Wyoming State News Highlights From Cheyenne to Casper
Western Newspaper Union items report a busy Wyoming scene with events in Cheyenne, Casper, Lusk, Lander, Evanston and other towns. Notices include reunions, fairs, church dedications, railroad plans, bank openings, schoolhouse and town hall projects, a train schedule, incarcerations, murders, and legal actions. Notable items involve a 3 000 dollar town hall, a new Presbyterian church, a shooting wound, a fatal tram accident, and a ballot of wool sales and licenses.
Bride and groom elope trigger Wyoming family feud shootout
Ernest Kendrick and Mise Iva Buchanan of Arvada married in Hardin then returned to a Sheridan dance where relatives clashed. Frank Buchanan was shot in the left cheek by Tom Kendrick, as witnesses say the Buchanans were the aggressors. Kendrick was arrested and the wounded man is expected to recover. Both Kendricks are nephews of Governor Kendrick and work on Powder River ranches.
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Union News Service
Sheridan
Wyo
Ernest Kendrick
Mise Iva Buchanan
Arvada
Burlington
Hardin
Frank Buchanan
Tom Kendrick
Buchanans
Kendrick
Buchanan
Kendricks
Governor Kendrick
Wyoming
Powder River
Noose to Be Fate of Flanders in Wyoming
Wil lard Flanders, condemned to die on the scaffold at the State Penitentiary in Rawlins, had his last hope denied as the State Supreme Court refused a rehearing. The 1914 murder near Alva, in Cook county, involved his wife Alice Flanders and neighbor Sam Aults.
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Flanders
Cheyenne
Willard Flanders
State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Alice Flanders
Sam Aults
State Supreme Court
Sheridan County
Alva
Cook County
Big Gusher in Elk Basin Field Draws Attention
Powell notes a major oil strike at Elk Basin as Northern Drilling Company drills claim No 2 for Greybull Refining. After penetrating the second sand bed at 1330 feet, oil blasted 112 feet into the air, 30 feet above the derrick. It is described as the best well yet in the Big Horn basin.
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Elk Basin
Powell
Northern Drilling Company
Billinge
Greybull Refining Company
Big Horn Basin
Alleged Embezzler Droega Identified Here
Cheyenne Oscar Droega, said to be wanted at Raybrook New York for a $12000 embezzlement seven years ago from state hospital funds, was identified by a New York state officer. Droega was arrested on a wife beating charge after Mrs Droega informed police of his past life.
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Cheyenne
Oscar Droega
Raybrook
N. Y
New York State
Droega
Rumor of Tungsten Deposits Near Kemmerer
In Kemmerer the rumor grows that large tungsten deposits lie in the hills north of town. The ore, valued for steel tempering, has drawn attention from locals following the fast rise in tungsten discussions.
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Kemmerer
Record Price for Big Wool Clip at 31 1/2 Cents
John W. Hay of this city who runs sheep in Sweetwater County has closed a contract for 400000 pounds of wool at 31 1/2 cents per pound the largest price noted in the state. The wool is now being delivered.
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Laramie
Wye
John W. Hay
Sweetwater County
Wyoming Democrats Name Delegates to National Convention
Kendrick and Osborne lead Wyoming selection for the national convention in St Louis with Gov Kendrick and George T Johnson J R Carpenter Peter Kinney J J Cash and P J O Connor named as delegates. Carlisle Found Guilty in Train Robber Case in Cheyenne life term imposed after brief jury deliberation. Kempmerer Camp Feud Killing Justified in self defense. Jack Kitchin acquitted of murder in Lincoln County District Court.
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Carllsle
Cheyenne
Wyo
William J. Carlsle
Union Pacific
Carlisle
Bheop
Kemmerer
Jack Kitchin
Albert Pfeffer
Kitchin
Lincoln County
Reply to Berlin Note Warns on War Rules for Neutral Rights
Secretary Lansing reports a Berlin note promising to confine warfare to belligerent forces and to observe international law. The United States rejects any condition tying German policy to British actions, insisting US rights on the high seas remain independent and noncontingent.
