Wilson support gains noted in Wyoming voters
John J. Clark of Cheyenne, Democratic congressional nominee, says a strong local push for Wilson is attracting independent Republicans due to prosperity. He emphasizes Governor Kondrick’s popularity and aims to carry Wyoming’s electoral vote for Wilson amid wartime reforms and national issues.
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John J. Clark
Cheyenne
Douglas
Inez
Clark
Lander
Posper
Leas
Ihalamie
Wilson
Kondrigk
Congress
Wyoming
America
United States
University of Wyoming weighing nurses training school plan
At the Wyoming University executive committee meeting in Laramie on September 22, Chair Burke of Cheyenne presided. Members Ingham and Hamilton attended as the committee discussed forming a nurses training school with Quinson Memorial Hospital. The idea would allow nurses to train at the hospital while studying at the university as each side assists the other. Bills for the month were approved and routine business adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Board of Trustees
University of Wyoming
2000 Silver Fox Skins Fetch Record Price in St Louis Sale
In St Louis on September 22 a record auction price was set as 2000 silver fox skins sold within an hour. The best bid for a 4 bundle was 1000 dollars and total sales reached about 100000 dollars, pushing the opening market volume past 500000 dollars as bidders remained keen through the day.
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Louis
Bt Louis
Teamster Killed In Wagon Accident Near Fort Collins
Fort Collins Colorado September 22 A Teamster Thonine Crowhy was killed Wednesday afternoon while hauling wood from the mountain to Kates park. Returning down a steep incline the wagon brakes failed and Crosby jumped to avoid the danger. He was found dead with a head wound and a broken leg. The 45 year old man leaves a widow a child and a brother in Loveland where the remains were taken for burial.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Haling
Kates Park
Thonine Crowhy
Crowhy
Crosby
Loveland
Koons Named First Assistant Postmaster General
John C. Koons, who joined the post office department twenty years ago as a railway mail clerk earning $1,000 annually, is appointed first assistant postmaster general. In this role he will select several postmasters and his influence may affect the campaign.
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John C. Koons
Post Office Department
Mother Convicted in Petit Larceny Case
In Sheridan on September 22 Mrs. Jake Vesulila of Monarch had a suspended sentence for petit larceny after pleading guilty. She was accused as an accomplice to a Monarch store robbery influenced by her ten year old daughter who confessed the theft after claiming threats from her mother. The daughter, the primary witness, refused to testify in court.
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Sheridan
Jake Vesulila
Monarch
Ahere
Vesulin
Vast Wyoming oil boom expands wells across many fields
Development of Wyoming oil sources surges with wells running into the thousands. Production this year will exceed 7,000,000 barrels, outpacing refinery capacity and prompting scope across fields such as Little Morse Creek, Lusk, Big Piney, Thermopolis, Cody, Sheridan, and more.
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Wyoming
Little Morse Creek
Lusk
Brenoling Basin
Big Muddy
Pranale
Dutton Basin
Sundance
Lost Cabin
Ervay
Sheridan
Littl
Buffalo Basin
Wheetland
Athell Butte
Bonanga
Netrona County
Tribene
Douglas Watches Oil Boom Grow
Douglas, Sept. 22. Interest in oil drilling has surged across the Trenning and Cheyenne River basins with plans to open Weaver Creek and Beaver Creek domes. Major outfits from Midland Oil of Parkersburg arrive to drill 6000 feet, targeting deeper wells after earlier success in the Big Muddy field where 15 rigs operate and a six-figure deal shifts half interests to Midwest Oil with expansion plans and a Casper refinery pipeline if output reaches 1000 barrels.
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Wyoming
Northwestern
Midland Oil Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
Beaver Creek
la Prese
Brenning Basin
W. P. Spaugh
Douglas- Wyoming
Wyatt-Albergson
Brenning
Cheyenne River Oil Company
Cheyenne River
Big Muddy
T Elkhorn Oil Company
Casper
Midwest Oil Company
Wall Creek
Powell Delegation Reviews Mountain Road Link to Powell Dayton
A Sheridan delegation met Governor Kendrick Senator Clark and Congressman Mondell to seek federal aid for a mountain highway linking Powell and Dayton. The Dayton Mountain road now under convict gang labor this summer would form part of the proposed route. Thomas Stundage of Sheridan county promised county cooperation in Basin.
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Sheridan
Powell
Kendrick
Clark
Mondell
Basin
Dayton
Dayton Mountain
Thomas Stundage
Board of
County Commissioners
Sheridan County
Dasin
Autoists Pind Man Unconscious On Lincoln Highway
Wednesday morning a motor party on the Lincoln highway between Walcott and Ft. Steele found an unconscious man by the roadside. They carried him to Walcott for aid, then to Rawlins hospital. The man, naming himself Joe Smith of Leeds South Dakota, said he worked for Union Pacific and was struck while walking east toward Rawlins ending up in pain with convulsions. Ed Freeman W D Aukland and Jens Hansen organized transport to the hospital.
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Joe Smith
Leeds
South Dakota
Union Pacific Wnttl
Lincoln Highway
Rawlines
Disappearance of Jacob Bohwarts Family Worried
The Bohwarts family living south of Wellington on the Sal yers place reports the disappearance of Jacob Bohwarts. Local authorities and neighbors search the area, with concern centered on his absence and potential danger.
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Wellington
Colo
Jacob Bohwarts
Salyers Place
Missing Lisie Schwarts Girl Leaves Home After Monday Night
Lisie Schwarts, 17, left home Monday night. The family of nine children, five boys and four girls, reports she is about five feet tall with black hair and weighs around 140 pounds. Her parents say she had no known beau and left with some of her best clothes, including new shoes, leaving other belongings behind.
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Lissie
Schwarts
Liste
Lisie
Bhe
Evening Dresses Use Metal Cloths In First Layer
Designers of evening dresses favor satin alternatives using metal cloths and silver and gold tissue for the lining. Silk net toupees and embroidered tulle with deep flower patterns or Oriental motifs are added. The base color is kept with white and metallic touches, in delicate shades such as orchid blue and jade.
Fashionable Dress Fabrics and Sparkling Beading Described
The article details yard wide cloths priced at $4.50 a yard in colors like der maize canary and gul and broose steel. It notes a tinted metal foundation with burnished gold or silver tinstera brocade costing $250 per yard, designed for tunics or panels. Bands of crystal and metallic beads with five inch slides thread through tulle, creating layered dresses with heavy glitter against delicate sheer overlays.
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Chaneas City
Gar
Captured Russian Officials Put to Work by Germans
From Bolla aeya report by Overseas News agency states that a Rustam army force in Bavaria included a brigade of officials to govern captured Bulgarian cities. The officials were captured and are now cleaning schools in the cities they were to administer.
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Berlin
Bolla
Aeya
Rustam
Bavania
Eight hour day for housewives movement outlined at exposition
An article describes a campaign for an eight hour day for housewives led by Arthur Williams, promoting electrical home labor aids at the 1916 New York Exposition. Exhibits aim to prove electricity can lighten domestic chores, with demonstrations of washing machines, dishwashers, vacuums, and more. It also notes a fashion feature from a Kansas City Blat item detailing dyed fur garments.
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Arthur Wiliams
New
York
Mr. Williams
Eaventia
Keaneae
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