Wyoming Plants New Potato Dehydration Facility
The Big Horn Basin in Cowley hosts the first U.S. potato dehydration plant built by Midland Carbon, costing 150000 dollars. It uses 100 tons daily to convert No 2s and frozen potatoes into starch and flour, with E I Johnson leading operations and USDA support.
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Volstead
United States
Germany
Denmark
Holland
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Cowley
Midland Carbon Company
E. I. Johnson
United States Department of Agriculture
Tisdale Dome Well Shows Modest Output
Reports from the Trail Canon producer in the Tisdale structure indicate oil output will be small. Initial estimates had suggested about twenty five barrels per day. latest field notes peg production at roughly five barrels.
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Caspar
Wyo
Tisdale
Trail Canon
Auto Makes Jump Driver Is Injured
Riverton Wyoming August 24 George Hurd suffered scalp wounds and other injuries when he was thrown from the motor car on the return trip from Lander. He struck a telephone pole after being tossed from the car. Three others in the car were unhurt as the auto plowed through a fence and hit guy wires before stopping in soft earth off the road.
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Riverton
Wyo
George Hurd
Lander
Hurd
Stolen Auburn Six Recovered as Casper Officers Fail to Trace Thieves
Bruce Eaton of Greeley Colorado reported his Auburn six car taken August 19. Police followed suspects from the city limits, but the thieves turned a side street and vanished without trace. The car was recovered but the culprits remained missing. Authorities warned of a strange car matching the description entering Casper and waited on the Yellowstone highway.
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Casper
Wyo
Bruce Eaton
Greeley
Colo
Auburn
Yellowstone Highway
Gas Plant Nears Completion in Rock River Field
LARAMI B Wyoming August 24 The Armstrong Gasoline plant in the Rock River field nears completion and should start operating next month Delays due to railroad congestion slowed progress but pressure to finish remains high More wells in Red Creek have boosted gas volume and gasoline output may exceed prior estimates
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Larami
Wyo
Armstrong
Rock River
Red Creek
Wyoming State Fair Maintains Admission Prices in 1920
Douglas Wyoming August 24 state fair officials announce no price increase amid rising costs in materials labor and transport. management expects 1920 fair to be the greatest with expanded cattle sheep and horse divisions and significant cash prizes from national associations. university of wyoming extension division cooperation promised.
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Douglas, Wyo
America
Wyoming
American Oxford Down Record Association
American Shropshire Registry
American Hampshire Sheep Association
Ewel
Board of State Fury Managers
Board of State Fair Managers
University of Wyoming and Agricultural College
Usual Complement Of Parents Tony's Small Boys Arrested
Tony Lacata and Vecinda Vitallo were arrested by police after a complaint that they were taking coal from coal yards and along railroad tracks. They were detained after the informants did not appear at the station and Tony described his family as seven siblings and one mother and one father.
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Tony Lacata
Vecinda Vitallo
Tony
Wisconsin Man to Head State Schools
M Palmer of Madison Wisconsin chosen by Wyoming state board of education as state commissioner of education replacing A A Slade who resigns Slade becomes superintendent of Casper public schools in Casper Wyoming
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Wisconsin
M. Palmer
Madison, Wis
Wyoming State Board of Education
A. A. Slade
Slade
Casper Publc
Herder Brutally Murdered in Wyoming Motive Suspected
Frank L. Belcher 65 from Miles City Montana was found slain beside his wagon near Thermopolis Wyoming. He was a sheep herder for L A Sheep Company. Robbery is suspected as no money remained and his watch was missing. A revolver was used to finish him after a blunt force attack, and a rider may have fired the fatal shot. Local authorities watch for leads.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Slenky
Frank L. Belcher
Miles City
Mont
Wos Creek
Belcher
L. A
Nhw
Wild West Stars Enter Casper Show
Casper Wyoming hosts the American Legion's first annual stampede from September 5 to 7 at the Natrona county fair grounds. Star roster includes Hugh Strickland Tommy Grimes Ed McCarty Brahman steers and wild horses from the Laramie plains with several past Cheyenne Frontier Days champions among the performers. Johnny Murrah from Monument New Mexico, 62, roping champion at Cheyenne 1914, also appears.