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Union News Service
Washington
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
United States
Sca
Germany
High Seas
Imav
Great Britain
Speer Elected Mayor by 8835 in Denver Vote
Denver voters approved a switch from a commission to a mayor form of government and elected Robert W. Speer mayor. Speer captured 20,982 votes out of about 55,000 cast, carrying 13 of 16 districts and 46 of 193 precincts. Booth and Macey amendments lost overall. Speer to assume office after formalities. Fire destroys 2000 bales of cotton in Paris Texas.
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Denver
Robert W. Speer
Mr. Speer
Speer
W. W. Booth
Booth
Elephant Butte Dam Creates World’s Largest Reservoir
Construction completed on Elephant Butte dam in New Mexico, forming the world’s largest irrigation reservoir. The project damming the Rio Grande will store 115.09 billion cubic feet of water, cover 185000 acres across New Mexico Texas and Mexico, and supply a 16 foot wide road across the crest.
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Elephant Butte
N. M
United States
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Ml Paso
Reclamation Service
Delaware
Caston
Juarez
France rejects peace offer in strong Poincare address
President Poincare speaking before Lorraine refugees at the Molitor garrison rejected Germanys peace note. He said France does not want Germany to tender peace but insists they ask for it and that any peace must strip imperial Germany of power to renew war, safeguarding Europe from renewed aggression.
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Nancy
Poincare
Germany
France
Molitor
Lorraine
Europe
Disarmament Demand for Panama Police Rifles Delivered
American minister William K. Price handed the Panama government a final demand for surrender of 1,200 rifles used by the national police. The disarmament seeks to curb rioting that caused American deaths.
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U. 8
Panama
C. Z
William K. Price
Raid Rouses Ranchmen In Texas Frontier
El Paso May 10 Private messages from Sierra Blanca say a force of Mexicans is marching on the town. Sierra Blanca sits about 100 miles east of El Paso and near the border. A raid into American territory occurred at McKinley Springs ranch sixty seven miles south of Marathon and twenty three miles north of Boquillas along the Marathon Boquillas road, according to H B Stafford of El Paso. He arrived from Boquillas Sunday. There was no one killed.
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el Paso
Tex
Sierra Blanca
Marathon
McKinley Springs Ranch
Boquillas
Marathon-Boquillas
H. WB. Srafford
Paso
Stafford
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Neper Rod and Gun Club
Casper
Laramie County
Kepeline
Hudson
Casper Motor Club
Bank of Carpenter
Fort Laramie
Cody
Fremont
Pinedale
Joe Beatty
Lusk
John Greenwell
Beckwith
Evanston
Mountainview
B. F. Kingsley
Loramie
Joseph Graham
Hartville
Wm. L. Carlisle
Wyoming State Dental Association
Osborne Live Stock Company
Jim Pappas
Ritzville
Wash
Wm. Moncur
C. F. Robertson
Worland
Prank Stark
Malta
Mont
George Ogg
Boyd Munsell
Merle Waite
Wendover
Board of Commissioners
Frank B. Roach
Caroline Kirkland
Lander
Thermopolis
Lee Arneson
al Long
Weat Point
Warren
Mondell
Secretary of State
John B. Kendrick
Miles City
Mra. L. C. Marueberger
Chicago
T. Br. Greenfield
KR. B
Bride
Eloper
Dance
Sheridan Hospital
England
Paris
U.S
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Langhorne Cavalry
KC Powoen
Metz
Metz Distributora Forlorado
Nebraska
Broadwat
Colo
Keeley
Cor
Curtis Sts
Colorado
Defiance Starch
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha
Nebraske
Gomers
DeKalb Ave
Ruddell Auto
Po Standard Carriage CO
Santos
N. Y, Denver
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