Cheyenne Notes and Local Business Briefs
Cheyenne scenes include Liberty Bond appeals, new ventures by Frank Clark and H. C. agency plans, nine dogs in the city pound with potential euthanasia, lectures by Mrs Lotta Hammond in Portland and Cheyenne venues, and various visitors from Montana Iowa Nebraska and beyond. Dr Arthur Waite executed at Sing Sing for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Arthur Warren Waite
Sing Sing
John FE. Peck
Grand Rapids
Verdun Veteran Seeks U S Navy Enlistment
James Arthur Mathias, a Canadian veteran scarred from Verdun and Ypres, appeared at a Salt Lake City Navy recruiting station to enlist under the American flag. Recruiter Edwin Guthrie refused him due to disability after noting his eye loss and shell scars. Mathias said he had returned home to Jackson, Michigan after the war’s fiercest fighting.
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Salt Lake City
J.reut
Edwin Guthrie
Verdun
Jackson
Mich
Fragmentary entry on daily routines and health note
A partial OCR line mentions a peat of routine items around meals and water. The readable words reference nourishment and pre meal intake, but the full context and meaning are unclear.
National Pool Tour Brings Battery Roster and Champion Duel
Clayton Byers, Pacific coast billiard champion, retained his title by defeating Minnesota champion Coy Julian 150 to 62 at Marathon billiard hall. Byers posted high runs of 53 and 33 with a showy display of fancy shots. Julian beat local expert 126 to 100.
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Clayton Byers
Pacific Coast
Coy Julian
Minnesota
Byers
Julian
W. Smith
Senator Lane of Oregon Dies in California
United States Senator Harry Lane of Portland died in San Francisco after a period of illness linked to high blood pressure. He collapsed last week while returning home from Washington and had been ailing for about a year. DIVINE LOSES HIS MONEY. A separate note reports Rev. 38. D. May losing a $140 pocketbook on a train returning from the south, with little chance of recovery.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Harry Lane
Portland
Ore
Merve
Senator Lane
Washington, D. C
Divine
Thermopolis
May
Conspiracy Indictments Link Several Men to Gold Fraud
Cuaz confessed before the jury and was arrested in San Francisco while trying to dispose of 15000 dollars worth of bullion said to come from high grade ore in the Frank Cochrane assay office in Cripple Creek. Cheyenne to San Francisco and Philadelphia routes are noted. Government officials withheld other local connections. Each man faces separate charges for unlawful business alongside conspiracy indictments.
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Cheyenne
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Cuaz
Frank Cochrane
Cripple Creek
Each Day May Be a Golden Day for You
The ad promotes rapid wealth with a seven week plan from Mize This Lp. It promises easy gains, an automobile for winners, and urges readers to act now rather than save years to buy luxuries.
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Ghermag Co
Wyoming finance committee outlines war defense fund plan
The Wyoming State Council for National Defense finance committee met in Cheyenne on May 21 1917. Members discussed raising and managing funds for defense with John W. Lacey as trustee and a goal of about 25000 for the current year and perhaps 50000 for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Wyoming State Council For National Defense
T. C. Diers
Sheridan
P. J. Quealy
Kemmerer
A. D. Johnston
Cheyenne
E. J. Sullivan
Basin
B. B. Brooks
Casper
Henry G. Knight
State Council
Brooks
Knight
Tis Foot Product Promises Pain Relief and Comfort
A whimsical 1920s style ad touts "Tis" as a grand foot gladdener curing corns bunions and sore feet. The copy claims a 25 cent box ends foot torture for a year and promises tired, sweaty feet will no longer be a problem.
Bay Liberty Bond Appeal to Wyoming Aims at Small Investors
Secretary McAdoo projects expenditures of 10 million dollars in the first year to support the war effort. A H Marble of Stock Orders National Bank says Wyoming should take part and that bonds can be bought on an installment plan. He urges small investors to contribute, warning banks should not absorb all funds. Memorial sermon by Shipgler to be delivered in Chugwater on May 27 for Memorial Day.
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McAdoo
A. H. Marble
National Bank
Shipgler
Chugwater
Hoe
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William Harding
Denver
Mr. Harding
Sherman Co. U
Bill
Emberey
Sherman Co. Opm & Win Lectere
Lotta Hammond
Famous Cafe
L. H.C
Connecticut
Mmm Swisher Optical Company
Bis W
Galt Lake
F. H. Love
Plains Hotel
Montana
A. C. Tyango
M. A. Johnson
Harra
Mont
Kelley's
Sterling
L. A. Whitther
Orville Whittier
A. Swapsen
Sterling, Colo
Loran
Iowa
Bert Smith
Kellerton
The
J. Murray
Weather
J. Beard
York, Neb
Minneapolis
JE. A. Bailey
Minn
Omaha
P. J. Panison
Governor's Veteran Guard
Me@y Barkwell
Ilion
Tim Dyer
W. H. H. Reid
Benton
Earl M. Benton
St. John’s Hospital
G. L. Strader
Riverton Ofl, Company
Pavilion Dome Oil Company
Secretary of State
M. 8. Durill
T. J. Smaveley
M. J. Martin
Earl Warrent
Fremont County
L. T. Lee
Fort Morgan
L. R. Nye
Livingston
Rivertow
DR. Waite
Peterson
Waite
U.S. Navy
Bi de. MC. Lucas
Lis
CED
Vv Cdhs
Douglas
Wilson
Penton and McCarty
Cincinnati
Sabe
Fischer
Pfeffer
Miller
St. Lewin
netMere
Boston
Uees
Aames
Gonzales
Barnes
Allen and Gowdy
Washington
Dumont
Arnsmith
Henry
Russell
Schalk
Basten
Ruth
Thomas
Davenport
Severeid
Cleveland
Caldwell
Oregon
California
Fatima
Fatima Machines
Myo Jofacco
John W. Lacey
Wyoming
Counci
Uinta
Lincoln
Sweetwater
Carbon
Laramie
Albany
Platte
Goshen
BR. B. Brooks
Niobrara
Converse
Natrona
Fremont
Johnson
Campbell
Weston
Crook
E J. Sullivan
Big Hart
Park Washakie
Hot Springs
A. B. Johnston
T. J. Diers
A. T. Lomiston
Sec. of Finance Committee
Bay
Liberty
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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