Dynamite near miss at empty camp stove shocks traveler
F J Thomas, a well known state resident, thawed out after a freezing trip in an uninhabited camp. He searched for dynamite in the camp store and was nearly killed when a stove exploded. Abbott, a freighter, had placed a stick of dynamite in the stove to safeguard it during his absence.
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F. J. Thomas
Thomas
Douglas Hospital
Clement Ayera
Abbott
Ayers Place
Thoman
Abbot
Oldest Wyo Couple Celebrates 58th Wedding Anniversary
Sheridan January 21 report marks the fifty-eighth anniversary of Captain and Mrs Washington Rawlins of Sheridan. The couple’s celebration at daughter Ella Arnold’s home drew two sons L T Rawlins and Frank W Rawlins with families. Daughter Mrs George Fox of Oregon could not attend. Married January 1863 in DeWitt Iowa, the Captain served in the Civil War with an Iowa regiment and remains active in the G A R. He and his wife are both 76 and in good health.
Opossum Migration Sparks Local Interest
Speculation runs about how a southern opossum ended up in Dayton with the rare animal mounted after it fell into a trap set by George Evans, a local trapper.
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Dayton
Jana
Toeorze Evans
Tusk Youth Winshine. Denver, Jan. 21.-Racell Rey nolds of Lusk, Wro., was awarded
Racell Reynolds of Lusk Wyoming earned a prize at a Denver event dated January 21. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the reader can note the award and the participants’ locations.
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Tusk
Denver
Racell Reynolds
Lusk
Wro
Patterson Cup Best Steer Scandal At County Clock Show
Report from Reynolds Creek farm notes a boy aged under 18 won the afiver cup for the best steer at the clock show but the steer was later killed and entered in a dressing contest with a third prize awarded. The 1420 pound steer drowned while owned by Lernolds and tied to a ranch via Womba site. A separate case from Evanston cites detective Pendergraft jailed for theft from a Union Pacific platform. Rail line renewal talks claim a North Platte to Medicine Bow off-line project may cross Colorado & Southern near Bordeaux Wyoming.
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J. M. Patterson
Reynolds
Womba
Lernolds
U.P. Cetin
Wheatland
Union Pacific Railroad Company
North Platte
Nel
Medicine Row
Wyo
Colorado & Southern
Wyoming
Bordeaux
State Briefs Mixed Wyoming News and Accidents
A Wyoming roundup reports a runaway ram accident injuring James Freel, plus transfers of the Upton News Letter ownership to Frank Douglas and Juan Jenking. Notables include W A Freeman, Fred W Geddes. a Sutherland ranch fire. Ice strike on James Warburton. company I W N G election. several deaths and births. New York notes describe bread shortages and a long trek for work amid a family tragedy.
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Newcastle
James Freel
Upton
Frank Douglas
Juan Jenking
Upton News Letter
J. M. Skinner
Leaver
Dan
Wyoming
Denver
W. A. Freeman
Walcott
Fred W. Geddes
Jamie
Albany Lake
Sponcer
Sutherland
Kivanston
James Warburton
Wheatland
D. McDougall
Evanston
Enoch Turmer, Jr
Widow files restate to bank after husband’s death
Annie Horton Sebas, widow of President Sebas of the defunct Continental Savings Bank, turns over bank property valued under $104,000 to the bank’s receiver. The bank, placed in receivership ten weeks ago, had real estate deeded to the bank at the dying man’s request and now appears under new ownership.
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Hank
Meuphis Fen
Annie
Horton Sebas
Presidant Sebas
Coeotinental Sayings Bank
Schas
Army cuts practice marches to three per year
Washington June 2 Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff of the army issues a general order reducing annual practice marches from seven to three to balance training. The three marches for this year run April 1 to November 1 with sessions by companies, battalions, and the entire garrison for three to six days, three to six days, and six to ten days respectively, emphasizing efficiency in field training and other core drills.
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Washington
Army of the
United States
Hal
Leonard Wood
Digestive aid ad promotes Diapepsin relief
An old style ad urges readers to keep Diapepsin powder at home to digest meals and ease indigestion. It claims fast relief from gas sour stomach and discomfort within minutes, noting accuracy of dosage on the package and urging pharmacist verification.
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Pape
McAleaters Officer Dies in Hunting Accident
McAleater Will Din, former deputy sheriff, was accidentally killed while hunting at McAleater. He reportedly dragged a shotgun through a wire fence when the incident occurred amid a family dispute involving a man recently wounded by gunfire.
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McAleaters
Qhia
McAleater Will Din
Sheriiff
The
Itta
Hitt
Mighting on Songs Pur Old Time Lary
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans speaks in Chicago about lifelong search for contentment amid traumas and interruptions, noting inability to find what life yields to many people as he rests between duties.
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Culengo
Robley D. Evans
Chicago
Changing Homes and Sea Life in the Admiral’s View
The speaker plans to move from Washington to California to be near the ocean and grow business interests. He notes no job on earth matches commanding a fleet, while the admiral’s career continues beyond political shifts as long as pensions permit.
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Busi Enterprises
Washington
California
Presidenta
Colorado Merchants Oppose Parcel Post At Greeley
At the State Retail Merchants association convention in Greeley resolutions were adopted urging Sunday closing of taverns and grocers stores punished, changes to factory inspection and estates laws, allowing grocer claims to be placed with undertakers and doctors, and opponent to parcel post while supporting post district law.
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Greeley
Colo
State
Retail Merchants’ Association
Oranges Bring Surprise to Breakfast Table
A well known city business van greets breakfast tables with oranges and new orange knives and spoons. The wife reads newspaper ads offering wrappers that include spoons and knives free with California oranges. Neighbors imitate, boosting local orange sales.
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California
Rail publicity meeting set for Cheyenne January 28
Telegrams show Wyoming railroad interests plan a publicity meeting in Cheyenne on January 28 hosted by the Industrial club. Vice President A D Parker of the Colorado and Southern regrets absence in person but will participate remotely.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Pearlstine
Industrial Club
A. D. Parker
Colorado & Southern
Mexican Is Found Under Cactus in Texas
Corpus Christi Texas January 21 Children playing near Robstown found Nastra Martinez a Mexican buried under a cactus pile. He had been dead several weeks his head crushed Police search for a man and two women last seen traveling to Mexico whom Martinez was with.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Robstown
Nastra Martinez
Mexico
Martinez
Kansas grasshoppers target Kansas with new hazard
Kansas City reports that University of Kansas Professor G. J. Hunter says he has found a certain method to combat the grasshopper plague. The early warning stresses the potential danger to crops and the need for control measures in the state.
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Hunter
Kansas City
Kansas
G. J. Hunter
University of Kansas
Ohioan Shot by Woman Dies as Murder Charge Follows
Louis Walker died from wounds after a shooting at the home of Louis and Mrs Walker last Friday. Miss Isobel Phelps, a toilet articles demonstrator, is charged with first degree murder. Mrs Walker was not seriously hurt. Phelps is said to be mentally unbalanced and boarded with the couple.
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Hamilton
Louis Walker
Isobel Phelps
Mra. Walker
Miss Phelps
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