Lincoln County Bids Farewell To Its Young Guardsmen
Lincoln County pays tribute to Company H Aston the youngest National Guard unit in the state as it departs for mobilization. The Afton company also formed last spring and will join Jeep battalions on the state grounds. Families and communities send their good will and prayers for safe return and honor to the nation's call.
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Lincoln County
Altoit
National Guard
Aston
Wilson
Cheyenne
Afton
Lincoln
Progressives Endorse Hughes Amid Roosevelt Split
The Progressive party endorses Charles E Hughes after Theodore Roosevelt declines the nomination. Analysts say Roosevelt’s stance split the Reform-Progressive vote, likely boosting the Republican ticket and weakening the Democrats heading into March 4.
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Charles E. Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
National Committee
Charles E Hughes
Roosevelt
Nomineton
Call to Arms in War with Mexico Stirs Nation
Column laments delayed policy by the administration over the Mexican conflict. It argues war now required to defend national honor, criticizing recognition shifts and cross border raids while urging citizen readiness for troops and police duties.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Border War Declaration Warned By Editor
The article argues the National Guard can mobilize enough to guard border towns during any declaration of war. It warns immediate war would endanger towns and homes and predicts a wider reaction as many would respond, believing the conflict could have been averted with stronger government action in Washington.
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National Guard
Washington
Pancho Villa’s Bucking Steer Run At Frontier Days Tale
The Cheyenne Frontier Days crowd in July 1916 could have seen Pancho Villa, then a Ninth Cavalry trooper at Fort Russell, attempt to ride a bucking steer in the Frontier arena. The stunt would have drawn immense crowds, but Villa was not scheduled to perform as Uncle Sam needs him.
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Frontier Committee
America
Pancho Villa
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Villa
Cheyene
Sam
How Much Will A Mutton Dress
Dick Cotner reported a mutton dress of 132 pounds selling for 7.50 to two longshoremen and a bet formed on the maximum dressed weight. Joe Kinney and his father weighed in with competing memories of 144 pounds, prompting The Register to seek the heaviest dressed mutton in the area and name Gene Perry as the 132-pound claimant.
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Dick Cotner
Fred Roberts
Teddy Marks
Fred
Thomasfork
Teddy
Joe Kinney
Joe
Register
Gene Perry
Tokay Crush From White Grape Now At Wyoming Club
An incoming shipment of Tokay Crush from White Grape is offered as a concentrate for mixed drinks. The note says one quart yields one and a half gallons and promotes buying a bottle at the Wyoming Club.
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Wyoming Club
Leave Here, Go Forth: A Brief Farewell
An unclear note hints at departure or farewell, mentioning leaving and moving onward. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are readable enough to specify.
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Watt Brandon le
Cokeville
Wyoming
By C. Watt Brandon
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Progressive Party
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Mexico
Oregon
Union Pacific System
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
West
Spokane
Fornand
Tecoma
Beattie
San Francisco
Les
D. E. Spencer
State Bank of
Lincoln Lumber Company
Cokeville, Wyoming
ELI Schwalbe Contractor
Kemmerer, Wyo
Cokeville, Wyo
Earl D. Haggerty
R. W. Collett
Automobile Service
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Henry Ford & Sons
P. O. Box
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