Pioneer Here Sergeant Wiehtel Venry Visits Cheyenne
A note on Sergeant Henry Wiehtel Venry a founder of western military poets visits Cheyenne on his way from Texas to Santa Barbara. He was born in New York and rose from bugler to sergeant at Fort Leavenworth. He served under General Crook and participated in the Ash Hollow and Rosebud campaigns and later protected government and telegraph lines.
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Wiehtel Venry
Eimng
Wyomine
Nebraska
Chevense
Txvugiae
Santa Barbara
al Ifornmth
Hudsoo Bank
Powosta Coal Co
Jarae
Torrington
Henry
New York
Governors Jemnd School of Militar
Torring
Cheyenne
Fort Leavenworth
Kane
Kansas
Harney
Misxnuti River
Our County
Bugler Henry
Ash Hollow
Fort Kearney
General Crook
Utah
Sergeant Henry’s Civil War Valor and Western Ranch Life
Serjeant Henry rose to captain in a tin company before returning to the regular army where he achieved the rank of sergeant. He fought in the hot southern battles including Gettysburg with heavy losses. In 1860 he became a fur trader with Vere Tlenre of New York. later, after land opened, he filed on a homestead near Brown Springs in 1877 and built a ranch raising horses, sheep, and cattle. His herd supplied stock for a county fair and earned respect for his straightforward dealings and wealth built by effort.
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Henry
New York
Congress
Marte River
Serjeant
Menry
Dongias
J. F
Menty
Railroad Laborer Killed Digging Out Train Near Arminto
Casper February 22 A Burlington railroad laborer Ben Robb was instantly killed while helping dig a freight engine from a drift near Arminto Tuesday. County Coroner Gay Wrought transported the body to Casper. Robb worked the night shift and did not notice the approach of the Creight from the opposite track. The body was badly mangled. few details about his family or friends are known.
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Casper
Ben Robs
Burlington
Arminto
Gay
Casper Robb
Competitive civil service examinations listed for March dates
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for March. Positions include clerk language model, electrical engineer, landscape gardener, stenographer and typewriter, foreman brick mason, engineer in experimental work, inspector of gauges, junior mechanical engineer in ordinance, copyist draftsman, assistant in market business practice, civil engineer, superintendent of construction, and aid in the bureau of standards with various male salary ranges.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bricksaker
Cota
Acre
Ordinance Department of
U.S. A
Bureau of Standards
Great Rush Continues in Douglas Land Office
Douglas Feb 22 After six weeks under the new homestead law applications arrive at a steady pace. About 150 filings weekly and 25 daily fill the Douglas land office. Register Fowler and staff are overwhelmed keeping records and processing papers. The office is roughly 400 applications behind and working overtime to catch up.
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Douglas, Fe
Douglas Land Office
Wardlaw Sets Speed Record In State Legislature
Rep. Columbus Wardlaw of Powell made a rapid bid on HW MW 149 a irrigation districts bill. He moved it through the House in seven minutes after being aided by the rules committee and a favorable committee of the whole then the bill died in the Senate. Wardlaw’s speed act drew praise for his fairness and ability from colleagues.
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Columbus Wardlaw
Powell
Wardlaw
Suaperman
Mer Wardlaw
Navueht
Senate
State Land Board Rules Today on Atkinson Lease
The state land board is expected today to settle the disposition of the Atkinson lease for section 16 in the Dig Muddy near Casper. About thirty applicants seek the land, a dispute halted since January 1917 by Delatt. Local residents are among the contenders and vow to fight the matter to a finish.
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State Land Board
Casper
Delatt
Yoder Reports Hard Session and Stock Conditions
Jess Yoder of Olingwater Wyoming describes a hard legislative session and ongoing market conditions. He notes good weather in the Chugwater district with stock feeding ongoing and smaller losses, while west of Laramie unusually severe weather has caused stock losses he considers exaggerated. Denver Record-Stockman.
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Jess Yoder
Olingwater
Wye
Yoder
Wyoming
Chugwater
Laramie
Denver Record-Stockman
Card Ranch Invites Movie Company for Summer Shoot
H B Card extends an invitation for a film crew to use Manville Ranch this summer to shoot scenes. Neal Hart of University City California says he hopes to participate with notable stars. Hart adds local hires will be needed to fill roles in several scenes.
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Douglas
H. B. Card
Moyor Picture Company
Manville
Avenes
Mr. Card
Neal Hart
University City
Cal
Mr. Hart
Vladivostok Faces Coal Shortage Amid War Demands
Vladi vostok faces a coal famine as ships ferry ammunition, with government limits on fuel in hotels and public buildings. Prices soar and even the well to do suffer from constrained supply and rising costs for heating.
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Vladivostok
Postpone Bone Drawn By Desert Liquor Law
Residents of the surrounding desert face a dry slate barrier as a federal liquor transport law blocks the last option for serving drinks. Liquor vendors fear limited operations and plan to maximize sales in Wyoming over the next three years.
