Miserable Night Ends for Two Fishermen on Pole Creek
Judge Edwards and Mr. Sherman braved a wet trek from Cheyenne to Buford to Pole Creek. Rain soaked them as they spent the night under a rock shelter and in a barn with bats and gnats. They survived with a wig basket of fish and a dry finish after a damp, rough excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Eadwards
W. T. Sherman
Sane Walton
Cheyenne
Buford
Pole Creek
Chel
Rovercoats
Mies
Toof
Mr. Sterman
Loma Ferris Place
Mr. Sherman
Fragmentary sports note recalls a rare moment
A fragmentary OCR snippet hints at a rare sports incident with a finish described as oddly successful. Names and places are unreadable, but the brief implies an unusual performance by a participant named Sunday.
Foley Kidney Pills Sponsored by Morill Resident Testimony
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morill Maine reports relief from rheumatic kidney and bladder pains after taking Foley Kidney Pills. Her husband also benefited, going from severe lame pain to no pain after use. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Frank P. Wood
Morrill
Maine
Reward for Arrest of Wheatland Suspect Named
Gov. Houx certified to Platte county officials that a 3500 state reward, posted March 13, 1918, for the arrest and delivery of J. McPherson to authorities, was awarded to Calvin H. Reed, St. Louis police officer, for arresting the former Wheatland high school principal. Reed nabbed McPherson, who is jailed in Wheatland awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Houx
Board of Commissioners
Platte County
Wyo
Wyoming
J. Bo Me-Pherson
Wheatland
Calvin H. Reed
St. Louisa
McPherson
Wheatland High School
Big Bird Over Cheyenne Stirs Town Rumors
Loud buzzing and snorting from a large bird flying high above Cheyenne near noon Monday sparked excitement and rumors of an airplane. The bird moved east of town above the railroad yards and shops, provoking observers at the U P station to confirm it was a bird as the engine-like noise came from a stalled automobile on the viaduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
U. P
Sensational Charges Fail to Save Convicted Man
J H Hamilton a traveling salesman was sentenced by Judge Metz in Lander Wyoming after conviction for criminally assaulting an eight year old girl at Riverton. He received 16 to 26 years in the penitentiary. Residents had threatened lynching but officers moved him to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
Lipson Enlists in U S Army Clerical Department
Jack Lipson, 18, son of Louis Lipson, enlisted in the clerical department of the U S Army at Denver after passing through Cheyenne from Casper. A former Casper resident and Cheyenne Business College graduate, Lipson previously faced home opposition to enlistment and now serves as cashier for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Casper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lipson
Louis Lipson
Uncle Sam's Army
Denver
Sam Weir
Deenver
Lipson
Cheyenne
Casper
Loipacn
Cheyennme Business College
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Water Main Bursts in City Park Damaging Driveway
A water main break in City park yesterday morning eroded a large driveway, creating a pool nearly a block long. Water flooded the area as the hole expanded, but no pedestrians were harmed when the surface caved in at the park intersection. Boys played in the water while rumors spread through nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Disappointed But Not Dissatisfied
Lander Wyoming June 10 Lyal Carr went fishing on the Little Vopo Agie river without a bite. He killed a coyote he heard barking and traced tracks to a lair where he killed two more adult coyotes and thirteen pups. The state bounty on sixteen coyotes is 24 dollars and the hides are worth 20 dollars.
Western Union Held To Account For War Board Dispute
Washington June 10 A wartime dispute over unionization pits Western Union Telegraph against the War Labor Board. President Newcomb Carlton refuses to reinstate employees fired for joining a union and denounces arbitration. Critics warn government action could follow including public pressure or potential nationalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Western Union Telegraph Company
War Labor Board
Western Union
Telegraph
War Board
Newcomb
Carlton
Carlton Te
Ctuel
Helby & Common Carrier
Government takeover debate over Western Union and utilities
The article argues that government seizure of telegraph and telephone firms is being hinted as the next step after war labor board defiance. It notes rapid shifts of investors to government control, praise for public financing, and railroads expecting large million dollar improvements and a $1 billion yearly freight rate rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union
Theete
War Labor Board
Highland Colony Economics Club Holds Meeting
The Economics club met with Mrs Moorhouse in a large gathering. The next meeting is set for Wednesday June 12 at the home of Mrs Maats. A Capitol Vista grange called meeting occurred Monday evening. New residents Mr and Mrs Walters have moved into the Need ham house. Mrs Edger Schertz is ill with whooping cough and Miss Elsie Jamieson visits town before returning to Norfolk Nebraska. A children's day program is planned for Capitol Vista schoolhouse in June followed by a sermon by Mrs Annette Beecher Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economics Club
Moorhouse
Maats
Capitol Vista Grange
Walters
Minnesota
Needham House
Edger Scherrtz
Elsie Jamieson
W. l. Dunn
Norfolk
Neb
Capitol Vista
Mra
Annetta Beecher Gray
Reward Offered for Escaped Wyoming Prisoner
Rawlins Wyoming June 10 Felix Alston warden of the state penitentiary offered a reward for the arrest of W K Lorimer a convict trusted who escaped from the state prison here several days ago Lorimer was serving a term of from one to two years for grand larceny and had almost completed his minimum term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Felix Alston
warde_p
State Penitentiary
W. K. Lorimer
Lorimer
Police News From Cheyenne Patrolman Recovering After Shooting
