Girl Wanted Sparks Change in Morse Office
Abel Morse relents to modernizing his seed business when Nella Worth, a diligent applicant, answers the sign in the window. Her orderliness and tact transform the dreary office, earning trust, better pay, and a new romance as Cyril, the nephew, falls for her while a thief is thwarted by her quick actions.
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Abel Morse
Cyril
Abel
Ufe
Abel Morse & Company
Faney
Tyro
Nella
Nella Worth
Miss Worth
Lonely Dog of Ypres Amid War Ruins
A vivid portrait contrasts Ypres before and after the war, describing the once bustling city of 200,000 now reduced to ruined streets and tumbled houses. The piece invokes memories of grandeur and artistic sites decimated, with a single gingerbread dog symbolizing the city’s faded romance.
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Ypres
Andes
Columbus
Denver
Kansas City
Duke
Cat Rescued After Stormy Fishing Trip Near Redondo Beach
Rescue crew brings a large black cat found aboard a cooply keg miles from shore after a fierce gale. Cat rode the keg during the storm as rescuers Carl Matson and George Fitch return to Redondo Beach California. The cat wore a leather collar with the word Utoneu, suggesting the boat’s name.
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Carl Matson
George Fitch
Redondo Beach
Cal
Wyoming dean named chairman of National Defense Council
Gov Houx appoints Henry C. Knight as chairman of Wyoming branch to promote garden planting and food production among workers and farmers. The University of Wyoming grants full pay to faculty entering service for the rest of the academic year with leaves of absence for longer service and guaranteed positions after the war.
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Union News Fervice
Laramie
Wyo
Henry C. Knight
College of Agriculture
Wyoming Experiment Station
Houx
Wyoming
National Council of Defense
Dean Knight
University of Wyoming
Penn Wyoming Case Settled in Cheyenne Court Bid Tops Records
The United States Court accepted a 765000 bid for the Penn Wyoming property after eleven sale attempts. The deal includes bonds of the Saratoga and Encampment Railway, the Ferriss Haggerty mine, United Smelters, Tramway Company, Encampment Light and Water Works, and several others.
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Cheyenne
Penn- Wyoming
United States
Saratoga & Encampment Railway Company
Ferriss- Haggerty
United Smelters
The
Tramway Company
Light Company of Encampment
Water Works Company
Would Dance Among Their Corpses Kemmerer
Patrick Delaney stands accused in District Court of a statutory offense involving his stepdaughter Margaret. The trial stirred sensationalism as the girl and her mother Mrs Patrick Delaney testified to a nine year illicit relationship. They say fear prevented complaint and Delaney threatened to kill them both and "dance among their corpses."
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Kemmerer
Patrick Delaney
Margaret
Delaney
Banks to All State Plans
Wyoming bankers on the finance committee of the State Council of Defense urge banks to advance 50000 dollars to fund the council’s work for the next two years. They expect reimbursement from the upcoming Fifteenth Legislature convening in January 1919.
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Cheyenne
State Council of Defense
Wyoming
Wealthy Oil Man Dies in Denver
Casper-Edwin Hall head of Hall Oil Company of this city died at a Denver hotel from stomach cancer after an operation in Chicago four weeks earlier. Hall, once Wyoming state geologist, was about 60 and his wealth was estimated near $500,000 from recent oil field ventures.
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Casper
Edwin Hall
Hall Oil Company
Denver
Chicago
Hall
Wyoming
Tis
Greybell
Kemmerer
Daniel Crafton
C. BE. Dalley
Muarbleton
William Parist
William Porter
Mary F. Rath
Dallas Held
Lander
Aratle
J. O. Creager
State Board of Education
Fred Chandler
Teamseter
Casper Teamsters’ Union
Grass Creek Oil and Development Company
Grass Creek
Monster Gas Well Capped Near Byron
Workmen cap Lovell Gas and Electric Company well in the Byron field. Claimed to be the largest gas well in the world with a capacity of 68,000,000 cubic feet per day and pressure of fifty psi.
