Laramie wreck delays Union Pacific service
A wreck in the Laramie yards delayed Union Pacific trains for several hours. Engine No. 4 collided with a light engine. the engineer of No. 4 sustained a fractured leg. No other injuries reported. Crews cleared the track and new sections were laid to allow trains to pass. An investigation will determine the wreck's causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uoion Pacific
Laramie
Cheyenone
Division
Cheyenne
Hise
Ket Phan
Regagio
County Plans Detention Hospital on Poor Farm Site
County commissioner Warren Richardson announced plans to build a detention hospital on the present poor farm site to house contagious disease patients. The pest house north of the city is deemed inadequate, with construction set to begin around April 1 pending final plans by A. A. Andreson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Richardson
A. A. Andreson
Rock Springs Red Cross honors Christmas drive leaders
Augustine Kendell president of the Rock Springs Red Cross chapter offered a war savings stamp to the boy or girl who secured the most new members during the Christmas drive. First prize went to Chele Yob ber, second to Cora Bousquet, and third to Mark Young. The Rock Springs Red Cross chapter has finished its supplies for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fock Springs
Wye
Augustine Kendell
Rock Springs
Red Cross
Chele Yobber
Cora Bousquet
Mark Young
South Side Christmas News From Denver to Cheyenne
The report lists families visiting for Christmas across Denver Cheyenne and nearby towns. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Hi Mamm Mr and Mrs Fredericks and families. Amelia Mamm from Rock Springs. new baby girl for Mr and Mrs Hendrath. Anna Gordon WCC T WU meet at Mrs Henry Brandon. multiple visits to relatives in Douglas Fort Dodge and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Woods
Denver
Wood
Atr
Sirs
Cland Face
Famiy
Berkley
Kael Ninth Street
Cheyenne
Pocatello
Amelia Mamm
Rock Springs
Hi. Mamm
Fredericks
Orville Hender
Anna Gordon W. CC. T. WU
Henry Brandon
Mee. Huff
Joseph Rich
David Rich
L. B. Potter
Douglas
Amelia Mummie
Mere
David Doak
Edith
Iowa
Mre Doak
Fort Dodge
Caden
Tee Moines
Town
Mee
Evie
Wilhelming
Henry
North Platte
Neb
Jason Sawyer
American courier refused entry to Russia at Stockholm
A U S diplomatic courier traveling to Petrograd was refused admission to Russia because his pass lacked a visa from Bolshevik minister M Borovsky in Stockholm. Report says this marks the first time a regular courier was not honored and suggests Bolshevik pressure for indirect recognition of their foreign representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Petrograd
Russia
M. Borovsky
Local notices and classifieds from Cheyenne
Multiple brief items list visitors residents and services in Cheyenne. Entries note Rawlins visitors A Grooman and J E Grace, Indianapolis residents Mr and Mrs Grant Hamm, travel details for taxis and seven passenger cars, for sale piano and sewing machine, rent ad for a four room house, travel updates for Keating and Eggleston parties, and business visits from Burns Iron Mountain Hecla and others.
Tanner matriarch dies after brief illness in Wyoming
Mrs Lucy Tanner, mother of County Assessor George Tanner, died at the Tanner ranch near Keckwith after an acute indigestion attack lasting three hours late Saturday night. The death occurred in Kemmerer Wyoming on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Kemmerer
Wyo
Lucy Tanner
George Tanner
Tanner
Keckwith
City and Rural Schools to Be Tested in 1918
Tests will be conducted through the coming year to assess the efficiency of city and rural schools. Superintendent Ira R B Fee announced the program amid claims that city schools are not consistently more efficient. A committee including J E Butterworth of Laramie and Francis Van Boskirk of Sheridan will oversee seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira RB. Fee
Supt. Fee
Cheyenne
J. E. Butterworth
Laramie
Francis van Boskirk
Sheridan
Isle of Safety Lights Planned at Carey and Randall Aves
After weeks of planning, the Isle of Safety begins at the intersection of Carey Ave Twenty sixth St and Randall Ave with a small concrete platform and an iron lamp post of 600 candlepower. If the test succeeds, similar lights may be placed at all Capitol Ave intersections. overhead lines may be required due to the streetcar line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Safety
Carey Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Randall Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Western Union to pay $450 bonus to Cheyenne staff
Cheyenne employes of the Western Union Telegraph company will receive their annual bonus of 450 dollars Monday. J TR Hill, local manager, says the bonus applies to all continuous six month staff from messenger boys to Hill himself. Ten employees will receive bonus checks this Monday as the program is distributed twice yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. TR. Hill
Mr. Hill
Allen Church Revival Promises Three Weeks of Services
Revival meetings at Allen African Methodist Episcopal church begin tomorrow night led by Rev. N. H. Jeltz. A choir of fifty voices will perform and sermons start at 8 o clock each night for three weeks as subjects are announced. Separately, Equitable Trust files suit against Denver Rio Grande Railway for 86 450 080 in Chicago court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church
N. H. Jeltz
Chicago
Denver @ Rio Grande Railway company
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Old Soliner Recommends Foley Kidney Pills
Gustav Wangelin of the G. A. R. Post in Pinckneyville endorses Foley Kidney Pills calling them Johnny on the spot. He claims quick relief from backache rheumatic pains stiffness swollen joints pain to groin and sleep disturbances with renewed strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Wangelin
G. A. R. Post
Pinckneyville
Foley
Preoner Wa Oat' of Jail Escapes Then Recaptured
Bert Underwood a negro escaped from the city jail yesterday by walking out when the door was left open. He wandered the area and was chased by Officers Clancy Talbot and others before being recaptured in a church basement. He faces bootlegging charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Underwood
Tate
Jets
Underwood
Clow
Wheatland
Denver
Laramie
Clancy
Talbot
Emil Christensen
Ferris
Girl Dies Discovered Diptheria After Father’s Funeral
Misfortune shadows the Keating family as Bernice Keating, daughter of the late William Keating, falls ill with diphtheria one day after the funeral. The family home is quarantined while William Keating Jr. has been drafted into the army and returns to American Lake after quarantine release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating
William Keating
Cheyenne
American Lake
Wash
Mr. Keating
Bernice Keating
William Keating Jr
Family Mourns As Soldier Follows Call of Country
A soldier’s return home brings sorrow as he leaves kin to answer service. He attends his father’s funeral on furlough and soon must depart again after his sister falls gravely ill with diphtheria.
