High School Exercises Tonight as Graduates Receive Diplomas
Tonight the public high school holds exercises in the gymnasium beginning at 7:15. Diplomas will be presented by William Shorey, school board president, with class addressed by Supt. Ira B. Hee. Tickets and reserved mats noted. program includes poems, solos, and a valedictory.
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William Shorey
Ira B. Hee
Ruth Weaver
Eleanor Viola Allen
Nellie Emberg
Oliver Curry
Dorothy Fisher
Alva Myers
Susan St
A. &. Jewns
Lucille Ridgely
Ira B. Fee
William Storey
Board of Education
John J. Shingter
Louise G.trl appointed to clerkship in War Dept
Louise G. Riel of Laramie Wyoming has been appointed to a clerkship in the War Department. Camp Lewis Tacoma Washington reports plans for the largest flag pole in the world to be 200 feet tall, donated by a shipbuilding company. The pole will be raised in June using a three piece assembly and a companion 100 foot high pole, with total cost about 1800 dollars.
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Washington,d. C
Louise G. Riel
Laramie
Wyo
War Department
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Nowe Ledger
Proclamation Declares English as Official Language in Iowa
Governor W J Bardings proclamation asserts English as the official language of the United States and Iowa, while upholding freedom of speech. It notes constitutional guarantees allow use of conscience and prohibits enforcing foreign language use but emphasizes English as the language of affairs.
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Iowa
W. J. Barding
Hoax Yeesterday
Haribana
United States
Reunion
Language rule proclamation during wartime life
Governor Harding urges English as the sole medium in public and private schools and public addresses. He calls for English in trains and telephones and for non English speakers to worship at home. The proclamation targets preventing foreign language use to maintain national unity during peril.
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Engliah
Citheons
Harding
Well Wishes From Pershing's Men In France Report
Corporal Guy Smith and Private John Faderuch describe their two months in France to the audience at the Masonic Temple at 8:20 pm. They note French gratitude for American troops, general food conditions, and the Vosges foothills resembling Wyoming and Nebraska. The American sector remains distant from the latest German drive, but recent facilities have improved.
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Hell
Guy Smith
John Faderuch
Masonic Temple
France
Corporal Smith
Smith
Vosges
Alps
Wyoming
Nebraska
Labor Conference Held in Cheyenne Regulates Farm Labor
Interstate labor meeting in Cheyenne directed by M O Evans federal employment supervisor for eleven Western states aimed to regulate the Wyoming farm labor supply. H A Lyon said Wyoming has more idle men than neighbors, prompting a plan to open free employment bureaus in county seats and towns with county agents handling local conditions.
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Cheyenne
M. O. Evans
Weatery State
Betwen
Wyoming
Commonwealth
H. A. Lyon
Laramie
Dave Thomas
Denver
Colorado
L. Woodes
Nebraska
Holland
Lyon
Lyod
Laramie and Cheyenne Couples Get Licenses
Licenses were issued yesterday in the office of County Clerk Ida Graham to Edward Michael Henry and Ruth Barrere of Laramie John Milward and Mabel McNealey of Laramie Harley M Chase of Kort Russell and Jeasie B Thompson of Cheyenne.
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Laramie
Cheyenne
Ida Graham
Edward Michael Henry
Ruth Barrere
John Milward
Mabel McNealey
Harley M. Chase
Kort Russell
Jeasie B. Thompson
Contractors Are a Temporary Order
In Casper Wyoming on May 29 the Midwest Refining company France Wyoming Petroleum company and other tenants moved into the Oil Exchange building after Court Commissioner M P Wheeler issued a temporary restraining order preventing Gagnon and Co contractors from interfering with occupancy. The petition alleges the contractors delayed occupancy to pressure a final settlement with owners who claim a forfeiture of 100 dollars daily from February 1 1918 due to unfinished construction.
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Casper, Wyo
Midwest Refining Company
France-Wyoming Petroleum Com
Oil Exchange
M. P. Wheeler
Gagnon & Co
Brother Held as Hostage Released in Wyoming
A. M. Underwood, jailed on a hostage claim for his brother Oriol, is freed after Orin E. Underwood’s Akron, Ohio arrest. Orin, facing federal draft law charges, arrived to collect debts and refused to name Oriol’s whereabouts.
