Elk Meat for Stockmen’s Feast in Wyoming
A Wyoming hunting party consisting of A C Rice Chas T Snyder Ata Heese and Lee Rice pursued elk after Saturday's hunt. They sighted two large bulls Sunday near Careyhurst and brought both to town. The 400 pound dressed carcasses were shipped to Cheyenne for a feast in honor of stockmen during the convention week. Deep new hills slowed progress and hampered the party's travel.
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Powglas
A. C. Rice
Chas. T Snyder
Ata Heese
Lee Rice
Shtlis
Careyhurst
Fone
Cheyenne
Oil Well Deepens Near Dodgine Wyoming Field
Reports from the field state the standard rig operated by Dodglne Wyoming Oil Company on its property purchased from L. C. Bishop twelve miles west of the city has drilled to about 9000 feet. Government geologists say the same land in the Glenrook field struck at that depth will be found at 9000 feet. If the depth holds, several rigs will be put in operation soon.
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Dodglne Wyoming Oil Company
L. C. Bishop
Glenrook
Gambling ordinance enforces Casper crackdown on dice players
Three craps devotees were jailed after a Saturday arrest in Casper. At a later hearing Chas Harnett Potts and A Shay pled guilty and each fined 25 dollars. Unable to pay, they were returned to jail to work off the fine. Police vow strict enforcement of the town gambling ordinance and warn harsher penalties for future detainees.
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Casper
Chas, Harnett, & Potts
A. Shay
Lowell Purebred Cattle enters bulls for National Western Stock Show
The Lowell Purebred Cattle Company enters twenty senior Hereford bull calves and two carloads of Hereford yearling bulls for the National Western Stock Show. Observers praise the bulls as exceptionally choice and expect ribbons. A load of four-year-old Shoerthorn bulls is offered for sale due to age class limits.
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Penver
Lowell Purebred Cattle Company
Carlotti
L. F
Chicago
Laramie Considering New Motor Driven Fire Equipment
Mayor Guy Shoemaker urged the city council to buy a motor driven fire apparatus for about 14000 dollars to meet Laramie’s needs. The present obsolete gear would be traded in, reducing the net cost, and he also proposed purchasing a motor driven sprinkler system.
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Laramie
Guy Shoemaker
Counci
Lincoln Oil Boom Unabated
Lincoln county remains active in oil prospecting despite harsh weather. Promoters from Cheyenne Denver and Casper plus K T Taylor and H S Ridgely secure state land leases for over 5000 acres in LaBarge. Eight wells must be sunk by June, bringing total Laharge area wells to twenty eight in coming months including a large Kansas City company’s planned development.
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Kemmerer
Lincoln County
State Land Board
LaBarge
Frank Fon
Cheyenne
Bernstein Brothers
Joseph Brabani
Denver
K T. Taylor
Casper
H. 8. Ridgely
Cretaceous OU Company
Big Piney
Kansans
Record Number of Choreck Cattle Por Stock Show
Denver January 18 A large number of registered cattle for the National Western Stock Show are arriving and by week’s end most will be on the show grounds. Entries this year are larger than ever and if quality holds, the animals in the show will surpass prior exhibitions.
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Denver
Social Dance at K. C. Hall Friday Night
The K and Lt. of S host a social dance at K. C. hall on Friday night January 19 with admission set at 25 cents for attendees.
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K. C. Hall
Family's harrowing mountain trek ends in hospital care
Nora Cody and her two young daughters were brought to Kemmerer after three days and two nights of freezing conditions walking from a cabin above Viola. The mother and one child face serious injuries, with plans for county-supported travel to Nebraska. the son remains in Viola recovering.
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Kemmerer
Nora Cody
Phil Twichel
Viola
Mia
Cody
John Millison
Joe Guyette Ranch
J. F. Joyce
Cody Thens
Opal
Si Io
Nebraska
Miss Laura White Receives Magna Cum Laude PhD
Miss Laura White associate professor of history at the University of Wyoming has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the University of Chicago with magna cum laude the highest possible scholarly tribute. The distinction underscores exceptional achievement in advanced study and honors both the recipient and the institutions involved.
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University of Chicago
White
University
Vari-Colored Rink for Powell Skaters
Powell, Jan 18. The new cup block building is being remodeled with a hard wood floor for a skating rink. The Orange and Black Skating Rink Company has organized to operate the facility once skates arrive.
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Powell
Orange and Black Skating Rink Company
Oklahoma City double murder shocks community
Miss Nellie M Dunn a local schoolteacher was shot dead in her classroom. Minutes later Rowland D Williams music instructor and composer was killed at a nearby studio. John M Couch surrendered in Guthrie on an old charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. Mrs Mary Couch says Couch had pursued Dunn for years after she rejected him.
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Oklahoma City
Nellie M. Dunn
Rowland D. Williams
John M. Couch
Indow
Misabuno
Guthrie
Mary Couch
Couch
Misa Dunn
Brakeman Firefight On Train Ends With Beating and Shootings
An on board altercation on a train led to Jones being shot and later died in Cheyenne. Carroll, a tall powerful suspect, fought off and was beaten by Allen and others. McCune fled. Will Brown struck Carroll suspect with a maul. Funeral plans and police reports accompany the grisly scene.
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Jones
Carrol
Allen
Bill
McCune
Carroll
Will Brown
Brown
Cheyenne
Clyde
Cleero Allen
Sidney
Kimball Confesses Shooting After Train Ride to Cheyenne
Kimball claimed he was en route from New York to Cheyenne and gave the address of his mother there. He accepted full responsibility for the shooting and exonerated 16 year old McCune, described as a boy in bad company. Authorities suspect Jarrell fled to avoid a crime or wandered seeking work. In Denver, W P Troutman of Metlleland Colorado sold a flock of ewes averaging 99 pounds at $9.15 each.
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Kimball
Cheyenne
New York
McCune
Jarrell
Voggman
W. P. Troutman
Metlelland, Colo
Denver
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Miss White
Uiversity
American GaLloway Breeders’ Association
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