Ranch hand drowned fording river in Wyoming
Tom Chrisman a Fremont county ranch hand was drowned Monday morning in the Sweetwater river near Splitrock. He started to cross the very high stream before dawn and did not reach the far bank as the horse and rider were later found separated from the animal.
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Thermopolis
Tom Chrisman
Rogie
Fremont
Sweetwater
Splitrock
Chrisman
Reseor Countryman
Citsman
Lightening Kills Linwood Rancher Near Linwood Utah
Nor man DeWitt Metts, a 38 year old New Yorker and Cornell graduate, was struck fatally by lightning while returning from Creon River to a Linwood ranch on May 27. His horse died and a friend escaped unharmed. Metts was traveling home to New York for burial arrangements assisted by George Ace and Keith Smith.
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Rock Springs
Nornan DeWitt Metts
Linwoorick
Utah
Creon River
Linnoork
Betts
Linwolk
Cornell College
George Ace
New York
Keith Smith
Barber Wesdan Tale Ends With Jail Time For Stranger
Lander reports a wandering barber George Welden in town and encounters with two indigenous men. A quarrel over alcohol leads to a pursuit in mud and darkness. The stranger is bound over next morning. the Indians are released as they had not stayed on the reservation.
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Tipiog Weeaw
Wesaw
Vbr
Milford
Frank Doane
Local Chambers Agree $800 for County Missioners Bridge Work
At a Wednesday chamber meeting F A Wise reports Greybull and Basin will raise 800 to fund county road work. A certified check form is ready and commissioners will begin as soon as weather permits for bridge approaches and the road between Greybull and Basin.
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BASIN
Chamber of Commerce
F A. Wise
Greybull
Commisonera
Dan Potter Promoted in Town Electric Plant Bureau
Dan Potter receives promotion to superintendent of the town electric light plant. The move includes a substantial salary increase and greater responsibilities, separating the previous roles within the department. John Taylor notes the change at the town office as Potter takes on lead duties.
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Kk Springs
Dan DD Potter
Potien
Thic
U.P
John Taylor
Falls Asleep on Railroad Track and is killed
THERMOPOLIS June 1 A colored lad John Swithand recently arrived from Kansas City worked on the Burlington division and was killed by a south bound passenger train He slept on the track and was struck as the engine approached He died a couple of days later and was buried in Kansas City with a brother present
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Thermopolis
John Swithand
Kanana City
Burlington
Kansas City
Switeland
Bridge Is Finished On Araf River Road
The large steel bridge over the river at Arafaboow on the main road through the reservation is completed and open for travel. The bridge is handsome and a monument to Superintendent Matihin son for road improvements. Travelers may now use this road to the county seat.
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Riverton
Arafaboow
Matehinson
Miner Electrocuted at Crosby Mines
June 4 Thermopolis reports miner Joe Kokoscha an Austrian Polish about 26 was killed instantly by an electric shock at the Crosby mines when a live wire touched him after he had been working on a line believed to be deenergized. Funeral services were held here last Sunday evening.
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Thermopolis
Joe Kokoscha
Crosby
Thren Stores Entered and S20 Taken in Thermopolis Crime
Burg lars broke into the Thermopolis Mercantile Company Vail Meat Company and Muff ingle s barber shop securing about 20 dollars in cash from the three places. Entrance was gained by breaking windows at the rear. At the Mercantile store a few dollars in nickels and dimes were taken. Vails saw about 15 dollars in small change removed. The barber shop yielded one or two dollars plus 20 dollars worth of tools. No evi dence of other merchandise theft.
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Thermopolis
Thermopolis Mercantile Company
Vail Meat Company
Muffingle
Mercantile Company
Vails
Battlee
Eighteen Casper Men Join the Wyoming Guard
Casper reports eighteen men exempt from civilian duty after taking the federal oath to join the Wyoming National Guard. Lieut. J J Frisby will administer oaths to oil field enlistees, with seven already signed and seven more pledged. Shoshon provided seven members, totaling about a hundred in the unit, to be mustered for federal service the last week in July and entrain for Washington the following week.
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Casper
National Guard of
Wyoming
Casper Company
J. J. Frisby
Salt Creek
County Assessor Eyes Six Million Valuation
County Assessor A J Price expects this year’s total stock valuation in the county to reach the six million dollar mark despite slow progress caused by weather. He notes many properties will see decreased valuations offset by increases in other areas, with a completion target in the next couple of weeks.
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Thermopolis
A. J. Price Capeda
Rich premiums offered for Midland Empire fair cattle prizes
Lovell June 4 A list of special premiums totaling nearly 1000 is announced for the Midland Empire fair open to Midland empire farmers. Prizes include $500 in Shorthorn, $25 grand champion Holstein bull, $25 grand champion Guernsey bull, $80 clock for grand champion milch cow, and various $15 to $25 awards from banks, creameries, and local businesses.
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Yegen Brothers
Bankers
Merchants’ National Bank and Merchants’ Loan Company
Yellowstone
Montana Livestock and Loan Company
Yellowstone Creamery
Midland Empire
Clyde Moore
Leo J. Daly
Crystal Ice and Fuel Company
Julius Zywert
Gavette Printing Company
Guernsey
Germany to Make Amends for Attack on Steamer
Paris June 2 The German reply to Spain over the submarine attack on the steamer Patricio is reported as cordial. Germany says it merely wished to stop the ship not sink it. Indemnity offers for the engineer killed are hinted. German warships would salute the Spanish flag with twenty one guns at the first possible occasion.
