Good
May Bock
Cancha
R. H. McCrosson
Ida Lavina
Toastmaster
BE. W. Fox
Delaney
Ald Robert Mintell
Finigin
Tye Lil
Ia Belle Brocade
Star Shooter
Stark Finds Patriotism Rampant in the East
Sam Stark the Sixteenth street clothier returned from an extensive east coast buying trip. He toured the Atlantic markets and reports the eastern states bubbling with patriotism and a warlike spirit noticeable in all sections.
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Sam Stark
Mr. Stark
Atlantic Seaboard
Cheyenne Buyern
Patriotic ladies raise funds for Third Wyoming Infantry band
Cheyenne women organized a benefit concert at Eagles hall for the Third Wyoming Infantry band. A four member committee led by Mrs Harold Vaughan and others oversaw the event. Proceeds were pure profit with a silver offering earmarked to buy music for the band. The hall displayed Old Glory across the stage.
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Eagles’ Hall
Third Wyoming Infantry
Cheyenne
Mra
Harold Vaughan
J. F. Meyer
A. A. Baerresen
Elizabeth OW
Stranger on Lincoln highway is struck and injured
Mike Nargo, a Cheyenne resident, was hit by a car on the Lincoln highway near the Burlington tracks. The driver fled the scene after the impact, which left Nargo with a fractured leg and multiple bruises. He was taken to the hospital and was resting well with no internal injuries. Two companions witnessed the incident.
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Mike Nargo
Cheyenne
Lincoln Highway
Burlington Tracks
Nargo
Carbon County Rancher Held For War Talk
John Leibig a prominent rancher in the Lee district of Carbon County is jailed in Rawlins on a charge of attempting to obstruct the U S army recruiting service. A preliminary hearing will be before U S Commissioner George Kk Urimmer. bail denied.
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U. S
Charles L. Rigdon
Carbon County
Rawlins
John Leibig
Lee District
Platte River
Rawling
George Kk. Urimmer
U. S. Army
Leibig
Germany
America
Wyoming
California
United States
District Court of
Erban County
Cossacks Back Korniloff and Kerensky in Russian Assembly
The council of all Cossacks in assembly has voted full confidence in Lieut General Korniloff commander in chief of the Russian armies and in Premier Kerensky.
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Petrograd
Council of All Cossacks
Korniloff
Kerensky
167 780 Prisoners Captured Since April 9
The British war department announced that Britain France Italy and Russia have captured 167 780 war prisoners since April 9 when the 1917 campaign opened.
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London
British War Department
Michaelis Plans to Make Grand Duchy in Alsace Lorraine
London dispatch reports German newspapers claim Chancellor Michaelis intends to create Alsace Lorraine a federal duchy with Herzog von Urech as reigning duke. Alsatian Reichstag members reportedly approve the decision.
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Michaelis
Alsace-Lorraine
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Herzog von Urech
Faith in Russia shown by loan of 100 million
The United States reaffirmed its faith in the new Russian democracy by lending 100 million dollars to the Provisional Government. Secretary Lansing said reports from Russia indicated Petrograd’s government was strengthening politically and militarily, a view backed by confidential dispatches.
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Washington, D
United States
Treasury
Lansing
Russia
Petrograd
Rusetin
Five New Guests Are Staying with Sheriff
Five new guests were received at the county jail. Mrs Pearl Pershy Mary Charl and Wayne C Bean are charged with prostitution C A Bentof is held for non support of his wife and Hughes W Smith was received charged with petty larceny He was tried yesterday before Judge Edwards and sentenced to pay a $38 fine and to serve ten days in jail for stealing two automobile tires from a car in Cheyenne
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Pearl Pershy
Mary Charl
Wayne C. Bean
C. A. Bentof
Hughes W. Smith
Edwards
Erve Tem Das
Cheyenne
Mines Bureau Head Pleads For Oil Production Future
The bureau of mines chief warns that rising demand for gas, fuel, and petroleum products could go unmet due to drilling equipment shortages. Director Manning urges the council of national defense to speed steel and other materials to producers. He says drilling is curtailed, costs rise, and without new wells production could fall by at least one fourth for a year. Wells from California to Pennsylvania are being abandoned to equip new wells expected to yield large output.
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Washington, DD
Council of National Defense
Bureau of Mines
Manning
Bureau
Council
California
Pennsylvania
French Break Verdun Front German Hold
French infantry captured the last German stronghold on the Verdun front at dawn and advanced 2000 yards to secure Hill 804 and Le Mort Homme, depriving Germans of nearby observation points. London reports renewed fighting along the Ypres Menin road with heavier German losses. Berlin cites airship raids on northern England. Ogden delegate Clair G. Riser travels to Colorado Springs for the international typographical convention.
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Verdun
le Mort Homme
Pounanmont
London
Aury
Oermnant
Ypres Menin
War Office
Ogden
Clair G. Riser
Qelen Typographical Union
Colorado
Springs
Cheyenne
No Sweat-Shop Work Will Be Allowed on Soldiers' Uniforms
Secretary Baker announced new standards to ban sweatshop labor in army clothing production. Louis Katein of Boyton is named chair of the controlling committee.
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Washington
Baker
Louis Katein
Boy Tom
Ability to Stand Starvation Is New German War Asset
A Washington dispatch notes German scientists claim two more years of war would push the world to famine levels, with Germany urging continued conflict. They argue endurance of wartime hardships proves Germany cannot be defeated, and speculate on likely strategic and political outcomes if the war prolongs.
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Washington, Fo. Aue
Germany
Goerming
Hemuse
Ter
Impeachment of Texas Governor Formally Begun
The Texas House of Representatives formally resumes prosecution of Governor Peregson on impeachment charges by adopting article one for misapplication of state funds on August 24, 115. The vote was 54 to 5. Ferguson was suspended from office as impeachment proceedings move to the Senate for trial.
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Austin Tex
House of
Perguson
Senate
Special
Committee of Managers
Jones KF
Ferguson
Texas
Otme Managers
House of Representatives
Senat
Campbell Plans Federal Appeal in Bisbee Case
Campbell announces intent to seek a federal appeal in the Bisbee case. Details are unclear due to fragmented text, but reference to legal action and involvement of counsel suggests ongoing court proceedings at the federal level.
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Campbell
Bisbee
Britain Blamed for War Entry Amid Debated Motives
A German parliamentary debate blames Britain for entering the war to oppress Germany and dominate global trade. Dr Helfferich rejects prophecies and warns against public manipulation of opinion. reference to Lloyd George’s statements suggests fears of Allied might and economic power shaping the conflict.
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Ambteildam
Helffers
Germany
Great Britain
Cermany
Helfferich
Wade
Houston Rioting Sparks Army Pullback in 1917
Secretary Baker orders removal of African American troops from Houston after a riot left one police officer dead and prompted a county jail lockup of thirty Black soldiers from the Twenty-Fourth Infantry. General Parker plans to move troops to Columbus and other stations as unrest spreads.
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Washington
Baker
Houston Towers
Neerea
Houetun
John Cocker
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