Wyoming Briefs Chronicle Turbulent Year In Wyoming
A chaotic roundup from Natron county wool growers awaiting a market recovery and watershed changes. An inmate, Bergstrom, jailed for his wife’s murder, attempted escape with a makeshift saw. Wyoming Association of Amateur Athletic Union instructions reach Casper as the state aligns with the Rocky Mountain group. Miss Wyoming Helen Bonham heads to major cities with invites. Cheyenne post office theft, daylight saving disputes in Casper, and a series of prison escapes prompt state reaction. Oil refineries adjust shifts. a key road dispute halts near John Laycock property. Magoon store fire at Youngwomon harms the Lance Creek district. University of Wyoming summer enrollment hits 202 students, with growth expected. Powder River floods drown cattle near Moorehead. James Clark shot in Douglas. Brenning charged in a room confrontation connected to a recent marriage.
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Western
Union News Service
Natron County
United States
Stuy
Bergstrom
Tela
Gladys McArthur Hergstrom
Excape
Wyoming Association of the Amateur Athletic Union
Casper
CG. A. Reinnerth
Association
New York City
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain Association of the
Colorado
New Mexico
University of Wyoming
Rewch Larvnle
Gene Michael
Brodus
Mont
Powder River
Moorehead
James Clark
Douglas
May Brenning
Automobile Machinie
Clark
Tual
Btenning
Lark
Ithyenrold
Brennings
Dark horse vice president eyed to break Democratic deadlock
San Francisco convention eyes Thot om Dttley Marshall of Thellatia as a potential broker for a three way stalemate among McAdoo and other factions. Democrats passing through Chicago foresee Marshall as a unifying figure praised for broad respect and willingness to compromise amid party divisions.
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Wester
Union News Service
Chicago
Thotom Dttley Marshall
Thellatia
United States
Harding
San Francisco
Wood
Lowden
Jolineau
Pueblo
William G. McAdoo
New York
Wilson
Inner Circle
Treasury
Internal Revenue and
Post Office
Daniel ©. Roper
Internal Revenue
League of Nations
Marshall
White House
Indiana
Dartmouth Senior Killed in Fraternity House Shooting
Henry E K Maroney a Dartmouth College senior from Medford Massachusetts was killed in a liquor dispute at Maroney rooms in the Theta Delta Chi house. Stobert T Meads a La Grange Illinois junior fled after the shooting and was captured after a cross state manhunt. he claims self defense.
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Hanover, S. H
Henry EK
Maroney
Medford
Mass
Dartmouth College
Stobert T. Meads
la Grange
Meads
Theta Delta Chi
Mascoma Station
Boston
Insane Woman Inherits Large Estate in Kansas
Pearl Lash, an inmate of the state hospital at Parsons, is named sole heir to an estate estimated between 250 000 and 200 000 dollars. Secretary Malchlim Cray announced the inheritance on his return from Athens Missouri, where he confirmed the property rights of the claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Pearl Lash
Inune
Parsons
Malchlim Cray
State Sound of Aidminstration
Athels
Mixsouri
Righits
Won
Vice President Offers Sympathy to Coolidge Nominee
In Hoxton, Massachusetts, Vice President Marshall sent a message of sincere sympathy to Gov. Calvin Coolidge, the Republican nominee, rather than congratulations as a sign of support for the potential successor.
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Hoxton
Mass
United States
Marshall
Calvin Coolidge
Republican Party
Lynching Crisis Prompts Minnesota Troop Withdrawal Request
In Duluth and St Paul officials fear more violence after three black men were lynched. They urged Governor Burnquist to send troops to patrol streets while fourteen black men remained jailed and tensions rose with arrests and protective measures.
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St. Paul
Minn
Duluth
Burnquist
France fixes WWI dead total at 1,862,872 soldiers
Paris ministry of war official statistics set the French toll from the great war at 1,862,872 killed. The fate details for S01 and B54 remain unknown per Le Matin.
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Paris
Body of unidentified woman found near lake in Missouri
In St. Joseph Missouri authorities search for identity after a young woman’s headless nude body was discovered in a local lake. The body bore injuries from binding wire and iron weights, suggesting murder with intent to dispose of it in the Missouri River about 200 yards away.
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St. Joseph
Woml
Missouri River
Labour Fed Defeats Gompers Over Government Ownership
At Montreal convention the American Federation of Labor votes 2,000 to 2,040 for government ownership of railroads defying veteran Samuel Gompers. He hints at possible noncandidacy and criticizes the move as enslaving workers. Salaries rise for top officials and organizers despite his opposition. The body urges creation of a permanent U S Employment Service with adequate funding.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Ins
Gompers
Posit
United Mine Workers
Railroad Workers
Mr. Gowpers
Machinists’ Union
Metal Trades Organization
Carpenters’ Union
Building Trades Organization
Gimpers
Frank Morrison
M48
Congress
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Martens Recalled as Soviet Envoy Ends U S Mission
Russian envoy Martens, in the United States as self styled ambassador for over fifteen months, has been recalled by Soviet authorities. His confidential secretary Sanford Nuorteva reportedly departed via Canada and is believed to be at English conferences led by Belorussian minister Krassin.
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Washington
Ludwig C
A. K
Martens
United States
Sanford Nuorteva
Canada
England
Gregory Krassin
Belshevié
Wreck of California Limited Trains Kills Three
A Santa Fe California Limited wreck near Itone Colorado injures thirteen and kills three: Dr. W. P. Harper of Mount Vernon New York A O Swanson of Chicago and Fr Coynter of Raton New Mexico. The accident happened as passengers rose from berths with four Pullman cars derailed and overturned. Engineers and crew aided victims while Engineer Woodworth lay unconscious.
