Wyoming war news and development highlights flash across state
Statewide items report oil exchanges in Cody and Cheyenne, a Casper rally, building booms in Basin and Greybull, refinery plans near Casper and Grey Bull, and new road projects between Basin and Greybull. Draft figures, seed wheat programs, and National Guard recruitment accompany war effort updates.
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Cody
Cheyenne
Riverton
Casper
Basip
Glenrock
Lovell
Casper Baptists
Jackson Hole
Basin
Greybull
Lusk
Wyoming
Basin Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming Medical Association
Douglas
Pinedale
Call to School Boys Enlist for Farm Labor in Wyoming
Governor Frank L Houx issues a wartime call to Wyoming school age boys over 14 to enroll in agricultural labor during summer vacation. The program aims to mobilize boy labor to cultivate and harvest crops, with pay arranged by those employing the youths, and lists to be submitted by teachers to the Wyoming Council for National Defense.
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Wyoming
Frank L Houx
Wyoming Council For National Defense
State Capitol
Cheyenne
War Legislature Urged for Special Wyoming Session
The Wyoming Defense Council and Dean Henry G. Knight urged Governor Frank L. Houx to call a special legislative session to appropriate funds to boost food production in Wyoming. Knight, president of the council, supported the proposal for the call.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank L. Houx
Wyoming Defense Council
Henry G. Knight
The
State University
Inventor of 14 Hurt by Bomb
Harold Sweeney 14 son of J B E Sweeney engineer designed a bomb for blowing up Germans filled a bicycle pump with powder and lit a fuse. An explosion hurled brass fragments. a piece pierced his knee to the bone requiring surgical removal of the brass.
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Cheyenne
Harold Sweeney
J. BE. Sweeney
Coal Miners Get Raise in Wyoming District
Four thousand coal miners in the Wyoming district won a wage increase of 7 to 8 cents per ton under an agreement signed by representatives of the United Mine Workers of America and Southern Wyoming coal operators.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming District
United Mine Workers of America
Wyoming
Brother's gun accident claims Gillette youth life
Fourteen year old Ralph Smith accidentally shot his brother Richard near the 41 ranch southwest of Gillette. The boys are sons of Mr and Mrs Henry Smith who reside in the area. The fatal wound was self inflicted in the act of an accident and the circumstances are under investigation.
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Gillette
Richard Smith
Henry Smith
Ralph
Two Thousand Cattle Bring 140000 From Birney Deal
Sheridan K W Wilson completed a sale in which M R Newinger of Dayton sells to Joseph T Brown Land and Cattle Company of Birney the Thex cattle herd. About 2000 head on Otter Creek range will be delivered between June 16 and August 16. Purchase price not fully stated.
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Sheridan
K. W. “Shag” Wilson
M. R. Newinger
Dayton
Joseph T. Brown Land & Cattle Company
Birney
Proclamation Sets June Sixth Draft Reporting Date
President Wilson issues executive proclamation activating the selective draft law. Men aged 21 to 30 must register between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on June 6 1917 at local registration places. Provisions cover mail and agent registrations, penalties for evasion, and state and local officials duties. The call emphasizes national unity and industry backing for war efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Militia
District of Columbia
Marine Corps
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
America
France
War Department
Woodrow Wilson
States
Board of Commissioners
United States of America
Robert Lansing
Rio Grande Must Pay Bond Dues
New York The Denver and Rio Grande guaranteed the 50 million bond issue of the Western Pacific and must pay 82 272 274 due on the bonds to Equitable Trust Company Judge Hand rules in Federal Court here.
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Rio Grande
New York
Denver & Rio Grands Railroad
Western Pacite
Equitable Trust Company
National Geographic on nitrogen independence for the world
The National Geographic society notes that new nitrogen extraction methods from air and coal promise global independence from Chilean nitrate supplies. It cites Haber process advances and coal coking yielding benzol, suggesting cheaper, abundant nitrogen for farming and national defense, boosting U.S. agriculture and food production.
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National Geographic Society
Europe
Chile
United States
Great Secret Lost At Delhi Iron Monument
The Los Angeles Times reports a legendary secret found at an ancient Delhi iron monument that never rusts though exposed to weather. An Indian artificer supposedly discovered it, but others fear its power. At a London steel and iron men meeting the secret could save shipowners millions by reducing hull corrosion and docking needs.
