Cheyennes first passenger airplane ready for service this week
The Curtiss Oriole ordered by Southern Wyoming Aircraft, led by Reed Hollister, is due in Cheyenne weather permitting. A. Mackenzie will pilot, visiting Fort Russell then Denver to fetch the craft, with Hollister and Edward Moroney accompanying. If weather holds, passenger flights begin Saturday and continue with a round of Cheyenne flights, the plane offering more power and room than Bert Cole’s craft.
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Cheyenne
Southern Wyoming Aircraft Corporation
Reed Hollister
Denver
Curtiss-Humphrey
A. A. Mackenzie
Fort Rusel
Edward Moroney
Ture
Bert Cole
Cole
Wyoming
Curtiss
Casper Birdman
Cole’s
Southern Wyoming Airplane Corporation
Wyoming convict in for murder in occupied Germany
John Schlitz an escaped Wyoming convict from Rawlins penitentiary is held in a German guard house on a murder charge after disappearing on May 5 1919. Governor Garey asked Army officials in Germany to arrange a pardon which will not be granted. The report also notes court repairs and preparations for a game, with gravel being laid and weeds cut.
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John Schlitz
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Germany
Schlitz
Lincoln County
Robert D. Garey
Harris
Tennis Court Ready For Use In Cheyenne This Summer
Cheyenne will have another tennis court this summer adjacent to the Elks home leased by Clarence Harris of Klein Harris stores. The court, owned by Fred Warren, is being fixed up by Brownlee's boarders and other locals for summer use.
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Cheyenne
Elks Home
Clarence Harris
Klein & Harris
Fred Warren
Brownlee's
First Well Spudded in Cumberland District
Cumberland Wyoming May 25 J A Moore of Portland Oregon has spudded the first test well on the Ziller ranch near Cumberland in the Cumberland oil field Geologists consider the structure highly promising Moore's rig can reach 8000 feet and the project began with 45 inch casing with the drill down about 200 feet
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Cumberland
Wyo
J. A. Moore
Portland
Oregon
Ziller Ranch
Cumberland Field
Moore
Mean Tarantula On Strike Delights Western Town
May 25. In Diamondville near Kemmerer a tarantula acquired by Charles Potter is on strike, defying its feared bite as residents seek remedies for potential bites. Mayor-Elect Lester G. Baker notes the creature’s irritable temper has drawn crowds and a waiting list for loans while the spider sits unmoved, causing frustration among Diamondville townsfolk.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Lester G. Baker
Diamondville
Charles Potter
Potter
Baker
Elks Remember Otto Braunschweig Funeral Meeting
Cheyenne Lodge No. 660 Elks call members to Elks Home on Wednesday May 26 at 2 30 p m for the funeral of Brother Otto Braunschweig Exalted Ruler AL Leslie and Secretary John J McInerney announce. An Elks dance follows May 27 with Schembeck's orchestra admission four dollars fifty cents a couple.
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Cheyenne Lodge No. 660
Elks Home
Otto Braunschweig
AL. S. Leslie
ELKS
Schembeck
Billy Sunday's Son Enjoys Rest from Campaign Duties
George M. Sunday son of evangelist Billy Sunday serves as publicity director for General Wood's Republican presidential campaign. The photo shows George and his wife on a brief rest with two children at Atlantic City recently.
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Billy Sunday
Wood
George M. Sunday
General Wood
George
Atlantic City
Railroad Route Through Alley Being Ballasted
Cheyenne undertakes a ballast project to fix mud issues along the Colorado & Southern railroad alley between Lincoln Highway and Fifteenth Street. Workers lay bright yellow gravel rock ballast along the entire right of way to eliminate future mud complaints after rain.
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Cheyenne
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Lincoln Highway
Fifteenth Street
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Cie
United States
Yume
Ert
Tar
Geup Upton
Somer
Stely
U. S. Army
Lawrence Street
Colo
West Sixteenth
Regular Army
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort George Wright
Washington
Field Artillery
Camp Stanley
Texas
Coast Artillery
Camp Lewis
Fort D. A. Russell
Fort Bliss
United States Army
Attention
B. P. O. Elks
John J. McInerney
George M., Jr
John Mason
Mrs. Sunday
McPhee & McGinnity Company
Bridge
The
J. Rosenblum Paint
Pany Cheyenne, Wyo
Michael Stern
Leopold Morse
J. B. Stetson
E. A. Mallory
Eagle
Arrow
Eclipse
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