Longmont Boy Takes Own Life After Bond Sales Rejected
Bert Howard Buckley a 14 year old Longmont resident and member of the Boy Scouts died from bichloride of mercury taken in despondency after failing to sell Liberty bonds in a campaign. He was chided by companions and locked himself in his room. Funeral services were held at the family home and burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Coroner Leslie Kelso announced the death as suicide.
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Longmont
Colo
Albert Howard Buckley
Harold Buckley
Nowerveg
Aviation Corps
France
A. A. Buckley
Buckley
Boy Scouts
Liberty Loan
Mountainview Cemetery
Leslie Kelso
Laramie River Road Blocked by Late Snow
In Laramie Wyoming on May 13 T R Sears and C F Einspaler abandoned plans to open the automobile road to Walden due to heavy snowdrifts. They report Mantie Blevins intends to move a large herd of cattle by foot to help clear the path, but super drifts hindered progress. Road access is expected to resume within a week or two as snow melts.
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Laramie
Wyo
T. R. Sears
F. Einspaler
Walden
Mantie Blevins
Stranger on a walking tour and a curious farmer exchange
A passerby questions an old man at a gate about his past as a farmer and his current, long inactivity. The elderly man humorously asserts his luck and contentment with doing nothing for ten years, explaining his optimistic view of time and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bonds and Mothers Day Messages Highlight Postwar News
Paris reports the issue of national defense bonds by the Ministry of Finance offering 3.00 percent annual interest for a monthly period and 4 percent for three months, with denominations of 100 500 and 1000 francs. Madame Joffre and Madame Tolmeare send greetings to American mothers as Mothers Day is prepared. In Iowa a 50 year ban by the State Medical Society targets German made medical devices, marking broad penalties for purchases by members over the next fifty years.
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Py Associated Resis
Paris
Ministry of Finance
France
Fort Nongeh
Towa State Medical Society
Germany
May Crop Report Highlights Wyoming and U S Production
The May crop report from the Bureau of Crop Estimates shows Wyoming winter wheat production estimated at 1,869,000 bushels with 76,000 acres planted. Nationally, U S production on May 1 is 572,599,000 bushels with 26,992,000 acres, reflecting yields and conditions across wheat hay and other crops.
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Oon, O Coalition
United States
Ame
Cleaning Up Battlefields Shows Dangerous Yet Vital Work
Henry Woop describes French army field salvage units reclaiming hundreds of thousands of dollars in material each month. Workers, called rag pickers or divers, operate under heavy shelling to recover shells, grenades, helmets, ammunition, rifles, knapsacks, and other gear, preventing waste and aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Free Staff
France
Oil boom drives April gains with new wells and plant upgrades
April shows steady progress in oil operations with twenty eight completions. Midwest Refining buys adjacent Caspar property for a wax plant on two acres. Standard Oil Greybull begins twenty new pressure stills. Midwest expansion enables large scale growth. Bates Hole in section 10 30 84 yields a 2700 foot well, signaling a boost for Iron Creek and nearby fields. New York Oil and Curtis Petroleum push a two well program hoping for shared oil. Guo Oil and Frank G Curtis near completion on a second well.
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Midwest Refining Company
Casper
Standard Oil Company
Greybull
Midwest
Standard
Oklahoma
Bates Hole
Nouthwest
Bates Park
Iron Creek
Oil Mountain
Potaon Spider
South
Per Creek
Pine Mountain
Dakota
New York Oil Company
Curtis Petroleum Company
Guo Oil Company
Frank G. Curtis
Gas Wells Hit Depths in Polson Spider Mohawk District
The Polson Spider Mohawk area reports the gas well down 1100 feet and the Virginian 611 company at 300 feet in their first wells. Operators anticipate rapid development to establish this region as a major southern gas field with further drilling planned. Red Rose dome near Thermopolis shows gas and Red Rose company advances drilling toward probable production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk Company
Denver
Virginian
Red Rose
Thermopolis
Red Rose Company
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Laramie River
Issa
Joffre
Ameirica
Philadelphia
Pritts
Pawel
Madame Joffre
Mado Tolmeare
Mise Anna Jareia
Lauro
Wyoming
U.S
Tate
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U- 8
Department of Agriculture
Manting
United
Henry Woop
Salt Lake Deseret News
Tom
All
Freckles
BY Blosser
Indiana
Polson
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Lusk Field
Cook Brothers
W. 18Th St
Charlotte
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