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Union News Service
la Junta
Colo
Itone
Here
W. P. Harper
Mount Vernon
N. Y
A. O. Swanson
Chicago
Fr. Coynter
Raton
N. M
FH J. Green
San Diego
Cal
Elizabeth AH. Douglas
Los Angeles
Bertha M. Anderson
Adolph J. Bird
W. L. Anderson
Adolph Scheidler
Otto Warmer
California Limited
Southwest
California
Kansas City
Belgian Hits Kaiser at Doorn Castle Rumor
Persistent rumors circulate in Doorn Holland that a Belgian, using a forged pass, assaulted the former German emperor at Doorn castle. It is claimed the ex-emperor was wounded in the leg and the Belgian arrested, but verification has not yet been possible.
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Doorn
Holland
Doorn Castle
Dr Hyslop Dead After Long Illness In New York
Jammes Hervey Hyslop secretary and director of research of the American Society for Psychical Research died in New York after a long illness in Upper Montclair New Jersey. Death was due to thrombosis. He was 84 years old. He had long been interested in psychic phenomena and in 1907 raised an endowment fund of 175000 dollars to reestablish the American Society of Psychical Research which had dissolved after the secretary’s death.
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New York
Jammes Hervey Hyslop
American Society For Psychical Research
Upper Montelary
N. J
Hyslop
American Society of Payedical Research
May Appoint Judges by World Court Panel in The Hague
Jurists at the peace palace discuss how to select judges for a proposed world court under the League of Nations. Key debates focus on representing small nations, equal voice, and basing selection on eminent jurists rather than national quotas. Elihu Root argues for US Supreme Court as a model. Substitutions for Bevilacqua rejected. jurists chosen for merit, not national representation.
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Union News Service
the Hague
Permaient Court of Justice
Peace Palace
League of Nations
Elihu Root
America
George Hagerup
Norway
League
Wilson
Brussels Assembly
Root
Supreme Court of the
United States
World Court
Raoul Fernandez
Reparations Commission
Brazil
Clovis Bevilacqua
Council of the
Treasury Spends Twenty Billion in Two-Year Span
Washington report shows governmental expenditures from July 1, 1918, to May 31, 1920 totaling 20,775,538,858 dollars. September was the peak spending month at 4,475,937,701 dollars while November saw the lowest outlay at 611,801,764 dollars. Excluding 1,508,047,792 dollars by the treasury itself, 951,224,708 dollars charged to federal control of railroads under the Transportation Act of 1920 represented the largest departmental item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Davis Named Under Secretary of State in Wilson Administration
Norman H. Davis of Tennessee was appointed by President Wilson to be under secretary of state and has assumed duties. He succeeds Frank L. Polk who resigned due to ill health. Davis left the Treasury to accept the State Department post and previously advised the American peace delegation at Paris.
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Washington
Norman H. Davis
Tennessee
Wilson
Frank L. Polk
Davis
Aliens Pay Big Income Taxes to U.S. Treasury
Aliens returning to Europe since the armistice paid 2,000,000 dollars in income taxes to the United States treasury. Deputy collector Jacob Popper of the Internal Revenue Service notes these taxes would not have been collected otherwise.
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Chicago
Europe
United States Treasury
Jacob Popper
Internal Revenue
Veteran Engineer Killed in Train Wreck Near Silver City
William Rogers, a veteran passenger engineer, died instantly when the St Louis Omaha train derailed near Silver City Town in Nebraska. Fireman Lon Rowe of Stansbury Missouri was burned but not seriously hurt. other passengers reported no injuries.
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Omaha
Neb
William Rogers
St Louis
Water Power Bill Signed by Wilson in Washington
Announcement from the White House states President Wilson signed the water power development bill after ten years of effort. The censure prior to June 1 was noted, and Wilson did not approve the joint resolution repealing wartime fate, nor the Underwood proposal on negotiations with Canada over pulpwood embargoes.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Canada
United States
Market Quotation Fragment from Dinved Markets
A fragmentary market update notes quotations in the devolved market scene with listed prices and trade terms. The brief mentions unions and dips in values, reflecting a cautious trading mood and muted activity across key commodities.
Metal market brief shows varied commodity prices
Colorado metal prices list top items with copper and lead at elevated levels. Cogs POU and tungsten are noted with per unit quotes while spelter and nickel prices appear in the record.
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Metal Madikiors
Colorado
Far Aliver
Nsec
Market Report From Chicage Livestock and Commodities
Agricultural prices and market notes show steers and heifers with bulk values around 9 to 12 dollars, hogs peaking near 14.70, lambs and sheep with varied bids, dairy products and feeds listed, and regional potato and corn figures scattered across the page. Naming includes references to beef, pork, poultry, dairy, and feed commodities with prices and ranges.
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Fleet Eteera
Yvoarlinggs
Netro
Denver
Enee
Colo
Seereaee
Navy
Lima
South
Asem Gap
South Park
Attom
Charles Friend & Co
Ty Denver Selee Liat
Timbe Butehern
Spead
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Othe
Helen Bonham
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cheyenne Highnackers
Cheyenne
Dan Hiden
Merchants’ Association
William Smith
Emiliale
Wye
Knawlins
Dimmay
Smith
William C. Mentzer
State of
John Iaycock
Divide Country
Alute Highway Department
Laycock
Magoon
Youngwoman
Lance Creek
Homer Davis
Willard Magoon
Dark Horse
France
Lille
U. S. Railroad
A. F. L. Battle
Western Newspaper
Kaiser
Dr. Hyslop
Hague
U. S. Supreme Court
Polk
Owe
Er Unions
Denves Markets
Spock
Chienge
Coralina
Chicase
Tetot Ghee
Vrn
Harley
Timothy Seed
Chlenge Dairy
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