Gerwars Escape Guards 10 Have Sociable Drink
In San Francisco on October 16, Capt. Brauch and Engineer Loren zo Law, German interned prisoners, reportedly escaped from Angel Island. They said they went to the city to drink with friends, denying any escape attempt as revenue cutters searched the bay and tracked them to the immigration station dock. Federal inspectors probe the incident.
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San Francisco
Angel Teland
C. Brauch
Lorenzo Law
Revenue
Branch
Lou
City notes and business briefs in Stanton paper
Mrs. McMahon is critically ill at her East Sixteenth street home. Burns-J. W. Bozorth travels to Cheyenne on business. City jail steps nearly erected with brick work under way. The office moved to 216 West 19th. Stanton Transfer reports no arrests last night. A high school football game is set for Pioneer park tonight.
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McMahon
Owen T. McMahon
East Sixteenth Street
Burns
J. W. Bozorth
Cheyenne
Burma
West 17Th
West 19Th
Stanton Transfer Co
Pioneer Park
Fort D. A. Russell Team and Local Notary News
An item notes a Fort D. A. Russell team and a furniture deal with Sherman Co. opposite the Plains hotel. W H Hays of Laramie is appointed notary public by Acting Gov. Frank L. Houx. Six Negroes in Laramie county were drafted and ordered to entrain on October 27.
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The
Sherman Co
Gee Hobbs
Auckfeldt
Plains Hotel
W. H. Hays
Laramie
Frank L. Houx
Laramie County
Hawaii Facing Fuel Shortage Threatens Islands
Honolulu dispatch reports Hawaii facing a serious fuel shortage affecting oil burners and possibly sugar plants as ships and tankers dwindle. Hoover and Secretary Houston are urged to address the energy crisis, with Kalanianaole pressing for swift action to safeguard sugar production.
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Associated Prenal
Honolulu
T. H
Get
Hawaii
Herbert €. Hoover
Congress
Kalaniamadle
Hoover
Hawaiian Islands
Houston
Kalanianaole
Washington
Public sale and town notes from Cheyenne
Public sale scheduled Oct 19 at Lt Trent ranch four percent miles south of Campstool. Livestock totals include 28 head horses 97 head cattle and half section of land with free lunch at 11 30. Local army movements note returning from American Lake to Fort Russell in about a week. Various short items on housing search Delta Tau Delta member John Volk Cheyenne, Liberty bond subscription, saddler Blake Miller leaving for Oklahoma, Ben Nash bailiff, R L Bailey from New York, patrols out of service, Pete Staten back in Cheyenne, Jack Elliott visiting from Chalk Bluffs.
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Trent
Campstool
Lip
American Lake
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Weather Report for Cheyenne Wyoming October 16 1917
U S Weather Bureau Cheyenne reports 24 hours ending 6 PM on October 16 1917. Temperature 56 at 6 AM 59 at 6 PM. Relative humidity 84 percent. Wind SW at 5 mph. Weather clear. Highest 66 degrees at 2 15 PM lowest 35 degrees at 6 45 AM. Precipitation since January 1 12.47 inches. Normal 12.57 inches. Total rain trace last 24 hours. Meteorologist H Daingerfield.
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U. 8
Department of Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Wyo
Named notaries appointed by governor
Ralph Rose of Kemmerer and M V Dolezal of Newcastle were appointed notaries by the governor yesterday.
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Ralph Rose
Kemmerer
M. V. Dolezal
Newcastle
German Baptist Pastor Urges Liberty Bond Buying
In Fresno California on October 16 the First German Baptist church launched a liberty loan drive. Pastor Rev. F I Reichle delivered a German sermon urging every member to invest in the bonds.
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Fresno
Cal
First German Baptist Church
F. I. Reichle
Irvine Here Visitor Senator W. C. Irvine at Post
Senator W. C. Irvine of Ross visited a local Post yesterday.
Preston on Trip
Attorney General Douglas A. Preston left yesterday for a trip to the western part of the state.
Missouri Town in Flames Report Two Dead
Jefferson City dispatch reports Westphalia a town of 400 near here on fire with most business buildings destroyed. Unconfirmed reports say two men are dead and several injured as telephone lines are cut. Chemical apparatus is being sent from Jefferson City.
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Jefferson City
Westphalia
Here
Three Killed and Two Injured in Santa Fe Engine Boiler Blast
A Santa Fe freight locomotive boiler exploded near Orsa station south of Denver at 2 15 this morning killing engineer Gustave Klank fireman Fr Root and head brakeman J Milnes. Injured were Richard Bell and J J Herteick. The blast toppled a livestock and fruit train car, with the wreck prompting an inquest and state utilities commission inquiry.
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Denver
Santa Fe
Orsa
Castle Rock
Gustave Klank
Umatilla Street
Denev
F. Root
New Western
Denevr
J. Milnes
Bryant Street
Richard Bell
Walsenburg
J. J. Herteeck
Dobrin
Cattle Rock
Frank Smiley
State Public Utilities Commission
Cigarette Prices to Jump Amid New Tax Hike
Tobacco dealers predict a November price surge as brands currently two for a quarter rise to fifteen cents each. Some older makes, once bought cheaply, could increase by fifty percent in coming months due to higher newsprint taxes, raw material costs, and bor shortage. No pipe tobacco or makin’s price changes announced yet.
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Gerwars
U. S
Sherman
Fort D. A. Russell
Ucuk James Otavior
Turing
Islands
Georgia
Camp Mills
N. J
James C. Taylor
France
Keby R. Knight
Bainbridge
Irs
James
Taylors
C. H
Volk
John Volk
University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Stockgrowers Bank
Nash
Ben Nash
New York
R. L. Bailey
Staten Hack
Pete Staten
City
Elliott
Jack Elliott
Chalk Bluffs Ranch
Weather Report
K. H. Daingerfield
California Fruit & Ice Co
Jack Goldberg
Missouri
Oran
Oren
Palmer Lake
Papleston Creches
Hank
Liberty Loan Committee
Uncle Sam
W. E. Chaplin
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
Capitol Ave
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