Prairie Center feud ends in stalled trial in Torrington
In Prairie Center a dispute over a store clerks and a girl led to a fight between Ackerman brothers and Chester Grooms. Marion Ackerman, 17, fought with a weapon trained on the others. The case stalled after a jury could not decide, leading to release of the defendants and continued custody arrangements. Accused were Marion Ackerman Chester Grooms with accomplices T. J. Allen and EF. A. Sherer, all under $500 bonds.
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Torrington
Prairie Center
Mayme Eshbaugh
Chester Groema
Ackerman
Marion Ackerman
Bever
Taylor
Jude Jackson
Ecork
Hee Howe
Berguse
Aleo
Chester Grooms
EF. A. Sherer
Rock Springs Plans Old Fashioned Fourth Celebration
A mass meeting at Rock Springs city hall discussed an old-fashioned Fourth of July without sports. John Park was elected president with Ro D Murphy secretary and C. P. Scott treasurer. Committee members and organizers were named for printing, finance, and speakers as plans move forward.
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Rock Springs
John Park
City Hall
Ro D. Murphy
C. P. Scott
Arade Sam Ward
W. N. Thurman
James Mills
F. S. Davis
H. J. Stoke
D. T. Gilmore
F W. Johnson
W. L. Dickey
TJ. F. Wood
John Murphy
Martus Johnson
Soren Loren
Ro D Murphy
HW. L. Kellogg
V. J. Facinelli
J. B. Young
Man suffers broken leg after horse fall at Hock Springs
John Kent was out riding near Hock Springs when his horse stumbled and fell trapping his leg. Found the next morning, he endures pain while the injury heals and his condition improves gradually as treatment begins.
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Hock Springs
John Kent
Oter
Sheridan County Surpasses Liberty Loan Quota
Sheridan county has raised 196 009 for the Liberty loan more than sixteen thousand over the expected amount. Since the war began Sheridan’s naval and army recruiting and donations have exceeded expectations and the Red Cross drive is set at 20 500 with strong anticipated support.
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Sheridan County
Treasury Department
Washington
Sheridan
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Beas Jersey Cow Sets 76.6 lb Butterfat 30 Day Record
Afton reports G W Hepworth's Beas, a high quality Jersey cow at Glen Dell farm Grover Wyoming, produced 1110 pounds of milk in 30 days testing 6.0 percent fat, equaling 95.75 pounds of standard butter. The record surpasses prior 16.1 pounds of butterfat. fed four pounds ground cuts daily and grazed on pasture.
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Afton
Laramie Plans Big Rage July 4 Frontier Days
Laramie committees confirm an auto road race Denver to Laramie on July 4 with a 1500 dollar purse funded by Albany County Growers $200 city merchants $200 and a Denver paper’s 1900 addition. Bucking contest judges named and amateurs only for Frontier days contests.
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Laramie
Denver
Albany County Cattle and Horse Growers Association
Oca Mason
Sand Creek
A T. Scoville
Little Laramie
Tom Dodge
North Laramie
J. Reas Kelly
Rock River
James May
Vic Hansen
Northgate
3. H. Campbell Realty Company
Record Day At University Of Wyoming Summer School
On the first day 200 students registered at the University of Wyoming summer session in Laramie. By day’s end about a dozen more were expected, but total enrollment will likely lag behind last year. The mix includes teachers from Wyoming and a number from outside the state, with few male students and attendance from every county.
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Laramie
University of Wyoming
Wyoming
Cheyenne Man Appointed Provost Marshal for Wyoming
Ray K. Olds of Cheyenne is named provost marshal for Wyoming by Governor Frank L. Hioux. He will oversee state registration and draft administration, directing county officials through his office. Olds previously served as disbursing officer for registration and is assigned full time at the adjutant general’s office. No definite drafting rules have been issued yet.
