World War Week in Review of Mountain War News
A week of global conflict reports features British and Italian naval losses and heavy Austrian Allied clashes. It notes air raids in Italy with many killed, Verdun fighting, and trench retakings. Also covers Mexican border concerns, U.S. mobilization, and domestic incidents from storms to wage boosts.
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Union News Service
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Bagdad
Trent
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Lake Mindsiol
Verdun
Paris
Teutons
Dalensland
Borgo
Austrian War Office
Vienna
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Gabriel Gavira
Juarez
J.J. Pershing
Chihuahua
Wyoming state news and coming events summary
June events include a Scottish Rite Masons meeting in Cheyenne, state convention in Casper, and a Dodge of fairs and exhibitions across Wyoming. July brings a Sheridan stampede and Casper tournament, with regional fairs in Laramie and Cody. Local incidents feature injuries near Green River, a tick-bite illness in Rock Springs, a jail sentence for wife beating, elopement marriages in Cody, deaths in Encampment and Pine Bluffs, and a large dam damage at Lyman Reservoir. A new school building is planned for Pine Bluffs, a golf course proposed for Casper, and water power work starts near Lander.
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Ford
Cheyen
Ponsies
Ne State Dental Association
Caspe
Sheridan
Julsnah
Rod and Gun Club
Casper
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Urns
Park County
Cody
John Morton
Douglas
Supreme Court
Josiah Cook
Basin
Little Popo Agie
Lander
Sam Kelley
Rock Springs
J. Colburn
Byrd
Irene Rose
Fort Douglas
Arizona
Herbert Rock Schneider
Wyoming Labor Journal
Merton, Wis
Clifford Noble
Union Pacific
Borie
Two Wyoming murderers to hang in June and August
Cheyenne reports that Willard Flanders and Wilmer P. Palmer have been affirmed by the Wyoming Supreme Court and await execution at Rawlins. Flanders is slated to die June 16, 1916 for killing his wife and neighbor, while Palmer is to die August 11, 1916 for killing his wife. Interventions by governors pardons boards or a U.S. Supreme Court appeal could delay or halt the sentences.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Board of Pardons
United States Supreme Court
Wyoming
State Penitentiary
Rawlins
State Supreme Court
Willard Flanders
Alva
Alice Flanders
Sam Aultz
Laramie Banker to Build Ivinson Memorial Hospital
Edward Ivinson, early Laramie banker, signs agreement with county to fund and construct a 35 room hospital in Laramie. The $50,000 facility will be run by the county and named Ivinson Memorial Hospital in memory of his wife Jane, who died November 9. Mrs Ivinson arrived in Laramie with the first Union Pacific train in May 1868, her husband having earlier come with wagon stock for a small grocery.
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Laramie
Edward Ivinson
Ivinson
Jane Ivinson
Meldrum Trial Set for June 19 in Cheyenne
Clerk T Joe Fisher reports that Judge C B Raymond of the Seventh Judicial district designated June 19 as the start of the third trial of Bob Meldrum for the murder of Chick Bowen. The case moves from Carbon county to Cheyenne on a change of venue.
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Cheyenne
T. Joe Fisher
Rawlins
C. B. Raymond
Seventh Judicial District
Bob Meldrum
Chick Bowen
Carbon County
Mining Man Killed in Accident
Laramie reports George F. Appel formerly of Laramie died in a mine explosion at Rand s berg California. He has a brother in Columbine Colorado and another in the Nederland tungsten district.
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Laramie
Randsberg
Cal
George F. Appel
Appel
Columbine
Colo
Nederland
Guernsey to Build Dam on Platte River
Cheyenne reports State Engineer James B. True granted permission to C. A. Guernsey to construct a large dam across the Platte near Guernsey. The project, costing about 250000 dollars, is planned to generate 20000 horsepower. In Diamondville, Mary Carolla died instantly and Anna Holkovitch died from injuries after an automobile driven by Carolla overturned near Glencoe.
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Cheyenne
Platte River
Guernsey
C. A. Guernsey
James B. True
Diamondville
Mary Carolla
Anna Holkovitch
Carolla
Glencoe
Wyoming Girl Killed When Car Flips Near Casper
In Casper area a 16 year old high school girl Mias Nova Lester was killed instantly when an automobile driven by a girlfriend rolled over on the Douglas road about a mile east of Casper. The tragedy occurred on a local road, details indicate a fatal accident involving young residents and a vehicle incident near the city. Authorities reported the fatality and began standard procedures following the crash.
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W. W. Champion
Williamsport
Workman's Compensation
Philadelphia
William O'Brien, Jr
Wyoming
Auto
Casper
Mias Nova Lester
Douglas Road
Largest Wool Clip in U S Shown by Kinney at Salt Lake
Joe Kinney, a private individual, sheared 260000 pounds of wool in what is described as the largest clip in the United States to date. He refused 31 percent and found at Salt Lake City where buyers from eastern woolen mills gathered.
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Cokeville
United States
Joe Kinney
Salt Lake
State Buys School Bonds For Sheridan And Manville
The state purchases 10 000 in Manville school bonds and 42 000 in Sheridan school bonds at 6 percent from School District No. 7 of Sheridan. State Treasurer Herman B. Gates announced the purchase at the capitol.
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Cheyenne
Manville
Sheridan
Herman B. Gates
Evanston Wool Sells at 32 Cents in Wyoming Clip
Evanston Wool Bold at 82 Cents. The Botewart Harding Sheep Company sold 100000 pounds of wool at 32 cents. With the exception of the Fignon lamb clip at Douglas, 32 cents is the highest price paid for a Wyoming clip this season.
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Evanston
Botewart-Harding Sheep Company
Douglas
Wyoming
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