Laramie Man Killed as Auto Turns Turtle
LARAMIE Jan 10 F O Anderson of South Fourth Street died in a forenoon car crash near Hosler. The party rode about 35 mph toward Cooper Basin when the vehicle went off a high embankment. Others in the car included A Clark T H M Bennett George Cameron and T J Uyland. Three road commissioners followed in another car. Anderson likely died before reaching the hospital.
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Lanasne
Wyo
Anderson
South Fourth Street
Oo Orangvernae
Streeze
Waeen
Hosler
Ivinm
Price
Cooper Basin
Oll Cield
Boaler
Fee A Clark
T. HM. Bennett
Fremont Street
George Cameron
Second
T. J. Uyla
Aneoereeg
Syd
Coult
Fragmentary OCR Note on Local Figure and Event
An unclear, fragmented OCR passage mentions a figure named Clark and references a struggle or effort to reach land. The text is garbled with typos and missing context, making exact names, places, and outcomes difficult to determine.
Fire destroys Powell ranch garage and car near Greeley
A fire at the Powell ranch northwest of Greeley destroyed the Chandler touring car and the garage after a slight explosion. The Powell couple saved the nearby house. Total loss near 1000 dollars. Powell escaped injury as he tried to start the car. investigators suspect a short circuit started the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colo
Br. Powell
Powell Ranch
Creeley
Powell
City weighs use of new 200hp engine after Merit plant loss
Caspar Wyoming January 16 city council discusses disposition of the city bought 200-horse power pumping engine. Old and new councils meet with power to decide project as Natrona County Electric’s Merit plant destruction spurs options. A local power company seeks use for lighting and dynamo installation, suggesting city may benefit by leasing or selling the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar
Wye
Natrona County Electric Company
German Spy May Be Airplane Pied
Johnstown residents suspect Lieut. Col. Joseph Charles Markwitz, recently arrested in Longmont, may explain the Weld County air pilot mystery. Markwitz allegedly conducted nightly trips from the Stearward ranch toward the Boulder county line, fueling rumors of alien enemy activity and a large aircraft sighting in northern Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jounetown
Colo
Joseph Charles Markwits
Kaiser Wilholm
Longmont
Finery
Tedrow
Weld County
Johnstown
Dr. EE. Stearward
Boulder County
Markwitz
Steurwald
Markwaty
Colorado
Uncle Sam
Secret Service
Milliken
United States
Ives Loses Valuable Horse After Sundance Accident
Charles Ives lost a valuable fork horse in Sundance last Friday after a freight team of three horses broke loose from a poet. One animal sustained a broken leg in the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wye
Charles Ives
Sundance
Miner Burned In Powder Explosion At Belshe Mine
Blundance Wyoming January 10 A workman at the Belshe coal mine suffered severe burns when a powder explosion occurred a few days prior He escaped probable death by rolling in the snow to extinguish the flames and survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blundance
Wyo
Belshe
Afton Farmers Plow Early Despite Snow
Afton Wyoming January 10. Ranchers were seen plowing on January 1 as ground remains mostly free of deep frost. Weather conditions have allowed fields to be worked, a feat notable in Star Valley with soil working well in the afternoon.
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Afton
Wyo
Star Valley
Fire destroys tent home. mother and infant left destitute
Mrs. MacDaniels and her two months old baby escaped a blaze that ruined their tent house on the Pusl tian farm in Highland Park near Fort Collins Colorado. The mother is at her mother in law's home while the husband and his father work elsewhere in the state. word of the disaster has been sent to him but may take days to reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Colo
McDaniels
Reward Grows in Blackmail Case in Casper Wyoming
In Casper Wyoming a total reward pot grows to five thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the blackmailer who sent a threatening letter to Attorney Nichols urging kidnapping of his child and harm to his family. The county commissioners had set one thousand dollars, with private supporters adding another one thousand, and Nichols offering five hundred with a further five hundred to the Red Cross if the suspect is caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Nichols
Red Cross
Glenrock Gets Ready to Light First Electric Plant
Casper Wyoming January 10 The Glenrock Gazette reports no definite opening date for the town’s electric plant yet but expects power in a week to ten days once the oiler is installed. Machinery is in place wiring mostly complete and ornamental street standards will soon be lit with five lights per pole.
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Casper
Wyo
Glenrock
Erie
Mexican Dies as Officers Arrest Him
Deputy McCoy of the sheriff s office was en route to arrest a Mexican man in the Nelson addition when he collapsed and died in a drunken stupor. Coroner Gay notified. remains sent to morgue as efforts continue to locate the man s friends and relatives. A resident had reported a staggering Mexican in the neighborhood and requested custody. The officer found the lifeless body along the roadside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Aheriffs
Nelson
Simmons
Nelson Addition
Oil Well Supplies Under Federal Scrutiny in Casper
In Casper Wyoming J M Wadsworth federal representative surveys air supplies and need for 1918 to prevent hoarding of oil well casing piping drilling machinery and related iron and steel products. He has met many operators to document stock and avoid shortages while plans for extensive development proceed.
