Wyoming State News Highlights from Septembers State Fairs and Developments
Western Newspaper Union reports upcoming county fairs across Carbon, Park, Uinta, Natrona, Sweetwater and more, plus plans for new jails bridges and schools. Notable items include a $20,000 Torrington school, a new Laramie glass works, a Casper street railway, and a gas plant for Sheridan. Also reported are a wool theft in Douglas, drownings and accidents, pension emissions, and a 35 mile Rocky Ford line approval.
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Union News Service
Carbon County
Sara
Marbleton
Park County
Cody
Uinta County
Beariver Valley
Evanston
Kane
Natrona County
Aeper
Siscorn County
Sin
Wyoming
Douglas
Burns
Chugwater
Torrington
Laramie
Farmers’ State Bank of
Jireh
P. A. Tedom, Jr
Platte County
Worland
Basin School
Gillette
Storm Devastation In Wyoming Crops Roads Bridges Badly Damaged
A severe Wyoming storm causes extensive damage across Niobrara Natrona Platte and Goshen counties. Locomotive crashes through a Burling ton bridge near Glenrock. engineer and fireman escape. Lightning kills Ralph Creer near Sunrise. Bridges washed out near Lysite and Big Springs hail shatters Union Pacific No. 1 windows. Ranch floodwaters saturate Lou Cook’s Cow Creek home. Box Creek damage follows.
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Western
Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Converse
Niobrara
Natrons
Platte
Goshen
Glenrock
Burlington
Ralph Creer
Lysite
Douglas
Nebraska
Union Pacific
de Luxe Overland Limited
Big Springs
Hecla
Lou Cook
Cow Creek
Box Creek
Dry Lands Forecast Record Wheat Harvest Near Cheyenne
In the dry farming district around Cheyenne 1912 yields are expected to be surpassed by current grain and forage harvests. If hail remains away for two weeks the area may double the 1912 output of wheat barley oats rye corn alfalfa and related crops. The Cheyenne dry farm region valued production at about $1,000,000 in 1912.
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Big Horn
Basin
Tom
T. D. O'Neil
Big Piney
Wyoming
H. H. Knott
St Laramie
San Diego Exposition
John Josat
Lander
Comstock
Cheyenne
Ray Hollister
Sheridan
Carbon County
Cripple Creek July Output Rises to 82 060 Tons
Cripple Creek district produced 82,060 tons in July with an average value of 13.74 per ton and bullion value of 1,127,685. Compared with last July, tonnage rose by 1,720 tons while average value fell 2.26 per ton. Portland Company processed 48,800 tons at 2.90 per ton. Dividends of 165,000 were paid: Portland Gold Mining 90,000 Windl ecator Consolidated 45,000 Golden Cycle 30,000.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Portland Company
Battlemountain
Independence
Portland Gold Mining Company
Windlecator Consolidated
Golden Cycle Company
Portland
Cole Springs
Portlan Cripple Creek
Kavanaugh
Joe Dandy
Bneeee
Arizona’s Tonto Basin sees second oil rig joined at Pearce camp
In the Pearce mining area the Commonwealth mine and Commonwealth Extensive property report high quality ore with assays as low as 37 dollars. Extension ore ranges 20 to 60 dollars per ton. Copper prices hover, keeping Warren district and other mines stable while the Copper Queen Company restarts Uncle Sam shaft after a year. White Tail Deer lease resumes work and most camps receive activity.
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Tonto
Pearce
Commonwealth
Warren
Uncle Sam
Copper Queen Company
White Tail Deer
Skull Found In Clearmont Hay Field Near Sheridan
A human skull found by laborers in a Clearmont hayfield was brought to Sheridan by the sheriff's office. A thorough search found no other skeletal parts. The skull likely belonged to a young man, with most teeth intact except for a few. one decayed tooth had a filling.
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Clearmont
Tularosa Copper Company to restart by October first
The Tularosa Copper Company at Bent begins repairs and aims to operate at full scale by Oct 1. Parsons Mining Company has installed poles for an electric line and plans to resume mining at Parsons Tyrones, poised to become a southwest mining town under Walter Douglas. Tyrone will be a Burro Mountain district metropolis with new railroad links and notable mines. The Cerrillos concentrator is taking custom work, though few ore tonnages are handed in for reduction, signaling renewed development of long neglected mines.