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Casper, Wyo
A. M. Underwood
Oriol BE. Underwood
Orin E. Underwood
Akron
$27,000 Int In Riverton Garage Changeover
Riverton Wyoming May 29 A sum near $27,000 is involved in the sale of the Riverton garage to 8 R Roberts of Sterling Colorado from Faiban ke and Shipton. The deal includes the building and lot valued at $25,000 and the full equipment. The garage sits on a 100 by 140 foot lot with 100 square feet of storage plus the repair shop run under Roy A Fairbanks. The property was owned jointly by N F P Shipton and Roy A Fairbanks the equipment owned by Fairbanks. Roberts is a man of means formerly with the Great Western Sugar company. His brother F H Roberts has gained control of the Pope Aglhe Light & Power Co. and both anticipate a strong Riverton future.
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Riverton
Wyo
8. R. Roberts
Sterling, Colo
Faibanke and
Shipton
Roy A. Pairbanks
N. F P. Shipton
Roy A. Fairbanks
Mr. Roberts
Great Western Sugar Company
F. H Roberte
Pope Aghe Light & Power Co
Death of Helen Delle Seanett in Thermopolis
In Thermopolis Wyoming on May 19 Helen Delle Seanett died from a self administered drug overdose including carbenic weld. The deceased, recently divorced from a man in Miles City, Montana, had lived in Thermopolis only a few months and showed despondency prior to the act.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Helen Delle Seanett
Miles City
Mong
W. BR. Downleona
Missing Sibling Arranges Omaha Funeral After Death
The brother from Omaha arranged the funeral for the deceased whose mother also lives there. The attending physician certified the cause of death and no foul play was suspected, so an inquest was not held.
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Omaha
Thousands of Aliens to Be Naturalized at Camp Lewis
About 4000 aliens enrolled in the national army at Camp Lewis will receive full citizenship around June 1 in what is described as the most extensive naturalization ever undertaken in the United States. The oath will be administered by interpreters and special courts, with ceremonies planned by the wild west division and local societies to honor the new citizens who have already pledged loyalty.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
National Army
United States
Wild West Division
War Department
Washington
Wireless Messages Of German Origin Detected At Sea
Honolulu May 29. Twice recently wireless messages of German origin were picked up in the Pacific by the Manoa liner of Matson Navigation Co. A prior message relayed from the Pacific coast reported the fall of Amiens to the Germans and a terrible daughter of the British. Last week, returning to port with a crippled government vessel, the Manoa again picked up word that an agent carrying 1009 Chinese coolies had torpedoed and sunk.
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Honolulu
T. EL
Pacific
Matuen Navigation Company
Sleamar
Manoa
Amiens
Manpa
Os Menage
Louisiana Gov Praises Unity In Draft Parity With Wyoming
Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant reports Louisiana matches Wyoming in the draft registration percentage certified to the national army. He lauds unity, coordination, and patriotism, saying Louisiana is among the leading states in war mobilization and emphasis on domestic progress. Louisiana shares first place with Wyoming in selectment certified to the national army.
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Ruffin G. Pleasant
Louisiana
Wyomin
Pleasant
Wyoming
Governor Pleasant
Fis
Coritas
Death of Harold Crosby From Tiny Wound in Wyoming
In Thermopolis Wyoming on May 29 an almost invisible foot wound caused tetanus and the death of Harold Crosby ten days after the injury. He was ten years old, son of James Crosby an Owl Creek rancher.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Harold Crosby
James Crosby
Owl Creek
Falls Down Stairs, Dies Instantly in Casper
Casper Wyoming May 29 Frank Jameson 62 died instantly after slipping while descending a rooming house stairs. He suffered a dislocation of the neck. Jameson, a longtime resident and former minor judge, is survived by a widow and one son.
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Casper
Wyo
Frank Jameson
Spreckels Mansion Donated to Red Cross in War Effort
The Claus Spreckels residence in San Francisco with a 25 room layout and 15 000 square feet of space will serve as the Red Cross main workrooms and clearing house for the city’s auxiliary units for the duration of the war. The garden surrounds the mansion and will be maintained by the owners.
