Wyoming Ranchers Strike It Rich In Big Horn County
William and Quinten Littlejohn, after years of ranching on Grass Creek, sold their holdings to Grass Creek Metallurgical & Refining for 206000 dollars. They traded 600-800 acres and an eighth royalty on production for cash, planning to move with their families to California.
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Meetretse
Willian
Quinten Littlejohn
Elf
Grass Creek Metteleum & Hefining Company
Big Horn
Grams Creek
California
Convicts Set for Road Work in Mot Springs County
Eleven convicts arrive with a guard to work on Mot Springs county roads. Two gangs will start with emergency tasks, then proceed to Reed hill on Buffalo creek road and a new stretch near Kirby. One gang led by George Whittaker, the other by Ed Welch.
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Thermopolis
Mot Springs
Creek
George Whittaker
Reed Hill
Buffalo Creek
Ed Welch
President Duniway to Deliver Memorial Day Address
LARAMIE May 24 A meeting of the general committee for Memorial day exercises reports progress on planning. President Duniway of the University of Wyoming will deliver the address and Lt Daly of the military department will marshal cadets for firing and firing soundings. Several societies will participate in the parade and arrangements include veteran transportation by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Fitch
Duniway
University of Wyoming
Daly
Military Department
Hughes
Swisher Optometrist at 215 Woat 17th Street
An optometry practice run by Hen VF Swisher specializing in optical measurements and eyewear serves customers at 215 Woat 17th Street with a focus on precise vision care and corrective lenses.
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Hen VF
Swisher
Woat 17Th Street
Webster Portre Bono Gift Enhances Laramie High Hall
In Laramie on May 24 Hon C P Arnold presents a statue set of Daniel Webster to the high school. The piece will occupy the upper half of the hall near the entrance, offering an attractive outlook from all doors. The 1916 class regards the gift as an honor to the school.
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Laramie
C. P. Arnold
Daniel Webater
Arnold
Stock Springs
Mead brings convict road crew to Balt River canyon
Salt Canyon Road Cokeville May 14 George Mead reports he arrived with three men and fourteen more joined Friday to work at Balt River canyon this year. He notes none from last year’s crew are with the new group and only two from that year remain in the penitentiary, the others paroled or discharged.
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Cokeville
George
Mead
Balt River Canyon
Sheridan School Census Shows Gain
Sheridan May 24 The 1916 school census shows the number of persons of school age six to twenty one has increased 190 in the last year. The current school age total is 1492, up from 2204 in 1915, 2114 in 1914 and 2102 in 1922.
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Sheridan
Pleased With Squirrel Day in Afton Valley
County Agent Watt reported strong farmer activity in the upper valley on Squirrels day. About 1590 ounces of strychnine were used. He observed few squirrels near holes but many in the ditch opposite the field, noting the poison acted slowly and many animals had time to retreat into holes before dying.
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Afton
Watt
Work Starts on Carter Sanitarium in Thermopolis
May 24 report states contractor Ukeneskey broke ground for the Carter sanitarium basement this week. A force of men is rapidly moving dirt and material is being assembled for construction, with no anticipated delays once supply arrives.
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Thermopolis
Carter Sanitarium
Ukeneskey
Cca
New State Bank Formed in Saratoga
The Stockgrower says State Bank of Saratoga filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital is 10 000 dollars with Saratoga residents as stockholders list including M B McKillip A M Heather H K E Pilon J D Paulson J B Delaney and others. The bank plans to begin operations soon in Saratoga Carbon county.
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State Bank of Saratoga
Saratoga
Carbon County
Saratogs
Daring German Brings Down 18th Aeroplane
Berlin dispatch reports air squadrons attacking the Dunkirk harbor with notable success. A German biplane fell into the sea after a dogfight. Four enemy aircraft were disabled within allied lines, with one near Verquin, one near Noyon, one near Maucourt east of the Mourne, and one northeast of Chateau Saumur. First Lieutenant Boelke claimed his seventeenth and eighteenth kills, earning a captaincy from the emperor for his achievements.
