Casper oil pioneer Merritt visits old Natrona County roots
John Merritt, Natrona County’s first peace officer and early Casper settler, tours Gasper reflecting on 1870s-80s oil and town boom. He helped promote Casper incorporation, supported Shannon No.4 oil discovery, and now pursues a Kansas oil venture while handling Salt Creek field interests.
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Casper
Wyo
John Merritt
Natrona County
Salt Creek
Gasper
Merritt
Platte River
Riverside Drive
Charlie O'Neall
John Daly
Bill” High
Carbon County
Carbon
Natrona
Corbon
William Hawley
P. M. Shannon
United States
Comper
P. C. Niccolaysen
A. J. Gunningham
G. W. Eads
Fannie
Abe Nelson
Robert White
Douglas
Robert Taylor
Kansas
Rock River shooting linked to robbery plot
The Wyoming official report says Ruby Birch was killed at Rock River when Jose Lara fired aiming at a robbery target. Lara and Marie Mastas are jailed as investigators recount a plan to steal $450 and flee after Birch’s death.
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Laramie
Wyo
Ruby Birch
Rock River
Jose B Lara
Knotton
Thomas
Lara
Miss Birch
Marie Mastas
English Take Over French Oil Interests Near Lander
The Anglo United Oil Fields company of England has acquired French interests in the old Dallas oil field near Lander. Archibald Campbell of Kansas City is American manager. plans include redirecting the pipeline to Lander, cleaning and reworking 84 wells, and drilling 30 new wells this year. Campbell is a veteran pioneer metallurgist known in the oil fraternity.
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Dallas
Lander
Anglo United Oil Fields Company
England
Archibald Campbell
Kansas City
Campbell
Plaintiff's Evidence Submarines His Suit
Sheridan Wyoming January 4 19. A plaintiff failed in an $8300 damages suit against John Powers over sheep sold as not infested with ticks. James H Maxwell admitted on the stand he believed the seller’s statement untrue. Judge Burgess directed the jury to return a verdict for Powers.
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Sheridan
Wyo
James H. Maxwell
Clearmont
John Powers
Powers
Burgess
Jury Awards Carter One Dollar In Defamation Suit
In Sheridan Wyoming on January 19 Perry Hulse damaged the reputation of A G Carter by one dollar in a district court defamation suit filed for five thousand dollars. The jury's verdict excludes costs against Hulse due to Wyoming law on minimal verdicts.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Perry Hulse
A. G. Carter
Carter
Hulse
Wyoming
Widow must make good on husband promise in Wyoming case
In Sheridan Wyoming a jury ruled that the estate of Herman Henschke must pay $4 000 to Mrs. Ella Henschke in trust for her stepson Dr Wendell Cotton with Mrs Cotton to drop a $623 44 alimony claim against Cotton The court found a contractual relationship formed by Henschke promise and bound the estate to the minimum sum The plaintiff Mrs Cotton now Mrs Baker previously dropped the alimony suit to honor the promise
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Sheridan, Wyo
Herman Henschke
Wendell Cotton
Forsythe
Montana
Cotton
Did Not Notify Board of Estrays Resulting in Damages
In Shtridan Wyoming on January 19 the district court found Tom Davis liable for $160 and court costs after Julio sued for $560 damages. The verdict says Davis failed to notify the state livestock board about estrayed horses belonging to Nick Julio, hindering recovery of the animals and crop losses.
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Shtridan
Wyo
Tom Davis
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Nick Julio
Davis
Julio
State Board
Team patiently await dead master's voice after wagon accident
OPAL Wyoming Jan. 19 Five hours after a freight wagon driven by William H. Marshall overturned on the Big Piney road six horses stood waiting for attention from their dead owner. Thac White arrived later and unhitched the team. Marshall was crushed beneath the merchandise as the wagon went over an embankment.
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Opal
Wyo
William H. Marshall
Big Piney Road
Marshall
Thac White
Big Piney
Land Office Removal Expected Before March in Newcastle
Report from Gray Tallman, commissioner of the general land office, indicates the Sundance land office at Newcastle will be removed before March 1, though the formal order has not yet been issued.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Sundance Land Office
Gray Tallman
General Law Office
Jackson residents denounce elk extermination propaganda
Jackson Hole residents hold a mass meeting to reject reports that elk are starving or being unlawfully killed. They pledge cooperation with state and federal authorities and say hay is available, with more to be procured if needed.
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Jackson
Wyo
Saturday Evening Post
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Jackoon Hole
Jackson's Hole
Stout Not Responsible for Theft of Liquor
Edward C. Cackley sues John D. Stout for 41331.40 claiming liquor stored in Stout’s Sheridan warehouse was stolen by a man now in prison. The jury found no negligence and denied a judgment against Stout, though liquor remains a legal gray area in Wyoming law.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Edward C. Cackley
John D. Stout
Cackley
Stout
Oil Found at Shallow Depth Near Thermopolis
A Thermopolis oil company reports oil at 400 feet, far shallower than the expected 1,000 feet, in Frontier sand 14 miles east of Thermopolis and east of Kirby creek. The well yields about two to three barrels. drilling plans continue toward deeper Embar sand likely to produce oil in paying quantities.
