World War War News Distractingly Mixed Dispatches
A late digest reports Allied and German actions across Europe and the Middle East. Highlights include clashes near Ypres and Arras, sinking of ships in British waters, a U-boat engagement by the Mongolia, and troop movements in Macedonia and Mesopotamia. Domestic notes mention Governor Lindsey in New Mexico and local studies on farming, bread rations, and public works amid wartime pressures.
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Herlin
Ral
Dover
Argentina
Germany
Kheime
United States
Mongolia
Berlin
Calais
Donegal
Lanfranc
Lake Dolfran
Macedonia
Bonar Law
Arras
Hastings Mine 119 Lost in Disaster
State mine crews and inspectors battled flames as rescuers pursued 119 missing men after a catastrophic incident at Hastings mine. The Union News confirmed ongoing efforts with officials coordinating searches and safety investigations.
Hastings Horror at Victor Amerian Coal Mine No 5
Explosion and fire at Victor Amerian Coal Mine No 5 Hastings near Ludlow traps 119 men inside three thousand six hundred feet from the entrance. Rescuers battle flames while officials probe cause and inspect safety. Widows await word as insurance covers nearly 300000 under Colorado Workmen's Comp Act.
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Hastings
Victor-Amerian Fuel Company
Ludlow
Triniday
Iuard
Milne
Hubbard
Hastings Mine Disaster Traps 119 Miners in Snow
Snow blankets Hastings Colo as a gas coal mine fire traps 119 men after a Friday morning explosion. Rescue teams report slow progress rewiring stoppings to bring in fresh air while bodies found in the fourth north section confirm a fierce flame sweep.
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Hastings
Colo
Victor- American Fuel Company
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Jim Lochart
Renewed Drive On Hindenburg Aims At Front Lines
London reports dated April 28 say Haig and Nivelle renewed offensives while German counterattacks appear to have ceased. Von Stein admitted German troops were discouraged. Allies are expected to advance quickly as morale wavers, with British gains around Roeux Gavrelle and near the Arras Cambral road noted.
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London
Haig
Nivelle
Copenhagen
von Stein
Reichstag
Plain of
Doval
Douai
Cambral
Roeux Gavrelle
Arras Cambral Road
War Office
Wilson approves loans to France and Italy
President Wilson approves immediate financial aid requests from France and Italy. The United States will lend between 200 and 300 million dollars within the next few days. The London weekly vessels statement notes forty British ships over 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines.
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Fremdenblatt
Vienna
Berlin Vossiche Zeitung
Copenhagen
London
C. J. Law
Scottish Borderers
Andrew Bonar Law
Palestine
Villa
San Miguel de Bableora
Carmen
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Russia
Lane
Lynn Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Lynn
Mass
George W. Guthrie
Japan
Washington
Wilson
Wyoming Farm Board Names Committees for Food Plan
The Wyoming State Council of National Defense, meeting with Governor Houx, outlines a statewide program to ease the food shortage. Committees across 21 counties will promote staple farming, school and urban gardens, home canning, economical purchases, better distribution, and increased range livestock handling. The drive urges participation from clubs, teachers, and residents aged 6 to 60 and older to plant and preserve food.
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Cheyenne
Colorado
Nebraska
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming State Council of National Defense
Houx
Wyoming
Burns Arrested For Arapahoe Church And School Fire
William Cooper, a Casper sheep shearer, was arrested in Riverton on charges of burning the Catholic church and the Arapahoe school house. He allegedly sought work, became drunk, was detained by a government agent, and the two buildings burned after he was locked inside.
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Riverton
Wm. Cooper
Casper
Arapahoe
Cooper
Arm Breaks In Runaway Aides Save Children
Mrs. James Tenny was knocked down and her arm broken when horses she was driving a wagon with her children frightened at a gate. Arthur Whelan, in a speeding car, stopped the runaway team and likely saved the children's lives.
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Manville
James Tenny
Arthur Whelan
Wyoming to give regiment for war effort
Cheyenne reports Wyoming will contribute a full regiment to the war. Maj. R. Andersen, adjutant general, announces that northern towns are responding well and enough recruits are visible to organize three additional companies.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Maj. R. Andersen
Garage Explosion Burns Man in Cody
Walter Ford, formerly of this city and now in Cody, was badly burned when the garage where he kept his car exploded. He suffered serious injuries as a result of the blast and ensuing fire.
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Casper
Walter Ford
Cody
Carey offers 10000 acres to government near Wheatland
Former Gov. Joseph M. Carey offers 10000 acres of unbroken lands near Wheatland for government use in growing crops. He stipulates that a portion of the proceeds from the land be given to the Wyoming Red Cross society.
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Cheyenne
Joseph M. Carey
Wheatland Flats
Wheatland
Wyoming Red Cross Society
Appraiser Named for Farm Board Appointment
Douglas B. F. Davis of Douglas has received notice of his appointment as appraiser for the Eighth Federal Land Bank District by the Federal Farm Loan Board.
