Shafroth Seeks Denver Lead for Farm Loan District
Senator Shafroth of Colorado introduced a bill to create a thirteenth farm loan district spanning Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico with the bank in Denver. He urged the bank be moved from Neax to Denver.
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Shafroth
Denver
Washington, D. C
Henator Shafroth
Colorado
DMI
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Neax
Farm Loan Board
Convention program outlines forestry and stock interests panel
Delegates from western states attend a three day convention opening with music addresses by officials from Wyoming Texas and Montana. Topics cover 640 acre homestead bills forest management predatory animal control and disease prevention with panels on live stock marketing health and sanitation and plans for exterminating predatory wildlife.
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George C Marter
Chereate
Wro
J.B Kendrick
Wyoming
Revert D. Cares
Hirowers
Arenes
James
Allan
Ton Dwikkt
A. K. Fisher
United States Biological Survey
Louis D. Hall
Washington, D.C
Market Committee of American Nations
Live Stock Association
E.L. Burke
A. E. Riggles
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of Interior and Aiterney
Conquittee
E. C. Lasater
J. T. Pryor
Vo M. Potter
Bureas
Animal Industry
W. J. Butler
Montana
W. A. Cochel
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
E. I. Potter
Animal Husband
Oregon Agricultural College
J. M. Jones
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
R. Mohler
Voter Misperceptions in Illinois Rally Referendum
A fragment notes that several Illinois women may have backed Mr. Hughes under the mistaken belief that the Republican chairman was Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The remark hints at confusion over leadership during a local political moment.
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Hughes
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Women Build Platform for Neutral Conference Event
Rosalind Fuller of England leads women forming a platform for speakers at the American neutral conference celebration in New York. The young women who built the platform symbolize the nations involved in the war, with each plank representing a federation goal.
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Mise Rosalind Fuller
England
New York
Federation
Wildlife in Wyoming faces elk bears beaver and sheep issues
A Wyoming wildlife report notes elk losses from a hard winter and disease, suggests fencing weak calves to save calves, and mentions elk predation by wolves with several local arrests. It calls for better bear management arguing public support is split while beaver damage permits could channel proceeds to owners and the state.
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Preneh
Ee. Nayler
Hird Brothers
Lincoln C County
Wilson
Montana
Wyoming Hne
Wyoming National Forest
Humber
Wyoming
Wilson Hirmself
Ben F Swisher Optometrist and Optician Ad
Swisher is listed as an optometrist and optician at 215 West 17th Street offering eye care services. The brief note identifies his professional focus and address.
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Ben F. Swisher
West 17Th Street
Allies Weigh Neutrality and New War Plans
The piece discusses German views on U S neutrality amid British plans to arm neutral and allied ships. It notes Berlin’s doubt over American neutrality, the Wilson note as a potential warning, Lansing’s brink of war stance, and the entente reply to Germany's peace note delivered by the Swiss minister in Berlin.
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Germany
America
Merlin
Washington
United States
Ihs
Lansing
Gerard
Europe
Berlin
Entente
House Talks Peace Deferred Yet Again
Col. House reiterates peace talks but defers action to tomorrow. Lodge opposes the resolution arguing it drags the United States into European politics and that Von Sternstorff's statement supports the view the note seeks to aid Germany.
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Lodge
United States
von Sternstorff
Germany
City Commission weighs pay raise support in Cheyenne
Cheyenne officials hear public backing for a proposed pay increase with a general favorable mood among citizens after talks with Mayor LaFontaine. Most speakers support the raise although a full grant remains unlikely, with a decision expected at the next city commission meeting. A petition on saloon license issuance was also received by the commission.
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Cheyenne
LaFontaine
City Commission
Cheyenne Fire Tragedy Coroner Finds Gross City Negligence
Coroner’s jury reports that Roy A White and his family perished in a December 1916 Inter Ocean hotel fire in Cheyenne Wyoming. They find two bodies discovered with the mother and a third body Guy White, infant Hubert White died from extensive burns. The jury faults city officials for failing to enact fire and building ordinances and accuses owner Edward Chase of gross negligence for lacking proper exits.
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Guy White
Hubert White
Roy A. White
Ethel M. White
St. John’s Hospital
Cheyene
Wyo
Inter Ocean Hotel
Cheyenne
St. John's Hospital
Burt Michaels
City of
W Edward Chase
Edward Chase
Churches Urge Cheyenne Officials On Liquor Law Violations
A group of Cheyenne church leaders urges city officials to deny liquor license applications for saloon operators with court records. They cite a case where an alleged violator of minor liquor sale laws serves time for manslaughter and call for exemplary enforcement to deter future breaches.
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Cheyenne
Riley
Tnd
Edwin E. Brace
Methodist Church
Geo. van Winkle
First Baptist Church
J. S. Stubblefield
First Presbyterian Church
John J. Shingler
First Congregational Church
F. S. Crabbe
Arthur Huston
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Lax hotel negligence cited in inter ocean fire case
Jury finds Burnham Hotel Co liable for gross negligence in fire alarm delay and poor evacuation. High voltage wires near building blamed for Roy A White’s death. Findings note lack of fire escapes exits lights signs hoses and up to roof walls. Case dates December 1916 and addresses multiple laxities and risks.
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Burnham Hotel Co
Roy A. White
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