West Holds Meetings Today in Cheyenne
The Wyoming state W. C. T. U. institute opens at 10 a.m. in Cheyenne with Archie Allison as chair. A picnic lunch at noon precedes a full program of devotions, songs, lectures, and demonstrations led by notable speakers on union goals, temperance, and campaign efforts.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Archie Allison
Barket
Fifth Spiritman
Be, Brace
Lone America
Churchill School
Wray
Killen Wether Weil
Bettine
Mes
Wooleren
Nellie RL Green
Mission of
Mes Kidlith Sylmirn
Weather Bureau report notes higher snow depth and water content
The Cheyenne issued report shows snow depth up 16 inches and water content up 7.90 inches from prior measurements at the close of last December. Medicine Bow range water equivalent, calculated by Rock Creek Conservation Co, averaged 13.90 inches versus 12.20 inches previously and 10 inches in 1917 and 1918.
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United States Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Medicine Bow Mountain
Rock Creek Conservation Company
Prominent visitors Lander Mr and Mes at local venue
Visitas Prom Lander Mr and Mes stay several days at the venue after arriving from Conder, BR, marking a notable local social engagement.
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Visitas Prom Lander
Mr and Mes
Werte
Conder
Copper ore boom claimed at Atlas Copper Mine
John K. Wakefield buys one third of Atlas Copper Mining and Reduction Company stock while the firm reports rich ore in underground workings. President Matthew J. Greevy notes high crude copper ore ready to ship as Atlas pushes modernization and housing plans at its camp near Tie Siding.
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John KE. Wakefield
Mardis Company of
Omaha
Des Moines
Iowa
Atlas Copper Mining& Reduction Company
Tie Siding
Wakefield
Franklin A. Shotwell
Plains Hotel
Matthew J. Greevy
Atlas Copper Company
Wyoming
Mr. Greevy
Greevwy
Greevy
America
President Carranza Keeps Busy Schedule In Mexico City
Report says the president leads a demanding routine from pre-dawn letters to late-night decisions. He reviews departments and barracks by nine thirty, lunch at ten, then returns to work until eleven at night, often weighing matters usually left to congress before finalizing decisions.
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Mexico City
Manana
Carranza
National Palace
Congress
Former Cheyenne Woman Dies in Salem Oregon
Mrs. George L. Holt formerly of Cheyenne died in Salem Oregon from pneumonia. She had lived in Cheyenne for twenty years and moved to Buffalo Wyoming later. Survived by husband and three children. Funeral services were held at her son Wilbur R K Holt's home in Buffalo with burial at Willow Grove cemetery.
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Oregon
George L. Holt
Cheyenne
Salem
Holts
Buffalo
Wyo
Holt
Wilbur RK. Holt
Willow Grove Cemetery
Remark on Health Secrets and Gout Remedies
A historical health note discusses gout, rheumatism, and kidney function. It cites Sir Arthur Gerod in 1848 claiming uric acid excess harms joints and blood. It then recommends water intake, hot water before meals, and Avurle as a tonic to flush impurities, with cautions about circulatory sluggishness in cold weather.
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Arthur Gerod
Deming War Service Board Plans Soldier Entertainment
Soldiers at Camp Cody in Deming are being entertained by the Luna county war service board. The group arranged a New Year barbecue with fireworks roping and riding contests for troops from the east and is planning races auto road races and baseball games plus boxing matches funded by the city and endorsed by the mayor to support the soldiers.
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Deming
N. M
Camp Cody
Deming War Service Board
Luna County
War Service Board
el Paso
Service Flag with 94 Stars Unfurled by Local School
A school program honored service members with a 94 star flag. Frank Mullens accepted the flag, praising students who support soldiers and memory of the fallen. The event featured songs, speeches, Red Cross notes, and a cadet stage show including a blackface skit and a lively close by the junior performers.
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Fred Fiend
Frank Mullens
America
L. W. Trumbull
Merc
H H. Lo Vaughan
PL. Corbin
M.C A
Hi. HW. Henderson
Metres
Whitney Daley
Colonel Wastington
Frances Brammer
Major Johnson
Ferree Marks
Donahie
Joe Lawler
Corporal Sampson
Dan Rees
Regiment
Alva Myers
James Storey
Henry Engstrom
Claire l Leslie
Arthur Buseh
Lelton Prench
Henry Bentson
Fingnelal Sco Sa
Local Cheyenne notices list arrivals and services
A Cheyenne period column notes visitors from Wheatland Rawlins Torrington Riverton and Rock Springs. Entries include Maurice Groshon back at the dairy and oil commission, Sperman Paint Co decorations for W A Woodruff, and taxi and touring car calls. Rentals and errands are listed with contact numbers.
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Maurice Groshon
Etate Dairy Food and Oil Commissioner
Wyoming Oil Industry Sees 42 Million Dollar Year
Wyoming's oil output and refining for the year ended show a valuation of 42 million dollars. State refineries processed about 1,400,000 barrels, up 3,530,000 barrels from 1916. Producers earned roughly one dollar per barrel while refiners sold at about 25 dollars per barrel, with four dollars per barrel spent on labor and processing.
