Rivals Claim Same Oil Land in Big Muddy
Casper reports heated contention over oil lands in Coal Creek area northeast of Casper. Claims by A Graybeal and associates, Dr N C Glew and associates, and Merritt Oil and Gas occupy parts of section 2 township 35 range 77 with camps set. Homestead rights claimed by Evans brothers complicate matters as Merritt downsizes Graybeal holdings and seeks settlement by compromise.
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Big Muddy
Casper
Coal Creek
Township 35
A. Graybeal
Graybesl Company
Merritt Company
Bo Humphreys
Gay
Grayoun
Evans
Merritt
Bates
Glenrock
Turner
Wife visits husband in jail after shooting
Frances Cavalieri, wife of Peter Cavalleri, who allegedly shot Guy Vosea after an implied elopement, visited him in the county jail with attorney W. B. Ross. She had just left the bedside of Vosea, who was wounded and hospitalized, and said the patient Fosca appeared improved.
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Mire
Frances Cavalieri
Peter Cavalleri
Guy Vosea
Balida
Cole
W. B. Ross
Colorado to Supply World With Radium
Colorado expects to boost global radium supply by 290 to 300 percent over several years. Current US federal stock near 560 milligrams, world total under 70 grams, with 6 grams historically recovered from Colorado ores. Experts from the State School of Mines note large deposits in southwestern Colorado carnotite belt reaching into Utah.
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Colorado
State School of Mines
Golden
School of Mines
Utah
Western Light and Power VP Forced to Abandon Car
H A Wallance, vice president and general manager, came to Cheyenne by train but had to abandon his car in a snowbank south of the city. He and chauffeur Glen Hay walked through wind and snow to reach the railroad and flag a train into Cheyenne.
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H. A. Wallance
Western Light and Power Company
Cheyenne
Glen Hay
Coal District 1 Sees Record Wyoming Production in 1916
B G Blacker reports the first coal mining district of Wyoming achieved its most productive year on record in 1916 despite worker shortages. He notes cordial relations between United Mine Workers of America and operators, a two year contract, and totals of 6,526,832 tons produced with 4,838 employed. Accidents: 22 killed, 220 injured, 10 widows, 33 fatherless children.
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Wyoming
B. G. Blacker
Lincoln
Uinta
Carbon
Sweetwater
United Mine Workers of America
Secretary of State Pardons Wilford Harriman
Wilford Harriman aged 11 was pardoned by Secretary of State Frank L Houwx acting governor after being committed to the State Industrial School at Worland by District Judge W C Mentzer as incorrigible. Raymond Lovell, also committed, was taken to Worland Friday night by Sheriff Ashley L Gleason.
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Wilford Harriman
Jennie Harriman
Worland
W. C. Mentzer
Frank L. Houwx
Raymond Lovell
Ashley L. Gleason
Denver man fined and jailed for disturbance in police court
M Whiteside, a Denver man, was fined ten dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail for disturbance after he became boisterous when Cecile Chambers preferred William Jones to him. He threw a rock through a Vita second hand store window. Cecile Chambers received ten days for refusing to disclose her means of livelihood.
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M. Whiteside
Denver
Cecile Chambers
Whiteside
Miss Chambers
William Jones
Vita
Cheyenne Couple Wedded in Nebraska
Philip Arenego and Miss Bertie Barker both of Cheyenne were married in Sidney Nebraska last Thursday. The ceremony was performed by the county judge.
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Philip Arenego
Bertie Barker
Cheyenne
Sidney
Neb
Society Leaders Purchase New Edisons
Mr. Wyckoff, manager of the Edison shop, reports that Mile. Verlet’s concert and tone test in Paris stirred elite interest in the New Edison laboratory model used at the recital. A shipment delay may cause a shortage this week, though two laboratory models and several period cabinets remain on display.
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Mr. Wyckoff
Edison
Mile. Verlet
Paris Grand Opera
Vaudeville This Week at the New Atlas
The New Atlas presents the costliest bill yet with a week's engagement paying $1,750. Headlining acts include the Claire Hanson company performing Childhood Memories, Florence Troupe of acrobats, Antella Mannikens mannequins, Stone and Manning dancers, and Frank Rogers the ventriloquist.
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Todd
Claire Hanson Company
Florence
Ringling Broa
Antella Mannikens
Stone
Manning
Frank Rogers
America
Broken Chains advance praise for film by Grisner Greene
The piece praises the film Broken Chains directed by Robert Thornby with standout performances from Ethel Clayton and Carl le Blackwell and notes the unfolding master plot and clever acting. The reviewer highlights the strong combination of acting and a splendid story throughout the early scenes to the finish.
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Joseph R. Grisner
Clay M. Greene
Robert Thornby
Ethel Clayton
Carlyle Blackwell
Geldom
Grain freight rates to be adjusted by Wheatland Mills and rail bodies
On December 21 representatives from Wheatland Roller Mills Co. Wheatland F Montmorency assistant general freight agent Burlington H F Lambert assistant general freight agent C B & I and the public service commission will meet at the commission office to adjust rates on grain and grain products from the mills to other points in the state.
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Wheatland Roller Mills Co
Wheatland
F. Montmorency
Burlington
H. F. Lambert
Public Service Commission
Commission
Farm Loan Association Meeting Notice in Wheatland
To organize Farm Loan Association Wheatland December 16 there will be a meeting held at the Hudson.
Valley schoolhouse meeting on Farmers Loan association
Valley residents are invited to a meeting at the valley schoolhouse Tuesday December 19 at 8 p m to organize a Farmers Loan association under the new Farm Loan Act County Agent Tedman will be present to assist in the work of organization All those interested should attend to learn about the act and procedures.
Cardinal Mercier Urges End to European Slavery War Call
Cardinal Mercier appeals to allies and enemies alike to acknowledge living conditions in war regions as slavery, urging a rally around a humane cause. He cites past Church campaigns, invokes St Ambrose, and calls for conscience to triumph over sophistry.
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St. Ambrose
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Waltham
Elgin
Walthames
Conklin
Adamsey
Lincoln Highway
Lyric Today
Cardinal Mercier
Cardinal I Lavigerie
Leo XII
BP. J. Cardinal Mercier
Malines
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