Pastors Conference Leaders Named for Douglas Meeting
A Montana Wyoming Idaho Pastors conference team led by Dr. Ralph Cushman will headline the March 1 3 gathering in Douglas. The roster includes L I Laflamme Mrs Emrick Dr Clyde Armitage and Dr William Brown with 200 to 250 women expected to join under coordinators Mrs C B Cronk and Mrs Grace Farmer of New York.
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Butte
Douglas
B. W. Edworthy
Interchurch World Movement
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Ralph Cushman
Cushman
L. I. Laflame
New York
Emrick
Turkey
Clyde Armitage
William Brown
Sunshine" Brown
Philippines
United States
C. B. Cronk
Grace Farmer
Demonstrator Teaches Home Dress Form Making at Pine Bluffs
Home demonstration agent Miss Edith Fowler led a dress form workshop at Mrs Byron Hacker’s in Pine Bluffs. She contrasted commercial forms costing 10 to 35 dollars with homemade forms costing about 35 cents plus possible 3 dollars for a carpenter pedestal. Six attendees will join a March dress form school to craft their own forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Fowler
Byron Hacker
Pine Bluffs
Meets Death Under Locomotive Wheels
In Kemmerer Wyoming on February 417 John W Scheidegger aged 30 was struck by a locomotive leaving the roundhouse as he climbed from a cinder pit. His legs were severed and he died after reaching a hospital just before his wife, who had given birth ten days earlier, arrived. The Scheideggers had moved from Paris Idaho about a month ago and he had held his railroad job only a few days.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Oregon Short Line
John W. Scheidegger
Scheidergers
Paris
Idaho
Scheidegger
Brakeman Falls From Train Near Wamsutter
A. D. Zueck, a brakeman for Union Pacific, slipped while on duty and fell from a moving train near Wamsutter Wyoming, dying instantly. The body was sent to Parsons Kansas where his widow and two children live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Wyo
A. D. Zueck
Wamsutter
Parsons
Kan
Collides With Tree Own Gun Kills Teen in Wyoming
Jackson Wyoming February 17 a coroner jury finds William Massey seventeen collided with a tree while skilling the impact discharged his rifle and a bullet killed him near his Wilson district home. His uncle Samuel Massey was killed by a snowslide in the same region two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wyo
William Massey
Wilson
Samuel Massey
Wyoming Governor Urges Support for Army Recruiting
Governor Robert D. Carey in Cheyenne issues a proclamation urging Wyoming citizens to cooperate with the War Department’s recruiting drive. He calls for unqualified support and welcomes Army representatives to the state to meet quotas and promote military training benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BD. Garey
Wyoming
War Department
United States Army
Robert D. Carey
Cheyenne
Potatoes Storage Cellar Highlighted in Rail Exhibit
A Burlington and Colorado and Southern potato car visit to Cheyenne on March 5 features a model potato and root storage cellar. The display explains building details and offers plans, with two coach train units on schedule. J. B. Lamson of Chicago and Earl G. Reed of Denver oversee the exhibit train with lodging and office quarters for staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington and
Colorado and Southern
Cheyenne
J. B. Lamson
Agriculturalist
Chicago
Earl G. Reed
Denver
Judge Glasgow Contemns Authority In Whiskey Case
Kemmerer Wyoming February 17 Police Judge Glasgow who is also a justice of the peace holds nine bottles of whiskey in his city jail claiming only he has the key. The liquor was produced as evidence against Walter Turley in a state case and the town demanded release under a local ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Wyo
Justice of the Peace
Glasgow
Foley's Honey and Tar Ad Endorsed by Henry Willis
Against influenza a Texas resident from Sandy Point reports relief from a cough using Foley's Honey and Tar. He tried several medicines before one bottle alleviated his symptoms and calls it the best medicine he ever used. Contains no opiates and is sold widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Henry Willis
Sandy Point
Texas
Big sale of oil leases offered at $2.50 per acre
Florida drilling company advertises 40 acre leases at $2.50 each with 10 year terms and 314 miles to a test well. The ad claims rapid price increases after drilling starts and urges checks to C P Darling, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
St. Mary
St. John
Burkburnett
Homer
Bullbayou
Dispute Over Bootlegging Trial Adjourns Despite Judge Claim
A heated exchange centered on whether a judge acted as state officer or town officer in a whiskey case. The court refrained from ruling, sending the matter to the district court for final disposition. The dispute remains unresolved as the judge asserts capacity as state official.
The 14 Arms of the Service
A historical recruitment overview describes Army branches including Field Artillery Coast Artillery Air Service Ordnance Quartermaster Construction Chemical Warfare Service and Motor Transport Corps. It highlights training opportunities, technical education, pay prospects and varied hands on duties for recruits.
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Coast Artillery
AIR Service
Balloon Corps
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State
Tree
Colum
W. E. Chaplin
Secretary of State
Town Administstration
U.S
Ranger
West Columbia
Humble, Goose Creek
Eldorado, Peabody, Cushing, Hewet
Oklahoma
Kansas
C. P. Darling
Floridan Drilling CO
Starke, Florida
Hobbs, Huckfeldt & Finkbiner
Pioneer Grocerteria
J. A. Kenkel
Pioneer Grocery & Market
West 24Th Street
Panama
de Lesseps
Cuba
Porto Rico
The
U.S. Army
Hawaii
Alaska
China
Germany
Siberia
U.S.A
France
Flanders
America
Lawrence Street
Denver, Colo
Lincoln Highway
City
Corps OF Engineers
Army Engineering
Engineers
Ordnance Dept
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Veternary Corps
Wall Ae
Tank Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Motor Transport Corps
Lea
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