Wyoming Livestock Holdings Decline Amid 1919 Drought
Douglas, Wyoming reports from A D Cook of the U S Department of Agriculture show a sharp drop in Wyoming livestock numbers and value for January 1, 1920 versus January 1, 1919 due to the long drought. Cattle and sheep reduced as owners sold to avoid feed costs while hay and grain prices remained high.
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Douglas
Wyo
Wyoming
A. D. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
Cook
Mail handling bids sought for C S and GC BQ Cheyenne depot
The Colorado and Southern railroad invites bids for mail handling and delivery between the C S depot and GC BQ depot and post office in Cheyenne, including transfers to the Union Pacific depot. Bids go to the C S superintendent in Denver before February 16 1919. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
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Colorado & Southern Railroad
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Denver
Colorado
Big Men of Bige Ball Confer on Game Future
More than a hundred leaders from several leagues gather in Chicago for a week of meetings expected to shape baseball’s future. Wil Ginveting opens joint rules committee talks as the American association and Three-league magnates set schedules and seek new relations with majors and minors amid internal AL disputes and potential player deals.
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Chicago
Wil G Inveting
American Association
Quincy
Hannival
New York
Ban Johnson
Union Wage Rates Climbing Steadily
Washington February 10 1920 according to summary figures from the bureau of labor statistics the average union wage scales per hour in general trades in 1919 were 55 percent higher than 1913 47 percent higher than 1918 and 72 percent higher than 1907 regular hours per week in 1919 were 5 percent less than 1918 and 8 percent less than 1907 1919 weekly earnings were 48 percent above 1913 and 61 percent above 1907. These figures cover time rates only and include bakery building stone metal mill woodwork printing trades chauffeurs teamsters freight handlers laundry workers theater hands and waiters. J A Kirkpatrick Real Estate and Insurance 1824 Carey Ave Phone 547 J
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Actress Yna Claire Denies Marriage Rumor
Broadway star Yna Claire refutes a Chicago marriage report to Chicago newspaper man James Whittaker. She says they are merely good friends, while noting an earlier engagement to Lt. Com. Lavd renee Townsend Jr. ended by mutual consent.
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Yna Claire
Broadway
James Whittaker
Chicago
New York
Miss Claire
U.S. N
Lawrence Townsend _ Tesbington
Potato exhibit car to tour Wyoming grower districts
The Burlington and Colorado & Southern Railroads will run a special potato exhibit car through Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming in March. It will showcase certified seed potatoes market grades diseases control and methods with speakers from Wyoming Agricultural College and railroads. Stops half a day in major potato towns with talks on growing and marketing seed potatoes.
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Burlington and Colorado & Southern
Agricultural Colleges
Burlington and G. &. S
Burlington and Co. & S
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
T. S. Parsons
Warl G. Reed
Burlington Railroad
South
Mother of Eleven Succumbs to Poison
Mrs. Joseph Kirsh, wife of a round house hostler in Laramie, died from bichloride tablet poisoning suffered two weeks earlier. Her crisis followed the burdens of caring for eleven children and the death of her eldest son from blood poisoning a year prior.
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Laramie
Wyo
Joseph Kirsh
Union Pacific Roundhouse
Burns Attorney Visits Cheyenne on Legal Business
Henry Colburn, a Burns attorney, was in Cheyenne yesterday on legal business.
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Henry Colburn
Burns
Douglas Complains of Electric Light Rates
The state public service commission has taken under advisement the petition of the Town of Douglas for a lower electricity rate for pumping and lighting. Douglas alleges discrimination, paying 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour for power versus the sliding scale from 10 to 3 cents available to other consumers.
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Douglas
Wyo
State Public Service Commission
Douglas Electric Light Company
Ruby Sues Railroad Over Baggage Search Incident
Joseph Ruby a Rock Springs confectioner filed suit against Union Pacific Railroad for 500 damages after a Cheyenne baggage search by a special officer who suspected liquor from glass clinking while Ruby was returning home with soda water glasses purchased in Denver.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Joseph Ruby
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Ruby
Denver
Arizona-Wyoming Oil to install topping plant at Fossil field
The Arizona-Wyoming Oil company with six shallow wells in Fossil field plans this spring to install a topping plant for gasoline extraction on its property. The six wells have a combined capacity of about 50 barrels per day.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Arizona-Wyoming Oil Company
Son of England's Premier and Wife Arrive in United States
British leader David Lloyd George and his wife arrive in America for an extended visit, joining a growing list of British visitors. The article notes their son R. Lloyd George accompanying them and mentions ongoing state leader liners as a related topic.
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England
United States
America
R. Lloyd George
Young George
Lloyd George
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Teaches Cheyenne Patrons
An advertisement urges readers to treat backache by addressing kidney function. It links dull pains to kidney weakness, claims toxins accumulate, and warns neglect could cause gravel dropsy or Bright's disease. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills and suggests asking a neighbor.
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Bright
Dean
Dean’s Kidney Pills Lauded by Cheyenne Residents
Local residents from O’Neil Street to Tenth Street report quick relief from kidney and back pain using Doan’s Kidney Pills. Testimonials praise relief from dull ache, weakness, and back pain after purchasing at Roedel’s Drug Store and Capital Pharmacy Co.
Mrs. M. J. Morris Recommends Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs. M J Morris of Thirty-third Street says she used Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney disorders and weak back after family members had success with the remedy. She reports it has always proven beneficial and urges others to buy a box at Roedel's Drug Store.
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M. J. Morris
Thirty-third St
Dean
Doan
Roedel
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Department OF Agriculture
Bigeball
J. A. Kirkpatrick
Carey Ave
Ina Claire
Avolot Wyoming Growers
R. Lloyd George and
Mrs. Lloyd George
O’neil Street
East Tenth Street
A. E. McKay
E. Tenth St
A. B
E. F. Taft
I. Nineteenth St
Capital Pharmacy Co
Maple-Leaf
Jas. Doan
East Twenty-fifth Street
I. W. Hall
25Th St
Thirty-third Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Maneduring Chemists
Buffalo, N. Y
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