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Ray K. Olds
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank L. Hioux
Olds
Adjutant General
Poison weed kills cattle near Laramie
Laramie reports cattle dying from poison weed as pastures sprout rapid growth. Road supervisor Jack McCue said one cow died Sunday morning and three were sick, with two later saved. Neighbor Mr Lawrence noted losses after a Saturday night inspection. Prompt action may save some, but deaths are rising.
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Laramie
Jack McCue
Boye
Mr. Lawrence
McCue
Agricultural army proposed to mobilize unused lands
South Dakota council members outline a plan to form an agricultural army of men unable to join the conscript force sent to France. Henry G. Knight and Hjalmar Watrud discuss establishing a labor bureau and a nationwide labor census to mobilize workers for state and government lands and unused western tracts.
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Council of National Defense of
South Dakota
France
Henry G. Knight
Wyoming Council
Co. H. Anderson
South Dakota Council
West
Hjalmar Watrud
United States
Wyoming
Hudson Mine Man Finds Mica Ledge
Jane Hudson reports that Ed R. Wynn found a mica ledge south of Hudson and is developing it. He has secured slabs yielding sheets 4% inches square that can be split into very thin sheets. He is about ten feet down with improving quality and quantity as depth increases.
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Hudson
Jane
Ed R. Wynn
Sixteen Army Cantonments Selected Across Nation
The War Department announced sixteen cantonments for the national army. Central Rockford Indiana and Eastern sites Yaphaok South Haven Long Island Annapolis Junction Peters burg join twelve earlier locations Ayer Wrightstown Columbia Atlanta Chimicothe Louisville Battle Creek Little Rock Des Moines Fort Riley Fort Sam Houston American Lake. National guard camps include Fort Worth Waco Houston Fort Sill Deming Linda Vista. nine more camps remain to be chosen.
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Yaphaok
South Haven
Long Island
N. Y
Annapolis Junction
Petersburg
Ayer
Mass
Wrightstown
N. J
Columbia
8. C
Atlanta
Chimicothe
Ohio
Louisville
Battle Creek
Mich
Little Rock
Ark
Des Moines
Iowa
Deserves Gold Wedal For This Corn Cure Claim
A Cincinnati authority touts a corn remedy promising immediate relief by applying a few drops of freseme fragrance on tender corns. The ad asserts the treatment loosens the corn so it can be lifted out with little pain and notes a quarter ounce of free ones is sufficient for frequent use.
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Cimcinpati
British subjects enlistment at Cheyenne recruiting office
The Cheyenne recruiting office is authorized to enlist British subjects for the British army during the war. George G. Bain of Thermopolis was the first to enlist, traveling from Cheyenne to Denver and then to New York for British infantry training. No American can enlist in the British army.
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Cheyenne
George G. Bain
Thermopolis
Denver
New York
U. S
Noonan
Army Recruiting Office
Army
Navy
United States
Women to Pledge Economy in Food
Women nationwide will pledge to observe strict economy in food as part of a campaign led by Mrs BR A Merten and Anna Howard Shaw. The pledge asks housewives to avoid needless waste and binds them to frugal consumption urged by Herbert Hoover, the new food administrator.
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Wemes
BR. A. Merten
Women's State Cousel
National Defense
Anna Howard Shaw
Women's Council
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Body of Drowned Boy 16 Found Near Green River
The body of Richard Weisse, 16, who drowned weeks ago at Green river, was found Friday by two men fishing near the boat landing. The sheriff recovered the body and it was taken to town for funeral services at 7:30 that evening. It is believed the body lay in river mud until it washed away.
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Rock Springs
Richard Weisse
Green River
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Central Department
Rockford, In
Cincinnati Authority
HSH
U.S Army
Britain
H. A. Floyd
Public Utilities Commission
Athens Candy Co
Phon
Lincoln Highway
Gei Chong & Co
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Glenda
Wheatland
Pole Creek
U. K
Dildine’s
Court House
Consco
Continental Oil Company
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