Wyoming State News Highlights From July to August
A roundup of Wyoming items includes Frontier Days events in Cheyenne and Douglas state fairs. a country club formed at Laramie. cemetery sales at Sheridan. new buildings rising in Douglas. a 1917 wool clip sale at 58 1 2 cents in Lander. fire guards on Shoshone forest. $210,000 Red Cross contributions. injuries from live wire in Casper. cattle sale near Thermopolis. marriages at Opal. deaths from spotted fever in Ther mopolis and Rock River. bank association meeting in Laramie. Wheatland creamery butter production. Casper market prominence. drowning of a prospector near Cokeville. Ray Olds named Wyoming provost marshal. Indian land public sale planned. pioneer deaths in Baggs. burglary shooting in Rock Springs. Rev. Whitsett ordained in Evanston. Hasenkamp postmaster tied to grand jury. laborers injures in Casper. destruction of Laramie coal sheds. textbook standardization in Platte county. Tom Chrisman body found. 600000 Mackinaw trout released in Shoshone reservoir. Cowley graveling campaign. oil company spudding near holdings. Hams Fork flood damage. Union Pacific HQ move to Green River. red light district debate in Laramie. wood-tick victims in hospital. Perry wounded on Wind River agency. man bitten by rattlesnake near Upton. John W. Dixon death. Douglas Oil Company deep well shows oil and gas. Pomeroy Basin Oil & Gas incorporation.
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Douglas
Lander
Wyoming
Red Cross Fund
O. L. Truman
Casper
Emil Hague
Russel Crane
China Wilson
Jesse Barbour
Opal
Frank Lambert
Thermopolis
Worland
John F. Pierce
Rock River
Denver
Wyoming Bankers’ Association
Laramie
Wheatland Creamery
Melvin Hardesty
Sams Creek
Cokeville
Ray K. Olds
Cheyenne
Frank L. Houx
James H. Harper
Baggs
Rock Springs
J. C. Whitsett
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
Evanston
Cowley
Ohio Old Company
United Petroleum Company
Hams Fork Creek
Kemmerer
Frontier
Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
Utah
Green River
Wyoming General Hospital
Superior
Draft Regulations To Be Ready July First For Call To Colors
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Provost Marshal General Crowder announced in Washington that after receiving war registration returns from Wyoming and Kentucky the national final enrollment reached 9,449,938 and registration rules would be ready for publication on July 1 two months before the first call to colors. Wyoming registration by counties follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Kentucky
Crowder
Washington
Mining and Oil News from the Territory
Mining activity surges in Yavapai and Park counties after strikes at Jerome. Navajo mine near Vicksburg expands output while new smelter plans surface in Rosemont. Arizona producers target bale of copper as Silver Plume and Mogollon districts report renewed development and ore shipments.
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Bowie
Navajo
Vicksburg
Yavapai County
Jerome
Mines Metal Extraction Company
Rosemont
Harold Pierce
Col. A. F. Peake
Bigson
Miami
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company
Arizona
Geological Survey
Cripple Creek
Telluride Station
Boulder County
Gilpin
Rollinsville
Boulder Line
Standard Chemical Company
San Miguel
Montrose Counties
Cuaz Pleads Guilty in High Grading Conspiracy Case
Cheyenne Antone Cuaz head of the gold high grading conspiracy pleaded guilty in U S District Court with deferred sentence. He became principal witness against eleven co defendants as four were dismissed. He admitted three counts including conspiracy to defraud the government and mail fraud. The case tied to theft of gold from Colorado mines later sold to government mints and assay offices. Cuaz was arrested in San Francisco while attempting to sell $15 000 worth of bullion.
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Cuaz
Cheyenne
Antone Cuaz
United States District Court
Colorado
San Francisco
Former Postmaster Bound Over at Cheyenne Grand Jury
A. N. Hasenkamp former postmaster of Laramie was bound over by a U S marshal after transfer of the office to Inspector Frank Sharon and Postmaster G A Shoemaker. He posted a $1,000 bond to appear at the next Cheyenne grand jury session beginning the first Tuesday in November.
