Wyoming Franchises Challenged in Sheridan Court
In Sheridan Wyoming M A Newell and A E Bonham sue the city to invalidate a 10 year electric franchise granted to American Electric Light and Power. The court overruled a motion to strike parts of the petition and a trial date was not set. The case tests the legality of the franchise under a new city government form law.
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Enterline
la Fletche
Frank M. Downer
LaFletche
J. J. O'Marr
Eulertine
LaFlerche
Sheridani
van Adeptell
Batentine
la Fieiche
la Fleiche
Electric Light Franchise
Downer
Elizabeth Galbraith Awarded $2000 Verdict
Mrs. Elizabeth Galbraith received a $2000 jury verdict after a brewery truck struck her in Philadelphia on January 17, fracturing her skull and causing permanent crossed eyes.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth Galbraith
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ad Promises Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as unsurpassed for coughs and colds. It claims pleasant taste and asserts it contains no opium or narcotics and that it always cures, with distribution through all dealers.
Sheridan Woman Hurt in Coasting Accident
Sheridan reports the first coasting accident of the season on South Thurmond street as Emma C Thurmond is struck by a heavy bob-step sled, breaking her left leg and bruising her face and body. Passenger Walter Beckwith sprained an ankle. others unharmed. The sled nearly hit a telephone pole and narrowly avoided a larger party. Thurmond was taken to the Bowman home on Burkitt street after extraction.
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Miss Thurmond
Bowman
Burkitt Street
Sled accident at hill event injures walker near South Brooks
Doctors were called and the injured woman was moved to her home in South Brooks Arrent. The accident was deemed not the coaster’s fault as such mishaps can occur. Several deep ruts on the hill and a sled hopping from one to another caused the loss of control at the hill’s foot where speeds are greatest.
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South Brooks Arrent
Open
Itia
Mighty Hum of Dynamo''s Part Disturbs Town
AMPERE New Jersey January 17 A 12 ton rotor at twice its ordinary speed produced a roar like Niagara in a factory test. Engineers built earthworks and heavy protective enclosures to catch possible flying fragments as the rotor ran at 600 rpm and a perimeter point reached 16600 feet per minute. The setup underscored the immense forces involved and the care taken for worker and neighbor safety.
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Ampere
N. J
Niagara
Cascarets Promised Clean Inside For Bowels And Liver
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a gentler, nightly remedy to cleanse the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases ease bile from the liver and evacuate constipated waste. It claims a 10 cent box keeps the head clear stomach sweet and bowels regular while noting children also need gentle cleansing.
Weight of 12 ton rotor rises to 48 million pounds during test
During a rotor test the weight load reached 48 000 000 pounds while the 200 horsepower motor drove the rotor and the noise of water like falling streams faded as speed declined. The three rotors were components of AC generators planned for Pacific coast installation.
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Ampers
Pacific Coast
Hears Hotels Get Protection
New York January 17. Six months after Herman Rosenthal murder the police methods probe continues. District attorney examines evidence that 28 Harlem hotels paid 100 dollars monthly for protection against police harassment and hundreds of similar apartment houses paid 25 to 75 dollars monthly each.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Harlem
Army unveils 4 ounce tablet meal for emergency rations
A four ounce tablet serves as an entire meal in the U S Army s latest emergency ration system. The compact provision aims to simplify field sustenance while ensuring caloric needs are met for soldiers in urgent operations.
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United States Army
North Platte Valley Emerges as Lamb Feeding Hub
The North Platte valley west of Bridgeport into Wyoming shows strong potential for lamb fattening with alfalfa and sugar beets supporting cattle as well. Railroads estimate about 300 000 lambs on feed, attracting feeders from Colorado and New Mexico, despite high corn costs 85 to 95 cents per hundred.
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North Platte Valley
Valey
Bridgeport
Wyoming Line
Guernsey
Drovers Journal Stockman
South Omaha
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Newcastle oil millionaire leaves charity with string attached
The will of Thomas W. Phillips of Newcastle, Pa., admitted to probate in Los Angeles, states he left 75000 to a Christian church with the condition it accept no aid from John D. Rockefeller or his board. He also bequeathed property worth about 100000 in California, and carried a lifelong grudge against Standard Oil.
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Los Angeles
Standard Ofl
Thomas W. Phillips
Newcastle
Christian Church
John 0. Rockefeller
General Educational Board
Phillips
Rives
California
Six Million Parcels Handled In Parcel Post First Week
Washington January 17 experts of the postoffice department report six million parcels were handled in the first seven days of the parcel post system. Figures come from Hitchcock based on reports from 1,594 city delivery post offices and estimates from the others nationwide.
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Washington
Parcel Post
Postoffice Department
Hitchcock
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