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Dunkirk
Victoity of Verique
Noyon
Ifaucourt
Mourne
Chateau Saina
Boelke
Avecourt
Bie
HIRSIG TO MANAGE SHERIDAN STAMPEDE
A. M. Hirig named stampe manager for Sheridan Summer event to be staged July 2 4 and 6. He is a Sheridan businessman with past show work and will coordinate two automobile races on July 3 and July 5 with more acts to be announced.
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Hirsig
Sheridan Stampede
Do. W. Hiraig
Cheyenne
Raciny
Senator Holliday Celebrated on Ancestry and Service
Laramie May 24 Sunday May 21 marked the birth anniversary of Senator W. H. Holliday born in Hamilton county Ohio in 1842. He moved to Wyoming in 1867 worked in contracting then lumber in the city and became president of the W. H. Holliday Company incorporated in 1838. He has served in both state legislatures and is a current Albany county state senator. He was Wyoming’s commissioner to the 1904 St Louis world fair and a recurring delegate to Democratic national conventions. He resides with his wife and two daughters at 321 Garfield street.
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Laramie
W. H. HolLiday
Hamilton County
Ohiio
Wyoming
Holliday
Albany County
St. Louis
Garfield Street
Verdun Destiny in Historic Treaty and War Terrors
Washington May 24 A graphic bulletin from the National Geographic Society links Verdun to a fateful rock in history. It notes the 843 Treaty of Verdun partitioned Charlemagne’s empire, creating a German nation core and setting East Rhine lands for Louis and Lothair with lasting border frictions.
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Washington
Verdun
France
Germany
National Geographic Society
Charlemagne
Rhine
Bavaria
Franconia
Theoringia
Saxony
Spiren
Worms
Maing
Louis
Lothair
Barles
Meuse
Virodunwm
Cloris
Lotiida
Bad Rimen
L Caplarou
Pramee
Verdun's 1470 Defense and 1916 Valor Remembered
The record recalls Verdun’s siege past from 1470 and 1870 to 1916. It notes a cordial welcome by local women, later executions, fortifications built after peace, and Verdun’s Meuse valley location 175 miles from Paris and 49 miles from the French frontier.
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France
Valmy
Verdun
Meuse
Pars
Cheyenne Council Moves on Tax and Water Tap Ordinances
Cheyenne Wyoming May 22 1916 council in regular session. Second reading of Mayor LaFontaines liquor tax ordinance postponed two weeks while Commissioner Martins water tap price bill advances to final passage. A petition for a citywide tennis course is discussed with two available sites Lake Minnehaha Park and North Sasates Bash.
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LaFontaine
Martin
Francis A. Davis
Mra
Kendrick
Mertin
Lake Minnehaha Park
Showalter
State of Wyoming
la Vite
Cheyenne
Lad Showslier
Gity
Life and health warnings from early public notices
Fragmentary OCR presents a jumble of health slogans and ads noting public health risks, sanitation themes, and references to the U S Public Health Service. Mentions of tuberculosis, housing, and a Sherman Company hint at a mid century public health and home maintenance context.
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Princsident Duntiway
Hs? OF
Webster Portre Bono
Salt Canyon Road
Tiay
New State Bank Is Incorporated
M. B. McKillip
A. M. Heather
H. KE. Pilon
J. D. Paulson
J. B. Delaney
Walek
M. M. Cushing
I. F. Cushing
Matt Watt
C. M. Brown
F. B. Durrie
Hugh Mowery
C. A. Cook
Charles McKay
James Q. Dettinger
Berlin
Sayville
Senator Holliday
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Time
Ganga
The
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Mountain States
TEL Phone and Telegraph Company
Gas and Electric
Denver
Colorado
Boettcher, Porter & Company
French Republic
City Council
Agalie
U. S. Public Health Service
Ad Colo Waa
Sherman Co
Washclean
Enon
Paaz i Wen
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