Air Cruisers Off OW Return Atlantic
R-34 sighted near Long Island after a city cruise as British dirigible B-34 leaves Roosevelt Field for Scotland. The airship climbs to 200 feet then proceeds east toward New York aided by three engines, with Major Scott aiming for a 70 hour voyage if weather holds.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island Sound
Mineola
Roosevelt Field
Scotland
Charlton
United States
Scott
London
East Fortune
Merchants Delivery Nine Seeks Games in Cheyenne
Merchants Delivery baseball nine, led by Manager Rodgers, promotes fast players and plans to play Greeley in Cheyenne next Sunday. The team targets games with Cheyenne Fort Russell and other organizations, with fans promised good ball.
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Hants
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
Rodgers
Merchants Delivery
Greeley
Quarantine Costs Borne by Private Individuals Cited
The county commission directs physicians and druggists to inform that treatment and quarantine costs for contagious diseases are the responsibility of private individuals, not the county. Statute excerpts confirm liability and allow seizure of property if cases fail to pay.
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Board of County Commissioners
Peta
Willard Dempsey Fight Draws 19 650 In Toledo Bay View Arena
About 19 650 spectators attended the July 4 heavyweight title bout at Bay View park in Toledo. After a $41 789.94 government tax deduction, receipts totaled $410 732.16 with expenses including Willard 100 000 and Dempsey 27 500. City funds and arena costs pushed total costs toward 325 000, predicting promoter profit just under 100 000.
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Toledo
Bay View Park Arena
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Frank B. Flournoy
Tex Rickard
Willard
Dempsey
City of Toledo Charity Fund
Flournoy
Flour
Roosevelt club speech predicting defeat of league by Roosevelt
In Boston on July 8 Theodore Roosevelt would oppose ratification of the league of nations, said Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California at a Roosevelt club luncheon. He claimed to have followed Roosevelt in every fight since 1810 and asserted the late president would be the man to defeat the league if alive.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
League of Nations
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Roosevelt Club
Massachusetts
Colonel Roosevelt
Johnson
The
League
Seven Die As Deluge Strikes Dubuque County Iowa
Two inches of rain caused seven deaths in Dubuque county. A pavilion at Union Park collapsed after being undermined by floodwaters, drowning five. Six bridges failed, tracks washed out, crops ruined, and trains delayed across the county.
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Dubuque, In
Dubuque County
Union Park
Dubucue
Cheyenne Sees Hottest Day In Nine Years At 99 Degrees
Yesterday Cheyenne recorded the highest temperature in nine years with 99.0 degrees at 6 40 pm and an official 94 degrees noon. The Weather Bureau notes July normals near 67 while mean July 9 reached 75. Low 57 at 5 am with scattered southeastern showers and ongoing drought stressing dry land crops.
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Cheyenne
Weather’ Bureau
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Army Motor Transport Train to Visit Cheyenne in August
The United States Army Motor Transport Corps on a transcontinental tour will reach Cheyenne on August 6. Publicity officer Lt. William B. Duran said the giant train of miles in length will travel en route along the coast. The convoy left Washington this week and is due in San Francisco as scheduled.
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Giant Motor Transport
Cheyenne
Coast
United States Army Motor Transport Corps
Industrial Club
William B. Duran
Army
Washington
San Francisco
Bernard McMahon
M. T
Field Artillery
Air Service
Medical Corps
Itehen
H. C. Osterman
William B
Ig. Tvaneteis Soatebute
Rougs Saag
of Es
Frontier Days posters push Cheyenne festival ads
Article describes miniature Frontier Days posters sent to Cheyenne businesses to promote the festival. It notes 30 000 stickers arriving, designed to fit envelopes, with a push by the committee to place them on every business letter. Details of a wartime train and personnel appear in accompanying text.
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Cheyenne
Tvak
Woman seeks divorce over cruelty in Gatlin murder case
Laura Elizabeth Hilton files for divorce from Robert T. Hilton in Cheyenne alleging cruelty and nonsupport after a 1916 case in which Hilton killed William Gatlin. She claims abuse including being struck and notes Hilton left Cheyenne shortly after the slaying and reportedly served as a lieutenant.
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Hilton
William Gatlin
Cheyenne
Laura Elizabeth Hilton
Robert T. Hilton
Walter Phelan
Qgatlin
Denver
Gatlin
Milton
Mra
Ape
Litem
Nineteenth Strgot
Pioneer Avenue
Hillan
War Costs Rise to 30 Million in US Report
Washington July 9 The war cost to the United States rose to 30,177,000,000 up to June 3, 1919, secretary Glass told a Senate committee. Treasury statements show the division of the nation's finances. The report outlines government expenditures and the wartime debt amid ongoing fiscal concerns.
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Washington
United States
Glass
Treasury
Wilson to present peace treaty and league covenant to Senate
President Wilson will lay out the Versailles terms and argue for U S endorsement of the league covenant in a major address to the Senate. He plans to offer full details of negotiations in Paris and to answer questions in open or executive sessions, signaling a vigorous debate ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Paris
United States
League of Nations
House
Versailles
The
Judge Edwards and the Trout on a Motorcycle Trip
Judge W H Edwards, famed for fishing success, had a rough outing with only two small fish after a motorcycle journey. The trip, his first on a motorbike, included five miles of walking and two broken motorcycles. He says the ride and the walk were both memorable as he and companions rode to Aviation Saturday.
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W. H. Edwards
Judge Edwards
Johnny Stulett
Wynepope
HW. A .Gox
Farm crops promise record yields in July forecast
Washington reports bountiful crops for 1917 season with winter wheat, rye, sweet potatoes, tobacco and rice predicted to reach record levels. Wheat, corn and oats combined valued at about 8.34 billion dollars with corn at 2.57 billion and hay and potatoes rising above five year average despite disease and heavy June rains.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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