Wyoming News Notes Include Robbery In Diamondville
Brief items from across Wyoming cover a Diamondville hotel robbery, upcoming University of Wyoming diplomas, refinery work on the Midwest project, a fatal conveyor accident, local officials and a new probation officer in Laramie, tax liens on Meredith, congressional plans for summer action, a court ruling on damages from a rail strike, mining wage gains, a Casper incident involving a company official, and community debates over county borders and local reunions.
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Union News Service
Dini
State Normal School
Division of Music
Fyinson Memorial Hospital
Daly Hotel
Diamondville
Laramie
Midwest
Pearing
Menest
Vleming
Winicatter
Mima Amy Abbott
Laramie City
Cheyenneye
Greeley
Denver
Trunney
Meredith
Wilson
Cheyenne
Tarainte County
Mondell
Lane
Congress
Chicago
Newcastle
Demlo Milling Company of
Sheridan
Walker D. Hines
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Ex-president Calles given safe conduct out of Mexico
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports General Calles has left Mexico with safe conduct to Vera Cruz after revolutionary capture. Villa to send emissary to Cahuahue. Alfonso Gomez to represent. Troop movements reach Mexico City as generals Almada and Villareal assume new commands. De la Huerta states provisional president must be a reformist and capable to end the work.
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Mexico
Union News Service
Houston
Texas
Carringhas
Vera Cruz
Chishwahiwa City
Francisco Villa
Cahuahue
BP Riley Calles
General Calles
Boquillis
Santa Rosalia
Villa
Alfonso Gomez
Elan Calles
Chilnuhwea
Aldalma
Monterey
Villareal Haes
Confit
Copmulipas
Nenyo Leon
Witch
Taso
J. Gonzalo Excubor
Miliey
Chilitiali
Chilumhua City
Mscobar
Juares Distrive
Obregonians
Adolfo de la Huerta
de la Huerta
Euvy
Navy High Pay Bill Signed For 1920 Enlisted Pay Rise
The bill raises Navy pay starting January 1, 1920 with grades for chief petty officers first, second and third class set at $84, $72 and $60 per month respectively. Nonrated men see first class $44, second class $38, third class $28. firemen $60, $74, and $48. Additional benefits include free transportation for wives and families when reassigned, Army-like housing and household effects laws, four months bonus for reenlistment within a year, and disposition of reserves and discharged men to contact local or Denver Navy Recruiting Station for details.
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Navy
Army
Denver
Millionaire's Proposal in Chicago Glitter
Miss Muggle Waggoner of Effington Alabama asks John Alfred Booker to prove his wealth by listing life insurance Standard Oil stock and other securities to make up a promised million before marriage. The piece notes the era’s fascination with self styled millionaires and the public fascination with lavish vows.
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Chicago
Muggle Waggoner
Effington
John Alfred Booker
Capture of Two Bank Robbers Near Bean Lake
Lincoln police report two of the three bandits who robbed Howe Nebraska bank of cash and Liberty bonds were captured after a running gun battle with Kansas officers near Bean Lake Missouri, via wireless alerts from Nebraska officials. Hundreds of birds across species were killed by wind glare north of Racine Wisconsin as fog and glare caused mass collisions.
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Lincoln
Neb
Howe
Kansas
Bean Lake
Gus Ayers
Nebraska
Missouri
Racine
Wis
Wealthy Convict Escapes in Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, 28, a convicted draft dodger recently sentenced to five years on Governor’s Island, escapes from army guards at his mother’s Philadelphia home. He disappeared in his own car as two sergeants stood in the drawing room while the machine was driven by Bergdoll’s chauffeur, per police.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland Hergdoll
Governor's Island
N. Y
Kort Jay
Mra. Bergdoll
Dergdatls
Mexican rebel leader Villa named provisional President of Mexico
Reports from Piedras Negras and Laredo detail Adolph de la Huerta's nomination as provisional President while Francisco Villa plots moves against Chihuahua and Muzquiya. Gen. Huerta to block Villa. forces mobilize in Chihuahua, Parral, Ortiz as Villa continues to resist de facto government. British toll Millar seeks $50,000 ransom. U.S. State Department notes Villa’s ongoing seizures and releases of Americans.
