Shoshones to Receive Farm Equipment and Funds
Senate Indian affairs committee adds Wyoming items to the Indian appropriation bill. Allocations include 50000 for livestock seeds vehicles harness machinery tools for Shoshone Indians with tribal rights on the Wind River reservation. Additional funds cover church repairs and irrigation road projects on the diminished Shoshone lands.
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Washington, D. C
Indian Affairs Committee
Senate
Wyoming
Thomas
Episcopal
Wind River Reservation
Fort Washakle
Water bond votes approve Casper city upgrades
Casper Wyoming voters approve a $75,000 water supply bond and a $15,000 sewer extension bond at a special election to meet city growth needs.
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Casptr
Wyo
Isue
Wanted Outside Work At Pen To Get Inside
A man who sought work on the Rawlins penitentiary wall earlier but was refused broke into the railroad club office at Rawlins before last and was chased to Hanna, then brought back to Rawlins by a deputy sheriff. He says he will now get work at the state institution but will be inside rather than outside the new wall.
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Laramie
Walla
Rawlins
Railroad Club
Hanna
Rawling
State Institution
Government Orders Buying Western Horses
Orders from Washington to Fort Keough call for 2500 artillery and cavalry horses 250 pack mules and 200 wagon mules to be shipped to points on the Mexican border, indicating a government push to bolster border forces.
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Miles City
Mont
Fort Keough
Quartermaster General
Washington
Farm Occupancy Instability Linked to Rural Prosperity
Washington May 19. Census bureau findings show that 52 percent of the 5,795,768 answering farmers had occupied their farms less than five years. The report suggests high mobility among farmers may hinder rural prosperity and reflect instability in farm occupancy.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Moisture Abundant in Crook County After Rainfall
Ranchmen and farmers report excellent rains across Crook County with moisture sinking to great depths. Digging post holes reveals soil moisture well below two feet, suggesting ample summer water if conserved. Prospects for abundant grain and crops look favorable with more rain expected.
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Huskett, Wryo
Escaped convict captured by Sheriff Hazen near Greybull
Sheriff Scott Hazen captured Jamee Clark, an escapee from a state reserve road and fence crew. Clark, from Newcastle Weston County, had three years left of a five year term. He was taken at Sheep Canyon six miles north of Greybull, jailed, and to be returned to the penitentiary next week.
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Thermopolis
Wya
Scott Hazen
Jamee Clark
Clark
Newcastle
Weston County
Hazengat
Sheep Canyon
Greybull
Rockefeller Doubles Guards at Pocantico Hills Estate
John D. Rockefeller increases security by doubling guards from four to eight and installing a bedside operated electric lighting system at Pocantico Hills. A similar setup is being added at John D. Rockefeller Jr. home.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Albanian Palace Under Heavy Guard in Durazzo
Five hundred Austria Hungarian and Italian marines guard the palace and legations in Durazzo Albania. The entourage of Essad Pasha has been placed under arrest over a peasant uprising demanding Turkish language be taught in schools.
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Vienna
Durazzo
Albania
Essad Pasha
Yesterday's Major League Baseball Scores Collide With Strong Batters
Report lists multiple games with team scores and winning batteries including Drediger and Dooin for Philadelphia, Luque and Gowdy for Pittsburgh, Tesreanu and Meyers for Cincinnati, Hoch and Baumgardner for New York, Gregg and Johnson for Washington, and notes standings across the Federal and Western leagues with city matchups and batters cited.
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New York
Cincinnati Sesseussseses
Tesreanu
Meyers
Benton
Douglas
Lear
Clark
Gonzales
Macks Dismiss Houck From Pitching Staff
Pitcher Byron Houck of the Philadelphia Athletics was released to the Baltimore club in the International League but refused to join the new team saying he would not pitch if he could not play in the big leagues. Houck had joined the Athletics in 1911 from Spokane. Horses are now groomed with the vacuum cleaner.
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Philadelphia
Byron Houck
Philadelphia Athletics
Baltimore
Houck
The
Athletics
Spokane
Wash
Union Pacific car overhauls and scrap moves noted
The Irwin Wild West show cars are being repainted at Union Pacific shops for the season. C Finlayson and other UP officials and auditors visit Cheyenne. Old materials are shipped to Omaha for scrap and sale to foundries. All steel box cars are ordered and a new time car changes train No 10 to 11 am. Family washings at Sanitary Home Laundry.
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Irwin
J. D. Halbrook
W. Nelson
R. A. Talbot
Union Pacific
Ogden
Cheyenne
Omaha
Public Land Office Notice of Final Proof Filings
United States Land Office in Cheyenne Wyoming publishes a consolidated notice that settlers John Riteke and James W Waddill filed for final three year proofs on June 26 1914. Riteke seeks entry Serial No 06979 for N half of Section 24 Township 165 North Range 68 West with witnesses Claude Draper James Waddill and Gilbert Brown all of Cheyenne. Waddill has two entries Serial No 66024 for 3 percent SW and 8 percent SH in Section 24 and Serial No 07661 for N percent B in Section 24 with witnesses Frank Hennicutt John C Smith John Ritsake and Mrs H H Smith all of Cheyenne. Register J D Chaplin signs J 25.
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United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
U. S. Land Office
Visi John Riteke
Claude Draper
James W. Waddill
John Morrie
Gilbert Brown
Frank Hennicutt
John C. Smith
John Ritsake
H. H. Smith
W. DB. Chaplin
Register
Public Land Sale Notice for Olive M. Farthing Cheyenne Wyo 1914
Notice by the General Land Office sale under the 1906 act to Olive M. Farthing Cheyenne serial 09720 for a land tract W%SBW% Pec 20 T16N R67W 6th P M at not less than 2.50 per acre. Sale set for June 9 1914 at 10 pm. Adverse claimants must file by the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
General Land Office
Congress
Olive M. Farthing
Moving Pictures Brighten Dark Figures in Technology Era
A brief note describes still and moving pictures and their role in modern technology. The passage hints at the contrast between stationary images and dynamic film, suggesting evolving methods of visual storytelling.
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Stock Growers Bank
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Excelsior Springs
Notre Dame College
Daniel, Jr
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