Cashier Foils Bank Robbery Attempt At Noon
Bank hold up foiled when cashier Henderson leaped the cage after two masked men threatened him with pistols. Robbers fled to a waiting Ford. police and sheriff launched a wide search with alarms to nearby towns and ranches. An abandoned barn burned soon after the attempt, possibly to distract investigators.
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Henderson
Ceva B. McMillan
Hime
Stock Growers National Bank
Stock Growers Bank
Noth
Eighteenth Street
Hook
J. C. Plewing
M. A. Kline
Pitt Covert
Capitol Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Central Avenue
Lincoln Way
Flock Growers Bank
Smalley
Lon Davis
Colorado Constabulary
Denver A
Cheyenne
Chalk Bluffs
Denver
Charles Embery
Sergei
Jack McFarland
Poice
Sheriff‘ Office
Pleming
Covert
Kijee
Ceticeann O Avenue
Ciate Ian
Brewers Move To Brew Above Legal Alcohol Limits
Officials from the internal revenue bureau declined comment on New York and New Jersey brewers resuming beer production with 2 3/4 percent alcohol by weight and 0.5 percent by volume, potentially violating a Feb 6 bureau ruling tied to the prohibition era near beer rules. The ruling allowed limited higher alcohol content before May 3 1919 under specific conditions. Public notice follows the president’s September 11 1918 proclamation and the Nov 1 1918 act restricting near beer manufacture.
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Associated Press
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
New Jersey
Revenue Bureau
Saloon closing prompts Kemmerer tax levy plan
Kemmerer Wyoming March 17 for the first time the town council must authorize a property tax levy to fund municipal government previously paid from saloon license receipts. With saloons to be outlawed by a state law effective 1919 the council plans an annual levy of 12060 to cover expenses.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Kemmerer
Dumm Undertaking Co Welcomes W C Dumm to Cheyenne
The W W Dumm Undertaking Co announces that W C Dumm father of W W Dumm will come to Cheyenne to assist in the service department. He is a licensed undertaker from Kansas with over 25 years in the business, enhancing the firm’s claim of personal service. Telephone 1815 Carey Ave.
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W. W
Lamont Takes Over Casper Credit Exchange
Lamont of Cheyenne has assumed management of the Credit Rating Exchange at Casper. The Casper unit was recently purchased by the Wyoming Credit Rating Exchange of this city.
Smith Leaves Estate of Third of Million
The estate of BE. W. Smith of Big Piney Wyoming, who died recently in Cheyenne, is valued at 250000 dollars. One third goes to three nieces including Mrs. P. W. Jenkins of Cora Wyoming. The estate comprises 10000 acres of land and 3500 cattle. Smith came to Wyoming in 1878 as a cowboy earning twenty dollars a month plus keep.
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Big Piney
Wyo
BE. W. Smith
Cheyenne
P. W. Jenkins
Cora
Smith
Wyoming
Penn Petroleum Plans Drill near Douglas in Weeks
An announcement from Douglas states that Penn Petroleum, controlling a large oil acreage 12 miles west of town, will begin work on its holdings within thirty days. Several wells are already producing and more will be drilled this summer in a shallow sand making operations relatively inexpensive.
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Douglas
Penn Petroleum Company
Eye Injury Sidelights Cheyenne Educator's Accident
O Co Schwelling, superintendent of Douglas public schools and former Cheyenne high school principal, is blinded in one eye after a rug making mishap. He was struck in the left eye by an object that flew from a rug several days ago.
Widow of pioneer congressman dies in Sheridan
Mrs Alice D Coffeen widow of Henry A Coffeen former Wyoming congressman died in Sheridan after an illness of more than two years. The remains are to be taken to Denver where they will be cremated.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Alice D. Coffeen
Ilpnry A. Coffeen
Wyoming
Denver
Wyoming oil firm drills test well in Fowall field
DEP WEI TO TEST POSSTS FIELD BANDS KEMMERER WY March 17 Drilling by Wyoming Pacific Oil Company in the Fowall field and Jones Bros is under way a deep well will be drilled if necessary to thoroughly test the property
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Wyoming- Pacific Oil Company
Fowall
Jones Bros
Miner Kiliad Hour After Big Mine Reovens
Cumberland Wyoming March 17 an hour after the Union Pacific incident a miner named Kiliad hours after a major mine event was reported. The details are scarce in the fragment, but the focus centers on the aftermath and local response following the incident near the mine.
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Cumberland
Wyo
Union Pacific
Coal mine resumes operation after fatal blast kill
A coal mine resumed operation after a weeks long shutdown when Paul Magnitt was killed by a premature blast. His head was blown away in the incident.
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Paul Magnitt
Musterole Reliefs Aches Without Blisters Old Mustard Plaster
An old fashioned remedy claims to ease pains from chest and back without blistering. Musterole ointment, white and easy to apply, uses mustard compounds to soothe sore muscles and congestion. It promises quick relief for aches and pains with less skin irritation than traditional plasters.
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Thompson Garage
Plaine Piel
Burlington
Wyoming Trust and Savings Bank
Warren Interests
Srkstiae
Golden West
Goldstein’s Bargain Store
BON Ton Restaurant
Lincoln Highway
W. C. Dumm Associates With
C. B. Brower
Village Springs
Ala
Foley
Ada
Penn Petroleum
NBAR
Debs
Dep Wei
Dr. Edwards
Uoskte
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