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San Francisco
Claus Sprecklen
Red Cross
Ite
Decorations Removed From Capitol Platform After Event
Decorations used for a five hundred per coat American ball Tuesday night were removed from the capitol building yesterday.
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Capitol Building
100 Per Cent American Society Tale Not
Members of the 100 Per Cent American Society work to promote unity and civic engagement within the community as details of their activities surface.
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Socuety
Tame Noth
Memorial Day Parade Preparations at Masonic Temple
Local floriery orders members to assemble on Cam i ave in front of the Masonic Temple at 9 30 for May 20th birthday event to join the Memorial Day parade. A public meeting at 8 20 p m at the temple, under the Council of National Defense, will feature two of General Pershing's men who just returned from the western front.
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Cami Avebant
Masonic Temple
Couneil of
National Defense
General Pershing
Police Chief Sued For Damages Over Impounded Car
Casper Wyoming May 29 George W K Posvar sues Chief of Police Wolf for 50005 damages claiming the officer seized his automobile and kept it off the street for over two months without proper attention. The damages cited equal several times the car's value.
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Casper
Wyo
George W. K. Posvar
Wolf
Japanese man guilty in inter state liquor shipment case
Ide Harata, a Japanese national, tried in federal court and found guilty of attempting an interstate liquor shipment. Judge John A. Ri ner imposed a $1,000 fine, which he paid before release. Harata was arrested with a large liquor stash in a railroad yard after a deputy marshal seized him.
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Ide Harata
United States District Court
John A. Riner
Harata
Garde
Hudson
Marshal Hudson Arrests Slacker at Pine Bluffs
Deputy U S Marshal Hudson captured Ray Waldo in Pine Bluffs yesterday. Waldo, a transient, failed to display a draft registration card. Nebraska man Geo Bomke of Harrison was in town yesterday.
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Marshal Hudson Asrests
Pine Bluffs
U. S
Marshal Hudson
Ray Waldo
Waldo
Nebraska
Geo, Bomke
Harrison, Net
Hearing set on Mountain States toll rate changes
Notice from the Public Service Commission of Wyoming announces a public hearing on Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company request to adjust toll rates and service connection charges. The hearing before a commissioner will be held in the capitol Cheyenne on Friday the 14th of June 1918 at 10 o'clock. Dated May 25 1918.
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Public Service Commission
Wyoming
Mountain States Telephone &Telegraph Company
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commission
Capitol
Cheyenne
Public Service Commission of
State of
Cheyene
HM. A. Ployd
Publics Commission of the Wyoming
Wn Sas Eka
Mayor Stone Proclaims Memorial Day Observance
Mayor W E Stone announces Memorial Day observance by presidential proclamation. A 9 o clock religious service at Princesa theatre followed by a 10 o clock procession to the cemetery with addresses by Rev Father Hart and W E Mallen. Citizens urged to refrain from work and join the events.
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Wilson
United States
New Princesa Theatre
Father Hart
W. E. Mallen
W. E. Stone
Schoels Takes Patrick To Penitentiary Monday
Sheriff Ed Schoels returned from Rawlins with W H Patrick who was recently sentenced to one year to fourteen months in the penitentiary for breaking a lock and entering a bakery at Pine Bluffs. Patrick faced an additional charge of adulterating bread with ground glass, which was not proven.
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Ed Schoels
Rawlins
W. 11
Patrick
Pine Bluffs
Business visitor from Meridan yesterday
From Meridan F. EF. Jones was a business visitor here yesterday.
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Meridan
F. EF. Jones
Attorney MecMicken Visits From Rawlins
One of southern Wyoming's best known attorneys, from Rawlins, was in the city yesterday.
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Rawlins
Andrew MecMicken
Wyoming
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Louise G. Trl
WAR Dept
Pershing
Chee
No Man's Land
Division of Pictures
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Claus Spreckles
Stone Proglaims
Schoels
Olsen’s Grocery
Evans Streets
The
Crown Rubber Company
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