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Douglas
B. F. Davis
Federal Land Bank
Federal Farm Loan Board
Woman Killed by Ax in Cheyenne Shack
The body of Aunt Jane Harris aged 75 was found in her Cheyenne shack. She had been beaten to death with an ax.
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Cheyenne
Aunt Jane Harris
Jane” Nolan
Sheriff's Office
William Wagner
Prominent Niobrara Citizen Killed in Auto Crash
John Norton, a leading Niobrara County resident, died when his car overturned and he was burned. In Cody, Walter Ford suffered severe burns from a natural gas explosion near the Oregon Bank field. Casper reports a train accident left 26 year old Carl B. Harmon terribly mangled under rotating wheels of a Northwestern train.
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Lusk
John Norton
Cit
Niobrara County
Cody
Walter Ford
Oregon Bank
Casper
Carl B. Harmon
Northwestern
Midwest
Wyoming Board Urges Doubling Farm Efforts for Bigger Crops
The Wyoming State Board of Farm Commissioners issues a public appeal urging doubled farming efforts across non irrigated and irrigated lands to raise yields. Advice covers seedbed prep, water use, pest treatment, soil beds, silos, and household vegetable gardens. The letter cites experiments showing 25 percent higher yields with less water and notes economic and patriotic motives to boost crop and forage production for Wyoming.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming State Board of Farm Commissioners
Board of Farm Commissioners
Wyoming
State Board OF Farm Commissioners
J. Ross Carpenter
W. L. Quayle
Houx Pushes More Cattle in Forest Reserves
Governor Frank L. Houx urged the U S Forestry Service in Denver to reject a rumored cattle reduction policy this year. He asked that cattle numbers be increased to boost beef production in the state.
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Cheyenne
Frank L. Houx
Denver
United States Forestry Service
Houx
Attempt on Shoshone Dam At Cody Reported
Report from Frannie construction camp mentions dynamite found weeks after I W W visit. Officials tie the discovery beneath Shoshone dam at Cody to an attempted attack. Travelers from Wyoming reported the find of ten sticks of explosive primed and fused for discharge.
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Cody
Frannie
Showhone Dam
Wyoming
Wyoming State News items from Sept events and oil boom
Western Newspaper Union summary of Wyoming happenings from Sept events in Douglas Basin and Rawlins. Notable items include a $60,000 new Basin court house and a 54 room Basin hotel, oil company activity in Dry Creek and Greybull, a Double shift at an oil rig near Greybull, a new building atop the Inter Ocean Hotel site in Cheyenne, and local deaths and legal cases. Also notes on Red Cross efforts, Civil Service exams, an inquest into a Cheyenne murder, and war-era sentiment driving agricultural prep.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Douglas
Basin
Court House
Cody
Buffalo
Rough Riders
Red Cross Society
Rawlins
O. D. Eaton
Torrington
Evanston
State Farm Commission
Casper
Clarence Eklund
Walter Thompson
Wyoming
Sheridan
F. O. Freeman
Elk Basin Oil Company
Montana
Dry Creek
Inter- Ocean
Cheyenne
American Oil Company
Greybull
Long Beach
Cal
James M. Whitney
Wheatland
Joseph M. Carey
United States Civil Service Commission
Crystal Lake
Hjorthwellon
Salt Creek
Sheridan High School
Sheridan County
Pete Valday
Burington
A. W. French
Alfred Harrison
Union Pacific
Laramie
Anaconda Development Association
Heim Station
W. H. Fickel
Washington
U. S. Navy Medical School
Frank G. Curtis
State Supreme Court
Hjorth Oil Company
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Western Newspaper
Lindsey
New Mexico
Onalaska
Wis
International Bible Students’ Association
W. Gerber
San Francisco
James J. Huh
Minnesota
St. Paul
Clyde Armour
California
Santa Fé
N. M
BE. W. Blancett
Bia
Homer, Neb
Mary KH
A. Armour
Agnes Armour
H. B. Brandon
Arthur J. Balfour
State Department
Alepa
Treasury Department
America
Mishu Root
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York
Reuters Stockholm
Christian
Denmark
Stockholm
Gustave
Swedish Food Commission
Glasgow
Petrograd
Niga
Monehy le Preux
England
Corriere D ‘Italia
Rome
Norges Handels Stefaristidende
Christiania
Chic” Simlar
Scranton
Freddie Welsh
Greeley Spuds
Denver All-Stars
Greeley
Billy Whelan
Charley Metrie
Milwaukee
Minn
Bill Harrington
Denver Bears
Portland Club
Colorado Springs
W. F. Sharp
Fort Riley
Kaw
Jack Taylor
Stub Davis
Colorado College
Haupton Roads
Chesapeake Bay
Seale Woman Suffrage Committee
United Rates
Sporting News
Cu Lineodn
Taust
Sioux City
Des Moines
Pit Joplin
Enee Beerae
Boo
Omaha
St. Joseph
Wichita
Victor American Mine
Lateen
Union News
Hindenburg
Wyoming Farm Board
National Council of Defense
Burns
Farm Board
Farm Boards Appeal
Wyoming State News
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