Wyoming State News Highlights From 1916
A roundup of Wyoming items: Piney Boosters formed. Casper gambling ordinance real law. Moorcroft Rosicrucian homesteads. Byron field gas plant near Lovell. Lander Hospital installs X ray. Rawlins lamb contracts at 9.25 per cwt. Owl Creek mine fire suspends work. John Bush arrested in Cheyenne. Manville freight division talk. Cheyenne births and deaths in 1916. oil and gas company incorporations. Admiral Dewey memorial approved. school bills to be introduced. Cheyenne firemen wage rise to 85 monthly. A. C. Campbell elected Wyoming State Bar president. Casper postal receipts show growth. Buffalo Bill Memorial Association formed at Cody. Big Muddy oil field opening noted. Pedro Picader injured at Cheyenne yards. Jim Baker cabin protest to Gov. Cody plans $10,000 Buffalo Bill memorial. piecemeal theft and court actions. first sixteen days of January land filings claim. eighteen new Wyoming banks since 1914. legal actions over reward. Thermopolis sanitarium and new regional facilities. land office notes on 64 000 acres. cattle herd losses exaggerated in Elk Mountain district.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Piney Boosters Association
Casper
Rosicrucian Party
Moorcroft
Byron Field
Lovell
Lander Hospital
Rawlins
Owl Creek
Gebo
Cheyenne
Southwest Oil Company
Curtis Petroleum Company
George Dewey
A. C. Campbell
Wyoming State Bar Association
Buffalo Bill Memorial Association
Cody
C. H. Hayden
L. L. Newton
Wyoming
Big Muddy Anticline
Converse County
Pedro Picader
Union Pacific
Denver
Jim Baker
Snake River
Gov
Kendrick
Buffalo Bill
Tony Valinsky
Claude Tredway
Laramie
Sundance
United States
Federal Land Office
Alfred Johnson
Horse Creek
Pine Bluffa
Marshal B. Alexander
Company of Wheatland National Guard
Camp Deming
Wheatland
Thermopolis
Worland
Lowell
Oll
Greybull
Basin
Wade H Fowler
Douglas Land Office
Converse
Natrona
Niobrara
Wilson
W. C. Mentzer
Elk Mountain
Old Relics Preserved Pressing Wyom ing Solons at Session
Wyoming State Librarian Frances Davis asks for a 500 dollar yearly grant to complete and publish the Wyoming Historical Society collections. She urges exhibition space for relics stored in the Capitol basement, notes 22 145 books in the state library, and cites an estimated 45 000 reports and documents. Mrs G W Stanley of Cheyenne is thanked for a gift of Thackeray’s complete works.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Wyoming Historical Society
Frances Davis
Capitol
State Library
Peace with the sword point the Allies
London dispatches report Emperor William on his 68th birthday reaffirming a vow to enforce peace with the sword. German and Allied fronts show heavy pressure as Russian, Romanian, Italian and British forces press offensives across Riga Moldavia France and the western sea lanes.
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London
William
Germany
Berlin
Riga
Isonzo
London War Office
France
Stockmen Name Pryor as Association President in 1918 Meet
The American National Livestock Association chose Pryor of San Antonio as president for the 1918 convention to be held in Cheyenne with Kansas City a strong but defeated bidder. Denver’s John W. Springer as treasurer and T. W. Tomlinson as secretary were elected. Protests over grazing fee increases were heard by Secretary David F. Houston, who will decide in Washington. The gathering endorsed federal inquiry powers, opposed free-listing livestock products, supported intrastate rate control, and backed sanitary measures, animal import bans, and cooperative eradication of predatory species.
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Pryor
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake
American National Livestock Association
Kansas City
Isaac T. Pryor
San Antonio
Texas
John B. Kendrick
Sheridan
C. M. O'Donnell
Bell Branch
N. M
M. K. Parsons
Salt Lake City
Wallis Huldekoper
Walls
Mont
Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Association
Canada
Biological Survey
National Dairy Union
Mexico
United States
Associaton
Seattle Mayor Indicted Over Bribe and Liquor Ring
Seattle Mayor Hiram C. Gill Chief of Police Charles L. Beckingham and former Sheriff Robert T. Hodge were indicted by a federal grand jury for violating federal liquor laws. Gill allegedly received a $4 000 bribe related to an illegal liquor ring shipping into Washington after prohibition began.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
Charles L. Beckingham
Robert T. Hodge
Gill
Washington
Crows to Appear in Senate Committee
Sheridan Fifteen Crow Indians from the Crow agency left here for Washington to appear before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs concerning opening of the Crow reservation in Montana.
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Senate
Sheridan
Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Crow Reservaton
Montana
Plot to Ship Arms to Mexico Exposed in London Trial
A spectacular plot to export large quantities of American arms to Mexico to aid Carranza faced British intervention. Spaniard Julian Urgoste testified, admitting a $500 fine and claiming ties to Felix de la Reguera and Obregon, alleging a mission to supply war material via the high seas. Urgoste’s report links a ninth person charged with dealing in arms without permission.
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Piot
London
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Julian Urgoste
Felix de la Reguera
Obregon
Urgoste
United Kingdom
$30,000 In Jewelry Stolen From Lenox Home
New York police seek a three month old trail to recover jewels valued at 30000 stolen from Mrs. Robert Winthrop of Lenox. A reward of 6000 is offered for information leading to recovery or arrest.
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Lenoxs
New York
Robert Winthrop
Lenox
Western Canada Leads as Wheat Producer
Western Canada proves its wheat dominance in 1915 with 876 million bushels, 29 bushels per acre, far surpassing major rivals. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta produced 342 million, while U.S. output was 1,011 million bushels at 17 bushels per acre.
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Canada
Dominion of Canada
United States
South America
Chile
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
North
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dominion Census Bureau
Province of
Coeenecte Sanserese
Montana
Washington
Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Wapaeeaetskabe
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
North Dakota
Indiana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Cosesassuna
Texas
Virginia
Kansas
Missouri
Saveocesesesnese
Oklahoma
Any Corn Lifts Out With Freezone
A Cincinnati authority says corns whether sore hard or soft can be lifted out with fingers after applying a few drops of Freezone. A small bottle costs little at drugstores and will rid feet of corns or calluses without irritation. If a druggist lacks Freezone, request one from a wholesale house.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Must Be Spared from Pedestrian Delay Debate
A dialogue between two mothers discusses slowing for pedestrians and the push for a larger standing army, reflecting public concern over traffic courtesy and national defense. The exchange highlights wartime social sentiment and everyday civic responsibilities.
High Cost of Living Promotes Budget Meals
An advertisement urges housewives to cut costly meat dishes and serve Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as the cheapest nutritious option. It promotes a free Skinner cook book from Skinner Mfg. Co. in Omaha Nebraska with hundred preparations.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Adv
Estimating the Breakage in Prohibition Debate
Exchange notes that repealing pledges may be harder than breaking a law as supporters and opponents discuss enforcement and morality amid prohibition rhetoric. The dialogue implies ongoing tension over policing, compliance, and personal vows in a political climate.
Cascarets claim relief for sluggish bowels and stomach
An old advertisement promises Cascarets will cleanse the stomach, clear the bowels, and improve liver action by morning. It touts quick sleep aided relief, child friendly formula, and a 10 cent price, citing widespread use and health benefits amid general lifestyle claims.
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