Standard Oil Growth Tightens Grip in Wyoming Oil Fields
The Standard Oil network expands through Midwest Refining and related trusts. A three-trustee voting trust controls Midwest Refining, with unknown stock owners but strong links to Standard subsidiaries. Illinois Pine Line builds eight inch lines to connect fields with storage and refineries as plans for new lines grow.
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Casper
Standard O
Bio
Midwest Refining Company
Ree
Midwest
Standard
Hia
Ten Sleep Dome
Rock Dome
Lost Soldier
Illinois Pine Line Company
Fies
Bie
Asper
Therassreek
Standard Ov Company
Indiana
Burton
g@ control
Merritt Oil Corporation
United States
Standard Ol
Wyoming
Council to Decide on Sidewalk Construction
City commissioners will meet next Wednesday to decide on a cement sidewalk from B street in Park addition to Pioneer avenue Cheyenne. The plan extends along Handall avenue to the Churchill school and would create a continuous path from the military reservation edge to downtown. The frontier committee seeks one more hydrant in Frontier park to irrigation trees planted on high ground and offers to pay for the needed pipe, with the committee covering improvements to city property.
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B Street
Park Addition
Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenue
Handall Avenue
Churchill School
Military Reservation
H Street
Frontier Committee
Frontier Park
Sailor Shot in Brookfield Crowd Over Recruiting Speech
Harry Gunn, a Navy chief boatswain known for his patriotism, was killed by an overzealous mob in Brookfield while listening to a recruiting speech. Clad in civilian clothes, he was struck as a man shouted pro army slogans.
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New York
Harry Gunn
Navy
Gunn
Brookfield Matering
Army
Quota 0 Draft Army 10 to Be Sent Oct 3
Orders for the mobilization of the next forty percent of the men called for the new national army reached adjutant general W K Weaver. Fourteen county clerks and local board chairmen will assemble the third increment, taking forty two more men from Cheyenne and vicinity. Mayor LaFontaine urged an ovation for the October 3 departure, as crews anticipate a full gathering delayed by the previous rapid turnout. Local boards report ample manpower to fill quotas, with no quick assemble task ahead.
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Adjt
W. K. Weaver
Cheyenne
American Lake
R. N. LaFontaine
War Gardens in Danger as Frost Looms
Weather official N. H. Daingerfield warned of likely freeze if skies clear. He noted the thermometer read 57 degrees near six oclock and expected a drop to freezing as clouds dissipated after sundown.
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War Gardens
N. H. Daingerfield
Weather Bureau
Soldier Locks Up Warden and Flees in Wild West Escape
Private Daniel McGraff of the Seventy sixth Coast Artillery at Sandy Hook seized a revolver from the warden’s desk and forced the warden to enter his own cell. He then locked the warden in and fled across the fields after a brief exchange of shots with Deputy Warden Smith, both missing.
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North Brunswick
N. J
Daniel McGraff
Seventy-sixth Coast Artillery
Sandy Hook
Smith
McGraff
Man Disappears After Claiming Robbery at Hotel
A brakeman for Union Pacific reported to police that he was robbed of 85 at the Dyer hotel before vanishing. The man told officers he had sent a pass to children in Colorado and urged them to come to Cheyenne. His wife and three children later sought help locating him.
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Dyer Hotel
Colorado
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Man Missing After Sunday Search Leaves Family in Depot
Police failed to locate Joe after a townwide search on Sunday night. His wife and children spent the night at the Union Pacific depot while authorities cleared his absence as two days without work. His whereabouts remained a mystery.
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Joe
Union Pacific
Union Pacific to Pavement Depot Platform in Concrete and Brick
Material arrived and is being unloaded for paving the Union Pacific depot platform. The project covers the area from Warren avenue park to the depot, including the space between the westbound main line and the park fence. Plans also consider train sheds north of the tracks.
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Union Pacific
Plana
Warren Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Baseball scores from National and American Leagues
National League results include Philadelphia 2 Pittsburg 0. Brooklyn 2 Chicago 4. Boston 2 Cincinnati 2 in 12 innings. New York 2 St. Louis. American League games show Detroit 8 Washington 0 3-2. Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 4. Chicago 0 Boston 3.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Committee to name Cheyenne candidates this Wednesday
The seven member committee led by Dr. G. P. Johnston will report on city election candidates at a mass meeting in Cheyenne High School gymnasium Wednesday night. Tolls are set, primaries approach, and rumors about re election bids by John A. Martin and Enos Laughlin persist without confirmation. Nomination petitions remain unsigned as preparations proceed ahead of the committee report.
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Cheyenne
Committee of Seven
G. P. Johnston
John A. Martin
Enos Laughlin
Harvard
J. J. Showalter
Ross John Formerly of Cheyenne Dies in Billings
Word reached Cheyenne friends of the death on a Saturday night in Billings Montana of Ross John formerly of Cheyenne where he worked at Cheyenne Steam Laundry. He died from scarlet fever and complications after an illness of several days. His wife Georgia Clark also formerly of Cheyenne was a clerk at Myers dry goods.
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Cheyenne
Billings
Mont
Rross John
Cheyenne Steam Laundry
Johns
Georgia Clark
Myers’ Dry Goods
Mitchel’s Lead Narrowed in New York Primary Returns
In New York City the mayoral race saw Mayor Mitchel’s unofficial republican primary lead shrink from 595 votes to 322 this afternoon as late returns reduced his margin.
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Mitchel
New York
Beer seller held after Sunday arrest at Sixteenth and Thames
A small restaurant on the corner of Sixteenth and Thames streets was raided after a customer reported paying too much for two bottles of beer. Louis Affenbach was arrested with three barrels of beer and a half full whisky jug. He posted a $100 bond and faces a police court trial. evidence includes three barrels under the counter.
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Sixteenth
Thames
Louis Affenbach
Affenbach
New Soldiers Insurance MLCP for Consideration
Washington Sept 24 a new insurance section for the administration soldiers and sailors civil rights bill provides a government guarantee for one year against lapse or forfeiture of policies. The provision was agreed on at a conference of war department officials and insurance company representatives and was submitted to house and senate committees resuming consideration of the bill tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Administration
Soldiers’ and Sailors
War Department
House
Senate
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