Patrolman Jack McFarland, shot in the leg while arresting a gunman on Eighteenth Street, has left the hospital and is improving. He may return to duty in six weeks. Sunday arrests included two drunks and a vag under a new city ordinance requiring able bodied men 21 to 60 to work or justify unemployment. Police court activity was light, with Barney MacCarty fined $1 for carrying concealed weapons, and Reuben Smith, a negro, fined for the same offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack McFarland
Eighteenth Street
Barney MacCarty
Reuben Smith
Red Cross comforts aid wounded in hospital care
American soldiers in a Red Cross hospital near field trenches receive skilled medical care and rehabilitation. Recreation and amusement provided by Red Cross staff help speed recovery, with many patients eager to return to duty and life beyond the dressing gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Hospital
Lightning Kills Boy at Wye Ranch
Charles Fietcher aged 14 died at his ranch on the Sweetwater river after a lightning strike struck the horse he rode. The bolt burned him on both legs and caused severe shock, leading to his death several days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Wye
Charles Fietcher
Sweetwater River
Son of Mrs Jane Passes Through Cheyenne on Way to Mare Dolind
A son of Mrs Jane, known only as the son of His Fuihorm-Geoorge James, was seen in Cheyenne Monday morning en route to Mare Dolind to enter the omvel Urey cauig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoorge James
W Ho
Mra
Joss Jane
Cheyenne
Maredolind
Omvel Urey Cauig
Booze and Trash Wagon Pair Arrested In Albany
Police halted a liquor theft scheme involving Pugene Bryant the trash wagon driver and Don Catlett a bar porter. They seized a case of whisky hidden in trash after watching the Albany bar’s stock. Both men are held for court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pugene Bryant
Don Catlett
Albany
Catlett
Bryant
Lyner
New U P Division Freight Agent Arrives in Cheyenne
D M Colling the new division freight agent of the U P and his family arrived in Cheyenne Sunday and will make their home here He had been located at Minneapolis before coming here Ole Olson a veteran section man returned after a few months absence and resumed work near Buford Chief Clerk Needham and others of the time keeping departments of the U P are in Omaha to study the impact of the salary raise On current tickets the uptick in rail fares has caused a rush of passengers from the west with trains now running in two sections to serve those traveling east before the raise. Those who bought tickets before 12 01 Monday may retain the old rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Colling
U. P
Cheyenne
Collins
Minneapolis
Minn
Ole Olson
Buford
Needham
McCormek
Omaha
Weather Outlook for Wyoming and Navy Sailor Visit
Generally fair and cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Harry Brennan, a former Cheyenne boy who enlisted in 1916 and serves on the battleship Nevada, visits sister Mrs Louis Manewal during a furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Harry Brennan
Navy
Nevada
Louis Manewal
Uncle Sam’s gas defense chief Col. Lyster at work
The piece presents Col. T. C. Lyster, Army Medical Corps, as head of a gas defense effort. It notes his role in protecting troops, his position in the medical division, and his noted optimistic disposition despite war duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
T. C. Lyster
Army Medical Corps
Sammiex
Lyster Bisox
Woyn
Menna
Lyster
Vienna Burglary Ring Unmasked by Nightbeat Patrol
A police officer on patrol at 2:00 a.m. observed broken plate glass at Baumbhacki's drapery stores on Mariahife trasse and pursued several fleeing figures. He found a crow bar and, with a lieutenant, halted three suspects who turned out to be young women part of a 34-member gang active in Vienna outskirts for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenna Neves Journal
Baumbhacki
Mariahife Trasses
Vienna
Soldier Newspaper Change as Miss Hastie Sells Herald
Miss Eunice Hastie former owner of the Golden Prairie Herald at Burns has sold the paper to Harry Crain of Cheyenne who has placed G. F. Williams in charge and will continue its publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier
Sergeant Turley Sheds Light On War Wounds And Voices
Sergeant Turley shares his war experiences from the Thirteen battalion Canadian Black Watch and the Thirteenth Royal Highlanders. He discusses physical injuries, gas mask memories, and a dramatic trench poem while advocating for wounded soldiers and patriotism during a five day Chautauqua program starting Wednesday June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turley
Canadian Black Watch
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force
Thirteenth
Royal Highlanders
Sergeant Turley
Baptists Brotherhood Holds Annual Meeting At First Baptist
The Baptist Brotherhood will meet in the parlor of First Baptist Church on Tuesday June 11 at p.m. Officers will be elected and other important business conducted. J J Grainger, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Dod
Baptiss Brotherhood
First Baptist Church
J. J. Grainger
Dangers of Constiveness and Home Remedy Claim
Auto intoxication and common symptoms described as the dangers of constipation are listed, noting potential severe outcomes if untreated such as piles and ulceration. The ad credits Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best remedy, asserting they work gently without stomach or intestinal injury and contain no habit forming element, sold everywhere.
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Judge Edwards
Big Bird
Ben
Victor's Columbian Band
Victor
Chautauqua
Guson Gatdnwer
Highland Colony
Police News
Busbery
Nebraska
Colorado
News of the Railroads
Sammy
Kultur
Ame
Arp & Pammond Hardware Co
Hobbs, Lieckfeldt & Finkhiner, Hopper & Hartley Hardware Co
Hult-Jordan Kareiture Co
Verey Smith Mere Co
Ke. A. Meade
THE
Continental Oil Company
Colorado Corporation
Albuquerque Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Buse Home
Denves
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