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Paris
Spain
Patricio
Germany
Camps Chosen for Six Army Cantonments
Secretary of War Baker reapproved six cantonment camp sites for national army training. The locations are Lindavista California Columbia South Carolina Wrightstown New Jersey American Lake Washington Atlanta Georgia and Ayer Massachusetts.
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Washington, D. C
Italian Commission 18 Receives Royal Ovation in House
Prince Udine and William Marconi of the Italian commission addressed the House of Representatives in Washington on June 4 and were enthusiastically received. Udine predicted victory while Marconi, in his first U.S. appearance since arrival, praised American invention.
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Washington, SD. C
Prince Udine
William Marconi
House of Representatives
Udine
Marconi
Whiteken Held On Charges Of Treason
Cincinnati di June 2 two men were arrested here accused of possessing anti conservation literature in their posession This makes their teen now held on charges of troas
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Cincinnati
Oil Boom Dims Lander Wyoming Reports Drilling Push
Lander Wyoming reports slower oil progress due to bad spring weather but expects rapid exploration as roads improve. Local firms including Lander Valley Oil and Western Exploration push near Lander and Northfork with several new filings and three new company incorporations Pavilion Oil Dome Wyohie Oil & Refining and Sandiego Oil.
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Landor
Wyoming
Lander
Lander Valley Oil Company
Northfork
Western Exploration Company
Wv. V. Scoggan
N. FP. Wilson
B. i. Abell
Peter Sherlock and Associates
D. B. Fuller and Associates
Cheyenne to Offer Red Cross First Aid Course for Girls
Cheyenne plans to establish a Red Cross first aid course for young women. The program aims to train participants to provide initial care on battlefields, supplementing hospital work. A three month course could qualify students as first aid nurses for frontline duties, with details pending Washington authorization.
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Cheyenne
Red Cross
Laramie
Migs MacKenzie
8&J. John's Hospital
Washington
Tornado Toll Rises In Coffeyville Kansas Disaster
A Kansas tornado killed three people and injured over thirty, destroying more than 100 homes and causing damages estimated above $500,000. Victims include Dale McDonald, 25, Mrs J K Love, 35, and the 11 year old daughter of Charles Peterson. Red Cross relief immediate. National guardsmen and Boy Scouts patrolled the wrecked areas.
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Cofpeyvill.e
Russian Squadron Bombards Four Towns on Anetar Coast
Russian squadron bombards four towns along the Anetar coast. Reported activity follows the June 2 dispatch from Petrograd noting ships in action against coastal targets. The details remain fragmented in the telegraphic update.
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Petrograd
Anete'tas
Four More Days Left
Campaign urges four remaining workdays as decisive for final scores. A mail subscription offer credits 3000 extra votes per dollar and must be postmarked by Saturday. Subscriptions headed to campaign department. future-start options and reminders to avoid delaying deliveries.
Mob Lynching Report Near Columbia Detains Black Victims
In Columbia Mississippi on June 4 a mob harmed as many as one hundred Black people, with two Black men named Hampton and Haynes hanged from a steel bridge after being pulled from jail. Authorities describe the incident as a deadly mob action tied to charges of causing harm and robbery against Reece Johnson.
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Columbia
Miss
Prat Hampton
van Haynes
Reece Johnson
Bogro
Fireman Bert Michaels Heads to Denver for Brother’s Illness
Bert Michaels of the Cheyenne fire department traveled to Denver on Friday due to the serious illness of his brother, John.
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Denver
Bert Michaels
Cheyenne Fire Department
John
War Department calls for aviation corps applicants
The War Department notes the belief in limitless aviation commission applicants is false and urges capable men aged 21 to 30 to apply. It highlights needed qualities a flyer should possess, warns against reliance on partial schooling, and directs inquiries to the aeronautical officer at nearest headquarters or the signals corps panel in Washington D.C.
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War Department
United States
Army
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
Nearent Department
Panal
Stuartmead
Washington, D.C
Army applicant begins eight week aeronautics course
The document outlines steps for an applicant who must fill out forms and pass physical mental and moral exams before appearing before an examining board. If satisfactory he is enlisted and sent to an eight week aeronautics course then to aviation schools for flying tests before a commission may be issued.
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Army Schools of Aeronautics
Baron von Relowitz Indicted in Plot to Foment India Revelation
Federal agents seek to serve a warrant on Baron Kurt von Relowitz former German consul general and alleged ringleader in a conspiracy to foment a revelation in India. Thirteen others indicted and three already arrested as the Baron and Count Bernstorff departed the United States.
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Chicago
Kurt von Relowitz
Hero
India
Count Bernstorff
Men Fight Draft Capture in Palo Alto Canon
Three men entrenched themselves in Palo Alto canon near Amarillo resisting the draft. They were armed with 30-30 rifles and surprised by a posse led by Special Agent Fletcher and captured.
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Canon Dallas
Tex
Palo Alton Canon
Anarillo 9
Fletcher
King Gorin Wins Kentucky Handicap at Churchill Downs
The fifth running of the Kentucky Handicap at Douglas Park in Louisville was won by King Gorin owned by BR L Maker & Co and ridden by Jockey M. Garner. Cudgel finished second and Rowmer third as the race covered a mile and a quarter in 2 04 1 5.
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Louisville
Unclear OCR Item From Oklahoma Report
Fragmentary text indicates a June event in Dewar Oklahoma related to supply and wages, with nameless persons and disrupted spelling. No clear outcome or identities are readable.
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Vuskogeh
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