Conventions and Freight Rates Highlight Cheyenne Meeting
At the Greater Cheyenne club session, R M Lamont urged attracting conventions to Cheyenne to boost traffic and revenue. A plan to create a public utilities committee and seek state wide club cooperation was approved as leaders prepare a drive to host the State Dry Farm Association and other gatherings.
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Greater Cheyenne Club
R. M. Lamont
BH BE. Lonebaugh
Sheridan
New Jersey
State Board of Equalization
Albin-Cheyenne
Ira B. Fee
Dickert
J. B. Guthrie
R. N. LaFontaine
Arnold Kruckman
Bureau of Aeronautica
Cheyenne
Kruckman
Wyoming
Paign
Lamont
Bates
State Dry Farm Association
Jireh
Orin Junction
Prosser
Here
Greater Cheyenne
Miners and Guards Clash Near Ludlow in 1914 Burned Air
Testimony to the congressional investigation describes the Ludlow battle between miners and guards at Berwind and Tabasco mines. Charles ONeill said shots opened October 26 from hills wounding two children of Frank Wooten. troops later took charge. Witnesses cite intimidation by union defectors as a cause of the strike and election meddling.
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Trinidad
Ludlow
Congressional Tanedation Committee
Charles O'Neill
Berwind
Tabasco
Iie
Herwind
Vickers
Frank Wooten
Toops
James Cameron
Hastings
Sesson
W. F P. Daley
United States District Attorney
The Other Man Eye of Body Confession Read in Court
Justice Brown ruled Mrs Cyntha Buffum competent to testify about her December confession in Buffalo hotel. She described how Earnest Frahm pressured her to elope and how she decided to poison her husband Willis Buffum with horse liniment doped with poison after he accused her of an affair.
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Little Valley
N. Y
C. H. Brown
Cyntha Buffum
Buffalo
Earnest Frahm
Frahm
Willis
Olson
President Signs 8 Hour Day Law for Women
Washington newspaper notes President Wilson signed an eight hour day law limiting women workers in the District of Columbia to nine hours per day. The measure affects conditions in business houses and industrial plants, signaling a sudden change in labor practices in the capital.
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Washington, L.c
Wilson
District of Columbia
Redfield Sees Tariff Impact On U S Industry In Ohio Speech
William C Redfield secretary of commerce spoke to Hamilton Ohio business leaders about the tariff and its real effects on industry. He noted many factors beyond the tariff influence factory activity and promised more details in a continuation on page 2.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton
Ohio
William C Redfield
Commerce
Wilson
Redfield
Florida Shivers Against Severe Snow Storm Blanks South
The south and southeast shivered under a general snowstorm that blanketed the Atlantic coast as far south as Georgia and Florida. Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi report the heaviest snowfall. Macon logged six inches. Temperatures near freezing were recorded in New Orleans Mobile and other gulf points.
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Atlanta
Atlantic Seaboard
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Mississipi
Macon
New Orleans
Mobile
Gulf Points
Illinois Mine Workers Open Annual Convention in Peoria
The United Mine Workers of Illinois opened their annual convention in Peoria today with Mayor E N Woodruff delivering the welcome. Three hundred sixty five delegates have voting privileges, with more expected to attend as the meeting may run for two or three weeks.
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Peoria
Ill
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Thaddress
E. N. Woodruff
Five asbestos firms merge to form large Midwest group
Denver reports the consolidation of five major asbestos producers into the Midwest Asbestos company with $8 million capital. The new firm controls 2200 acres of prime asbestos land on Casper Mountain Wyoming and plans plants for fiberizing raw ore and making shingles and boards.
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Denver
Midwest Asbestos Company
United States
Consolidated Companies
Casper Mountain
Natrona County
Wyo
Casper
Sebestos Producta
Kaunas
Pacific
Thew
Coaper
Burlington
Northweslern
Chief Two Guns White Calf Moves With Blackfoot Tribe
A Blackfoot group on the Montana Blackfeet reservation near Glacier National Park migrates camp. The image shows Chief Two Guns White Calf’s household en route with travois pulled by two ponies, illustrating traditional transport vs the later Red River cart. The piece notes travel by travois predates modern alternatives and references regional history and a proposed world flight by a British crew.
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Two Guns
White Calf's
Blackfoot Reservation
Glacier National Park
Montana
Per
Fort Collins council sets 150 monthly street rent for Mountain States
Fort Collins considers renting streets to Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph at 150 dollars a month paid in advance. The city audits fixed charges while investigating fair value amid long-standing nonpayment, with officials noting the firm’s Fort Collins gross receipts around 845000 yearly. Cheyenne and Greeley are mentioned in related debates.
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Fort Collins
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
City Counseil
Fort Colling
Thea Company
Ely
Colorado Springs
Mountain Statey Telephone & Telegraph Company
Telephone Company
Eity Hads
Greeley
Mountain States Company
Cheyenne
Hanging of American in Mexico Stirs Texas Border
Reports from Laredo El Paso and Nuevo Laredo describe Mexican authorities delaying confirmation of Clemente Vergara an American ranchman executed by federals sparking calls from Consul Garrett for his body. Authorities say investigation continues as tensions rise along the border.
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Washington
Garrett
Nuevo Lareco
Clemente Vergara
State Department
Huerta
Ntlaclao
Mexico
Vergara
Eurlier
Leteher Athdhubua
Villa
Benton
Laredo
Texas
Midalgo
Can
Federala
Altitude Record Smashed Near San Diego
The altitude record set by Lieutenant H. B. Pond in a recent mission was broken today as Theodore McCauley, an aviator assigned to the project, reached a height of 12,139 feet near San Diego.
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San Diego
H. B. Pond
Theodore McCauley
Wyoming lands opened by federal lease urge action
A Sheridan attorney urges Cheyenne leaders to press Congress and the president to lease withdrawn public lands in Wyoming. The petition, signed by Mayor Lafontaine and city officials, calls for action to open coal oil and gas lands to development and investment.
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Cheyenne
Wie
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Wong Thin
Fr. &. Lonabaugh
R. N. Lafontaine
Ireater Cheyenne Club
Thomas Heaney, Jr
Industrial Club
Barkedale
Jaugehiin
Congress of the United States
Washington, D. C
Wyoming
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Westinghouse Company
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Eye OF Body
Rcufield
Department of Commerce
Illinois Mine Worker
Number Hamn
C. H. Raine
Mercantile Bank of Memphis, Tenn
Frankly Names
Wall Street
Hurts
EL Paso
A. Michael
Union Trust Company of
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SS Nie Afferneum Herald
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