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Casper
Wic
J. M. Wadsworth
Oil field worker held on wire desertion charge
H C Latter, employed at Salt Creek oil fields, was arrested by the sheriff on a wire desertion charge filed by Montana authorities. He will be returned for trial unless a legal adjustment is reached before then.
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Casper
H. CC
Salt Creek
Sheriff's Office
Montana
Girl Is Burned Playing Santa Claus
Afton Wyoming January 16 a 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Clark of Freedom was badly burned when her clothes caught fire while playing Santa to her younger sister. She suffered severe facial and arm burns and doctors fear lasting scars. Mrs Mary Welchman of the L D S hospital is at the Clark home caring for her.
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Afton
Wyo
Ray Clark
Freedom
Mary Welchman
L. D. S. Hospital
Clark Home
Building coal chutes noted for locomotive refueling efficiency
A report highlights the installation or improvement of coal chutes to facilitate coaling of the company’s locomotives. It emphasizes the need to maintain a substantial fuel stock and the positive impact on operational efficiency.
Heavy Coal Shipments Move on Burlington
Moorcroft Wyoming January 10. No less than six solid trains of coal are moving east over the Burlington through Moorcroft daily to relieve the famished coal bins of the east. Wyoming has coal enough to supply the world if men mine it and rail facilities are provided.
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Moorcroft
Wyo
Burlington
Wyoming
Man Held for Failure to Return Draft Questionnaire
In Fort Collins Colorado on January 10 the sheriff detained John E Thompson after Texas authorities reported his draft questionnaire was not returned promptly Thompson asserts he filled and sent it immediately to the Texas board but local officials must await further word from Brownfield Texas before releasing him
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Fort Collins
Colo
Brownfield
Tex
Sheriff
John E. Thompson
Texas
Thompson
Texas Board
Brownfeld
Modern Telephone System Is Planned for Moorcroft
Tony Briggs has a force rebuilding the city telephone system with a fifty drop switchboard. A first class system will connect with all northern Wyoming towns and central office will be in the post office until a new home is erected.
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Moorcroft
Wyo
Tony Briggs
Wyoming
Khow
Portuguese Mutiny Threat Quelled by Lisbon Artillery
In Lisbon on January 10 the mutinous crew of the battleship Vasco de Gama fired at land batteries before government artillery from a Lisbon harbor fort subdued the ship. Part of the crew were landed and disarmed and surrendered to army and republican guard as authorities asserted order was restored.
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Lisbon
Vasco de Gama
Republican Guard
Roving bands pillage Ottoman cities in report
Geneva dispatch says brigand bands in the Ottoman empire number about 400,000 mostly former soldiers bent on pillage. They roam near towns, sometimes clash with regular troops to seize arms and food. Also note Glenrock Burlington plans $50,000 in local improvements.
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Geneva
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Glenrock
Burlington
Justice agents seize Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit society offices
Bridgeport Conn January 10 agents of the justice department seized records and documents of the Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit society a national German linked group with over 100000 members The raid followed tips from lawyer George Le Witt who said a draft eligible cited a pledge to the society as a reason to resist service Officials named in the Bridgeport branch include Xuchtst Meuich Alax Schalty and Frederick Geinits Most literature found was in German and investigators said the society urged pledges to the regular army or navy
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Bridgeport
Conn
Department of Justice
Charles H. Lane
Tou Zed
Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit Society
Lane
New York City
No. 5
Third Avenue
George le Witt
New Britain
le Witt
Alax Schalty
Frederick Geinits
Eat Less Meat If Back Hurts and Kidney Trouble
An advisory claims reducing meat intake helps kidneys avoid overwork as uric acid from meat irritates the kidneys. It promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to flush and normalize kidney function, neutralize urine acids, and deter bladder issues.
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Laramie
Auto
Troshen
Clark
White Elephant
Geo. B. McClellan
Stock Growers State Bank Worland
L. M Southard
Merchant
Worland
W. 0. Gray
Sec
Stock Growers State Bank
L. O. Gray
Manderson State Bank
Manderson
W. C. Holtz. Rauchman, Worland
U. S
Neiber
U.S
Big Orm
Copper Mounwy
Grass Creek
Treasury
Hidden Dome
Wyoming Vendome Oi Co
Walter T. Payne
West 17Th Street
Cheyenne
Wyoming Vendome Oil Company
W. M.rash
Workman
Fire Readers
Nterfelte
Mexicam
Santa Claus
Ate
Workmen's
Rock Springs
Coalmont
Louisville
Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company
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