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Laramie
A. N. Hasenkamp
United States
Frank Sharon
G. A. Shoemaker
United States Grand Jury
Cheyenne
Searchers fail to find bodies after Platte drowning
Saratoga report says search parties scour the Platte river vicinity day and night for the drowned County Commissioner Robert A. Day his son George Day 12 and nephew Garland Gross 19 who vanished after going into the river at the Day ranch ten miles above Saratoga.
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Saratoga
Platte
Robert A. Day
George Day
Garland Gross
Day Ranch
Three of Family Die in Month
Riverton reports the death of Mrs. Eugene Adams, the third and final member of the Adams family to die within four weeks, ending a tragedy that began with earlier deaths in the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
Eugene Adams
Adams
Tragic Fall From Auto Running Board Kills Youth
John Young aged 19 fell from his uncle’s automobile running board and was run over, sustaining injuries that led to his death. He died from the accident, with medical personnel attending at the scene. Authorities investigated the incident for cause and liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
John Young
Man Thought Drowned Is Resuscitated After Crash
Phillip Buddenick, believed drowned after his car plunged through a bridge into the Hamfork river, was recovered six hours later in a Kemmerer hospital. His companion Roy Rosenberg was thrown clear and hailed a passing motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Phillip Buddenick
Hamafork
Roy Rosenberg
Wyoming Red Cross Drive Total Exceeds Two Hundred Ten Thousand
Laramie reports the state headquarter drive totals 210000 with Sheridan 35000 Casper 25000 Cheyenne 20000 Rock Springs 10000 Kemmerer 14000 and Medicine Bow contributing nearly three dollars per capita in the latest fund drive updates across Wyoming.
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Laramie
Red Cross
Sheridan
Casper
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Kemmerer
Medicine Bow
Girl Dragged Into Fly Wheel on Farm Engine
A young daughter of W. H. Stanger Jr. was dragged into a gasoline engine fly wheel on her father's farm when her dress got caught. Her face and body sustained serious bruises before the engine was stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
W. H. Stanger, Jr
Body of Rock Creek gauger found near Rock River
BR C Himes a steam gauger for Rock Creek Conservation Co was last heard from December 14 at Deep Creek station and his body was found in the river nearby Also Jim EWbalt from Castle Rock ranch is recovering from a severe tick fever at Cody with expected recovery
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Laramie
BR. C. Himes
Rock Creek Conservation Company
Rock River
Deep Creek
Tli
Cody
Jim Ebwalt
Castle Rock
Wyoming well casing in Brewning basin field
The Big Bear Oil Company reports over 600 feet reached in its initial can field well in the Brewning basin. Blackmore Oil Company declares a 20 percent cash dividend and a 100 percent stock dividend for stockholders of record of woo July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Wyoming Oil Company
Ite
Brewning Basin
Big Bear Oil Company
Big Muddy
Blackmore Oll Company
Record of Woo
Motor Culture School Opens Near Troyes For Disabled Soldiers
At Chapelle-Saint-Luc outside Troyes France a Motor Culture school trains maimed soldiers to run auto plows and traction implements. Fifty army nurses supervise classes teaching driving repair and forge work before dispatch to local farming centers. Similar centers operate at Ondes Bordeaux Grenoble Grignon and Noisy le Grand with ex soldiers retrained for farming and related trades such as basketmaking locksmithing and blacksmithing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapelle-Saint-Luc
Troyes
France
Ondes
Bordeaux
Grenoble
Grignon
Noisy le Grand
Modest and Good Humored Officers in Training Camp
In a Plattsburg Officers' Training Camp exchange two men debate artillery service and safety. The banter turns to fear of friendly fire, head removal, and the humorous ironies of military duty as reported by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officers’ Training Corps
Plattsburg
Officers’ Training Camp Association
New York Times
May Give Language to World
Language in America has diversified through waves of immigration and must shape a universal tongue. With over a hundred million speakers, the nation could spread its distinctive speech globally if it remains distinct and expressive to suit diverse cultures.
