War News Roundup From Western Newspaper Union
Recap of global fighting and political developments over the past week. Reports include a French submarine sinking an enemy torpedo boat in the Adriatic, German gains near Verdun and northwestern sectors, and varied battles across Russia, Asia Minor, and the Atlantic. Civilian evacuations, prisoner tallies, Zeppelin actions, and executions or impending sentences surface, with political shifts in Ireland and the United States noting state and federal moves amid wartime strain.
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Union News Survine
Adriatic Sea
Lake Narocz
England
Scotland
Olyka
Uit
Metz
Verdun
Foreign and domestic conflicts frame world news
The report lists numerous incidents across nations: Ojunga hostilities under Col. Jose and Santo Domingo fighting. a Dominican gunboat bombardment. Villista surrender near Parras. Leguna district bandit clearance. Britain to release 38 Germans and Austrians from the steamship China. Puebla battle anniversary in Mexico City. Zeppelin 120 destroyed off Norway. Castranza era reports of government routs. hospital death toll from revolt reached 188 in Dublin. notable political outcomes in Ireland and Mexico. sports results and boxing bout negotiations. no-hit games and college matches. financial notes on church benevolence and Utah Copper profits. and opinion on the German note amid submarine crisis.
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Jose Cepeda
Jose
Santo Domingo
Villista
Ramonce
Jose Santos
Parras
Leguna
China
Puebla
Mexico City
Hasso Firth
Norway
Stavanger
Wyoming State News and Coming Events Highlights
In Wyoming communities May events include a state convention in Casper by Woodmen of the World, Scottish Rite tunes in Cheyenne, and Basin hosting new hotels and oil town status. Sheridan enrollment reaches 1,973. Keeline builds a 7,000 dollar hotel. Thermopolis plans a $100,000 hospital and sanitarium, while a new waterworks system is proposed for Keeline. Other notes cover rail shipping, a jailer attack case, a run-in over liquor to minors, a hospital plan, a creamery in Pine Bluffs, and local road and school board actions across several towns.
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Casper
Rane
Cheyenne
Tulae
Cheyenne Son
Laramie County
Basin
Sheridan
Keeline
Jireh
Crook County
F. M. Barnhart
Greybull
Burlington
Thermopolis
Senator Warren
Lincoln County
A. A. Spaugh
Manville
Nicol & Table Mountain Ditch Company
Ed Jarmen
Guernsey
Douglas
Johnson Rose
Laramie
Omaha Alfalfa Milling Company
M. F. Maley
J. D. Perkins
J. H. Howell
J. K. Hetzler
Rawlins
Cody
J. Draper
Little Horse Creek Cattle Company
Jane
Joe Garret
Ulm
Detrict
Joseph Leavitt
Salt Lake City
Rock Springs
Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne Creamery Company
Sheriff Roach Murder Sparks Wyoming Town Mourning
Clyde B. Pearson of Larimer County jail confesses to shooting Nels Nelson and claims Pete Burns did the fatal shot that killed Sheriff Frank B. Roach of Cheyenne. Roach, 42, born in Delaware, previously served as under sheriff and was elected sheriff in 1913. Thousands gathered in Cheyenne as funeral services were held and his widow, who just gave birth, requested prompt delivery of the body.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Larimer County
Nels Nelson
Granite Canon
Wyo
Pete Burns
Fort Collins
Frank B. Roach
Frank Roach
Sheriff Roach
Sussex County
Delaware
James Roach
Wyoming
Swanland & Cattle Company
Chugwater
United States
Laramie County
Lewellyn Hughes
Hughes
Roach
Court House
Franked
Diamond Theft Leads to Carnival Raid in Cheyenne
Cheyenne fifty attaches of a street carnival were arrested in a raid by police and deputies seeking a $500 stolen diamond from James Speer and jewelry tied to four burglaries tied to the carnival group. All suspects, including twenty women, were searched and released. Speer, beaten by two burglars, could not identify his attackers.
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Cheyenne
James Speer
Carnival
Speer
Guilty Conscience Jap's Undoing in Colorado
Harry De Jap alias Harry Douglas, 23, was arrested in Longmont Colorado after a Cheyenne hotel watch theft by Pedro Manager a Filipino bellboy. He confessed to stealing a watch and to robbing Elmer McBride of Cheyenne of a suit and other apparel.
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Cheyenne
Harry de Jap
Harry Douglas
Longmont
Colo
Pedro Manager
Elmer McBride
Owens Sells Large Sheep Interest in Shoshone Country
Caspar John W. Owens a prominent Shoshone sheepman sells his entire sheep interests to William Kyhe of Shoshone. The deal includes about 14,000 head of sheep 9,000 ewes and 5,000 lambs at 7 dollars per ewe and 7.60 dollars per hundred for the lambs.
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Owens
Caspar
John W. Owens
William Kyhe
Shoshone
Farmer hit by Union Pacific train loses arm near Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne Emery Mabbitt, 65, a farmer, was crossing tracks with a four horse outfit when a Union Pacific train struck them. He suffered severe head and body injuries and probably fatal, while two horses died and he lost an arm.
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Emery Mabbitt
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Benefits Under Compensation Act Sheridan-Munsey Butler
Sheridan Munsey Butler, a work man who suffered a broken leg in a gravel pit accident about a year ago, seeks compensation under the Compensation Act. The incident occurred during work duties and relates to entitlements and claims processing under the act.
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Sheridan
Munsey Butler
Don’t Suffer Any More Woman’s Remedy Ad
A New Castle Indiana reader testifies to relief from monthly suffering after using Syd Vegetable from the Pinkham Medicine Co. She reports weight and health improvement and urges women to seek confidential advice by writing to Lynn Massachusetts.
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New Castle
Ind
South 15Th St
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Upward Laughs at Higher Thoughts Quote
A brief exchange contrasts lofty aims with everyday concerns as a character notes an inability to stop thinking about the prices of meat and gasoline, highlighting economic anxieties in a witty line.
Fragmented Historical Clippings on Advice and Ads
Sparse phrases mix medical jargon life advice and stray advertisements. References to doctors judgment value breach of promise suits and a laundress share space with grocery ads and cautionary proverbs about poultry and cats. Names and locations are absent, making context unclear.
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Silver City
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Seven Days
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Ill
Red” Gunkle
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Colorado Springs
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Mich
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Brooklyn
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New York
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Eore Sternas St. Joseph Ans Ee Beer
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Raleigh, N. C
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