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Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Adolph de la Huerta
Sonora
Mexico
Piedras Negras
José Huertado
Torreon
Francisco Villa
Muzquiy
Coachuila
Huertado
Villa
George Millar
Chihualiun
Millar
Parral
Alvarado Milling and Mining Company
Jiminez
Cuarles
Calles
Chihuahua City
Santa Rosalia
Ortiz
Washington
Madero
State Department
Alvarado Mining Aid Milling Company
Parrol
Chihuahua
Gener! Calles
Hare
Two Fliers Die in Kelly Field Plane Crash
Lieut Alvin M St John of Memphis Teon and Private Carl L Cubler of Higin t were instantly killed when their plane struck a trig pole and then a building at Kelly Field. The crash occurred during an operation near San Antonio as authorities investigated the cause and noted the fatal losses to the unit.
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San Antonio
Alvin M. St. John
Memphis
Teon
Carl L. Cubler
Higin, T
Kelly Feta
Villa Demands Guarantees From Mexican Leaders
Villa demands personal safety guarantees from new revolutionary leaders in Mexico before returning to private life. The AP reports from his mountain camp that Villa will require actual operation of government guarantees and will not disband his force until assurances are in place.
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Villa
Boquillas
Chili
Francisco Villa
Mexico
Associated Press
Reds War on British Across Persian Front
London dispatches say Bolshevists appeared at Ashuka and crossed the Persian front tier, demanding British troops withdraw. Moscow reports Bolshevists press Polish and Ukrainian forces near Kiev, with air combat against Polish planes and several local clashes in the Borisov and Vapularka regions. Trotsky calls for a general Russian uprising against Poland as new Bolshevist reinforcements arrive between the Dnieper and Dniester. Polish losses by May 10 include 100 killed and 300 wounded. Kiev garrison sustains heavier tolls.
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Union News Service
London
Ashuka
London Times
Teheran
Persia
Kiev
Moscow
Borisov
Serkask
Vapularka
Crimean
Perekop
Sea of Azov
Berdianska
Coblenz
Warsaw
Podolia
Odessa
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Poland
Dnieper
Dniester
Government files suits against Rock Island for cattle car neglect
Fourteen suits filed in Federal District Court allege the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad kept hundreds of cattle in freight-yard cattle cars for more than twenty four hours without food or water. The actions are based on information from the Department of Agriculture.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Federal District Court
Department of Agriculture
Fund Raised to Honor Dead in Paris Cemeteries
Paris post American Legion reports Memorial Day funds to cover services in French cemeteries. Contributions total 60,000 francs, with 50,000 francs donated from the Legion’s national treasury in America. Delegations from Paris post will visit fifty American cemeteries on May 30.
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Paris
France
Paris Post
American Legion
Legion
National Treasury
America
State raises minimum wage for women in Tacoma factories
Tacoma wage conference votes to raise women factory workers' minimum to 184 dollars per week, up from the previous 18.20. The new scale is expected to be enacted by the State Industrial Commission.
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Tacoma
Wash
State Industrial Commission
Identity of Dead Youth on Train Solved
The slain youth aboard a Union Pacific train near Rawlins Wyoming has been identified as Oscar Jesteman of Boston via a telegram to William S Fitch manager of the Human Detective Agency in Denver. Jesteman, also known as Fred Gordon, was wanted in Boston on a $20,000 embezzlement charge at Old Colony Trust Company. He died reportedly from narcotic poisoning.
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Denver
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Wyo
William 8. Fitch
Huma Detective Agency
Oscar Jesteman
Boston
Muse
Old Colony ‘Trust Company
Jessaman
Fred Gordon
Khown
U. S. Demands Release of Americans Held in Russia
Washington reports state department actions to press Bolshevik authorities for freedom of Americans detained in Russia. Kalamatiano and others are cited as starved or under threat, with officials noting a broader pattern of surveillance and unknown additional detainees. The push follows word of Hungarian communists held since fleeing Budapest.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Vienna
Budapest
Xenophon J. Kalamatiano
Kalamatiano
Bolshevist
Moscow
Acnophon B. Kalamatiano
Racine
Wis
Chicago
Elizabeth Maria Julia T. Doty
Cardiff
Wales
Maron Hipman
Lambie
Esther M. Hipman
Lark Ridge
N. J
Myron Hipman
French Editor Faces Jail Over Army Outrage Charge
Paris authorities began criminal proceedings against Populaire editor Jean Longuet, leader of the Minority Socialists, over an article headlined The Recall of the Blacks about the evacuation of Frankfort by French troops. The paper is accused of an outrages against the army.
