Frontier Show Draws Greatest Crowd Ever
Twenty thousand spectators filled the park for Frontier Day celebrations as riders and ropers performed. Dorothy Morrell on Tango opened the women’s rides with a fine display while Maud Tarroa Top and Louise Thompson delivered standout moments and a dramatic collision involving cinematographer B. Lockwood. The day culminated with the Balt mile cowpony race, amateur bucking contests, and a barefoot exciting final rounds.
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Frontier
Teddy Roosevelt
Dorothy Morrell
Tango
Maud Tarroa
Louise Thompson
Neal
Linge Om Little Joe
Connor
Tad
O. Beoby
Seong
Walter James
Guy Morgan
Cale
Arrowannia
Art McKechnie
Gus
Earth
J. Wallace
Iron Mountain
C. Summers
Will Ant
Sunsion
Milt Hinkie
Dick Mar‘sans Horge
Nation Ready to Defend with 700 Million Defense Plan
Washington July 27 Nearly 700 million dollars for national defense is proposed for the 1917 fiscal year. The army appropriation bill passed by the Senate totals 213,970,447.10, with Hay and fortification funds bringing the defense total to 1,685,949,017.27. The Senate bill exceeds House totals by over 131 million and includes 2 million for relief of dependents of soldiers in the Mexican emergency. Voters’ field ballots dropped the right to vote in November.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dietr
Entries Today for Big Show Top-Liners
On July 28 1916 the Cheyenne fire department hosts an exhibition on Capitol avenue. Event 1 features riding wild burros. Event 2 is a half mile cow pony race with riders including Eewin Anderson Yor Browney Gail Downing and others. Event 3 presents an amateur bucking contest with Roy Jones D B McKay and more.
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C. Parsons
Nap Lynch
Gali Downing
Parson
O. L. Scoby
Allen Drumheller
McCarty
Gail Downay
Entitved
Page Ten
Cheyenna Fire Department
Capitol Avenue
P. m
Eewin Anderson
Yor Browney
Gail Downing
Joker
Jud Scoby
George
Harry Arbuckle
Rabbit
Bud Campbell
Tiger
Roy O'Connor
Tad
Nol ®Lkier
Snake
Kenneth Bell
Handsome Harry
John Donahue
Biggs
Jose
Scoby
Sugar
Earl Simpson
Hally
Chilcote
Midge
Ruby H
Roy Jones
Benita
D. B. McKay
Vampire
W. Brown
Oklahoma
Barney
J. Toppier
Protest Against Blacklist Will Be Presented Today
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Page in London will present the American note protesting the blacklisting of U S firms under the trading with the enemy ban. Acting Secretary Polk notes the communication states general international law principles and signals possible retaliation if no relief is secured.
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Washington
United States
Page
London
Herudah Foreign Office
Polk
Great Britain
Suffrage Bodies Will Co-operate to Eliminate Militant Methods
New York reports a heat and humidity surge creating an extreme July atmosphere. Weather forecasts warn the heat wave has only begun, with high humidity intensifying the city’s already sweltering conditions.
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New York
Cotton Outlook in England Worries Lancashire Mills
Manchester July 27 Correspondence of the Associated Press The cotton outlook for the Lancashire mills is serious according to Hutton chairman of the Council of British Growing Associations. He warns that world demand, especially from America, will rise and that Britain as the next largest consumer will suffer most if supplies are short. He forecasts possible mill closures and population migration if new sources are not found, noting Lancashire’s export dependence and the need for longer finer cotton. (Continued on Page Nine.)
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Manchester
England
Associated Press
Hutton
Council of British Growing Associations
America
Great Britain
Lancashire
London
Germany
Pozieres
Teutons
Verdun
Haig al
Posleres
Hill 41
Thiepval
Posieres
Bapaume
Posleres Oo
Irving
Pogleres
Haig
Dirities
Cam
Mine Workers Set Terms For New Two Year Pact
The United Mine Workers of District 22 finished a two year contract demand package and sent it to the general convention. A joint conference with operators is set for next Monday with all coal firms in southern Wyoming invited including Union Pacific Coal and Diamond Coal. The union seeks wage gains and better conditions, while officers declined to reveal specifics until the report is released.
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United Mine Workers of District 22
Coi
James Morgue
Southern Wyoming
Union Pacific Coal Company
Superior Coal Company
Kwarnine Coal Company
Kemmerer Company
Guna and Quealey
Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Wyoming Coal Company
Lion Coal Company
Theag Companies
Carbos
Lincoln
Sweetwater
Ututa
P. J. Quealey
Kemmerer
Operators’ Association
Unlem
National Council of Women Voters Backs Suffrage Alliance
The National Council of Women Voters adopted a resolution joining with the National Suffrage Association to pursue woman suffrage nationwide. President Emma Smith DeVoe of Tacoma said members oppose militant tactics and will urge state legislatures to pass federal suffrage measures.
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Af Alliance
Ganizal
Congressional Union
National Council of Women Voters
Seasion
National Suffrage Association
Emma Smith DeVoe
Tacoma
Waship
United States
Wyoming
Wilson
Washington, D.C
DeVoe
Spry
Utah
Galt Lake City
Vic
Marshall Sed
Mondell
Monticud
Deutschland waits for news from Bremen
Baltimore July 27 Captain Paul Koenig waits with clearance papers for the Deutschland in his possession and everything apparently ready for departure. He still waits probably for the second German sea vessel, the Bremen.
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Baltimore
Deutsch
Paul Koenig
Bremen
British Seize Delville Wood After Fresh German Assault
British forces advance on the Delville Wood sector and take the ground amid a fiercest bombardment, reports say. Observers note German reserves shifted from Verdun as Polish position near Pozieres recovers. the front remains tense with counterattacks expected.
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Delville Wood
Dying Bavarian Officer’s Final Moments Amid Somme Bombardment
Paris reports a German fort on the Somme front was leveled after a brutal bombardment. A Bavarian officer, mortally wounded, recounted thirty two men were inside. Fire and explosions killed many as a lieutenant went mad and killed his troops before perishing.
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Paris
Somme
Leutenant
Child Survives After Delivery From Deceased Mother
In Wheatland Wyoming a rare surgical triumph saved an infant girl extracted alive from the body of her dead mother. Dr. FW Phifer led the operation at Wheatland hospital after Mrs. Hutterfield died from a ruptured blood vessel during labor. The newborn was delivered healthy, a result described as extraordinary in medical records.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Wheatland Hospital
L. Kibutterfield
Lingle
Wio
Hutterfield
de Voom
Chile
Br. FW Phifer
Thin City
Body of Leo XIII transported to St Peter's for private funeral
A Rome to the Holy See dispatch reports the body of Leo XIII was moved Saturday evening to the Chapel of the Presentation in St Peter's for a private funeral. Cardinal Merry del Val and an aide from St Peter's led the rites as the casket showed signs of damage in its wooden shell.
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Rome
Havas
Leo Xil
St. Peters
Chapel of the Presentation
Cardigal Merry de Val
Bf. Peter's
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Field
Pelville Wood
Blastaia
France
Armenia
Constantinople
Oward Brody
Lemberg
Rumania
Greece
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