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America
Europe
England
Charitable Mason Left $10,000 for Indigent Masons Home
Santa Ana pioneer G F Townsend who died there left a memorial fund. He directed $10,000 be placed at interest for thirty years, growing to about $100,000, then trustees would buy land and build a home for indigent Masonic lodge members and other brethren. The probate estate was about $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Townsend
Santa Ana
Masonic Lodge
Los Angeles Times
Hubby’s Comment Sparks Marital Barbs
A quoted exchange frames a domestic dispute in which one man swears at the speaker, then quips about bravado tied to marriage. The remark highlights tension around loyalty and masculine bravado in relationships.
Onion Trust Inquiry Sparks Government Debate
Easy Trail quotes a citizen asking about a government discovery of an onion trust and ponders how officials uncovered it, highlighting a humorous exchange on public curiosity and official investigations.
Rise to high rank for Admiral Sims as war actions noted
Rear Admiral William S. Sims is promoted to vice admiral for services in arranging joint naval action with the United States Great Britain and France during wartime. He led destroyer operations in European waters and previously boosted U S Navy gunnery as head of the naval practice office.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
William S. Sims
O Navy
Dewitt Coffman
Atlantic
Sims
Admiral Sims
Paris
Navy
Europe
Asiatic
Kentucky
Navy Department
Office of Naval Practice
Latin America Seen as Allied to United States
John Barrett of the Pan American Union told a Baltimore mass meeting that the western hemisphere is likely to join the United States against Germany within a year. He cited Latin American public opinion as pro American, with governments mostly neutral but shifting toward alignment with the Allies.
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Churches of Baltimore
John Barrett
Pan- American Union
Western Hemisphere
All America
United States
Latin America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Commanding Marine Colonel Doyen Leads French Field Force
Col Charles Augustus Doyen commands 2600 marines in France under Maj Gen Pershing. A veteran of Philippine campaigns and Caribbean operations, he previously led the Washington barracks marines. A disciplinarian and machine gun expert, he helped organize elite Marine Corps gun units. Many troops are veterans of Dominican Haitian and Vera Cruz actions.
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Charles Augustus Doyen
France
John J. Pershing
Philippine
West Indies
Marine Regiment
Pershing
Doyen
Washington, D. C
Marine Barracks
New Hampshire
United States Naval Academy
Admiral Sims
Sims
Swatara
Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Northcliffe's power and influence in Britain noted
An analysis highlights Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, as a dominant force in postwar Britain. From reporter to controlling owner of a vast press network, he shapes policy and public opinion. The piece argues his commercial mission to the United States carries no diplomatic weight without Lloyd George's backing.
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Lloyd George
Baron Northcliffe
Island of
Thanet
Great Britain
Alfred Harmeworth
Lord Northcliffe
Alfred Harmsworth
United Bites
Anc
Arthur J. Balfour
United States
Lord North Tide
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Asion News Servis
Trapshooters’ Association
Oneton Wary “le
Pythias Carait Thermopolis
Sheridan Cemetery
N. Hasenkamp
Will Morgan
Platte County
Wheatland
Tom Chrisman
Sweetwater
Rawlins
Shoshone
Wyoming Game and Protective Association
David Perry
Wind River
Perry
W. M. Broyles
Torrington
Upton
John W. Dixon
Brewning
Pomeroy Basin
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Albany
Estksdcasovien
Mining and Oil News
Totern Newspaper Union News Service
New York
Bt. Louis
San Luis
Silverton
Zang Group
Gladstone
Mineral Park Milling and Reduction Company
Park County
Hockhocking
Silver Plume
Wasatch-Colorado Mining Company
Weatcliffe
Rice
New Year
Newman Hill
New Mexico
Socorro
W. H. Seaman
Empire Smelting and Refining Co
Deming
Silver City
Mogollon Mines
Oaks Company
Mogollons
Custom Mill
Trilby Group
Mogollon
Himes
River
Champagne
Hubby
John
Sailor
Northcliffe
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