Wyoming News Briefs Highlight Prohibition Push and Local Events
Local notes report patchy late rains in Laramie County and a strong push by the W C T U for Fourth of July booths and dry Wyoming campaigning. Bishop Thomas attends a Wyoming diocese convention in Douglas while church leaders mark fifty years of the church in Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Manna
Egbert
Antelope Gap
Crosby and
Harmony
Thomas
Episcopal Church
Douglas
Rev
A. Houston
Local Residents Return from Cheyenne and Nearby Treks
Miss Kieffer returns from viait with Mildred Arnold in Laramie. Dentists Dre Appel and Andrews attend the state meeting in Thermopolis. Rancher H. Tracy from Huckingham Cole district transacts business in Cheyenne Wednesday. S Welch comes from Cheyenne for a business trait. W. M. Miller of Laramie among out of town visitors in Cheyenne Wednesday. A. Merton of Sebert reports crepe in its section looking fine. I. C. Jeffries and Marian of Newcastle return home after visiting. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Doty and son leave for a nouling in the Laramie mountains. Nancy Hickok, Oklahoma teacher, returns to Wyoming for summer. Mrs. A. F. Saunders returns from Colorado mountains to Cheyenne. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Carey return from a short visit in Denver. F. E. Aitch of Pine Bluffs transacts business in Cheyenne Wednesday. Elia Ellwood of Pine Bluffs shops in Cheyenne. J. A. Larson of Morrill Neb. visits Cheyenne Wednesday. D. B. Duncan Terry Jones C Carrington and J Archbold among Cheyenne visitors in Laramie early week. "Little James" of Laramie singing parlor returns home. Frank Johnston, visiting Cheyenne and Laramie, returns to Des Moines Iowa. Wednesday.
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Laramie
Dre. Appel
Andrews
Thermopolia
Tracy
Huckingham
Cole
Cheyenne
S. Welch
Chigwater
W.M. Miller
A. Merton
Sebert
I. C. Jeffries
Marian
Newcastle
A. C. Doty
Nancy Hicock
Oklahoma
Elia Ellwood
Pine Bluffs
J. A. Larson
Morrill
Neb
D. B. Duncan
Terry Jones
C. Carrington
John Archbold
Little James
Frank Johnston
Des Moines
Iowa
Police Judge Hikes Drunkenness Fine in Cheyenne
Judge Swainson raises the fine for drunkenness to 15 dollars plus costs, applying to all offenders. In a Wednesday session seven cases were heard with five drunks. four pleaded guilty and were fined 15 dollars. One laborer, John Miller, was fined 1 dollar and sentenced to 15 days for lack of visible means, reflecting the judge’s aim to keep the streets manned.
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Cheyenne
Pedro Ungun
John Miller
Cheyenne Property Gains Ground as Prices Jump
Cheyenne's housing market tightens with few rentals and rising prices. Expectation of more workers at UW and delayed construction push rents higher, while owners pull homes off market. Notable transactions include Dry furry buying the Nisewonder Place, Mrs. Honan purchasing Pasoh on Bent Street, and Harry Tuttle buying the Ramant place on 234th Street.
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Dry Furry
Frank Nisewonder
18Th and
Russell
Garet Honan
Bent Street
Harry Tuttle
R. M. ‘Amant Plocp
Too KB
Atraet
Alsace Lorraine Question Topic Among Germans
German newspapers debate Alsace Lorraine solutions but Alsatians and Lorrains reject joining Germany. Proposals include division between Prussia and Bavaria, an independent duchy, or a German linked republic. Most natives favor reunion with France, echoing Wilson on redressing Prussia's wrongs for peace.
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Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Lorrain
German Empire
Prussia
Bavaria
Lorraine
Alsace
Wuerttemberg
Wilson
France
Specialized Clerks Badly Needed by U S War Effort
In Washington the civilian federal staff grew from 326000 to about 38000 during the first year of U S participation. Most workers are clerks and three fourths are women including eighteen thousand stenographers and typists. The Civil Service Commission seeks specialized clerks to meet wartime needs as general clerks are easier to hire.
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Washington
D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Information on Postal Service Jobs at City Offices
Representatives of the service commission at the postoffs in all cities are prepared to furnish definite information and application blanks.
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Service Commission
Mass Meeting Urges Women Suffrage in Berlin
A women's mass meeting in Berlin urged woman suffrage, arranged by bourgeoisie and socialist women. Speakers highlighted wartime contributions of women in munitions factories and stated that German women and the German people need voting rights. Mrs. Marie Stritt cited progress in America and England.
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Berlin
Berlin Tageblatt
Marie Stritt
America
England
Cheyenne to Weed Out Desirable Deserters from City
Police launch city clean up in Cheyenne after Mrs. Batley conviction for running a house of ill fame. She is fined 100 dollars with costs. Chief Embry and officers pledge vigorous pursuit of undesirables, with magistrate Swainson and city commissioners backing the effort as three more women and two men are arrested for lewdness and frequenting a house of ill fame.
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W. A. Leech
House of It
Batley
Cheyenne
Embry
Swainson
British profiteers warned again over food shortage
In Manchester England J Clynes parliamentary secretary to the ministry of food warned profiteers against exploiting the recent food shortage. He cited a new act punishing profiteers and said the principle might extend to those deceptive individuals who had secured more than their share of food.
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Manchester
Eng
J. Clynes
Ministry of Food
Ring
Clyoes
Fruit Crop Outlook for Germany Sees Shortfall in Key Fruits
Amsterdam reports that Germany faces a smaller than 1917 fruit crop, with apples apricots and peaches below average. Cherries and pears are seen as better, while a warm spring suggests a strong honey year for the empire.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Women powered farms praised at Norfolk gathering
Landowners paid tribute to women workers on Saturday. Sir Allwyn Fellowes noted a Norfolk farm run entirely by women and praised its cheerful health. Gilbert Overman of Weasenham said he employed over a hundred women in three years with only four not returning.
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Allwyn Fellowes
Norfolk
Gilbert Overman
Weasenham
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