Activity Grows Across Wyoming Oil Fields and Towns
Reports from Rawlins and surrounding areas describe renewed oil exploration with multiple wells and crew deployments. In Fremont county, over 12 000 acres were leased by locators, while Landerland notes progress on oil discovery and a 200 foot well sinking.
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Rawlins
Landerland
Fremont County
Charles Lacky
Cretaceous
Tig Piney
Lucky
Standard
Greybull
Dean Arnold G H Bode Visits Laramie Dean Arnold G H Bode Visits Laramie
Dean Arnold G H Bode of Long Beach California, dean of St Matthew's cathedral, is due in Laramie for two to three days with Dean J W Thornberry at the deanery. Thornberry is en route to St Louis for the Protestant Episcopal general convention meeting October 11.
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Laramire
Arneld G. H. Bode
Long Beach
Cal
St Matthew's Cathedral
J. W. Thornberry
St. Louis
Protestant Episcopal Church
Banner Cattle Shipment Week in Meeteetse and Cody
Last week proved strong for regional stock movements with 85 cars shipped from the Meeteetse and Cody districts. Cattle led at 57 cars, 25 sheep and 2 horses. multiple consignors listed including L. G. Phelps, A. A. Anderson, Henry Rivers and others.
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Meetertser
Tast
Meeteetse
Cody
Meetestse
Cody Station
L. G. Phelps
A. A. Anderson
Henry Rivers
W. R
Wood River
J. W., Webster
Henry Larson
Fred Sessions
Baldwin Brothers
The
Sayless Sheep Company
Dave Hanner
Popular Laramie Couple Weds in City Ceremony
On Monday evening Lois Holliday Fitch and Louis KE Chandler, both of Laramie, were united in marriage. The couple left for Texas for several weeks before returning to make their home here. Chandler is a Union Pacific conductor. Friends extend congratulations.
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Laramie
Lois Holliday Fitch
Louis KE. Chandler
Texas
Pine Bluffs approves $8000 water bonds
Pine Bluffs voters approved extending the town water system at a special election held Tuesday. The measure carried by a large margin with 39 in favor and 3 against, reflecting support for growth and development.
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Pine Bluffs
Shooting follows quarrel at Pine Creek as man is killed
County authorities report Colidge and Sheriff Gaylord investigated the Pine Creek shooting near Dumphrey’s ranch. Collin Spiers, a Rock Springs Sheep company camp mover, killed J M Dumphrey after a long dispute. No witnesses confirmed. Spiers, single, is jailed in Lander awaiting a hearing.
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Lander
Pine Creek
Colidge
Gaylord
Collin M. Spiera
J. M. Dumphrey
Spiera
South Pass
Dumphrey
Spiers
Rock Springs Sheep Company
Dumphreys
Albany County Commissioner Celebrates Birthday
Axel Palmer, a Albany County commissioner and noted ranchman, celebrated his birthday in Laramie. Born in Sweden on September 25, 1864, he emigrated to the United States years ago with little beyond a good name, clothes, and funds for two meals. He has since become a leading county figure.
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Laramie
Axel Palmer
Board of County Commissioners
Albany County
Sweden
Von Jagow to Resign Amid Health Claims in Report
Amsterdam dispatch reports German foreign minister Gottlieb von Jagow to resign due to ill health. The claim, echoed in London, suggests a realignment of German diplomacy as tensions heighten on the eve of the great war.
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Amsterdam
Gottlieb von Jagow
London
Herr von Jagow
Germany
Three Ships Held Up and British Take Mail
Berlin dispatch reports three steamers the Zaanland from Amsterdam to South America Ryadam from New York to Rotterdam and Arakatan from Java to Amsterdam were forced by the British to surrender their mail in a wartime seizure.
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Britiam
Berlin
Zaanland
Amsterdam
Ryadam
New York
Rotterdam
Arakatan
Jave
Congregational Conference Opens in Lander Wyoming
The twenty fourth annual Wyoming Congregational conference will run October 6 to 10 at the First Congregational Church in Lander. Rev W B D Gray notes round trip rail fare is straight fare plus one third. Dr John J J Shingler of Cheyenne will greet attendees.
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Wyoming Congregational Conference
Lander
W. BG. D. Gray
Rail Fonds
First Congregational Church of
Phillip A. Swart
Robert F. Paxton
John J. J. Shingler
Cheyenne
Pacific
Boston
Chicago
New York
W. B. D. Gray
Suspend Child Labor Law for Weeks in Colorado
A conference at the German Evangelical Congregational church in Greeley led to a temporary suspension of strict enforcement of the child labor law. German beet contractors and religious and educational leaders, with Axel Swanson on the matter, agreed to pause enforcement until November 15 to allow adaptation of contracts and prevent violations among Germany and Russian workers’ families.
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Greeley
Axel Swanson
Scandinavian liquor controls amid wartime restrictions
Stockholm reports war aligned states tightening liquor rules. Norway restricts spirits to specific days with timing by region. Denmark limits rural closing to 11 pm and Copenhagen to 1 am. Sweden enforces strict bottled spirit controls in restaurants and cafes with food sales between 12 and 3 pm, church hours on Sundays, and overall reduced saloon access.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Scandinavia
Wioet Oa
Denmark
Copenhagen
Fiere
Sweden
Hetween
Gothenberg
Stockings Shortage Foreshadows Winter Darning Warning
Warnings to housewives to darn old stockings are issued as a winter shortage grows. Immigrant labor scarcity, dye shortages, and German-made knitting seed contribute to a thinning supply of quality hosiery. Wholesalers report empty small stock of children's stockings and rising prices for cotton mittens and headgear.
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Roscoe Carry
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