Attorneys to Aid Draft Registrants Next Week at Court House
A list shows attorneys who will assist draft registrants with questionnaire responses at the court house next week. On Monday December 31 are H. Ridgely W. C. Deming W. C. Kinkead C. A. Swainson and Judge W. C. Mentzer. Wednesday January 2 include Frank Heckle BE Durham W. Q. Phelan W. B. Ros William A. Riner. Thursday January 3 feature A D Walton T B Kennedy Charles F Mallin C W Burdick J C Thompson Sr. Friday January 4 list Hugo Donzelman T P Fahey C E B Lane Thomas Hunter Judge Mentzer. Saturday January 5 list Herbert V Lac ey John D. Clark Charles Griffin C M Watts and W B Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
H. 8. Ridgely
W. C. Deming
W. C. Kinkead
C. A. Swainson
W. C. Mentzer
Frank Heckle
BE. Durham
W. Q. Phelan
W.B. Ros
William A. Riner
A. D. Walton
T. B. Kennedy
Charles F. Mallin
C. W. Burdick
J. C. Thompson
Hugo Donzelman
T. P. Fahey
C. E B. Lane
Thomas Hunter
Judge Mentzer
Herbert V. Lacey
John D. Clark
Charles Griffin
C. M. Watts
W. B. Ross
C. S. Trains Detour Over U P Tracks After Switch Incident
A Colorado and Southern switch in the yards at 5 o clock yesterday morning caused trains to detour over Union Pacific tracks to Fort Collins. The switch was spiked as unsafe, with repair parts shortage in Cheyenne blamed for delays. Detoured trains ran to LaSalle before returning to C S routes toward Fort Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado & Southern
Colorado
Union Pacific
Fort Collins
Cheyenne
LaSalle
Road materials embargo may be lifted early next spring
Richmond reports Roy D. Chapin vice president of the Lincoln highway association and chairman of the highway transport committee told state highway officials that the embargo on road building materials would be lifted by the priority board at the earliest date. He said Judge Lovett was optimistic about removing restrictions next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Commissioners
Roy D. Chapin
Lincoln Highway Association
Council of National Defense
Chapin
Bement
N. C. Osterman
Washington
EB. Bradt
Illinois
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Laramie Wreck
U.P
Denver Divia Total
Thomas Paysen
Edwin
Mackfoot
Idaho
Paul Wienpabl
Sey
George Hlaley
Edward
T. A. James
Robert Symes
Oscar Gustavson
Edward Halsey
Suanday
Goat Island
Cal
George Halsey
Pete Hongard
Pete Hongard Vr
Ike Pletcher
Eilzabeth
Salt Lake
Josph Whelan
Neil Wise
L. KE. Morehouse
Brimmerton
Rock Springs News
State Landey Spectat
Homshevike
Courter Pnter
Port Russell
Fort Russell
Eightythird Artillery Exchange
John Jp. Clark
Mies Laura Lee
Lher
China
Japan
Wee
Mies Lee
Fiat
S3red
Moving Pictures
Sird
Heartender's
Apital Coal Company
Cahill & Holliday
S-17
Rawlins
A. Grooman
Singer
Hone
DE. W. BH. Day
Capitol Ave
Indiana
Grant Hamm
Marion
Ind
J. E. Grace
Hobbs & Hackfelt
Plains Motel
J. A. Eggleston
Mr. Eggleston
J. R. Gilley
Mr. J. Wade
Misa Maisie Wade
Burns
Charles O. Lyon
Iron Mountain
E.J. Edick
Cheyene
Jeanite
Kordeve Adams
Mr. Adams
Hela
Carey and
Randall Aves
W. U
Bartenler's
Allen Church
Preoner
Cope
U.p.’S
Maretender
Jiffy Jeu
Fwe Poahages
Lmie
Minn Gresers
Rece
Waukesha Pure Food Company
Weukesho
Wis
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