Lawson Urges Education for Wyoming Miners
Colorado labor leader John R. Lawson spoke at the United Mine Workers District 22 convention in Cheyenne urging miners to spread education, send children to universities, and support wage discussions. He attended with J C Thompson and John Stile as delegates hailed for resisting Wyoming miners’ five year strike. The district prepares a wage demand plan and a death benefit proposal, with about 6000 miners in District 22 and a $206000 defense fund.
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Colorado
Cheyenne
John R. Lawson
United Mine Workers of America
District 22
Lawson
J. C. Thompson
John Stile
Ember
Loulaville
Colo
Wyoming
Martin Cahill
Rock Springs
Chspman
Walter Short
Innverior
James Morgan
Tee
Morgan
Government buys entire wool clip of British Isles
July 18 The article reports that the government moved to take the nation’s wool stocks, abruptly barring sale of English and British grown wool and canceling wool fairs. Trade observers express surprise as the move unfolds amid wartime controls.
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Covernment
British Isles
Loir
Six killed as Chicago battle ends with dynamite siege
July 18 Chicago scene erupts when Henry J. McIntyre a disturbed man believing he is a prophet opens fire from his porch. He and his wife are killed after over three hours of police siege ending with dynamite. Victims include Mrs Overmeyer Mrs Knox and Alfred Mathews. Police officer Stuart Dean dies in the clash.
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Chicago
Henry J. McIntyre
McIntyre
William Blanchard
Pershing's Forces to Be Slowly Withdrawn
James Linn Rodgers told the Mexican secretary of war that the American expeditionary forces in Mexico will be phased out gradually. Mexican commissioners have been named to negotiate outstanding questions with the United States.
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Mexico City
James Linn Rodgers
Mexico
United States
Battle Ends in House Fire After Shootout
Police swarm a residence as more than a hundred officers pursue a Black man crouching behind a trunk. Edward Clement and Grover Crabtree are wounded while others drag them out. reinforcements arrive and the house is dynamited. Mrs McIntyre and Mr McIntyre are found amid wreckage. another officer fatally shoots McIntyre after a final exchange.
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Edward Clement
Grover Crabtree
Dean
Mclntyre
Hughes
Charles 8. Cutting
Metye
Nagle Block to Be Converted Into Theatre By Lyric Owners
Flood toll rises as seventeen deaths recorded in the southeast bringing total to thirty-two. Rivers fall toward normal levels while ten are missing and property damage runs to fifteen million across railroads crops and plants. In Asheville floods subside and seven more bodies found bringing Batavia district deaths to twenty-eight with North Carolina losses expected to reach twelve million.
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Atlanta
Asheville
French Broad Valley
Batavia
North Carolina
Six New Teachers for Cheyenne Schools
The Cheyenne school board elected six new teachers and a new high school principal to replace C. Schwiering. They also moved Archer School to opposite Archer station. New staff include Merten as high school principal, Miss Lara Whitehead domestic science, Miss Coleman, Miss Martha Cathcart, Miss Anna Miller, and Merion as principal. Whitehead will handle Hoglah and rhetoric, Cathcart from Blue Springs, Miller from the city, and Crary as domestic science supervisor.
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C. ©. Schwiering
Archer Echool
Archer Station
Merten
Mine Eee Crary
Misa Lara Whitehew
Coleman
Martha
Denver
Whitehead
Colorado College
Montana
Edgemont
Cathcart
Blue Springs
Nob
Anna Miller
Johnson School
Bouth Cheyene
Mise Crary
Stout Institute
Menominee
Win
Cheyenne to Get New Theater After Block Remodelling
Cheyenne plans a major remodelling of the George Nagle block on Carey avenue with a new theater seating about 1000. The project includes a large stage, balcony, rest rooms, and luxurious foyer, aiming for autumn opening under manager M. H. Todd.
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Cheyenne
Sodeville
Greaves
Star Theater
Seventeenth Street
Carey
Pioneer Avenues
Moore and Fireaves Compggny
Princess Theater
Deyvo
Theatera
Oloradi Springs
Pubelo
Denver
Paramount Picture
Union. Mercantile Company
Wyoming Bok
To Probabbe
M. H. Todd
Lyre Theater
L’rviceas
Todd
Shoots Doctor After Fiancee Poisoning Scandal In Boston
Two hours after his sweetheart Dr Colle Adama died from a drug overdose, Dr Eldridge D Atwood of Woburn shot at Dr Wilfred E Harris president of the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy in Boston. Atwood was seized after a brief struggle at his fiancee's office and admitted the motive tied to their marriage blocked by Harris. Also in Kenosha Wisconsin Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, fractured his leg in an exhibition bout.
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Boston
Colle Adama
Mie
Eldridge D. Atwood
Woburn
Wilfred E. Harria
Masachusetta College of Osteopathy
Atwood
Harris
Miss Adams
Dr. Harris
Kenosha
Wis
Frank Gotch
Wilson Seeks Swift Passage of Child Labor Bill in Senate
President Wilson visited Washington to urge the Senate to pass the child labor bill already approved by the House. Southern senators oppose the measure and lawmakers warned of party revolt if rushed. The president met with key leaders but no formal call for action was issued.
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Wilson
Senate
Washington
Congress
House
Democratic Caucus
Issaei
Secret Service
Kern
Marshall
Martin
Willieme
James
Owens
Simon
Hughes
Simone
Germans Open Offensive With Asphyxiating Shells
The article reports German forces launching an offensive with new asphyxiating shells along the Western Front near Longueval and the Somme, with French and British fighting at Combles and nearby villages. Other fronts show Austrian and Italian actions, Russian counterattacks near Riga, and ongoing fighting across the Carpathians and Baltic regions with varying success for the Central Powers and allies.
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Longuval
Somme
Blaches
Rewtire
Frances
Longuval Galient
Combles
Grips
Blanches
Sone
Uhe
Biuches
Lamaisonette
Vienna
Lutsk
Carpathians
Subic
Tatrow
Pfeld Marshall von Hildenburg
Ralon
Riga
Berlin
Rowe
Petrograd
HelWeen
Testoal
Alrien
Mor Balin
British Patrol Boats Await Deutschland Off Chesapeake Bay
The photograph shows two views of British patrol boats ready to await the Deutschland off Chesapeake Bay after she departs Baltimore on her homeward voyage. The boats, forty feet long with 196 power, are built for speed and carry small guns in the bow to pierce shell armor.
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Chesapeake Hay
Haltimore
Boeton
Liverpool
Strict watch to halt baby plague spreads nationwide
New York actions urge vaccination and quarantine measures. Officials warn of a juvenile paralysis epidemic and announce expanded public health steps to prevent spread, including travel restrictions and enhanced state coordination.
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Noots
Pershing
F. H. Merten
Greeley
Is Chases
Oscar C. Schwiering
New York
Chertes Bo Hanks
Seater Eurgemie
Puthic Ld Hee
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