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Wyoming
Weather Notice for Wyoming Snow Likely Friday and Saturday
A brief weather bulletin indicates chances of snow in Wyoming on Friday and Saturday with colder conditions expected on Friday. No city specifics provided.
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Wyoming
Sinclair to take publicity work for Great Western Sugar
Burke H. Sinclair, private secretary to Gov. Kendrick and editor of the Cheyenne State Leader, will not accompany the new senator to Washington. He has accepted a Great Western Sugar company post to organize and manage its publicity department. He will keep ties to the State Leader and continue efforts to grow the paper.
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Burke H. Sinclair
John B. Kendrick
Cheyenne
Washington
Great Western Sugar Company
Wyoming
Sinclair
Haus
Cheyenne Five to Play Douglas Quintet Tonight
Cheyenne high school basketball team travels by Colorado and Southern train at 10 20 to Douglas for a game against the local five. They hope for a second victory after last meeting’s decisive Cheyenne win. After the contest they head to Wheatland for tomorrow’s game. Coach Robert Cochrane leads Truckey Peabody Hopkins Volk Magor and Milligan on the trip.
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Cheyenne
Colorado & Southern
Douglas
Wheatland
Rawlins
Mrs Mary Gridley Seeks Divorce From Joseph Gridley
Mrs Mary Gridley files in district court for divorce from husband Joseph Gridley accusing habitual drunkenness desertion and non support She also seeks child support for their only son Willie 14 years old
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Mary Gridley
District Court
Joseph Gridley
Willie
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A Cincinnati inventor introduced Freezone a tiny bottle labeled as a magic fluid for corns and calluses. Small bottles are sold at drug stores for a few cents and claim painless relief with drops that loosen and lift hard or soft corns and between the toes.
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Cincinnati
Freezone
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Breath Freshening Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a substitute for calomel. The copy claims the olive tablets cleanse the bowels, improve breath, and benefit the whole system with minimal after effects. It emphasizes a vegetable formula and olive color, urging one or two tablets daily for a week.
Oil Boom Looms in Meeteetse Region This Season
Reports indicate major oil companies plan multiple drillings across Whitney, Sunshine basin, and Poverty flat fields. Elk basin and Peerlers holdings shift to Elks basin oil company with geologist Kes selhut leading exploration, anticipating two to three rigs before warm weather. Additional rigs on Poverty flat and Little Buffalo gas plays promise increased crews and industrial activity.
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Meeteetse
Whitney, Sunshine Basin
Poverty Flat
Rige
Peerlers Oil Company
Whitney Ranch
Spring Creek
Elks
Elk Basin
Little Buffalo
Oil Men Organize to Protect Selves in Casper
Casper Wyoming February meeting unites oil men from Casper Riverton and statewide districts. Constitution by laws and articles of incorporation adopted in Cheyenne. fifteen directors to be chosen. Barriers to wildcat stock schemes and publicity plans outlined, aiming to protect original oil locators on public domain.
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Casper
Industrial Club Rooms
Riverton
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Midwest
Hjorth
Ohio
Hall
Reed
Exploration
Congress
Washington
Ferris-Phelan O
California
West Virginia
Huge building planned for Constantinople University
The minister of instruction announced a decision to construct a massive college building to house the University of Constantinople. Currently faculties are scattered across the city.
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Constantinople
University of
Arrest Slayer Suspect Surrenders Gun at Mrs Lewis Home
Police report details a suspect leaving a loaded revolver with six chambers at 615 West Eighteenth Street with Mrs. Lewis who feared a loaded weapon. The gun showed signs of recent firing while two .28 cartridges were found on the suspect during jail intake. The prisoner remained nervy as officers anticipated a possible confession to reveal the motive and full story behind the shooting.
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Smith
Army Appropriation Bill Passed by House Without Amendment
Washington February 22 The army appropriation bill passed the house today without a record vote. It carries a quarter of a billion dollars in funding. An attempt to add universal training legislation was defeated on a joint order.
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Washington
Army
Anuric marketed as uric acid remedy promotion
A dated advertisement touts Anuric as a harmless medicine to relieve ailments tied to uric buildup. It claims to lower uric acid by stimulating joint activity and promises relief from headaches neuralgia and lumbago with dosage after meals. The ad instructs mailing a dollar to a Buffalo New York address for full treatment details.
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Aoe
Pierce
Dy. Co
Hows
Buffalo
N.Y
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Service Paams
Mac
Ron Wioming
The
Stock Growers National Bank
Atkinson Lease
Fridgay
State Leader
Senator Kendrick
Cheyenne Five
Jos. Gridley
Leders
NEW Edison
Frank J. Hanesch
Edison
Edison Shop
Buly 4
Schoel
Cers
Br Ds. LW. i
Eort
First National Bank
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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