Wyoming State News Highlights Cheyenne Events and Incidents
Wyoming calendar lists May 21-23 events including a Wyoming Press Association meeting in Cheyenne and Frontier Days. News notes cover a Cheyenne wedding, a new hotel in Chugwater, a post office site near Basin, a Rawlins fire, a guard unit leaving for federal service, Sunday closings on Dwyer reservation stores, and various local incidents and civic efforts.
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Union News Service
Wyoming Press Associaon
Cheyenne
Oay
du- Sept
Douglas
Wyoming July crop report forecasts strong yields
The Wyoming crop report from the Bureau of Crop Estimates shows July 1 forecasts for Winter Wheat 1 380 000 bushels Spring Wheat 38 190 000 bushels Oats 9 870 000 bushels Potatoes 3 880 000 cwt All Hay 1 950 000 tons with price averages on July 1 year and prior year noted Wheat 2 19 and 93c per bushel Corn 1 33 and Oats 88c and 56c Potatoes 2 32 and 95c Hay 18 50 and 9 10 per ton Eggs 34c and 22c per dozen.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilson appeals for patriotic cooperation on wartime prices
President Wilson urged coal operators and manufacturers to set aside selfish gains and aid the nation in wartime pricing. He warned against unusual profits, asserted there must be one price for government and public, and condemned shipowners for obstructing war effort with high ocean freight rates. He framed price policy as critical to victory and urged loyal business support.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Germany
Dubois To Dedicate New Highway With Wild West Show
Dubois plans a two day wild west celebration July 30 31 to dedicate the new Denver Yellowstone Highway route. The event honors cowboy history and promotes expected tourist travel to the park entrance, aligning with the road's July 26 travel readiness.
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Lander
Denver
Paint Mine Prospect Near Red Desert Sparks Interest
A small discovery on the south side of Red desert about forty miles north of Wamcutter has sparked talk of a possible industry. Prospectors located a paint mine last year and this spring shipped a carload of the material to the railroad. Samples from Lander show a black, oil like mixture that spreads under pressure and is non inflammable.
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Lander
Red Desert
Wamcutter
Committees to Pick Officers for Wyoming Camp Training
Cheyenne Wyoming men seeking training at the second Presidio camp opening August 27 must apply through local committees appointed for each section of the state not through the training camp authorities. George E Abbott of Cheyenne chairman of the Wyoming Military Training Camp Association announced the plan.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Presidio
George E. Abbott
Military Training Camp Association
Kansan Sunk Off French Coast With Food Cargo
The steamship Kansan carrying 50 crew members and valuable cargo including flour, other foods, and 4,000 tons of steel consigned to the French government is believed sunk off the French coast. Losses include First Assistant Engineer J. M. Murphy and others. A weekly shipping losses summary reports fourteen British merchant vessels sunk.
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U. S
New York
France & Canada Steamship Company
J. M. Murphy
F. Aughre
A. P. Kau
Honolulu
C. Hanan
Singapore
London
Rancher Hangs Self in State Insane Asylum
Evanston notes rancher Evan Johnson of Uinta county, 50, committed suicide by hanging in his asylum room. He built a noose from bed sheets and died there, leaving two sisters and two brothers. It marks the state asylum’s first death by own action.
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Evanston
Ryan Johnson
Uinta County
Johnson
Rancher Recruit Injured Returns Home
Sheridan Milton Allen son of H H Allen Prairie Dog ranchman and stockman volunteered for the United States navy on March 17 and was part of the largest party of boys to leave Sheridan arriving home from the Pacific Coast training station with a discharge due to injuries that incapacitates him for future service.
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Sheridan
Milton Allen
H. H. Allen
Prairie Dog
United States Navy
Pacific Coast
Red Cross Money for Italy Front Hospitals
Rome reports about 10000000 dollars will be used to organize Red Cross hospitals and ambulances on the Italian front.
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Red Cross
Italy
Rome
Russians Push from Halicz to Lemberg in Galicia
London reports Russians pressing toward Lemberg the Galicia capital and the Dniester while holding Halicz with two Lomnica river towns. They seized 2,000 prisoners and 30 guns, and from July 8 to 10 captured over 10,000 more. Germans gain 600 yards on the British along the Yaér near Dunkirk amid Artillery duels.