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Wyoming
Sykes predicts Jerusalem as postwar moral world center
Sir Mark Sykes argues Jerusalem will become a global moral hub after the war with a joint moral and physical league of nations. He foresees massive pilgrimages by Jews Christians and Muslims, a civilized Palestine regime, and a spiritual revival in Islam led by educated Arabs and Indians.
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Associated Press
London
Jerusalem
Mark Sykes
Near East
League of Nations
The
Hague
Zion
Mark
Jerusalem-ward
Palestine
Selim the Grim
Oshkosh man with steel limbs jailed for three years
Kenosha Wisconsin February 21 Walt er Wilson of Oshkosh has two steel rods in place of legs and a silver skull plate after a robbery plea. He pleaded guilty in municipal court and was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Kenosha
Wis
Walter Wilson
Oshkosh
Cheyenne Pupils Buy War Stamps In Week
Cheyenne schools bought $257.95 in thrift stamps last week. Cumulative total to date amounts to $2,046.89. Purchases by school include High School $28.60 Central $104.50 Converse $47.51 Corbett $15.00 Barebill $389.00 Johnson $12.74.
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Cheyenne
High
Central
Converse
Corbett
Barebill
Johnson
Infant Hublitz Dies in Sheridan Stove Fire
A one year old child, Edna Hublitz, daughter of a local rancher near Sheridan Wyoming, died when sparks from a stove ignited nearby fuel and caused a fatal fire. The tragedy occurred February 21 as the family tended to daily chores at their ranch.
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Tot
Sheridan
Wyo
Edna Hublitz
Here
British Tommy Likes Yukon Bags for Repose on March
A Paris dispatch reports British troops in France placing large requisitions for Yukon packs. Soldiers find the capacious canvas sacks reduce discomfort, easing travel and rest on the march. The packs allow a comfortable recline and resemble civilian ease as they move to villages or trains.
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Rkeciprocal
Paris
London
France
Finkbiner Acquires Interest in Hobbs and Hueckfeldt Firm
Finkbiner formerly with Warren Live Stock becomes partner in Hobbs Hueckfeldt and the firm renamed Finkbiner Hobbs Huckfeldt. They purchase Gillespie mortuary stock and equipment. All members are longtime Cheyenne residents with Hobbs eight years and Huckfeldt fourteen years in Cheyenne.
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BK. HH
Street Car Hits Wagon in Central Avenue Collision
A street car struck a Jewel Tea wagon driven by R G Bramar yesterday at 4 50 pm tearing off the wagon top and wrecking tea and coffee merchandise. Bramar escaped injury and the wagon, an enclosed vehicle, had failed to hear the warning bell before crossing the tracks on Seventeenth Street. The car struck the wagon from the rear near Central toward the Plains hotel. M R Collins of Douglas is visiting the city.
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Jewel Tea Company
R. G. Bramar
American shows Londoners new advertising idea
London readers see Selfridge, the American merchant, offer one free filling of coal gas to motorists buying gas bags. The gas fuels cars via a bag on a rack over the driver, connected to the carburetor with no engine changes. Gas sells at a penny per ten cubic feet.
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London
Selfridge
Cheyenne Quintet Heads to Wheatland Five Tonight
The Cheyenne high school basketball team departs this morning for Wheatland to play there tonight under Coach Hawes. They plan to return Saturday for the Laramie Rawlins game at the local gym.
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Cheyenne
Wheatland
Laramie
Rawlins
Hawes
Rock Springs
Shriners Notice For Tonight’s Entertainment Ball
Shriners invite attendees to the annual entertainment ball this evening. The notice names the host shrine and mentions family members and a card required at the door under the committee’s orders.
Prominent Cheyenne civic reformer Mrs Gibson Clark dies
Mrs Gibson Clark of Cheyenne a leading Wyoming civic activist died in Los Angeles of heart trouble after influenza. Survived by six sons including John D Clark Frank Hopkins and Robert Clark. Burial planned in Cheyenne. Her work spanned women and children legislation city beautification and public parks.
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Gibson Clark
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Los Angeles
Cal
Hopkins Clark
Robert
John D. Clark
Washington, D. C
Clark
State Federation of Women
Worland
California
Supmer
Huert
Pomona College
Women’s Federations
Chevenn
Frances Johnson
Iowa
Bsen Clark
Utah
Preme Court
Mra
Frank Clark
Frank Hopkins
Clus Nia
John B
Cluenne
Colle
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WEST
State Institute
Ed. Taylor
Jessie Carl
Toreph Wo Carey
Wyowlie
W. C. Mentter
Adrianna Henperford
Minnie Veowlek
Apital Coal Company
Cahill & Holliday
Sperman Paint Co
W. A. Woodruff
Washington
Ligier's
R. C. McPherson
Phifer
Whreathind
Fred W. Phifer
F. W. Rendle
Davis of
J. 11
Cheyeenne Steam Laundry
Torrington
J. H. MceKinnon
City
Leader
Riverton
Earl Warren
Swainson
Har \Murphy of
Summers
Charles Sommers
16Th St
Holy City
Tommy
Yukon Bay
Pinkbiner
Intent
Hobbs & Heckeelint
FISK
Hering
Meadow Grove
Kelley Mercantile CO
W. C. Curtis
Shriners
Uler Jobst
Trom Casper
Mrs. May Stock
Casper
Cheyen
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