Wyoming State News Highlights And Local Happenings
Wyoming items from Western Newspaper Union summarize upcoming events in Cheyenne Douglas Casper Sheridan and Laramie County Fair announcements plus local news. Notable notes include nursing hospital dedication a 100000 wool clip sale a lynx kill oil development rail and highway impacts and a veteran pension back payment.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Douglas
State Dental Association
Casper
Sheridan
Nina M. Cook Wins Suit Over Wyoming Estate
In Cheyenne the Wyoming Supreme Court reverses a Big Horn county ruling on Josiah Cook’s will filed after his death in 1914. The estate valued at 30 000 to 35 000 will pass mainly to widow Nina May Cook, with 1 000 to adopted daughter Anna Bolduc and a diamond ring to C A Zaring of Basin. Adopted daughter Leila Beatrice Masenheimer is disinherited. The decision ends a challenge claiming undue influence by Nina Cook during the will’s creation.
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Grass Creek
Midwest Oil Company
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Nora Lester
Douglas
New Baptist Church
Big Horn
Hardin
E. Hardin
Lander
Sheridan
Fremont County
Union News Service
Wyo
Josiah Cook
Big Horn County
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Nina May Cook
Anna Bolduc
C. A. Zaring
Basin
Leila Beatrice -Masenheimer
Cook
Bolduc
Masenheimer
Boldue
District Court
Criminal complaints filed over State Industrial Institute probe
Governor Kendrick and state officials unveil criminal complaints against H. A. Stine and Miles Fitzgerald tied to the State Industrial Institute near Worland. State Examiner Newlin scrutinizes institute books during C. F. Robertson’s tenure as superintendent. Fitzgerald and Stine are arrested upon Kendrick’s return.
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Cheyenne
John B. Kendrick
State Industrial Institute
Worland
H. A. Stine
Miles Fitzgerald
Stine
I. C. Newlin
C. F. Robertson
Kendrick
Fitzgerald
Lovato charged with murder in Rock Springs death
Mateo Lovato 26 fired on Mrs Emma Gonzales 25 after she refused to go to supper. The shooting occurred while her husband was away. Lovato was arrested and a murder charge filed soon after the death at Cokeville.
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Rock Springs
Emma Gongales
Mateo Lovato
Lovato
Cokeville
Pine Bluffs Child Fatally Burned
In Pine Bluffs the home of Charles Sample was destroyed by fire. The mother, who was away, reentered to rescue her six month old infant whose clothing caught fire from falling paper. The baby died from severe burns and the mother suffered burns on her hands and arms.
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Pine Bluffs
Charles Sample
Wyoming Central Must Pay Damages in Riverton Ranch Case
Geo. F. Dobler and wife won a judgment of 3500 dollars against the Wyoming Central Irrigation Company for damages due to lack of water to their Riverton area ranch. They originally sued for 8000 dollars.
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Wyoming Central
Lander
Geo. F. Dobler
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Riverton
Murder Suspected in Farmer Pettis Death
Sheriff Gleason and officials believe farmer William A. Pettis was murdered rather than killed by accident. Pettis vanished last November and his body was recovered from Lake Abearaka in February with foul play suspected.
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Cheyenne
William A. Pettis
Lake Abearaka
Sherif Gleason
Pettis
Successor to Slain Sheriff Named in Wyoming
Gleason, stockman and former foreman of the Warren stock ranches, named sheriff of Laramie county to succeed Frank B. Roach slain by thieves in Larimer county Colorado on May 1. Roach was killed while serving as sheriff. Gleason resigning from Warren operations in 1912 after long service.
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Cheyenige
Ashley L
Gleason
Stockman
Laramie
Frank B. Roach
Larimer County
Colo
Warren Stock Ranches
Poartom
Whitehead Sentenced for Forgery in District Court
Whitehead, recently brought from Cheyenne to Sheridan, charged with passing bad checks, was arraigned in District Court, pled guilty, and sentenced to one to four years in the penitentiary.
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Sheridan
Marcus Kd. Whitehead
Cheyenne
Bn District Court
Cripple Creek May Mining Output Tops Million
The Cripple Creek district produced 84 160 tons in May with bullion value of 1 185 840 dollars and an average ore value of 14 09 per ton. Cripple Creek has yielded about 350 million dollars in gold to date. Tungsten properties bond and lease for 250 000 dollars, and a 40 000 dollar bullion bar shipped from Gold Roads at Oatman. Copper in Yavapai county grows. up to date mine in Boulder improving. vanadium revival noted in Telluride.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Bisbee
Ajo
Kingman
Denver
Oatman
Hugh Daggs
Phoenix
Verde
Huachucas
J. F. Miller
Yucca
Yavapai County
Boulder
Silverton
Tucker Mill
Telluride
Colorado
Pete Orella
Mining boom at Steeple Rock district sparks late 19th century ore excitement
Reports from the Car liale concentration plant near Raton show strong start with assay values up to 1400 dollars a ton in silver. In Steeple Rock the Kelipac mine reports a promising float level strike with ore bodies five by six feet across. Silver City shipments reach a steady daily trainload, led by Empire Zinc Austin mine and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Chino Copper and Burro Mountain Copper report a record pace.
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Kelipac
Steeple Rock
Silver City
Empire Zinc Company
Austin
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Chino Copper Company
Burro Mountain Copper Company
The Kitchen Cabinets notes on eggs and frozen dishes
A fragment from a kitchen column discusses eggs in season and offers recipes and tips. It includes detailed steps for Escalloped Eggs Jam Omelet and Coffee Custard, plus notes on using sour milk and buttermilk, with practical serving ideas and fruit additions.
Fireless Cookstove Recipes From Hay Bon Invention
An old cookery piece explains the fireless caloric stove using a water bath or hot radiator to bake roast and boil. It lists Irish Stew with mutton onions carrots potatoes and seasonings and Beef a la Mode with round roast vinegar spices onions and salt pork, cooking several hours with water, herbs, and gravy.
Coyote Terrorizes Por tola Town in Cal
A gaunt gray coyote terrorizes Por tola California attacking two dogs at Thomas Dorothy’s home and nearly biting Mrs J Hardy. It later exposed itself near the schoolhouse but children drove it away. Hunters scour nearby hills to locate and kill the animal.
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Portola
Cal
Thomas Dorothy
J. Hardy
Brief 19‑word will cuts sons to $1 each
James H. Darling died December 3, 1915 and left his entire estate to his daughter Anna C. Darling. Dated February 10, 1910, the will filed in the Orphans' court reads nineteen words: After death, I will my daughter all my money and belongings, except $1 to my sons.
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James H. Darling
Orphans’ Court
Anna C. Darling
Baltimore News
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