Pine Bluffs Prosperity and Notable Local Figures
The Pine Bluffs summary describes I. M. Schopf’s neat store with a $6,000 stock and $5,000 fixtures, Schopf arriving in 1900 with $75, 484 acres of land, and rising land values. It notes residents like John Wynne, Art Osborn the contractor, T. & Robinson, J. E. Sinclair, and a growing high school costing about $50,000 with 62 pupils. Pine Bluffs hosts a Catholic and Methodist church, a local newspaper, a creamery, and a newly valued town economy driven by cattle and land sales.
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John Wynne
Thayyance
Nebraska
Art Osborn
Pine Bluffs
Bichert
T. & Robinson
Russell B. Dick
Pine High School
Feo
Cian Hoovee
Misa Blanche McMurrie
Hixenbaug
Tagaly
Burne
Jissiee
Healy
Yr Bluffs
Gas for Casper Gas Goes On as New York Oil Pays Dividends
Casper Wyoming October 9 authorization by the secretary of the interior to lease the northwest quarter of section 27 40 79 in the Salt Creek field signals the start of gas for city use at the west refinery. The New York Oil company reports a 20 percent minimum 1921 dividend and rapid gas line testing shows only three leaks in 32 miles of main line with 260 pounds pressure after two wells. Two million cubic feet of gas in one hour proves Casper’s daily needs will be met for years.
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Casper
Wyo
Secretary of the Interior
Salt Creek Field
West Refinery
New York
Oll Company
Ie Public Eye
Wyom
Monten
Jon Waite
Ball Creek
Creek
Hamilton Dome
Ferris
Iron Creek
Poison Spider
Spindle Top
Lander
New York Oil Company
Platte River
Oi! Company
I Gee
Tett
B&w
Leaer
Sherman Co Buys Paints by Carload to Meet Demand
Sherman Paint company received a full car load of paints and varnish from the Senour company. The stock is stored and ready to supply the public in any color or amount. The catalog includes Sher Pulot paints with guaranteed quality.
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Sherman Paint Company
Senour Company
Development in ING HEIGHTS Observed by Observer
A terse note invites readers to observe how ING HEIGHTS has developed, signaling a local update on neighborhood progress and changes.
France Agrees to Hear Germans on Reparations Conference
Paris reports France accepts the British note on a reparations conference while contesting Spa’s Geneva plan meant only an expert commission. France agrees Germans may be heard at the proposed conference.
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Paris
France
Earl Corton
Spa
Geneva
Foreign Office
Germarts
Diaz Holds Defiant Posture Claiming Innocence
Diaz, nephew of a former friend, remains defiant claiming innocence in the charges tied to the assassination of former President Madero. He is to be placed aboard the French steamer Flandre with a Mexican War Department agent aboard, as officials offer about $10,000 to cover voyage expenses.
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Vera
Mexican War Department
Flandre
Europea
Swacanesk Ts
Department
Petroleum Discovered in New Mexican Region
News from Mexico City reports the first authentic producing oil well in Oaxaca state. The Oaxaca Petroleum Estates Limited, a British firm, holds about 200000 acres with a 36 mile Pacific frontage and two natural ports Puerto Angel and Santa Cruz.
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Mexico City
Reécely
Republic
Oaxaca Petroleum Estates, Limited
Oaxaca
Pacife Ocean
Puerto Angel
Santa Cruz
Profiteering Case Dropped in Spokane Federal Court
Spokane Dry Woods was freed of charges after the United States District Court sustained a motion to dismiss the federal grand jury indictment. The case, brought months ago under the Lever Act, was dismissed following a court decision this week after a jury heard the matter.
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Spokane
Ciarg
United District Court
Denton Strangled Coroner's Verdict
In Los Angeles the coroner ruled Denton’s death a strangulation homicide. The jury returned the verdict today amid testimony about evidence and cross examination requests from Mrs. R Peete, a former occupant of the Denton house, which were denied.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jacob C. Denton
R. ©. Peete
Denton
Funeral for Benjamin Mor ean at W. W. Damm mortuary
The funeral of Benjamin Mor ean, who passed away at a local hospital, was held yesterday afternoon at 4 20 o clock at the W. W. Damm mortuary. Rev. J. S. Stubblefield presided. Many Union Pacific shop employees attended. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Benjamin Morean
Luce Lant Wook
W. W. Damm
J. S. Stubblefield
Union Pacific
Lakeview Cométéry
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NEW York Company
Sherman Co
Pershing
Cheyenne
Peat Oe
Pershg Heights
Paul H. Moore Realty CO
Capitol Avenue
Diaz
New Mexican
Ivory
Fees Teeta
WEE
AL Eh Gen
NYAL
George W. Walker
Eral of Morgan
KODAK
Forbes
17Th and Capitol
the Jenkins Shoe Company
Lincoln Highway
Marchick and Sons
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