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Amanda Woodmanezee
Cheyenne
Rawling
Geo. B. Goff
Nine Mile Creek
Kaycee
Lowa
Campstool
Wyoming
Bagg
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Rhoridan County
Charles Layton
Laramie
Denver
Rock Springs
Parsons Mining Company
Parsons
Tyrones
Walter Douglas
Tyrone
Burro Mountain
Cerrillos
Motorist Drowns Fixing Car Near Buffalo
Buffalo merchant George B. Goff drowned about fifteen miles southeast of here while repairing his car in a dry draw. He remained with the vehicle as Dr. KB Kane climbed to higher ground when a sudden wall of water and a log swept him away.
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Buffalo
George B. Goff
Here
KB. O. Kane Goff
Goff
Kane
Probing Cause for Smith Shooting in Cheyenne
Vernon Smith, a ranch hand, was wounded in the right leg by Union Pacific Yard Watchman James Downey at the local yard. He is improving despite complications and may leave St. John's hospital soon. Downey remains jailed as investigators determine if the shot was accidental or intentional.
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Cheyenne
Vernon Smith
Union Pacific Yard
James Downey
St. John's Hospital
Downey
Gold Strike At Silver Crown Mine Sparks Wyoming Camp Rush
In Hecla region, the Silver Crown mine draw to prospectors as the Gold Rush stirs the Wyoming hills. A court ruling leaves Mexico-Wyoming Petroleum Co. under Denver and California control, while 1914 mineral output across the state totals 7,307 dollars per a USGS official.
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Wyoming
Silver Crown
Hecla
Mexico-Wyoming Petroleum Company
Grass Creek
Denver
California
Charles W. Henderson
United States Geological Survey
Wyoming Wool Sale Sets Record With 600000 Pound Clip
W K Adams bought the Gwen Land and Cattle Company wool clip for 22 cents a pound, totaling about 123000 dollars, in Cheyenne. The sale is among the largest wool transactions in Wyoming this year.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
W. KR. Adams
Gwen Land & Cattle Company
Moose project begins in Tourtelotte Park Aupen district
Deane and Foreman start work on the Moose in Tourtelotte park Hawthorne. Inside information says the Portland Company, in possession since July 1, has tapped rich ore at depth to Stratton's Independence, reached from the nineteenth level of the Portland mine.
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Aupen
Hawthorne
Deane
Foreman
Tourtelotte Park
Portland Company
Stratton
Portland
Germans seek peace with Russia via Denmark and capture efforts widen
The Bourse Gazette quotes an unimpeachable source that Germany offered Russia a separate peace through the King of Denmark, with Galicia to Russia and Germany keeping Western Poland. In London reports German forces press near Kovno Ossowetz and Warsaw, capturing Serock near the Narew Bug junction and crossing the Vistula. Field Marshal von Mackensen slows, Grand Duke Nicholas may rally the Russian army. forts near Novogeorgievsk reported captured.
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Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
Russia
Denmark
Germany
Duma
Vedernee Vremya
Galicia
Poland
London
Kovno
Ossowetz
Warsaw
Vilna
Dvinska
Serock
Narew
Bug
Vistula
Woyrsch
von Mackensen
Nicholas
Novogeorgievsk
Mexican raid and ranch battle in Cameron county
A clash near the Norias ranch between a Mexican raiding party and ranchmen left six Mexicans dead and two Americans killed, with fighting continuing as U S troops, including Troop B and four infantry companies, were ordered to the area from Fort Brown and Fort McIntosh. The United States signaled a cautious stance on recognition amid the Huerta downfall and ongoing factional fighting.
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Brownsville
Tex
Norias Ranch
Nortas
Third
United States Cavalry
Cameron County
Fort Brown
United States Infantry
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
Safe Home Canning Tips For Fruits And Rubbers
Practical advice on preserving fruit through modern canning methods. Emphasizes fresh fruit, sterilized cans, proper washing, and boiling to prevent spoilage. Describes soaking rubbers, crushing small fruit with sugar overnight, and cooling storage in ice chests or cellars for long shelf life.
New Ways With Old Fruits
A collection of fruit dessert ideas and simple preparations. Pineapple Dainty uses jelly custard pineapple puree and whipped cream. Blackberry ice cream blends gelatine milk sugar lemon juice and berries. Strawberry Gateau layers sponge cake with whipped cream and strawberries. Pear fritters fry pear slices in batter and dust with sugar with a pear sauce.
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State News
Greybull
Casper
Wyoming State Federation of Labor
Rocky Pord Telephone Company
Sundance
Buelah
Rifle Pit Divide
Crook County
Burlington Bridge
Western Newspaper
St. Louis
New York
Arizona
New Mexico
Tularosa Copper Company
Bent
Smith
Czar
West
Western Newspaper Union News Service
U. & Posees
Outlaw Band
U. S
Washington
United States
Huerta
Carrange Nor
Villa
Mexico
Carranea
Lagalng
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