Rock Springs News Roundup of Local Events and Obituaries
Rock Springs reports include trips to Denver and Cheyenne by residents Heavill Reavill and WA Multant family, church services by Rev Sherman Coolidge, and Alma Anderson’s surprise birthday party A plumber surprise honors Alma on her 14th birthday Dorothy Van Deusen Minnie Elias to study in Greeley Anna Anderson Josephine Crippa to attend Greeley school John Poll found dead near Elkhorn interred with I O O F rites Mike Pankovich longtime Union Pacific depot caretaker dies of tuberculosis Harry Vigurve dies in hospital from mining injuries Paulkner killed near Oraseer brought to Rock Springs Greek priest from Mocutetlo conducts services Rebecca Kensington club sewing and social at Edna Preeve’s home Hazel Moscrove’s 18th birthday surprise Five Hundred card game prizes awarded to Hattie Killian Nathaniel Uten and Dave Kunten.
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Cheyenne
Denver
Sherman Coolidge
Sheridan
Episcopal Church
Alma Anderson
Dorothy van Deusen
Mies
Minnie Elias
Greeley
Colo
Anna Anderson
Josephine Crippa
John Poll
John Larsen
Elkhorn
KX Pudawey
Iowa
Mike Pankovich
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Harry Vigurve
Wordnila
Liew
Pinerad
Mocutetlo
Wu Paulkner
Oraseer
Rock Springs
Wayne
Rebecca Kensington
Edna Preeve
Misa Hazel Moscrove
Tridger Avenue
Hattie Killian
Nathaniel Unten
Dave Kunten
Local Business Notices and Police Arrests
Local briefs list moves and services from Spital Coal and Sherman Co. to Stanton Transfer and Lon C. Davis ranch listings. Also two men, Fred Seifert and Phillip Dayes, arrested on bootlegging charges and turned over to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Seifert
Phillip Dayes
Cheyenne Fire Escape Law Sparks Widespread Compliance
Most Cheyenne property owners have installed or ordered fire escapes after the new state law took effect. Some lack steel and are exempt due to material shortages, while three buildings have not acted. Complying structures include schools, banks, hotels, and blocks such as The Tribune, Labor Journal, and Capitol block rooms.
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Cheyenne
Taylor
Tribune
John Thomas
Labor Journal
Rookery
First National Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Capitol Block
Central
Johnson, Corlett and
Churchill
Delaware
Annex
Old Opera House
Commercial
Sherman
Atlas Theater
O'Neil
Windsor
Capitol Avenue
Union Pacific Depot
Master Mechanics
Firefighters Save Home as Blaze Rages on Reed Street
A fierce blaze on Twenty second and Reed streets damaged multiple structures before the fire department discovered the flames and saved the house belonging to the Cook brothers. Firefighters fought hard as the fire made significant headway before containment.
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T Cook Brothers
Twenty-second
Reed Streets
Fort Russell Society Hosts Kentucky Guests at Cheyenne Tea
Mrs. Wright mother of Colonel Wright and Mrs. Thompson hosted an informal afternoon party on Capitol Avenue with many Kentucky residents in Cheyenne. Lt Pettibone and his mother from Cleveland visited en route to California. The quartermaster corps hosted a farewell dinner for Major Smoke at the Plains Hotel attended by Cheyenne officials and officers.
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Wright
Colonel Wright
Fort Russell
John Charles Thompson
Capitol Avenue
Kentucky
24Th Artillery
California
Pettibone
Cheyenne
Quartermaster Corps
Fort J. A. Russell
Plains Hotel
Samuel A. Smoke
University of Lexington
R. N. LaFontaine
Charles W. Riner
A. J. Kelley
McGrath
Kent
Lederer
Treadway
Jones
James Niswander Die In Scarlet Fever Tragedy
James Niswander aged year died Saturday at his parents home from scarlet fever after a brief illness. The funeral was held at 4:50 p.m. with Rev J B Stubblefield of the Presbyterian church. flowers lined the grave. He was a bright Converse school student and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Niswander, whose sister Mrs Stark came from Lost Springs to stay. The family plans to stay downtown while their home is fumigated.
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James
James Niswander
J. 8. Stubblefield
Presbyterian Church
Converse
Wyoming Soldiers Rebuild Camp for Artillery Practice
A letter from Lieut L Moss describes Jada and other Wyoming troops at Camp Greene near Charlotte after converting to artillery. The shift requires building a new camp, adds work from four drill volumes, and prompts social activity while officers face duller duties.
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Jada
Wyoming
Camp Greene
L. Moss
Charlotte
Artilery
Cheyenne
Horses perished in stable fire at M Baker home
A fire at M Baker's residence Sunday afternoon destroyed a barn housing three horses. One horse died, another was badly injured, and the third was saved after considerable effort. Firefighters battled the blaze to prevent further losses.
Yankee Soldier Wins War Cross
Jobin McLain of Dayton Ohio becomes the first American to win the war cross with palm for bravery during a Sept 18 bombing raid. He spotted a bomb with a lamp, leaped into the road, and hurled it into a river, saving villagers with no injuries. A false fire alarm at Frontier park was caused by a caretaker burning rubbish.
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Paris
Jobin Mclain
Dayton
Ohio
Paris Herald
Melvin
Frontier Park
Farmers Joyous Over Corn Crop In Guernsey
Farmers in Guernsey Wyoming report a delayed frost saved a large corn crop. Interviews indicate over two thirds of the corn is ripe and free from frost danger after a late spring allowed substantial planting already out of danger.
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Guernsey
Wyo
Jack Frost
The Great Divide and a Woman's Later Life
The article argues women may face serious physical changes between forty and fifty and urges Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trustworthy aid to maintain health and vigor into old age.
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Charma
Lydia F. Pinkham
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