Con gregational church steeple torn down in Cheyenne
One of Cheyenne's oldest landmarks the Congregational church steeple is being removed due to leakage and lack of funds to rebuild. A brick cornice will top the wall, and basement repairs plus a modern kitchen and community rooms are planned. The old walls reveal wrought iron nails, not wire nails, from the era of construction.
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Cheyenne
Congregational Church
St. Mary's Cathedral
Gheyenne
Bulding
Elured
Wyoming oil man is divorced and remarried
BE T Williams, a Wyoming oil operator, was divorced in Thermopolis by Mrs Artie B Williams and immediately remarried in Littleton to Mrs Annette Faulkner Burbank. The couple attended a Savoy hotel dinner in Denver before departing on a honeymoon. Mrs Williams No 1 remained at the Brown hotel with a property settlement reportedly settled out of court.
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Denver
BE. T. Williams
Wyoming
Artie B. Williams
Thermopolis
Wyo
W. H. Ferguson
Williams
Littleton
Colo
Annette Faulkner Burbank
Savoy Hotel
Williams No. 1
Brown Hotel
Local Hobbs area auto and road work bustle reports
Auto top making and street grading proceed in Hobbs with Huckfeldt and Finkbinder workers clearing mud and filling ruts. Dust rises as first dry spell after weeks of mud. outside Cheyenne a state highway crew operates a large grading outfit. The Merry-Go-Round opens daily at 4 PM near the Post Office. Yardwork and taxi services expand with lawn mowing and express calls available. Local insurers and real estate firms advertise services in town.
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The
State Highway Department
Cheyenne
Hospital care urged to curb epidemics by Cheyenne Red Cross
W E Mullen president of the Cheyenne Chapter of the American Red Cross argues Memorial Hospital is vital in epidemics. He cites isolation, nurse staffing, physician efficiency, and better outcomes as reasons to centralize care and reduce household transmission.
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W. E. Mullen
Cheyenne
American Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
Mullen
California Nine Knocks Out Wyoming 10–0
The University of California baseball team defeated the University of Wyoming 10 to 0 in the first intercollegiate game Wyoming has played in years.
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California
Laramie
Wyo
University of California
University of Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming fugitive Gavin arrested in Panama Canal Zone
Casper Wyoming May 18 Claude J Gavin charged in a county warrant with embezzlement and flight with Continental Supply funds has been arrested at Balboa Heights Panama Canal Zone after Pinkerton led a three month search across the United States and South America. Gavin faces extradition while authorities estimate he stole about 15000. His wife was traced to several cities before Gavin’s capture. Also Sheriff Prout, accused of multiple Casper frauds, was arrested in Omaha awaiting extradition.
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Casper
Wyo
Claude J. Gavin
Continental Supply Company
Balboa Heights
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Pinkerton Detective Service
United States
South America
Panama
Gavin
American Surety Company
Pinkerton Agency
Gasper
Yount
San Francisco
New Orleans
Chicago
Casper Nan
Pacific Coast
B. T. Prout
M. L. Clark
Omaha
Nebr
Prout
Manhattan
Fat Sam Brainard Dies At State Soldiers' Home
Samuel Brainard once the heaviest peace officer in Laramie Wyoming and Larimer Colorado has died after entering the Wyoming Soldiers and Sailors home in Buffalo. He weighed 3860 pounds in his prime and 150 pounds at admission.
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Sam” Brainard
Samuel Brainard
Ab Sam
Laramie County
Wyoming
Larimer County
Colorado
Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors
Buffalo
Brainard
Thermopolis Man Victim of Gasoline Fire
E. M. Shoop was burned when gasoline used to clean clothes exploded. He was fed at a local hospital from burns and injuries. Mrs. Shoop suffered severe burns but is expected to recover, officials announced.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
E. M. Shoop
Tragic Death of 12 Year Old Cheyenne Boy at Saratoga
Clarence Gillespie age 12 died in Saratoga Wyoming from a .22 caliber pistol shot believed to be self inflicted. He had been in Cheyenne with foster parents Hoy and Mrs Gillespie formerly of Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs, and earlier was a ward of the state.
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Little Clarence Gillespie
Saratoga
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Hoy Gillespie
Pine Bluffs
Fred Putoff
Rock River
State Department of Child and Animal Protection
Gillespie
Gillespies
Cheyenne City Council Ads for Caterpillar Tractor Bid
City Clerk abstracts minutes of May 17 1920 meeting in Cheyenne Wyoming with all members present. Commissioner McInerny moved advertising for bids for a caterpillar tractor for the street and alley department. motion carried. Official certify minutes as abstract.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
McInerny
J. J. Showalter
Stark's Welcome announcement on page eight
Stark's Welcome is featured with community details and event notes on page eight, highlighting local gatherings, speakers, and dates for a town welcome program. The item frames the event as a formal community welcome during an ongoing regional effort to foster civic engagement.
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Stark
Signs to Mark Turns and Twists of Roads
Plans for marking proposed state routes are completed and signs are being manufactured. The state highway department details for the sign program are being prepared for the upcoming maintenance season.
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State
Road signs to display town names mileage and route numbers
The department will produce Perrier signs per standard designs. Signs will be white with black lettering naming towns and mileage and the state route number. Mileposts between signs will show county mileage and the route number. Read Stark's Welcome announces Leader Want Ads bring results.
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J. A. Kirkpatrick
Carey Ave
Frontier
Archie Allison
Union Trust Co
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
First National Bank
DR. Jekyll and
MR. Hyde
Grocens
Posty Cereal Go
Battle Geek
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Panama Canal Zone
Balboa
Cheyenne Battery
17Th St
Clarence Gillespie
City Council
Wyomming
County OF Laramie
KODAK
Wyoming Book Store Company
James Hutchinson
Central Ave
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