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Casper
Wyo
American Legion
Natrona County Fair Grounds
Ed McCarty
Laramie Plains
Robbins Brothers
Nevada
Legion
Hugh Strickland
Strickland
Cheyenne
Tommy Grimes
Cheyenne Frontier Days
McCarty
Pendleton
Ore
Johnny Murrah
Monument, N. M
New York
Quinn Oil to Drill Deep Test in Newcastle Field Wyoming
The Quinn Oil Company Osage operators lease 2 600 acres on Blacktail from J W Howell Sons and plan to erect a standard rig to test a deep hole. Additional 640 acre leases Berger and Kinsele added. Local oil men expect a major field in the 11 Creek Big Beaver Skull Creek area as Carter Company continues extensive drilling.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Ant
J. W. Howell & Sons
Quinn Oil Company
Berger and Kinsele
11 Creek
Big Beaver
Skull Creek
Carter Company
Drilling Com
Oil drilling activity expands in Big Beaver Valley region
Standard Oil has rigs in Big Beaver Valley and another unit near Newcastle is set to begin work soon. The Newcastle area shows machinery en route for an active campaign while Shaw company equipment lies nearby. Perrogas Oil digs west and south as delays from a fishing for tools and a minor cave in affect string tension, but repairs are complete and drilling picks up pace.
Local Cheyenne notes mix oil business to rail visits
Rawlins official Hon L B Armstrong visits Cheyenne to attend oil matters while city actions grant tax rebates and road access. Railroad supt H E Renick tours in a glass bottom car and Warren goes to Denver. Community events include a republican banquet August 28 and a Rotary luncheon at Plains hotel.
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L. B. Armstrong
Rawlins
Plains Hotel
Painting Services and City Visitors Highlight Local News
Geo. Cook offers first class interior and exterior painting with quality materials. William Shuetz of Egbert attended to business in the city yesterday. Casper visitors included George C. Schwartz, L. Vardon, Frank England, Joseph Booker and M. V. Webber.
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Geo. Cook
William Shuetz
Egbert
Casper
City
George C. Schwartz
L. Vardon
Frank England
Find
Joseph Booker
M. V. Webber
Joseph Dolan
Pine Bluffs
George H. Storey
Burns
Laramieites Object To Dust From Mill
Laramie residents oppose a new plaster plant by the Laramie Cement Plaster company to be built in the old glass works building. Critics fear wind carries plaster dust across the business district damaging merchandise and stocks.
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Laramie
Wyo
Laramie Cement Plaster Company
Glass Works
Gompers Links Unrest to Political Coercion in Labor Speech
Samuel Gompers told the state federation of labor in Binghamton that industrial shutdowns are part of a political plot to steer voters. He warned workers to resist coercion and to do their own work in response.
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Binghamton
Samuel Gompers
State Federation of Labor
Horses In the United States Decreased in 1.4 Per Canton
The report states that horse numbers in the United States fell by 1.4 per canton last year. No other details on regions or totals were provided in the readable text.
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United States
Costs More to Go By Water Routes
The Shipping Board authorized steamboat lines on the Atlantic coast Great Lakes and Gulf of Merilico to raise freight rates from 20 to 40 percent and passenger charges from 20 to 33 1 8 percent, aligning with joint rail and water advances approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission after hearings.
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Washington
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Gulf of Merilico
The
Shipping Board
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Bandit Zamora Offers Surrender in Mexico
Pedro Zamora the Jalisco bandit has offered to surrender with no conditions, according to Miguel Aleffio Robles private secretary to Provisional President De La Huerta. Foreign captives held by Zamora are not to be harmed if the surrender proceeds.
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Mexico City
Pedro Zamora
Jalisco
Miguel Aleffio Robles
de la Huerta
Senor Robles
Zamora
United States Produces Peak Radium Supply Since 1914
The greatest supply of the world's radium since 1914 has been produced in the United States. The statement highlights U.S. output levels in the early era of radium production and implies a dominant role in global supply.
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United States
Conductor Back Pay Claimed by Union Pacific Workers
Laramie reports large back pay for trainment workers from Union Pacific. A conductor notes roughly 650 dollars extra per month for May to July, while a freight clerk says 13 cents more per hour for the same period. Banks and stores anticipate a busy cashing day as checks are cashed.
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Union Pacific
Laramie
Government Plans to Build Houses in Saxony
Berlin Aug 24 The Saxony government seeks 50 million marks from the Saxony people's chamber to ease the house famine. The sum would be repaid through a rent tax, with the project aimed at increasing housing stock.
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Berlin
Saxony
Saxony People’s Chamber
Wanted: Woman to Care for Apartment and Meals
Short ad seeking a woman to care for a convalescent woman in an apartment. Very little work, good pay. Expects nighttime absence possible and part time daytime work. Contact at phone 1193 W.
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Colorado & Southern Railroad
J. A. Kirkpatrick
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W. 16Th
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Bills Brett
W. H. Owens
Oldsmobile
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Secretary of
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Denver
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Hudson
City Park
Pop’s
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Torrington
W. H. Hughes
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James Morrison
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Sam Gompers
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Kingdam Tire & Repair Co
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W. E. Dinneen
W. H. Kleinke
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