Frontier Letter-Writing Day Aimed for Frontier Days
Cheyenne mayor proclaims July seventh as Frontier Letter-Writing Day urging residents to send messages and postcards promoting Frontier Days July 23 to 28 1917 to invite friends and acquaintances to visit for the Wild Western celebration. The effort is led by the citizens frontier committee to gain publicity ahead of the event.
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Cheyenne
Citizen's Frontier Committee
R. N. LA Fontaine
Wyo
Western Coal Operators Meet Peabody in Salt Lake City
Coal mine operators from Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho and Utah gather in Salt Lake City summoned by F R Peabody chairman of the coal committee of the Council for National Defense. They seek to establish maximum western coal prices similar to the eastern set after the Washington conference.
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Peabody
The
Council For National Defense
Wroming
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Salt Lake City
Washington
Wyoming
Qualey
Kemmerer
Union Pacific Coal Co
Reading
Mississippi River
Defense Council
East
Salt Lake
National Defense
Colorado and
Wyoming Mines
Denver
Ross community leads in Red Cross fund drive
Douglas Wyoming July 6 The Ross Converse county precinct raises about 1200 for the Red Cross war fund a rate of roughly 10 per head or 30 per voter The drive was led by Mr and Mrs LeRoy Moore and supported by residents including Rosa f Billy Irvine's home is cited in the report.
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Douglas
Wyo
Ross
Converse County
Banner Country
Red Cross War Fund
Douglas Tonight
Rosa F
Billy Irvine
Red Cross
LeRoy Moore
Drys Win First Senate Vote on Prohibition Measures
The Senate backed prohibition by 54 to 20 to bar importation of alcoholic beverages and to prohibit withdrawal from bond of distilled spirits for beverage use through the war. Senator Curtis then adopted a parliamentary amendment to align with the House text for bone dry prohibition, with further amendments possible. The vote was not a test of strength and had no final bearing on the outcome.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Germany
Curtis
House
Gore
Robinson
Sixty Delegates to Union Convention in Cheyenne
More than sixty delegates from District 22 United Mine Workers of America will attend the union convention in Cheyenne on Monday. Arrangements have been made for an extra session meeting here. The object of the gathering has not been announced.
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United Mine Workers of America
Cheyenne
China Names New President and Sets Holiday
Feng Kwo Chang, vice president, elected temporary president by opposing provincial governors. A decree calls for a public demonstration on July 19 to celebrate Manchu restoration. Dr Sun Yat Sen heads republican forces in Shanghai. Reports suggest U.S. help may be sought to overturn the monarch and restore democracy as opposition to the boy emperor grows.
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San Francisco
Feng Kwo Chang
Bun Yat Sen
Tokio
United States
Sun Yat Sen
China
Tien Tsin
Chang Haun
First Blockade Runner Sunk by Submarine
The American steamship Orleans of the Oriental Navigation company was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. Four crew members died, but all armed naval guards were saved. The State Department did not disclose the attack’s location or time. The Orleans had just been praised for its trans Atlantic voyage prior to Germany’s submarine warfare policy.
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Washington, PD. C
Orleans
Oriental Navigation Company
Naval Guard
State Department
Germany
Bordeaux
Congresswoman Rankin Wins Inquiry Demand
After protests by Representative Jeanette Rankin of Montana, Secretary McAdoo appointed a committee to investigate alleged compulsory overtime for women in the bureau of printing and engraving. The bureau director counters that working conditions are good, overtime pay exists, and extra duties are needed to meet war demands including liberty bonds.
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Washington, D. C
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
McAdoo
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Ralph
Bureau
Dunniway Named President at Colorado College
Colorado Springs July 6 Dr Clyde Augustus Dunniway former president of the University of Wyoming was elected president of Colorado College following the resignation of Dr William F Slocum He will assume duties late in August.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Clyde Augustus Dunniway
University of Wyoming
Colorado College
Wm. F. Slocum
Dunniway
Bia
Roosevelt Left Hand Incident at Carnegie Hall Riot
A mass meeting in Carnegie Hall honoring the Russian ambassador degenerated into a clash after Theodore Roosevelt denounced the East St. Louis riot and murder of Black people. Samuel Gompers demanded proof before accusing unions, and a violent exchange ensued with gavel pounding and jeers from the crowd.
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T. Roosevelt
Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
East St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
Roosevelt
Hollweg Prepares New Peace Outline for Reichstag Speech
German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg plans a speech in the Reichstag outlining a peace basis. The move follows a shift toward abandoning any separate peace with Russia and pressing for a continued military campaign against Russia.
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Hollweg
LON Thon
Die Hinations
von Bethmannu-Hollweg
Reichstag
Kachange
Via Hague
Mussian
Plot to Destroy Dakota Crops Revealed to Public
Fragmentary text describes a public disclosure of a plot aimed at damaging Dakota crops. The report references state and federal authorities and mentions investigators and officials discussing the alleged conspiracy and related actions. Details are incomplete and names are unclear due to corrupted OCR.
290 Men Quit Work Strike Shocks Industrial World
Workers at the Werht plant stage a mass walkout led by industrial unionists amid a contested national contract. Interns protest, while employers and government officials seek to mediate. the strike centers on wage scales and union recognition.
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