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Delhi
India
Steel and Iron Men
London
Los Angeles Times
White Bread Diet Exposed As Starvation Risk
A historical note argues that white bread cannot sustain life beyond 13 days for a dog or a man, while whole wheat bread supports longer life. It warns against white bread as a continuous diet and claims many people suffer from malnutrition while believing they eat.
Job for Some Women Smith Do You Think That
In a dialogue reflecting gender roles, Brown advocates against women working with high explosives, while Smith argues for assignment possibilities. Brown concedes encouragement for the wife’s mother to pursue the field.
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Smith
Brown
Undefined Egotist Question Sparks Curious Talk
Sammie asks what an egotist is and the elder explains in plain terms. The line hints at a playful, didactic moment where vocabulary is being explored. A misread segment follows with garbled text.
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Pop
Sammie
Mining and Oil Market Prices and Quotations
Mining and oil news from Western Newspaper Union lists metals with quoted bids and prices. Lead at 10c bid. bar silver at 74.5c. copper casting brand at $26.62. Spelter in St Louis at $9.22. tungsten concentrates from Boulder Colorado at 60 percent valued at $17.00 per unit. crude ores at various percentages with prices ranging from $16.00 to $9.40 per unit.
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Western
Union News Bervies
Metala
New York
St. Louia
Boulder
Colorado
Mining Boom Sparks Arizona Copper Rush In 1917
The Jackman molybdenum mines near Kingman start development as war demand boosts Western copper output. Globe district mines expand, producing tens of millions of pounds, while companies invest capital and build mills. Colorado mine values exceed $44 million with large dividends paid at Breckenridge.
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Jackman
Wallapai Mountains
Kingman
Arizona
Globe District
United States
Silverton
Pitkin
Julesburg Oil Company
Julesburg
Mid-Continental Oil Company
Milner
State Mining Commission
Colorado
Columbine Oil Company
Pueblo
Cresson Consolidated Mining and Milling Company
Akron Oil Company
Raleigh Mining Company
Bonanza
Railromd
Shirley
Mining Activity Surges in New Mexico and Wyoming Districts
Eddy county reports rising mining activity with old Bullard Peak silver mines revived west of Silver City. Magdalena district ores may feed a Waldo process plant while Copper Jack Mining Company files for 500000 capitalization in Dona Ana. Empire Zinc employs 150 at Hanover mill. monthly shipments reach 1000 tons of sulphides and 250 tons of high grade carbonate. A major deal sees 70 copper claims totaling 1700 acres in Burro mountains optioned by Chicago and El Paso capitalists. Vernon field near Glenrock to be drilled. Sparks Butte area south of Douglas sees Eastern oil interest as Superior Oil extends Kik Basin well. Ohio Oil double wells in Sage Creek north of Lander at current production pace.
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Cheyenne
Frank Crosby
Casper
Lander Reservation
William Cochran
Thermopolis
Cole Creek
Inter-Mountain Oil Company
Worland
Justice Court
Natrona County
Goshen Oil and Gas Company
Meridan
Citizens Training Camp
Wyoming
Ralph Yates
United States War Department
Aviation Corps
Big Muddy Petroleum Company
Big Muddy
Consumers’ Oil and Refining Company
Greybull
Eddy County
Bullard Peak
Silver City
Magdalena District
Waldo
Copper’ Jack Mining Company
Aden
Dona Ana County
State Corporation Commission
Empire Zinc Company
Hanover
Burro Mountain
Chicago
el Paso
Vernon of
Glenrock
Sparks Butte
Douglas
Superior Oil Company
Kik Basin
Elk Basin
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F Patr
Casper Refineries
Salt Creek Oil Fields
Riverton Commercial Club
Fremont
John Z. Jordan
Ambulance Corps
Wyoming National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Cheyenone
Maurice Groshon
Daughters the American Revolution
U. S. Army
Fort
D. A. Russell
Washington, D. D
Boerwasser
St. Louie
C. D. Moir
Experiment Station
Agricultural College
University of Wyoming At
Laramie
United States Weather Bureau
Houx
Union News Service
Frank J. Houx
Western Newspaper
Mining and Oil News
Sunnyside Mining Company
Eureka
Aspen
Gilpin County
C. H. W. Mining Company
Hampton
Russelgulch
Tungsten Mountain Mines Company
Tungsten Mountain
Breckenridge
Ten Mile
Wellington Mines Company
Ohio Oil Company
Sage Creek Eld
Lander
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