Diers Plans War On Loan Sharks Across States
Wyoming Senator Diers backs anti loan shark legislation after Denver sponsor Dunklee shows a bill to cap rates. He seeks Wyoming assembly passage to curb lenders who charge high overhead and profit, aiming to relieve indebted citizens.
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Denver
Wyoroming
Coorado
Diers
Wyoming
General Assembly
Colorado Senate
BE. V. Punklee
Dunklee
Wyoming Sclon
Mers
Advertisers urged by Missouri mining group leader
Kansas City January 26. L R Putnam advertising manager of the Southern Mine association urged more newspaper advertisements in an address to the Southwestern Lembermen association meeting.
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Kansas City
L. R. Putnam
Southern Mine Association
Southwestern Lembermen's Association
Earthquake in Hall Island Kills 550
London reports a quake on Hall Island caused about 550 deaths. Officials in The Hague released the official tally today, outlining the magnitude of destruction and casualties.
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London
Hall
The
Hague
Mexicans Fire On U. S. Cowboys
American cowboys driving cattle were fired on by Mexican soldiers near the border, reinforced by Utah guardsmen. No casualties reported. authorities feared further trouble and said assistance was being sent to the area.
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Tucson
Ariv
Utah
Nierraw
Newspaper Men Hold Conference
In Chicago an informal gathering of over 100 newspaper publishers and several paper manufacturers voted to appoint committees to act after the federal trade commission reports next week on print paper price elevations. They urged a remedy to the high paper costs that threaten the publishing business, while manufacturers defended the prices as justified by higher production costs.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
War loans seen as good investments by banker Wade
Pittsburgh 26 The enormous loans to warring nations are good investments says F J Wade a St Louis banker before the national trade council He argues these loans help develop foreign trade and credit for business men noting warring nations have borrowed only about three fourths of one percent of their national wealth.
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Pittsburg
Joan
F. J. Wade
St. Louis
Blue Sky Laws Are Held Valid by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court upheld the Michigan and South Dakota blue sky securities laws as constitutional, ruling they curb fraud and protect citizens. The decision affects 26 states and federal suspensions of the laws were dissolved. Only Justice Mc Reynolds dissented.
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Washington
Michigan
South Dakota
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Girl, 14, Defies Revenue Posse in Moonshine Raid
In Bhaoxi Mississippi on January 26 a 14 year old girl Sarah Joins armed with shotgun and revolver held off a posse of revenue officers for two hours as they attempted to arrest her family on moonshining charges. Federal officers say Cain and family have produced whiskey for years and claim he is a persistent moonshiner.
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Bhaoxi
Miss
Sarah
Cains
Commercial Clubs Organize Today in Wyoming
State meeting of commercial associations aims to form a state commercial executives club. The 9 o'clock start avoids clashing with the legislature. Delegates include Archie Allison presiding. reps from Sheridan Buffalo Casper Laramie Lander Cody Lusk Douglas and Wheatland with others expected.
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Commercial Executives Club
Wyoming
Sheridan
Buffalo
Casper
Laramie
Lander
Cody
Lusk
Douglas
Wheatland
Archie Allison
Industrial Club
Small Woman Widow of Sitting Bull Dies From Shawl Rescue Fire
In Fort Berthold North Dakota the 80 year old Mamden widow known as Small Woman dies from burns after returning to rescue an old shawl from her burning shack at Lucky Mound. She had escaped uninjured earlier and was the wife of a United States Indian scout. Burial planned in the scouts' cemetery.
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Fargo
N. D
Sitting Bull
Fort Berthold
North Dakota
Lucky Mound
Buriad
Scouts
Prohibitionists Back Elimination Clause In South Dakota
Pierre S D January 25 R M Holsaple superintendent of the South Dakota Anti Saloon league announced he would consent to the elimination clause permitting a limited supply of liquor for home consumption. The move aims to avoid a fight in the legislature.
Montana Cavalry Troop A Entrains for Port Menry
A note from the quartermaster announces that Troop A of the Montana cavalry will entrain on February 4 for Port Menry Harris Mont. The movement is part of prearranged logistics with a stop likely at Harr is and Port Menry.
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Montana Cavalry
Douglas
Arit
Quartermaster's Office
Port Menry
Harris
Mont
Enlarged Juarez Cemetery Marks Six Years of Revolution
El Campo Santo in Juarez has been enlarged after six years of revolution causing many executions. The site features a whitewashed adobe house with bullet holes near the firing wall, a large grave from Villa’s era, and crosses with tin flowers along a dry mesa road leading to the cemetery.
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Juarez
el Campo Santo
Francisco Villa
Mexico
Juarez Mountains
Juarez Valley
Uncle Sam Distributes 39 Million Bulletins
Washington reports free distribution of 39,098,299 bulletins pamphlets circulars and documents by the department of agriculture last year. The government’s superintendent of documents sold publications valued at 2 277.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thade
Sugar Cane Rules Cuba Big Plant Text Explains Crop and Output
The article details Cuban sugar dominance with a 3.4 million ton crop estimate and past war values rising to 276 million dollars. It describes vast plantations and equipment, a plant capacity of 8,000 to 3,900 tons daily, and massive labor and logistics surrounding cane cutting, processing, and refining toward supplying the United States.
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Cuba
United States
Romaiy
Casasebina
Wyoming House Advances Several Bills on Third Reading
The Wyoming house reported passage on third reading for multiple bills with votes noted. Measures include funding for the state fair 1917 1918, convict made goods labeling, banning shared drinking cups and towels, deputy county clerk salaries, and pending payments for Seventh Judicial district accounts.
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House
Higgs
State Fair Commission
Rollins
State of
Wyoming
Holdrege
H. Branum
Meek and Cummings
Seventh Judicial District
Wyoming legislative notes on taxes and clerical salaries
The record lists bills introduced by Kendall Meek Cum and Powers. It details acts to cancel old taxes, pay accounts and fund the official court reporter of the Seventh Judicial district, and to amend salaries for clerks and employees with associated aging and absence notes.
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Kendall
Meek and Cummings
Seventh Judicial District
State of
Wyoming
March of the Paper Dollar in St Paul Dispatch
The piece notes a shift from heavy silver dollars to lighter paper currency. It cites Treasury plans to reissue $1 and $2 greenbacks like Civil War money, predicting a societal move toward paper notes and away from coin.
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St. Paul
Treasury Department
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