Prisoner Threats Highlight Jail Escape Plot in Casper
Grant Smith held in county jail in Casper on a district court charge of running away with another man’s wife. He threatened to aid Sheriff Sheffner and Deputy Tripeny if he escaped, or return after serving a sentence. Smith attempted to saw a lever box, planned with a clock spring and a knife. He has two prior penitentiary terms for grand larceny and faces additional horse theft charges in the county.
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Casper, Wyre
Grant Smith
Sheffner
Tripeny
Smith
Thia
Oregon
Uinta County
Sheridan County
Circulate Petitions to Charge Game Laws
Petitions circulating in Garland seek an amendment to Wyoming game laws with a shortened season from November 1 to December 15, new bag limits for elk deer and bears, plus prohibitions on coursing bears with dogs. They propose mountain sheep prohibition, higher non resident licenses, and bond requirements for guides. Petitions oppose new preserves in Park County and urge a later open season to protect game.
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Garland
Park County
Yellowstone Park
Shoshone River
Petition for pardon of Samuel Staples circulates locally
A pardon petition led by Clarence Woodard is widely signed in this region and will go to the Board of Charities and Reforms at its next meeting. It argues Staples, an old man with limited means and far from the crime scene, could not receive a thorough pretrial investigation and faces a lengthy remaining sentence.
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Samuel Staples
Clarence Woodard
Board of Charities and Reforms
Asag
Staples
Iothia
Thermopolis
Community petition seeks new mule route to connect Worland and Dickie
In Cody on December 23 residents south and east of Meeteetse and near Gooseberry Creek ask the state to establish a mall mule route from Worland to Dickie about 0 miles. They urge Meeteetse residents join, arguing the existing road is passable in all seasons and would speed mail service once the railroad is finished, allowing Meeteetse parcels to arrive sooner than via Cody.
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Cody
Meeteetse
Gooseberry Creek
Worland
Dickie
Meeteetae
Local barber shops extend hours and scattered notes on events
All atom barber shops will remain open until 9pm Thursday in December 24th and close all day. A movement has begun in Colorado for the conservation of the human appendix. Mr Knoxs atevent will not go to Mexico after New Years. That will give Mlestoo a chance to are over a men leaf of her own account if she will.
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Atom
Knox
Mexico
Mlestoo
Open Letter to John H. Smith from Lovell Chronicle
An optimistic Lovell Chronicle note appeals to John H. Smith to return to the Big Horn Basin as the town shows activity. It cites Burlington trains, a planned Lovell sugar factory, land patents, store openings, loans, and a rising mood among residents and homeseekers.
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John Smith
Florida
Big Horn Basin
John
Burlington
Lovell
Henrietta Johnson
Seth Johnson
Peterson
Stryker
Lowell
Ira Waters
H. S. Jolley
Orve Linnabarry
Will Crisman
Big Horn
Ren Jolley
Ren
A. Reyn
Lovell Chronicle
Oil Used in Fire Suppression Backfires in Byron
A heater explosion occurred when gas was added to a kerosene fire in Byron on December 29. Mr. Sessions hurled a water-filled bucket onto the blaze, a wide crowd formed a makeshift fire brigade, and though flames were fought fiercely, the house and much of the belongings were saved with some damage.
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Byron
B. D. Boxstons
Deaton
Sessions
Fish shipment to Cody shows low death rate
The large shipment of fish from Hazeman Montana to Cody arrived safely with only a dozen to fifteen dead. Ranger Miller of North Fork had a canyon accident that forced him to dump some fish into a large dam to prevent total loss. The incident highlights the fishs hardiness for winter transport.
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Cody
Hazeman
Mont
Ranger Miller
North Fork
Garland Courier
Barber shops stay open till 9 p.m. Tuesday before Christmas
Notice states all Union barber shops will remain open until 9 p.m. Tuesday evening December 24 and will close all day Christmas.
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All Union
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Star Brand
United States
RAND
St.louis
Citizens National Bank
Cook Bros. CO
Isth ST. and
Carey Ave
John H. Smith
The
Modesto & Pipitone
Capitol Ave
A. T. Hale
W. 17Th St
Carey Aveyue
Wyoming Fuel "Ov and Feed CO
Treadquarters For
Mandy Lee
Conkey’s Poultry Remedies
Pratt
Max Davis
Westith St
Continental Oil Company
Chapenna
Butte, Boise
Balt
Young’s Cafe
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