DWIGHT FISHER HURT IN WYOMING CARWRECK
A Wyoming crash near Glenrock injured Dwight Fisher of Casper while killing chauffeur A K Richards of Casper. Engineer J K Anderson and a fourth man escaped uninjured as the overturned vehicle trapped Richards beneath it. Fisher suffered a skull fracture and brain concussion, with hospital treatment expected.
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Dwiedt Fisher
Cherounr
Fos. Kine
Henrook
A. K. Richarte
Caper
Midwest Ove Company
J. K. Anderson
Midwest
Young Fisher
Anderson
State Hospital
Paeper
Young Richards
Casper
Captain Waugh on furlough from Wyoming troops
Captain Waugh of Company H arrived in Cheyenne on furlough and planned to depart for Lander. Reports say a machine gun platoon is being formed in Wyoming troops at Deming with Lieut Cyrus M Gettys of Newcastle and Company C to command.
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TH. Waveh
Domine
N. M
Cheyenne
Lander
Colorado & Southern
Wyoming
Demfhe
Cyrus M Gettys
Newcastle
Eagles Weekly Dance at Eagles Hall Tonight
The Eagles social dancing club hosts another weekly dance tonight at the Eagles hall. Crowds grow each week as Henestka's union orchestra provides music for the season and the club promises lively entertainment with “ruff stuff.”
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Eagles
Eagles Hall
Henestka
Next Move for Peace In Europe Debated by Leaders
Robert Lansing secretary of state Senator William J. Stone and Representative Henry D Flood review the president's peace effort. Congressional steps to back the plan require support from these close committee chairs before any action.
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Robert Lansing
William J. Stone
Foreign Relations
Senate
Henry D. Flood
House
Europe
New Dispatcher B M Shaler Joins Union Pacific Cheyenne Office
B M Shaler formerly with the Great Northern railroad at Spokane has accepted a dispatching position with Union Pacific and is now stationed in Cheyenne.
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B. M. Shaler
Great Northern Railroad
Spokane
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Groome Family Arrives in Cheyenne From Colorado Springs
P. Groome chief night dispatcher for Union Pacific and his family have moved from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne and will reside at 2 Maxwell Street in the home formerly occupied by Joe Waswera.
Postal Receipts Rise Sharply in Cheyenne
Postmaster W. L. Larsh reports Cheyenne postal receipts grew from 63 030 in 1914 to 68 915 in 1915 and 85 049 in 1916 with outgoing mail rising as 10 000 to 12 000 letters depart daily. Holiday volume was especially heavy and Larsh requests adding one clerk and two carriers to the force of 16 clerks and two carriers.
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W. L. Larsh
Cheyenne
Larsh Haa
Wyoming Treasurers Warns of Heavy General Fund Demands
State Treasurer Gates reports record pressures on Wyoming general fund over the past two years urging the legislature to cut appropriations or raise taxes. He notes a $147,000 overdraft due to spending without exact income knowledge, and shows expenditures rising sharply since 1900. Bonds and warrants investments increased, with net gains and a 5.51 percent average return, while land receipts and bank deposits grew across 89 banks statewide.
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State of
Wyoming
Gates
Captain Smoke Made Major on Retired List
Captain Smoke, commandant at Fort Russell, was promoted to major on the retired list after a congressional reorganization bill. His active service at the fort is counted, and the officer says he will remain in command at Fort Russell.
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A. Smoke
Fort Russell
Army
Congress
War Department
Smoke
Fort
Colorado College Glee Club Tours with Hevenne Boy member
Herbert Doane, a popular Cheyenne youth studying at Colorado College, joins the Colorado College Glee Club on its annual tour. The quintet and string group travel to Castle Rock Golden Eaton Ft Collins Berthoud and Longmont with a reader and impersonator. A possible Denver Colorado Springs concert may follow, Wyoming tour unlikely.
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Herbert Doane
Cheyenne
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Colorado College Glee Club
Castle Rock
Golden
Eaton
Ft. Collins
Berthoud
Longmont
Denver
Elup
Wyoming
Wyoming Guard Set to Return Within 30 Days
Major Smoke at Fort Russell said Wyoming troops now in Deming New Mexico would be home in about thirty days. He cautioned the information was unofficial but based on war department dispatches. With 25,000 already ordered home, the border force will shrink to 25,000 and likely end duties together.
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Wyoming
Deming
N. M
Fort Russell
Smoke
War Department
Pavilion Mayor Pushes Fremont County Split
M. D. Durrill mayor of Pavilion Wyoming arrived in Cheyenne to support a division of Fremont county. He opposes the senate bill proposal to shrink the new county below 8000 population and 7 million valuation. Delegates met in conference aiming to amend boundaries to retain more territory in the old Fremont county.
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Durrill
Pavilion
Wyo
Fremont County
Cheyenne
Senate
Fremont
Directors Industrial Club Meet Tonight
A meeting of the new board elected last Tuesday at the Industrial Club for 1917 will be held tonight to organize and elect officers including secretary and arrange plans for the coming year.
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Directors Industrial Club
Tors
Industrial Club
Fire damages stone masons shed near Capitol
A small corrugated iron building at Twenty third and Reed streets used by stone masons for trimming Capitol stone was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Damage estimated between 200 and 300 dollars. The 18 by 35 foot structure served as a shop and stable with many wooden furnishings and valuable fixtures lost. A false alarm from box 26, once at the Inter Ocean and now at Burlington depot, was also reported.
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Twenty-third
Reed Streets
Capitol
Inter Ocean
Burington
Back Sandy at Atlas theatre Cheyenne Feb 6
Half Back Sandy a college comedy will be presented at the Atlas theatre in Cheyenne Monday February 6 by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Wyoming. Dean Covert of Cheyenne will manage play and ticket sales. The plot features school pride and a football game with Kingston and Greenstown and a kidnap attempt that ends with Sandy reentering the game to turn defeat into victory.
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Sandy
Atlas Theatre
Cheyenne
Sigma Alpha Eyperion
University of Wyoming
Dean Covert
Kingston
Greenstown
King Albert in New Belgian Uniforms
King Albert of Belgium appears in a newly issued Belgian troops uniform, closely resembling the British khaki style, as soldiers are now equipped with the updated attire.
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King Albert of
Belgium
Fox Again Heads Wyoming Labor Men
The newly elected officers of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor are announced. President Harry W. Fox and secretary treasurer W A James were re elected. Vice presidents cover five districts with Hugh Mcleod George Davis William Leonard Dick Helm and Jamie Motto named for districts one through five.
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Fox
Wyoming
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
Harry W. Fox
W. A. James
Hugh Mcleod
George Davis
William Leonard
Dick Helm
Jamie Motto
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Glens Rock
Waugh
Co. H
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Shepherd & Klett
West 17Th Street
Larsh
ES. Johnston Grocery Co
Cheyenne’s Leading .Grocery House
Captain Smoke
Hevenne Boy
C. Glee Club
Call Plains Hotel
Florida
Atwood
Gare Skookum Delicious
Etre Western Slope
Mem Skookum Staymans
Hood River Jonathans
Ganos
The
Sherman Co
Albert
Brandegee-Kincaid &Co
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