Convicts Turn Prison Into Shirt Factory at Rawlins
At the big stone prison near Rawlins 175 inmates are employed in a shirt factory producing daily output of about 200 shirts for the public. The plant uses 14 to 16 distinct processes, offers overtime pay, and keeps working conditions better than many external factories. Road crews from counties augment the labor, with total prison population around 20 percent engaged in various tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawtling
Wyo
Big Stone
Rawling
Mills
Hawknan
Wind River Stockmen Called to Riverton Convention
The Wind River reservation executive committee invites all stockmen to Riverton on February 8 for officer elections and business. Superintendent Mutchingen has mailed permits discussions to those seeking privileges on the ceded Shoshone reservation. Around 40 to 50 stockmen and their wives are expected, with a reception planned in the evening at Bower Hall.
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Riverton
Wyo
Wind River Reservation
KE. A. Mutehingen
Bower Hall
Shorter Road From Riverton to Sweetwater
Men push to open a springtime project building a shorter Riverton to Sweetwater road. The route will run from Riverton via Sand guidh and Lone Tree ridge to the divide, then direct to Myersville near Sweetwater. Total distance drops to about thirty eight miles saving twenty miles and promising a high quality county road with minimal cost benefiting Riverton district.
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Hiverton
Wye
Riverton
Sweetwater
Lone Tree Ridge
Divide
Myersv Ile
Myeraville
Riverton Distriet
Eusiness
Forest Service extracts lodgepole pine seed after Arroaha fire
In Colorado near Ra gue on the Arapahoe forest, a fire damaged a seed plant. Twenty four hundred pounds of lodgepole pine seed valued at 5600 dollars were saved from the blaze. Buildings and equipment valued at 1500 dollars and 2500 bushels of cones awaiting extraction valued at 1125 dollars were destroyed or damaged. The fire’s cause remains undetermined.
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Worland
Forest Service
Rague
Colo
Arapahoe
Heroic Act Told by Lieut Constant Irwin From Wyoming
Lieutenant Irwin writes his mother about rescuing a fallen American private in No Man's Land after crawling three hundred yards under fire. He recalls being among the first Americans in France and serving in the front line trench during a German raid. He spent Thanksgiving in Paris and sought promotion to captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Constant Irwin
France
Wyoming
No Man's Land
Irwin
Paris
Two Gambling Houses Raided in Glenrock
Irby Lum, Glenrock justice of the peace, and Jay K. Smith, Glenrock night marshal, ordered raids on two gambling houses. Inmates were arrested, furniture and layouts were burned on the square in front of the Commercial building, to cheers from townspeople. The county attorney was summoned to pursue action against the building owners.
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Glenrock
Wyo
Irby Lum
Jay K. Smith
Club Spends $200 on Road Improvement
Upton Wyoming February 5 Charles Wulff secretary of the Buffalo Creek Road club reports that $200 worth of work has already been subscribed. Members plan to keep the community roads in top condition and urge local cooperation to repair roads into Upton to attract business from farther away. Ground can thaw before work begins and roads should be put in first class condition. The article emphasizes that good roads benefit every business and quotes the phrase The Beat Way on Earth.
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Upton, Wya
Charles Wulff
Buffalo Creek
Upton
Riverton Plans a Large Modern Hotel Near Main Street
Riverton Wyoming February 5 plans are under way for a large four story hotel to be built at Riverton with basement and electric elevator. The 745 by 140 foot structure is expected to cost about 150000 dollars and will be a centerpiece for growth and transient visitor needs in Fremont County.
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Riverton
Wyo
Elas
Fremont County
Mesers
J. Ro“pétferter
F. Chattersom Pena Barl Warrem
M. Mercia
Yerton Commercial Club
Sife
Main Street
Tonch
Rivertes
Public Bath House Planned for Casper
Casper prepares for a Metropole Turkish bath housed in the O and S S building on Second Street. The facility will include Turkish and steam baths, massage, chiropody, a large plunge pool, and separate men and women sections. Forty rest rooms in oriental style complete the bathhouse by February 10 under W E Brown of Denver.
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Casper, Wyd
Casper
Chicago
Second Street
Metropole Turkish Bath
W. E. Brown
Denver
Sullivan offers gold rewards for Berlin bombing feat
Pat Sullivan of Cooper Wyoming deposits 3000 dollars in Casper National Bank for a contest among American aviators in France. Rewards range from 1000 dollars for the first bomb dropped on Berlin to 5000 dollars for a Casper flyer. The scheme drew cheers at a Wyoming Mining congress banquet and may not last long. News dispatches note long Berlin to Riga train routes lasting 34 hours.
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Qasper
Wyo
France
Patrick Sullivan
Cooper
Casper National Bank
Berlin
Wyoming
Casper
Sullivan
American Mining Congress
German Food Shortage Deepens Despite Potato Harvest
Washington reports from British sources allege Germany faces sharper food shortages than at any war start since 1914. A German food dictator's statement warns of reduced livestock fodder, lower fat rations to 62.5 grams weekly, and upcoming restrictions. Prices for butter, sugar, ham, and sauerkraut have surged dramatically amid transport limits and overrun territories.
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Washington, D. C
British War Office
Germany
Pinex Cough Syrup Advertisement Outlook
An old style ad touts Pinex cough syrup as a home remedy for coughs, croup, and throat irritation. It claims quick relief within hours, a pint of syrup per family, and says it never spoils with pleasant taste and broad home use.
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van A CO
Ranaces
Wyoming Men Enter Auto School for War Service
I Robertson and M Black have enrolled in Kahe's automobile training school in Kansas City to study automobile mechanics. The article notes many draft youths seek transport department roles and praises Kahe Hahe's patriotism with reduced tuition and refunds if drafted before completion.
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England
Hahe
Gofomne
Aeman
Mr. Rahe
Emma Goldman Returns to Finish Prison Term in Missouri
Emma Goldman, Russian anarchist, resumes her two year sentence at the Jefferson City Missouri penitentiary after the Supreme Court upheld her conspiracy conviction. Alexander Berkman, convicted on the same charge, will be transported to the federal prison in Atlanta Wednesday.
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New York
Fa Goldman
United States Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Alexander Berkman
Aken
Allanta
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Harry E. Hunt
Russia
van Sore
Kowlly Made
Couia Heile
Emma Goldman
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