Kendrick Pushes LaPrese Irrigation Project Help
Wyoming senator John Kendrick urges Assistant Secretary Hopkins to send an engineer to Douglas to inspect and approve the LaPrele Carey Act irrigation project. He praises progress, notes acreage reduction to under 17,000 and 11,000 acres cultivated, and asks for prompt federal inspection and approval to transfer control to settlers.
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Department
Douglas
LaPrete
Carey
United States
Hiking Not Successful For Park To Park Walkers
Four women from New York aimed to walk to Yellowstone Park but made little progress after reaching Cody. They paid nothing for transport yet motorists gave lifts along most of the 2 000 mile route via Colorado, planning to reach Denver in 1921.
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Cody
Wyo
Bertha Bogvoin
Hanna Davis
Beatrice Cohen
Anna Leon
New York
Yellowstone Park
Park
Okem
Colorado
Denver
Mosquitoes Doomed Man in Wyoming Theft Case
In Fremont County, Judge P. W. Metz sentences William Saddler to sixteen months to two years in Rawlins after Saddler pleads guilty to stealing a small arsenal from the K. Luman ranch where he worked as a hay hand. Saddler claims mosquitoes influenced his crime.
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Rawlins
Pioneer reminiscences recount 1860 trek to Wyoming
Kemmerer, August 25. C. F. Fish of Big Piney, aged 81, recalls his 1860 westward journey from Beloit Wisconsin driven by tuberculosis. He crossed South Pass, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake, and the Nevada desert, aided a kidnapped woman, met Brigham Young, and later settled in Big Piney as a pioneer rancher with extensive holdings.
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Kemmerar
Wyo
C. F. Fish
Big Piney
Hale
Hearty
Wyoming
Fish
Beloit Wis
West
San Francisco
South Pass
Fremont County
Fort Bridger
Salt Lake
Nevada Desert
Fort
Temple
Mr. Fish
Salt Lake City
Kemmerer
Beloit
Lady clerks enjoy smokes and loaf at government office
Aug 26 London reports a small scandal in government efficiency as two lady clerks are described by Trevelyan Thompson MP as relaxing with cigarettes and reclining on chairs during a Labor Exchange Inquiry Committee visit to a government department.
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London
Trevelyan Thompson
M. P
Labor “Exchange Inquiry Committee
First Frost Reported in Wyoming Localities
The weekly weather bureau summary for August 28 notes the first light frosts in a few Wyoming localities. Day highs reached 98, nights 51, with cooler conditions and variable rainfall locally. Irrigated crops fared better than dry land, and ranges remain good to excellent with livestock in good condition. Sunshine varied across Cheyenne 70, Lander 66, Salt Lake 90, Sheridan 72 percent.
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Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Lander
Salt Lake
Sheridan
Girl's Hand Chewed Off in Meat Grinder
In Casper Wyoming on August 25 Mary Bradis four is the daughter of Mr and Mrs P G Bradis. She lost her right hand in an electric meat grinder at her father's store, suffering extreme pain for over an hour before her arm was freed. Rescue involved unscrewing the hopper and cutting through it with hacksaws. The hand was amputated at the wrist.
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Casper, Wyo
Mary Bradis
P. G. Bradis
Clark Aids Suitor Seekers as Cupid’s Assistant
London reports Donald Clark Tonbridge councillor famed for anti mixed bathing receives numerous letters from men asking him to find them wives. A Californian suitor request prompts Clark to promise aid. Also Bushey undertakers ban a bier used for 13 years and over 1000 burials citing walking funerals as the reason.
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Clark
Cupid
London
Donald Clark
Tonbridge
Oakland
Cal
Bushey
International reply coupons value in stamps reported
A Post Office Department report notes about 12.5 million international reply coupons exist worldwide with a sale value of 751000 dollars and a redemption value in stamps of 626000 dollars.
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Post Office Department
Amending Limits to Fund New Cheyenne High School
A Cheyenne school district official urges a constitutional amendment to raise bond and tax limits. He notes current 2 percent bond cap and 8.5 mill tax ceiling hinder funding for a needed high school, proposing 6 percent valuation and expanded bonding to cover construction and equipment costs.
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Jessup
Cheyenne
Cannibal Practices Noted Among Northwest Tribes
A fragment notes cannibal practices were common among tribes of Vancouver Island and the northwest region of North America. The line suggests historical tribal customs in the area, with emphasis on cultural details rather than sensational description.
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Vancouver Island
Northwest
North America
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Terior
William
Reo
Essex
Hudson Super
Hudson
Heider Tractors
Ford
Sie Kellys
Kelly Springfield
McGraw Cord Tires
McGraw Cord
Lincoln Highway
Bethlehem
Batt Service
HIGH
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J Compa
Ts Ais
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