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Belgium
London
Halicz
Lemberg
Galicia
Dniester
Korniloff
Lomnica
Yaér
Dunkirk
Haig
Dolina
Selo
Reichstag
Wilsons Embargo Proclamation Aims At Allied Food Supply
President Wilson issues an embargo restricting export of coal, fuel, grains, meats, metals, and more to nations at war and neutrals alike. The order, effective July 15, 1917, controls shipments from the United States under license to safeguard domestic food supplies and support military needs. It also seeks cooperation with neutral nations to aid their deficits without aiding the enemy.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Abyssinia
Afghanistan
Albania
Argentina
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
China
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Leichtenstein
Luxemburg
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Nepal
Nicaragua
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Panama
Paraguay
Persia
Peru
Portugal
Roumania
Russia
Salvador
San Marino
Serbia
Siam
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Turkey
Secretary of Commerce
Tick Bite Linked to Two Deaths Near Cody
J S Ewalt a ranchman died after his auto plunged from a bridge at the ranch entrance fifteen miles west of Cody. His mother and a year old child were killed and his wife was fatally injured by the crash caused while fainting from spotted fever contracted from a woodtick bite.
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Cody
J. S. Ewalt
Here
Ewalt
Hardesty Drowned at Big Piney Creek
Milt Hardesty drowned in a creek near here after likely fainting and slipping into the water. The incident occurred at Big Piney Creek as locals searched for an explanation of the sudden tragedy.
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Hardesty
Big Piney
Milt Hardesty
Here
Worland Orders New Water Pump for City Supply
The Worland city council approved a purchase of a 160 gallon per minute water pump to bolster the city water system. The unit will be powered by electricity supplied by the local light company.
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Worland
the Light Company
Millionaires and Diplomats in U S War Prep Indictments
In San Francisco United States District Attorney John W. Preston said German agents and Hindu agitators were preparing for war with England more than a year before the European conflict. Ninety eight indictments involve a world wide plot to foment revolution in India and forty one relate to the Steamship Sacramento case seeking to provision German warships. The named individuals include millionaires diplomats and Hindu laborers. Enemy agents were sent to China and Japan to bribe presses.
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San Francisco
England
United States
John W. Preston
India
Sacramento
China
Japan
Belgian commission visits Cheyenne for four hours
Cheyenne hosts a joint event with the Frontier Days committee and Col. Frederick 8 of Fort D A Russell welcoming the Belgian commission to the United States. The group will spend four hours in Cheyenne on July 18 for the visit and related ceremonies.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frontier Days Committee
Col
Frederick
Forts
Fort
D. A. Russell
United States
Reduction Sought in Use of Meat Across Nation
The Food Administration asks every American to cut daily meat intake by at least one ounce. Studies show average per capita consumption is about one third of a pound of beef and one fifth of a pound of pork. Reducing use aims to ease military needs and free more supply for the Allies.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Governor Urges Leadville Miners Not to Strike
Governor Julian C. Gunter issued a proclamation urging miners in the Leadville district to avoid striking while disputes with operators are adjusted. He notes national efforts to cut food costs and says Colorado will consider similar measures when the extra session opens July 18.
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Denver
Julian C. Gunter
Leadville
National Congress
Colorado
Long Weddings in Persia Describe Persian nuptials and kaben rules
The Moham mediana marriage ceremonies in Persia span one to two weeks with arranged betrothals from childhood. Invitations are sent by heralds bearing apples cloves and roses while powerful families give richer gifts. A prearranged kaben sets the price of divorce, sometimes making divorce nearly impossible. The festivities include rooms full of guests rich foods music and dancing with wrestlers if families are wealthy. The bride rides to her new home veiled and porters bear her dowry as celebrations continue.
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Persia
The Russian Peasants and the Emancipation Challenge
The piece cites Albert J. Beveridge's The Russian Advance noting that after emancipation the peasant still cannot freely use his owner’s tools or timber from forests. It discusses how peasants seize property without intending harm and how liberties are tested by obligations of emancipation.
