Paving Contract Awarded for Casper Streets
The Casper city council awarded a $40,000 paving contract to Warren Construction Co of Portland Oregon for Center Street from the Chicago and Northwestern tracks to the court house and adjacent blocks. A storm sewer project valued around $10,000 to $11,000 was granted to W F Henning in the same district. Work is to start in about two weeks and proceed rapidly.
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Casper
Councel
Cantraet
Warren Construction Company
Portland
Storm Power
Heally
W. F. Henning
Distriet
Center Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Second Street
David
Wolcott
Third Street
Walter Mains
Third
Cemter
Maine
Fourth Street
Burlington Roundhouse
University Opens For New Year Amid Incoming Students
September 8 reports the coming university term will see many freshmen and returning students arrive. Appleby has returned from Vietnam and will reenter on the opening day, September 12, with examinations and registrations set for that day.
Indians Trip to Lame Deer Sparks Health Check
Fifteen Cheyenne Indians arrived in Sheridan from Oklahoma to visit relatives at Lame Deer. City health officer Dr. T. B. Marshall inspected the group and ordered all children kept out of the city with only two admissions allowed to buy provisions, as a precaution against infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Oklahoma
Lame Deer
Cawtellite
T. B. Marshall
Crow Reservation
Wyoming State Baptist Convention Meet In Laramie
The local Baptist church will host the fifteenth annual Wyoming Baptist State Convention in Laramie from September 15 to 17. Delegates from all sections of the state will attend, and the public is invited to participate in sessions and welcome the delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyoming Baptist State Convention
Carbon County Fair Best Ever at Saratoga
The seventh annual Carbon county fair in Saratoga drew large crowds from Rawlins Hanna Encampment and Snake River country. Weather was ideal for outdoor events with notable races including a dramatic half mile free for all won by Louis Tichenor who beat Cotton McPhall by a nose.
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Rawlins
Sept
Carbon County
Saratoga
Hanna
Snake River
Louis Tichenor
Cotton” McPhall
McPhail
Record of a county fair exhibit and riders of note
The narrative highlights exhibitors led by William Byers of Freeman Cook and others from Craig Cole Wallace of Imramie. It notes abundant vegetable and dairy displays, numerous first prizes in ladies departments, and a premium stock display described as the largest seen at a county fair in the state with blue ribbon winners from major western livestock shows.
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William Byers
Freeman Cook
Barnioga
Craig
Cole
Wallace
Imramie
Chicago Herald Films Wyoming Oil Fields Project
Casper report details C N David of the Chicago Herald touring Wyoming to film every oil industry phase including refineries at Casper and Greybull. The project, aided by Burlington, aims to produce educational pictures to be shown nationwide in 1600 venues. The effort follows prior filming of Montana livestock and agriculture.
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Casper
N. David
The
Chicago Herald
Wyoming
Greybull
Mr. David
Burlington Railroad
Monteta
David
Edwin J McGrew Weds Miss Kelle McAllister
Edwin J McGrew and Miss Kelle McAllister were married Wednesday evening at 5 oclock at the bride’s father Angus McAllister home 207 North Washington with Rev Walter H Bradley officiating.
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Casper
Edwin J °. McGrew
Kelle McAllister
Angus McAllister
North Washington Street
Walter Hl. Bradley
Big Beet Crop at Sheridan Aims for Record Harvest
The Sheridan Sugar company reports 8400 acres yielding about 6000 tons of beets at harvest. Saccharine teas run up to 18.8 percent with purity around 84 percent. Harvest starts about September 2 with a 30 to 40 day campaign and beet damps ready across the territory for hauling from the Little Goose valley.
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Sheridan
Sheridan Sugar Company
H. Thatcher
Thatcher
Ioose
Local Notes From Kansas School Year Begins
Miss Cross from Kansas starts as a teacher at schoolhouse number twenty to begin the new school year. Eugene Rower plans a small millet harvest next week plus a large dent corn and cane field for fodder in excellent condition. Tom Payton and family fished Sunday while Marleyunk and Artie James enjoyed a fine chicken dinner and hospitality of the Hawks. Mr and Mrs Mewk visited Horne last week. Mewbert Sanders spent Sunday at the Whited home. Henry Plambeck cut wheat last week and found it in good condition. The Placbed brothers are farmers in the area and anticipate starting grain work after spring crop and stacking. Mrs Mly toe will work at the Teney school. Clawle Perry and Amelia Tracy move to the Will ton farm this week.
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Eugene Rower
Tom Payton
Marleyunk
Artie James
Horne
Mewbert Sanders
Henry Plambeck
Forbie
Alpe
Clawle Perry
Amelie Tracy
Daily Discoveries of Oil in Big Muddy Field
Oil progress reported across the Glenrock area with Merritt Oil and Gas Co holdings. Merritt No. 2 on Section 1 yields about 100 barrels daily, while Merritt No. 1 pumps 60 barrels a day. Storage tanks rise as production nears a new high, and a 80 to 100 barrel pumper is anticipated for a nearby well.
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Glenrock Sheep Company
Humphreys of Co
Merritt Oil & Gan Company
Yous
Oklahoma
Standard Exploration Company
Merritt Old & Gae
Betty
Saiswell
Ita
United States
Section 9
Township
Qglenreck Petroleum
Big Democratic Gains In Minnesota In 1960 Era
The Minnesota political scene shows Democrats conceding a statewide loss to Wilson in 1960 with Republicans holding a strong majority. Dwyer, a Minneapolis boilermaker, heads the Democratic ticket for governor against incumbent Burnquist. Kellogg and Lawler vie for U S Senate as nonpartisan party lines blur under a shifting prohibition issue shaping the 1915 legislature.
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Roosevelt
Tafte
Wilson
Minnesota
Hammond
Taft
Thomas P. Dwyer
Minneapolis
Dwyer
J. A. A. Burnquist
United States
Frank BD. Kellogg
T. Paul
Daniel W. Lawler
Kellogg
Lawler
Minnespolia
Minnnesota
Subway Trains Run Despite Strike In New York
In New York on September 7 8 subway trains operated by the Interborough company and described as virtually normal despite a traction strike affecting service of the New York Railways. The move aimed to maintain transit while labor actions disrupt other lines.
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New York
Subway
Interborough Company
New York Railways Company
New York May Get Heavyweight Bout In September
New York promoters plan a heavyweight bout in New York featuring Frank Moran of Pittsburg and Carl Morrin after Moran arrived for a Labor Day bout in Tulea Oklahoma. The proposed match would be staged later this month in New York.
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New York
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Carl Morrin
Tulea
Okla
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Rane
Heetemun
Applehy
Vietor
Wyoming State Baptist Convention
Bana
Hirsh-Wickwire
Schloss Bros
Ederheimer, Stein Co
Geo. W. Daiber
Edwin F. M
Miss M'Allister
Carpenter
Miss Cross
Kansas
Big
Piet
Vlowes
John Connelly
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