Wyoming State News Highlights 1916 Updates
Wyoming state items review 1916 activity: events calendar, wool growers meeting in Thermopolis, oil field activity at Bonanza and Greybull wells, 7,100 plus auto licenses issued, farm loans push, fires in Douglas, livestock disease bulletin, Cheyenne creamery butter sales, new corporate filings in Casper, and extensive irrigation and reservoir permit data from the state engineer. Notable deaths include Mrs. Caroline Hood Ralston and Michael Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar Association
Cheyenne
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Thermopolis
American Livestock Association
Caroline Hood Ralston
Laramie
Douglas
Joseph Kinney
Cokeville
BE. Blaney
Bonanza
Greybull-Wyoming Company
Greybull
Parkerton
Big Muddy Fields
Wyoming's 1916 Prosperity Through Mining and Agriculture
Cheyenne reports 1916 as the fattest year in six decades, with total state income reaching $140,223,679, up $23,416,346 from 1915. Mineral production totaled $66,818,049, up $13,872,466, while agriculture earned $82,844,280, rising $1,421,530. livestock added $29,821,350, up $5,221,350, marking minerals as the leading industry by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Wyoming
Saiposahey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fire escape law urged and other reforms
The attorney general urges new fire escape statutes in all cities and towns, plus penalties for fishing without a license and bear hunting by non residents. He notes missing salary provisions for county superintendents and calls trimming state officer appropriations. A separate incident reports Walter Johnson slashing his throat in a resort room, clashing with a patrolman before being restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Cheyenne
D. A. Preston
Pearl Davis
Duluth
Minn
Walter Johnson
Peterson
Johnson
Gus Clancy
England Conserves War Timber
The English crown woods, spanning 125000 acres with timber valued at about 15000000 dollars, are being extensively yet carefully exploited to supply war timber for the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as highly effective for itching burning skins eczema rashes pimples dandruff sore hands and baby humors. It promises prevention with daily toilet use and offers free samples by mail from Boston. Also notes salt as a former soldier payment named salarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Dandruff Remedy Promises Hair Return Ad
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine to stop dandruff and prevent hair loss, claiming a 25 cent bottle restores luster and growth. The piece also mentions a device to check wheel alignment and notes Ruta as a promising business field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Storm Hard on Live Stock at Fisher Ranch
From Elk Mountain reports say recent storms battered stockmen with snow depths over hay storages. Cattle suffer and potential losses rise unless quick relief arrives. Nearby Wamsutter area faces severe winter with sheepmen planning early feeding. hay and grain stockpiled at Wamsutter and Bitter Creek for possible feeding needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Elk Mountain
Fisher Ranch
Wamsutter
Bitter Creek
New Library Building Planned at University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming trustees approved architectural plans by W A Hitchcock for a new library. Construction expected to begin summer 1918, with cost near $100 000. Building will be fireproof, attractively designed and enhance university facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming Board of Trustees
W. A. Hitchcock
Wyoming
Bridegroom Released From Jail In Cheyenne Case
Holiday mood led Charles Irwin to drop charges against two youths accused of trying to steal his car. As a result Joe Clark and his Denver bride of two days along with Charles Williamson and his wife and baby left for Balt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Charles Irwin
Joe Clark
Denver
Charles Williamson
Balt Lake City
A Great Discovery by J H Watson on Dropsy Remedy
A medical note explains swollen hands ankles and feet as dropsy from kidney derangement. It claims poisonous wastes in blood cause these symptoms and describes Anuric as a powerful remedy. Take a gram in hot water before meals, with Anur pay alnym Hiop and Anuric said to outperform lithia in eliminating uric acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Watson
M. D
Anur
Anuric
Lithia
Walter Wells
Untitled Insight on Reputation and Silence
A concise musing notes that a man’s reputation often rests on what remains undiscovered or unseen about him, suggesting the power of unseen conduct and the gaps in public knowledge to shape judgment.
10 Cent Cascarets for Liver and Bowels
Advert says Cascarets relieve constipation indigestion and biliousness by cleansing and regulating the stomach liver and bowels. A 10 cent box keeps the system clean with sleep working while you rest. Noting an Atlantic City oil barge steel mast used as a smokestack and Filipino women catching and selling fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
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Wyoming State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Casperin
Tom Lindsay
Rawlins Penitentiary
Elko, Ney
Wyoming Wool Grower's Association
St. Anthony of Padua
Casper
Alte
Guernsey
Wyoming Poultry and Pet Stock Association
A. W. French
Secretary of State
Mutual Petroleum Company
Capital Stock
Michael Carey
Pittsburg
Midwest
Mary A. Berger
Embryo City
Col. W. F. Cody
North Platte, Neb
Daniel W. Gaines
Dan A. Baum
Omaha
B. G. Blacker
Coumineg
Charles M. Sawyer
Kansasity
Federal Reserve District No. 10
Joe Drors
Becken
The
Ee Lilita
New York
Castoria
Ruata
Marjorie
John Sans
Mare
Green
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