Kendrick Pushes LaPrele Project for Federal Aid
U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick reports to Assistant Secretary S. G. Hopkins he has asked the Interior Department to send an engineer to Douglas to inspect and approve the LaPrele irrigation system. Kendrick lauds progress, notes reduced acreage, strong cultivation, and urges prompt inspection and final federal action to transfer control to settlers.
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Department
Douglas
LaPrete
Carey
United States
Hiking Not Success As Motorists Offer Lifts Across Country
Four young women from New York planned a cross country hike to Yellowstone but rode most of the route after motorists, generous with lifts, prevented long walking stretches. They reached the park and expect to reach Denver in summer 1921, aiming to complete the Park to Park highway system.
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Cody
Wyo
Bertha Bogvoin
Hanna Davis
Beatrice Cohen
Anna Leon
New York
Yellowstone Park
Park
Okem
Colorado
Denver
Mosquitoes Factor In Fremont County Theft Case
Landir Wyoming August 25 Judge P W Metz presiding Saddler Guilty thief of a small arsenal at K Luman ranch worked as hay hand cites mosquitoes as excuse He is sentenced to Rawlins penitentiary for sixteen months to two years.
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Rawlins
Pioneer reminiscences of Wyoming trekker C F Fish at Kemmerer
C F Fish of Big Piney Wyoming recalls pioneer days from 1860 as he visited Kemmerer. The trek from Beloit Wisconsin crossed South Pass and Fort Bridger. He helped rescue a kidnapped woman from Indians near a wagon train. He later met Brigham Young in Salt Lake City and returned to Beloit before settling in Big Piney with ranching interests.
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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
Government department visit sparks smoking scandal claim
London reports a suggested scandal of inefficiency as two female clerks reportedly smoked and lounged on chairs during a government department visit recounted by Labour MP Trevelyan Thompson to the Exchange Inquiry Committee.
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London
Trevelyan Thompson
M. P
Labor “Exchange Inquiry Committee
First Frost Reported In A Few Wyoming Localities
The weekly weather bureau report for the week ending August 28 notes light frost on the morning of the 21st in a few localities. Day temps averaged 81 while nights were 51 with highs to 98. Rain was sporadic, beets and potatoes favored, threshing of winter wheat and rye normal or better, and ranges good to excellent with livestock in good condition.
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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 four year old Mary Bradis daughter of Mr and Mrs P G Bradis lost her right hand in an electric meat grinder at her father's store. Excruciating pain lasted over an hour until the arm was released by unscrewing the hopper and cutting through with a hack saw. The hand was amputated at the wrist. The girl wandered to inspect the machine when her father’s back was turned.
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Casper, Wyo
Mary Bradis
P. G. Bradis
Clark Aids Suitors as Civic Cupid in London
Donald Clark Tonbridge councillor known for anti mixed bathing receives letters from men seeking wives. A Californian reader asks him to help marry him off citing Clark's stance. Separately Bushey undertakers ban the old bier used for over a thousand burials citing concerns with walking funerals.
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Clark
Cupid
London
Donald Clark
Tonbridge
Oakland
Cal
Bushey
Post Office report shows limited international reply coupons on sale
A Post Office Department report states 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
Amendment Aims to Permit Higher School Bond Limits
Cheyenne school district leaders urge a constitutional amendment to raise the debt limit from 2 to 6 percent of assessed valuation to fund a new high school and facilities. They note current revenues from taxation, state funds, and bonds fall short as enrollment and salaries rise, with 90,000 in bonds already issued for a grade building and 90,000 more needed.
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Jessup
Cheyenne
Cannibal Practices Recounted Among Vancouver Island Tribes
A historical report notes that cannibal customs were common among Vancouver Island and nearby northwest North America tribes, marking them as among the region’s harsh practices in earlier times.
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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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