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Paris
Populaire
Jean Longuet
Frankfort
Woman Dies at 103 in Lewiston Idaho
Mrs Harriet Roe Idaho's oldest citizen dies at home in Julluttin aged 1038 born April 1. Longtime Lutali county resident for over thirty years. Despite long blindness she enjoyed knitting until recently.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Harriet Roe
Julluttin
Lutali County
Grubstake to Mines Dept Funds Returned Soldiers Prospectors
A loan of fifty thousand dollars is extended to the British Columbia Department of Mines by the provincial advisory council of the Department of Industries. The funds finance a plan to send twenty five parties of returned soldiers prospecting for minerals in the province.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia Department of Mines
Department of Industries
Mrs Bergdoll Found Guilty in Desertion Case
Philadelphia report says Mrs Emmu C Bergdoll found guilty on four counts for resisting a raiding party that captured her son Grover Bergdoll who is serving five years for desertion from the army. She was fined 200 to 50 on each count.
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Philadelphia
Emmu C. Bergdoll
Grover Bergdoll
Butter Too High for Hune in New York
The American steamer South Pole arrived from Rotterdam with 208 tons of American butter shipped to Germany by Armour & Co. German consignees refused to accept the butter due to high prices.
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New York
Rotterdam
Germany
Armour & Co
Consignees
Senate to Probe Preconvention Campaign Expenses
Washington Senate committee under the Borah resolution authorized a subcommittee to investigate pre-convention campaign expenses and pledges of presidential candidates. Senator Kenyon named chairman as telegraphic requests went to campaign managers for the first session.
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Washington
Senate
Elections Committee
Kenyon
Dry pelts and hides price list from Colorado market
A scanned price sheet lists dry flint felts, wool pelts, cured hides in No 1 and No 2 grades, salt and green salted hides, kip and calf branding, and glue. It records per pound rates for cured hides, green hides, salted morchides, and market prices for silver, copper, land, and tungsten in Colorado settlement markets.
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Licecesceesessens Vccnnes
Leseane
Mital
Colorado
Live Stock Market Report from Chicago
Chicago prices and market conditions show steady movement across cattle and calves. Heavy weight cows and stockers hold steady while calves rise up to 6.00, butchers’ weights pull from 14.40 to 14.60. Sheep and lambs show mixed demand with light offerings and broad price ranges.
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Ewestt Union Nova Service
Denver
Comhors
Cesc Ves Netsnetoenn
Anton Te Tee
Chicago
Ube
Sion Holce Mandy Wlohe Ahort Lamba
Ey Ae Fow Pb & Cholos
New York Produce Price Notes and Poultry Details
An OCR sample lists New York Produce items with Butter Creamery and Cheese prices and categories. It notes extras and current makes for butter and cheese, plus poultry lines including alive Uxpreas broilers Western broilers frozen and fresh, with scattered figures and terms like turkeys Crosen.
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New York
Dow Eoehlekens
Frogen
Fowly
Reah
al Ropatera
Freak
Frogon
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Wyoming
Diarlet No. 28
United Mine Workers of America
Charles St. Gavin
Continental OH Company
Aspero
Prrest
Balboa Heights
Panama
Casper
Wisconsin
Lakeview
John J. Pevalling
Frances Warren Pershing
Helen Elizabeth
Ann Orr
Maury Margaret Pershing
Kemmerer
Star Valley
Shhedale
Aweetwater
Huerta
Great Bahai Temple
Louis Bourgeois
Muzquiz
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Bolshevists
U. S. Sues Rock Island
Ita
Prospectora
Hune
Vemern
Hay and
Giain
Prude
Colo
Lima
Grale
South Park
Snes
Charles Friend & Co
Denver Price
Kasthmn
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