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Lovell
Lovell Gas and Electric Company
Byron Field
Casper Ranchman Dave Duthie Dies from Poisoning
Casper state hospital records report rancher Dave Duthie of Alcova died after suffering from pneumonia poisoning. His death followed an incident where he was brought to Casper in a poisoned condition.
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Casper
State Hospital
Dave Duthie
Alcova
Duthie
Drowning Mystery Circles Acme Family
The parents of Beverish Safeoek, a 6 year old from Acme, fear she either drowned in the Tongue river or wandered away from home, leaving the town of Acme unsettled as residents seek clues.
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Sheridan
Beverish Safeoek
Acme
Tongue River
Aome
Lege Cuts Off by Train in Worland Incident
Charles McKinsty suffered leg injuries when he was struck and fell as a freight train passed while attempting to alight. Police report describes the mishap on the Worland line during the moving cars with authorities investigating the scene.
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Worland
Charles McKinsty
Wyoming State News Highlights 1917 Events
Wyoming items report fairs and celebrations. Sheridan to host July Fourth. Encampment discusses a Fish Fry. Riverton to build a 70000 dollar Mason ic temple. Burns votes 20000 for a school building. many new bungalows in Evanston. Pathfinder Oil becomes a million-dollar company. insurance writt en in Wyoming tops 22 million in 1916. Cheyenne storm sewers bond issue planned. numerous road improvements and local incidents including drownings and accidents. multiple corporate filings and oil ventures across the state. Colonel Cody funeral planned. draft registration prep. one man fatally injured by a switch engine. various legal cases and notable deaths.
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Riverton
Burne
Evanston
Kemmerer
Pathfinder Oil Company
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Edward Jones Place
Byron
Burns
J. J. Scott
Hammond
Tom Chrisman
Sweetwater
Splitrock
Elmer J. Owen
Sheridan
Bert Moon
Los Angeles
Wyoming Soda Products Company
Shell Creek
Hayttville
Cody
Lookout Mountain
Masons
Albany County
Doctor’s tramp test leads to romance and rescue
Wayne Gilbert follows a doctor's advice to live as a tramp and wanders into a farmhouse where Dora and her family take him in. Ill, he recovers with their care while Dora and he grow closer, revealing a budding romance amid the social misfit tale.
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Wayne Gilbert
Gilbert
Rose
Dora
Sam
Wayne
Slater
Josephine
John
Mr. Gilbert
Jake Sharp
Mays
Ont
Newapa
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Praised in Testimonial
A 1916 testimonial from Marine Illinois touts Swamp Root as a kidney remedy that restored a man’s health after doctors failed. The ad urges sending ten cents to Kilmer Co. for a bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder.
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Marine
Illinois
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Anl
Movie doubles draw crowds with Lincoln Washington and Roosevelt looks
In New York three Metro actors drew attention on Broadway as near perfect impersonations of Abraham Lincoln George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt. Hollywood studios seek such lookalikes for patriotic productions and big screen roles. The Herald notes the demand for actors resembling historic figures.
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Moving Picture
Metro
Broadway
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
New York Herald
Freezone claims to lift corns instantly
An Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a quick cure for corns and calluses. A few drops soothe pain, dry the corn, and allow it to lift with the root. A small bottle costs little and should remove all hard or soft corns from the feet.
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Incinnati
Ady
War and Theology in Wartime Seminaries
Rev Ward G Meehan a Brooklyn priest joined the army chaplain corps at the war’s outset. He pursues a post graduate theology course in Washington while awaiting active service. If called early he will receive full credit as secular students have for national duty.
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Ward G. Meehan
Brooklyn
Catholic University
Washington
Fragmented Dialogue Notes From a Historical Page
The readable text shows a fragmented dialogue with phrases about a father and son, a horse, a new thing, and references to a free school. Language is garbled and incomplete, restricting clear events or outcomes.
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Bart
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By Sarah Estelle Balcom
W. G. Chapman
Monster Gas
Wyoming State News
Feutern
Union News Service
Dougan
Frank Black
Dee Phillips
Uinta County
Eugene Cleveland
Sweetwater County
Superior
Warm Springs
Thermopolis
Reed
Feelin
Sebenio
M pHahtor
Gladys
San Francisco
San Mateo County
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