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Albert J. Beveridge
New antiseptic shown to treat brain and blood infections
A decade of work by Dr. Wilfred Fralick, Dr. Oscar Eckstein, and Dr. A C Allen yields a chlorinated antiseptic solution. It surpasses Carrel-Dakin by enabling direct intravenous use without harm, potentially transforming brain, abdominal, and blood poisoning treatments.
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Wilfred Fralick
New York
Oscar Eckstein
University of Berlin
A. C. Allen
University of Chicago
The Grouches in a Small Town
Two men glare at each other in a provincial YMCA over a school treat prank. A hotel proprietor and the editor of the local paper quarrel after a magician asked for a handkerchief and received a large square of muslin. They argue the sheet joke targets each other in a long running dispute.
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Aoealesman
Washington Star
Mining and Oil Prices and Metal Quotations
Prices for metals reported from New York and St. Louis include lead spot at 11 1/2 cents, bar silver at 78 cents, copper casting at 29.12 dollars, spelter at 9.09, and Boulder tungsten concentrates at 60 percent value 17.00 per unit with crude ores listed at 1590, 26 percent 9.40, and 12.00 10 percent 8.70 per unit.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Cripple Creek Mines Yield Halfyear Wealth for 1917
Cripple Creek district reports 441740 tons of ore in the first half of 1917 with a gross value of 6141737. After 10 percent losses for moisture sampling and smelter treatment the mint value stands at 5527564. Six month output totals include 14706 tons in January and 148,068 in March with a strong dividend return totaling 1313041 across several companies.
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Cripple Creek
United States
Jung
Cresson
Portland
Jack Pot
Arizona mine operations amid strikes spur activity statewide
Operations at the Jerome Verde are rushed as strikes disrupt Bisbee Miami Globe production. New Cornelia’s success spurs activity on other properties. Yucca Tungsten’s large mill is commissioned and performing well. Ray Silver Lead reports its first shipment yielding $1,200 in receipts.
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Arizona
Jerome Verde
Bisbee
Miami-Globe
New Cornelia
Yucca Tungsten Company
Ray Silver Lead Company
Ray
Miners Vote to Strike and Ore Output Across Colorado Districts
In Leadville miners vote 641 to 72 to strike. Iron Mask mine below Breckenridge shows rapid progress. King Solomon mine at Frisco holds out. Breckenridge placer output, mainly dredged gold, tops $100,000 for June. Wellington Mines yields heavy zinc concentrates with occasional lead. Cripple Creek district June production 89,740 tons valued at $1,064,465.50. Royal Tiger Mines project starts above Swan City. May dividends from 31 U S mining firms total $11,327,647, up from $11,038,170 by 34 firms in May 1916.
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Colorado
Leadville
Breckenridge
King Solomon
Frisco
Wellington Mines Company
Cripple Creek
Royal Tiger Mines Company
Swan City
United States
Mining and Energy Activities Report New Mexico and Wyoming
The Cobre Platas Mining and Milling Company with capital 250000 is incorporated. Mogol lon mine mill clean-up yields 1400 Iba bullion and 3 percent high grade concentrates. Atlas Apex group lease in Quartalte district Dona Ana county. Willow Creek ore sent to Balt Lake City smelter for test. Victor American Coal sold to Hayden Stone for about 3 million. Bridal Chamber mine at Lake Valley reopens for manganese ore with three car loads daily to Joliet mills. Community Well near Glenrock drilled by Horse shoe Oil and Gas down 565 feet in gray shale. Salt Creek Field Wyoming expects higher activity in six months with active drilling plans.
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Cobre-Plata Mining and Milling Company
el Paso
Atlas Apex Group
Quartalte
Dona Ana
Willow Creek
Pecos
Balt Lake City
Victor-American Fuel Company
New Mexico
Hayden, Stone & Co
Lake Valley
Sierra County
Joliets
Glenrock
Big Muddy
Horseshoe Oil and Gas Company
Associated Interests
Salt Creek
Wyoming
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