Tornado Puts Cheyenne Area on Edge Near Wellington
A low roar and darkness swept across the Cheyenne region as a tornado spoke near Wellington Colorado, 20 miles south of Cheyenne. The storm wrecked farm buildings and killed cattle with a 15 yard wide path while sparing a farmer’s wife in the kitchen and a bungalow valued at 7000 dollars. Telegraph and telephone service were knocked out severing Denver to northeast communications.
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Cheyenne
Wellington
Colorado
Denver
Villa Leads Two Thousand Men Against Carranza
Francisco Villa with 2,000 troops joined forces at San Ramiro Chihuahua and is said to bring 10,000 supporters to back Sheanan. Officials in Washington acknowledge Carranza's weakening grip as a flotilla of destroyers sails south for potential use if needed. Ramon De Negri, formerly Mexican consul general in New York, announces appointment as commercial agent for Mexico.
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Nogales
Ariz
Francisco Villa
San Ramiro
Chihuahua
Sonora
Villa
Sheanan
Washington
Garranza
Mexico
New York
Key West
Byron Long
Carranza
Negri
Ramon de Negri
Avalanche of Johnson Votes Buries Hoover in California
In California's presidential preference primary, 4,634 of 5,724 precincts reported with 1,093 missing, showing Johnson leading Hoover by 153,338 votes. Johnson group 883,916 Hoover group 178,578 as the state-wide totals neared completion. Mono county remained unheard from.
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San Francisco
Mono County
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Johnson Group
Hoover Group
Underground River Invades Cheyenne School and West Side Cellars
City officials report rising basement floods across Corlett school and northwest Cheyenne as sewer drainage fails. Mayor Taylor says floor drains partly clear but water closets risk overflow. fire hose flushing continues while engineers search for underground water source.
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Underground River
Cheyenne
West Side
Corlett School
Corlett
Thursay
Taylor
Prohibition Repeal Effort Moves in Congress
Washington May 5 An expected House pursuit to repeal the Volstead prohibition law will be advanced in the chamber tomorrow the rules committee having agreed to a motion. The article notes anticipated debate and procedural steps ahead of the vote.
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Congress
Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Democratic Leader Cummings Slams GOP Tactics at Connecticut Convention
New Haven May 5 Homer S Cummings Democratic National Committee chair urged delegates that wartime U S leadership was moral and the party should have ratified the peace treaty. He defended Democratic measures, challenged critics, and noted a split with Nugent over 1920 nominee strategy.
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New Haven
Conn
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
America
Nugent Attacks Cummings at Democratic Meeting
James R. Nugent of Newark criticized Homer S. Cummings as national party chairman. He linked unrest and radicalism to prohibition and urged a stronger, more virile Democratic leadership at a New Jersey organization meeting in Trenton.
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Democratic Party
Cummings
Underwood
Nugent
Edwards
Trenton
N. J
James R. Nugent
Newark
New Jersey
Democratic State Committee
Homer S. Cummings
Police chief and patrolman face arrest warrant
Bruce Nobles, a book agent, swore out a warrant charging Cheyenne Police Chief C. K. Embery and Patrolman Joe Rouner with unlawfully arresting him without a warrant. The sheriff said the warrant was not yet delivered and would likely arrive today as Embery is out of town and Rouner remains on duty. Nobles reportedly detained, not jailed, while Ray E. Lee defends him saying the core issue is arrest without a warrant. City licensing would be tested but is not the point of the case.
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Bruce Nobles
W. H. Edwards
Joe Rouner
Cheyenne
Judge Edwards
Carwad
Embery
Rouner
Nobles
Au Vv
Aan Vu Peliveuw
Ball
Worden D. Cross
Lee
Robbery at Laramie Store Nets About $1800 in Goods
Police report a major burglary in Laramie with an estimated eighteen hundred dollars of loot. Silk shirts dominate the haul along with cotton shirts neckties raincoats handbags suit cases and clothing items. two men are suspected based on paired items and dual luggage.
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Laramie
George Trabing
Lar
Diesmissing
Plumb Plan to Be Explained Tonight
The Cheyenne Trades and Tabor Assembly hosts Mr. Gallup of Washington D C to lecture on the Plumb Plan at the Parish house tonight at 8 o'clock. The public is invited as guests of the Trades and Labor Assembly to attend this discourse.
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Cheyenne Trades and Tabor Assembly
Gallup
Washington, D. C
Trades, and Labor Assembly
Warehouse Raid Over Sugar Security in Denver Loan Case
Federal marshal seized 175 bags totaling 17 500 pounds of sugar used as security for a loan from Union State Bank of Denver to Morris Ruben of Cheyenne. The shipment was bound for Denver and authorities investigate Lever Act violations with next week’s federal grand jury.
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Capital Coal, Ice & Storage Company
Union State Bank of Denver
Morris Ruben
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Dan Hudson
Denver
Ruben
Cheyenne
Oldest Active Wyoming Doctor Dr William W Crook Dies
Dr William W Crook aged 84 died at 12 05 this morning at his home 517 Vast Eighteenth street heart trouble due to old age. Survived by widow Miranda H Crook and one daughter Mrs O K Snyder. Arrangements to follow on page 2.
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William W. Crook
Wyoming
Eighteenth Street
Crook
Miranda H. Crook
0. K. Snyder
Foster Father of Senator Kendrick Dies in Texas
Ike T. Kendrick, adopted father of U S Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming, died at his San Saba Texas home. He raised the present senator from childhood and was a pioneer Texas cattleman.
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San Saba
Tex
Ike T. Kendrick
United States
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Texas
Bone Dry Revolution Lifts Looming Mexico Scare
Nogales Ariz May 5 The announcement by Governor De La Huerta that Mexico will become bone dry unsettles U S drink traders across the border who have prepared cases in Nogales Sonora for an early end to American aid Wholesale liquor dealers say prohibition danger has been overstated.
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Nogales
Ariz
de la Huerta
Mexico
Sonora
Cheyenne as a regional trade and finance hub
The State Leader analyzes Cheyenne Wyoming as a diversified economic center with strong transport links. It highlights four transcontinental routes, Union Pacific presence with high payrolls, and expansive Western shops, arguing Cheyenne offers broad opportunities for immigrants and growth compared with the West.
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