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Thermopolis Oil Company
Thermopolis
Kirby Creek
Frontier
Knighten's Victim Recovering Rapidly
George Osborne, shot seven times by David Knighten, is progressing steadily and nearing release from danger. Knighten remains in sheriff custody and is expected to obtain bail this week. The shooting stems from Knighten's claim that Osborne caused a rift with his wife, and divorce proceedings involving Mrs. Knighten may be heard in Niobrara County court.
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Douglas
Wyo
George Osborne
David Knighten
Knighten
Osborne
Niobrara County
Knighton
Kasoming Receives 20 Year Gas Franchise in Rawlins
Rawlins Wyoming January 19. The Rawlins town council grants Kasoming Oil a twenty year natural gas franchise to supply illumination heating and power. Gas will be piped from the Mahoney Dome with a well daily capacity of 50 400 000 cubic feet. Within a year three city consumers must start receiving gas.
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Rawlins, Wyo
Rawlins Town
Kasoming Oil Company
Rawlins
Mahoney Dome
Kaseming Company
Fifty Rigs on Job in New Osage Field
Fifty drilling rigs are on the ground in the new Osage oil field near Newcastle Wyoming. Thirty shallow producing wells have been completed with several more rigs expected this week. Drilling will proceed in a strip about miles long and five miles wide.
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New Osage Field
Newcastle
Ws Wyo
Osage
Bald
Injured Aviator to Fly Again in Buffalo Bid
Bert L. Cole, injured in a crash that killed passenger Miss Maude Toomey, has recovered enough to direct repairs on the damaged airplane. He plans to go to Buffalo, New York, to pilot an eight seater biplane to Casper.
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Casper
Wyo
Bert L. Cole
Maude Toomey
Cole
Buffalo
N. Y
Newcastle Teachers Win $200 Raise Prompted by Board
Newcastle Wyoming January 19 The entire Newcastle public school teaching staff had threatened to desert but the school board granted a raise of $200 a year to the teachers to avert the walkout.
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Newcastle
Newcastle, Wyo
Newcastle Public Schools
Williams Held for Trial in Wyoming Slaying
GREEN RIVER WY Jan 19 John Williams the man who shot Bert Lacey at the Sweetwater county hospital last week has been formally charged with murder and will be tried in the next district court term. It is alleged the shooting was not accidental and may involve unwritten law. Mrs Williams is held as a material witness against her husband.
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Green River
Wyo
John Williams
Bert Lacey
Sweetwater County Hospital
Services for Philip Brown Held Saturday
Funeral services for Philip Brown were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Episcopal church, with Rev. C. A. Bennett officiating. Pallbearers included Walter Berrer, Ralph L. West, A. N. Ries, J. Sullivan, Fred R. Stevenson and William M. Goss. Clyde Early-Bricker Brothers arranged the funeral.
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Philip Brown
Thames Street
C. A. Bennett
Episcopal Church
Walter Berrer
Ralph L. West
A. N. Ries
J. ¥. Sullivan
Fred R. Stevenson
William M. Goss
Clyde Early-Bricker Brothers
Foey Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Kidney Ailments
W W Wells of Toquin Michigan reports fatigue and persistent pains from kidney issues eased by Foey Kidney Pills. He says the product makes him feel like a new man and recommends it to customers as satisfying relief. Sold everywhere.
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W. W. Wells
Toquin, Mich
Fugitives From Military School Caught in Cheyenne
Charles Dill and Roy Sprague, about 45, were captured in Cheyenne after escaping a military school in Kearney Nebraska. Dill hails from Shoshone Idaho and Sprague from Wheatland. Sheriff BE Smalley sent them home last night.
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Charles Dill
Roy Sprague
Cheyenne
Kearney
Nebraska
Dill
Shoshone
Idaho
Prague
Wheatland
BE. J. Smalley
Weather summary and temperature records for the date
The report lists temperatures from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with highs of 58 and lows of 46. It notes a mean date temperature of 52, 2 degrees warmer recent change, and weather as clear to partly cloudy. Wind reached 70 mph from the west with one 1:33 p.m. peak. Precipitation since January 4 is 0.49 inches normal. 0.19 inches total since January 1.
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Velocity Rieartstesens Ai
Coughing Night and Day Recalled by Georgia Man
John Vignitv of Elberton Georgia writes that after a severe fall cold he suffered coughing fits and throat soreness. He took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in eight doses over two hours and soon recovered, calling Foley's the best cough medicine made.
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John Vignitv
Elberton
Thompson Girl in Burke's Custody
Mary Thompson a 44 year old girl pleaded guilty to forging her mother's name on checks around 300 dollars Judge Mentzer committed her to the care of E W Burke state humane officer for private home custody If unsuitable she may be sent to an institution
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Mary Thompson
Anna Altman
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Board of Estrays
Saturday Post
Kasoming
Williams
Thompson
Burke
Pone 92
Grippe
Hollister
Sands-Hays Drug Co
Forbes Pharmacy
the Wyoming Trust & Savings. Bank
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Fletcher
Castoria
THE
CEN
American National Bank
Cheyenne, Wyo
Taylor & Clay
C. A. Graham
Plains Hotel
Lusk
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