White House Wool Sells to Company for $120 a Pound
Wyoming buyers pay $120 per pound for two pounds of White House wool sent by Mrs. Wilson to benefit the Red Cross. A syndicate of 20 men from several counties purchased it in a selective sale, with proceeds dispersed to counties for the war fund. Disposition of the wool remains to be decided.
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Wyoming
White House
Wilson
Red Cross War Fund
Washington
Red Cross Fund
Laramie County
Natrona
Converse
Mrs. Bibschwerlen Granted Divorce by District Court
Judge Mentzer grants a complete and absolute divorce to Mrs. Rhoda Bibschwerlen from Sebastian Bibschwerlen in district court ruling. The action concludes a yearslong marriage dispute with the court issuing the final decree.
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Mentzer
Rhoda Bibschwerlen
Sebastian Bibschwerlen
Couple’s divorce ends with alimony and fees award
In open court the agreement sets the defendant to pay the plaintiff 1400 dollars in cash as alimony and attorney fees. Married 23 years the couple moved from Colorado to Wyoming where they wed and acquired property in Cheyenne whose sale funded the payment.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wheatland Professor Sentenced in Cheyenne Scandal Case
Prof J B McPherson of Wheatland received a sentence of one to three and a half years for crimes against boy students in nearby schools. He was moved from Laramie county jail to prison, after a brief explanation of his guilty plea to Judge Mentzer. The case ends a local scandal that rocked Wheatland, where McPherson had led a boys’ bond as principal and fled with a 17-year-old companion to St. Louis before arrest.
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William Edwards
Wheatland
Cheyenne
J. B. McPherson
Rawlins
McPherson
Crimans
Laramie County
W. C. Mentzer
St. Louis
Breakfast in an Aeroplane Impresses Italian Press
The Corriere della Sera of Milan reports that Caproni aircraft serve breakfast aboard planes to a rising number of passengers. The innovations fascinate Italy, drawing much wonder and enthusiasm as these giant machines advance.
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Aix
Caproni
Corriere , Della Sera
Milan
Italy
Accidental Shot Causes Death in Wyoming Ranch Camp
Oliver Graves, a Diamond Cattle Company ranch hand on Guyton ranch near Rock River, Wyoming, fatally shot himself when a pistol discharged while being placed on his belt. He died within minutes from a severed artery. Graves, about 29, had been employed two months.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Oliver Graves
Diajmond Cattle Company
Guyton Ranch
Rock River
Old Seven L Ranch
Rock Creek
Graves
Hughes
Arlington
Seven S
Pennett
Rawfine
Stryker
Laramie
Kansas City
Diamond Company
Old Soldiers Send Wire Gen Pershing
The Cheyenne Wyoming G A R post sends a telegram to General Pershing expressing patriotism and remembrance of fallen service members. Signed by J W Brookhart A A Mahar L S Bartlett as a committee of Memorial Day tribute.
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Pershing
John F. Reynolds Post
Cheyenne
Wyoming
France
J. W. Brookhart
A. A. Mahar
LS. Bartlett
Father Runs Over His Son With Car in Casper
Wilbur J. Lanning of North Burlington Casper Wyoming backed a parked automobile and his 8 year old son Wilbur Jr. stepped behind it. The wheels passed over the boy injuring his head and body. He remained unconscious for hours with a poor prognosis. The father is deeply distressed by the accident.
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Casper
Wyo
Wilbur J. Lanning
W. l. Lanning
North Burlington
Hila
Rock Springs Boy Not Deserter From Service
Murray Noble a draft registrant from Rock Springs had been rumored deserter after a long absence near American Lake Washington. Telegraph inquiry found no foundation for the tale. Noble, immunized with anti typhoid, suffered memory lapse and wandered eight days before camp authorities identified him. he is now recovering.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Murray
Noble
American Lake
Wash
Leavenworth
Lightning Kills Boy and Three Horses in Wyoming
In Sheridan Wyoming on June 18 Homer Parker crouched under a plow team to shelter from a rain storm. Lightning struck the horses killing all three and pinning Parker under one horse. Deen Switser, who came to help, aided Parker. Parker survived but suffered serious injuries.
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Boy
Sheridan Sheridan
Wyo
Homer Parker
Hornes
Parker
Deen Switser
80 Anxious to Fight 12 Gives Up Furlough
Private Joho Foduruch of the battalion relinquishes his furlough, signaling readiness to return to duty. No further details given about unit or location.
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Joho Foduruch
The
Bth
Field artillery furlough constable returns to Fort Meyer duties
A U S A field artillery member on furlough for a cross cape assault is recalled to duty at once at Fort Meyer Virginia. He waives the remaining allowance and reports immediately despite being entitled to 30 days more.
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Field Artillery
Ma Cross Cape
Kaleer Bill
Fort, Meyer, Va
First Candidate Files Nomination Papers for United States Senator
James W. Fisher of Millburn in Uinta county has opened the Democratic primary campaign by filing a petitioner with the secretary of state for the United States Senate seat. He is the first to declare intent, with July 29 as the final filing date for state officers. Acting Secretary Wescott expects many petitions before the deadline.
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James W. Fisher
Millburn
Uinta County
United States
Wescott
Manville to Build City Hall and Electric Plant Planned
June reports from Manville say the town council bought land to erect a city hall and granted a franchise for an electric light plant to begin operation by July 6. Other notes cover traffic policing in Douglas, stock-welfare rewards at Chugwater, Powell street work, extended hours for Powell merchants, Casper rancher talks on exemptions, Rawlins camping ground plans, Pine Bluffs arrest, Glenrock road funding and auto bus service, and Wheatland river flooding affecting rail traffic.
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Manville
Rawlins
Walcott
Glenrock
Casper
Make
Red Crows committee adrift with calf donation tale
A woman from Anthony North Dakota donated a live calf to the Red Crows committee in Paso Ter June 18. The animal remains unsold and is kept at a local barn while pigeons dogs and cats are sold to raise funds for the drive.
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Hu Paso
Ter
Red Crows
Anthony
Denver papers back Frontier celebration with boosted help
T Joe Cahill reports Denver newspapers will promote the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration with increased effort. He and Frontier committee members met editors to discuss railroad rates trains and advertising and expect a larger Colorado crowd. a possible Denver to Cheyenne automobile race may be added.
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Denver
Colorado
T. Joe Cahill
Colorado Capital
Cahill
Frontier Committed
Cheyenne
Italy Releases Low Nicotine Denicotinized Tobacco Variety
The Italian government which controls tobacco sales markets a new denicotinized tobacco variety containing about ten percent nicotine and offered at a very low price.
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Italy
Chilean official studies U.S. copper mining methods
Engineer Carlos Castro Ruiz representing Chilean government tours copper camps in the southwest and Mexico to learn ore reduction methods and mining laws. He recently visited the Chino district in southern New Mexico and the large Douglas smelters in Arizona to obtain data and copies of U.S. mining laws.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Carlos Castro Ruis
Chile
Southwest
Mexico
Chino
New Mexico
Douglas
Aris
Benor Ruis
Law Revisions for Native Country Cited in Proposal
A formal proposal aims to revise and codify the laws of his native country. The plan seeks to modernize statutes and harmonize legal codes with contemporary governance standards.
Improved Method Concrete Ships by Jas Turney
Warren Aris June 18 report states engineer Jas Turney claims an improved concrete ship method. The breakthrough uses electric motors to release pouring forms, allowing hulls to be launched and closed again in ten minutes for the next ship bound for France.
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Warren
Aris
Jas, Turney
France
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Bert McDonald
Nebraska
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