War News From The Fronts World War Updates
British raids north of Arras and French prisoners taken in Vosges sortie reported. Turkish official claims a Juno cruiser sunk by Turkish guns in eastern Mediterranean. Austro German advance in Moldavia and Galats region. Regina Margherita sunk December 14 with 675 dead. 270 crew saved. British attack Ottoman trenches on the Tigris near Kut El Amara. Russians pushed back toward Sereth. Laburtea captured. Villa defeat confirmed at Jiminez and loot taken at Terrero. Farmers’ meeting planned in Kansas City February 21 22 23.
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Union News Service
Arras
Vosges
Mediterranean
Oltuz
Moldavia
Suchitza
Volhynia
Novo Selki
Galicia
Zborow
Petrograd
Rome
Kut-El-Amara
Tigris
Mesopotamia
von Mackensen
Fokshan
Braila
Galats
Sereth
Laburtea
Villa
Jiminez
Francisco Murgula
Terrero
Chihuahua
Hernandez
Chihuahua City
National Farmers’ Association
Kansas City
Grandview
State Bank
Corwin
Harper County
Kan
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
McCollister
Bid Martin
Wyoming Torpedo Company
Rogers’ Ranch
Greybull
Wyo
War News and Political Claims Across Fronts
A Vienna dispatch reports Austria ready to convene parliament. Greek troops leave Thessaly as guards on railways are replaced. Sugar rations for France set at one and a half pounds monthly after Feb. 1. The Cornwallis sunk. 13 crew missing. Jellicoe cites submarine menace. German emperor vows renewed vigor against enemies. Entente terms demand Belgium Serbia Montenegro restoration and reparations. neutrals note German note as timed to shape aims. Browne notes 880-yard swim title. Colorado golfer prize offered. Beebe declines Portland club to farm. Margaretta Washington dies. 400,000 pounds of Dupont powder destroyed. Various legal and social items include Evelyn Nesbit Clifford on Thaw, and Kentucky law and order efforts at Murray.
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Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Premiler Olam-Martinio
Thessaly
M. Herriot
Paris
Cornwallis
Admiralty
John R. Jellicoe
London
Germany
Europe
Wilson
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
France
Russia
Romania
Entente
Wyoming State News Highlights 1916 to 1917
Wyoming news items cover Cheyenne weddings and divorces, oil and rail incidents, road funding from federal sources, and local business incorporations. Notable events include deaths of Col. Buffalo Bill Cody and others, Bryan campaigning for prohibition, and shifts in county budgets and irrigation permits.
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Elmo
Cheyenne
Basin Banks
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Denver
Wyoming
W. M. Foust
Greybull
Capitol
Secretary of State
Gurlington
Clayton
John L. Jordan
Washington
Clair Harrold Chambers
Wyoming Infantry
Deming
N. M
Howard Wainwright
Union Pacific
St. John's Hospital
Naomi Durst
Jesse Durst
Newcastle
Los Angeles
Laramie County
Felix Alston
Rawlins
Ohio Oil Company
Texas Oil Company
Sheridan County
A. C. Doty
Fontenele Basin
Kemmerer
Henry Bath
Lof Lou Bath
Cheirman
Democratic County Committee
Albany County
Sydenham Hospital
Laramie
Carey
Colorado
Joseph M. Carey
Men's Club of
St. Mark's
Estate of J W Jenkins final report prompts county inquiry
Final report by Clyde Y Beard, executor of J Warren Jenkins estate, shows Laramie County received only 738.20 of 3339.20 claim and 907.67 of 12528.79 remaining. Probate records indicate more than half of estate funds went to attorneys. county seeks action to recover the 2601 balance and determine administration costs.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Clyde Y. Beard
J. Warren Jenkins
Rawling
Jessie Root Jenkins
Laramie County
Board of County Commissioners
Sam M. Thompson
Jenkins
Anna Mary Jenkins
York
Interocean Fire Draws Criticism in Jury Verdict
Cheyenne coroner's jury blames state and city for lacking compulsory fire escape laws after the Interocean hotel fire that killed Roy A. White and five family members on December 17. It censures Denver hotel owner Ed Chase and accuses hotel staff of gross negligence for delayed alarms and poor occupant warning and rescue efforts.
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Interocean
Cheyenne
Roy A. White
Ed Chase
Denver
Livestock Men Plan Big Meet
Cheyenne hosts the twentieth annual convention of the American National Livestock Association while the Hyastock session opens January 18 and the National Western Livestock and Horse Show begins January 21 in Denver Delegates may use reduced Western rail rates with Denver stopovers to attend both events Secretary of Agriculture David F Houston will attend the Cheyenne convention and speak on the program
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Cheyenne
American National Livestock Association
National Western Livestock and Horse Show
Denver
Hyastock Association
T. W. Tomlinson
David F. Houston
A Bit of Everything at the Hotel
A traveler asks for food and the proprietor responds they have everything. The traveler requests a bit of everything, and the proprietor shouts to the kitchen one stop. New York Morning Telegraph reports the exchange.
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New York Morning Telegraph
Skinner’s Macaroni Ad for Children’s Health
An Omaha Nebraska advertisement extols Skinner Macaroni and Spaghetti as tasty economical nourishment for children. It claims to build bone and muscle, calm nerves, and avoid irritability, and offers a free cookbook for mothers from Skinner Mfg. Co.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Ady
Perfect Man and Woman Riddle Speech at Revival
An evangelist asks if anyone has seen a perfect man or woman. A tall woman stands and replies that she cannot claim to have seen a perfect woman but has heard much about her husband’s first wife, provoking silence and humor at the revival.
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Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph
Safety First Motto Quips from a Clergyman’s Son
A humorous dinner table exchange from Harper’s Magazine depicts a clergyman’s young son Edmund rushing to school after a hurried breakfast. The mother asks if prayers were said, and the boy replies emphatically that prayers are the one thing he never forgets, proclaiming safety first.
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Edmund
Sirree
Harper’s Magazine
Founders' choice of bald eagle as national emblem
The exchange jokes that choosing the bald eagle for the national emblem showed a lack of hair and humorously questions the symbolism behind the founding decision. The quip reflects playful commentary on national symbols.
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William Philips
Massachusetts
John 2. Osborne
Wayne McVeagh
Garfield
Franklin McVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Ching
State Department
United States
Sporting News
C. Browne
Hamilton Club
Chicago
M. A. McLaughlin
Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood
Fred Beebe
Portland Club
Delta
Margaretta Washington
George Washington
Philadelphia
Haskell, N. J
Dupont Powder Company
J. Maurice Pettht
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Barrett
Edward W. Morrison
Evelyn Nesbit Clifford
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Stanley
Kentucky
Murray
Charles Nash
Commonwealth
Denny Smith
Luke Martin
Guthrie Duiguld
Wyoming State News
American Live Block Association
W. L. Wright
Sheridan
Billings
Andrew Wolf
Casper Oil Brokerage Company
Capital Stock
Cambria
G. G. Withers
J. W. Jenkins
Beard
John B. Kendrick
Frank L. Houx
Houx
Kendrick
Mr. Hill
Watson E.coleman
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