Wyoming News Roundup Cheyenne and State Notes
Western Newspaper Union items from Wyoming report events across Cheyenne Riverton and Worland including a Poultry Show, new steam laundry, sugar factory plans for 1916, a carpenters union in Douglas, Denver brewers eyeing Cheyenne, a Kemmerer mine closure and a fire at Burlington roundhouse.
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Union Nova Service
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Riverton
Wheatland
Carpenters
Douglas
Denver
U. S. Coal Company
Kemmerer
Worland
Thermopolis
Big Horn Basin
Roberts
la Fontaine
Cook
Laramie
Wyoming Consistory Reports 1017 Members and $16 724.69 Receipts
Secretary Samuel Carson releases a year ending Sept 1 1916 report showing 1017 members in good standing and receipts totaling 16724 69. Resources total 124882 75 with a net surplus of 68682 75 and cumulative investments near 253000 since inception. The next reunion is set for December 6 7 8 and 9 per the regular Scottish Rite meeting.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Samuel Carson
Canaistory
Odd Fellows consider donated land for Wyoming home
At the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows meeting in Sheridan B Richard Shipp offered twenty acres south of Casper for a Wyoming Odd Fellows home. The next grand lodge meeting in Lusk will decide. Over 10000 dollars has been raised to build a home for aged and indigent members.
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Casper
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Sheridan
Richard Shipp
Odd Fellows
Wyoming
Grand Lodge
Lusk
Odd Fellows of
Brakeman Killed After Fall From Freight Train
Rawlins Eugene W Harrold a 24 year old Union Pacific brakeman living in Laramie fell from westbound freight No 235 two miles west of Ramsay fifty miles east of here and was believed killed instantly His body mangled by the train wheels was found on the tracks by a following freight crew soon after the accident occurred
McGill Ranch Sold to Toltec Live Stock Co
Albany county records show State Tax Commissioner John McGill sold his ranch holdings to the Toltec Live Stock Company for 220000 dollars. The deal covers 1800 cattle, 10000 sheep, and 6000 acres of land.
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Cheyenne
Albany County
John McGill
Toltec Live Stock Company
Cowley Chosen For Mormon Academy Construction
Cowley will host a $25,000 academy funded by the Big Horn stake of the Mormon church. Construction starts after harvest and will proceed through winter with church members assisting.
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Cowley
Big Horn
Mormon Church
Metmapers
Man Wanders Nine Days in Snow in Mountains
Sheridan business man F. A. Bartree is in a state hospital in serious condition after being lost in a mountain snow storm for nine days. Both hands and feet are badly frozen.
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Sheridan
F. A. Bartree
Engineer Injured by Cable at Union Pacific Depot
Laramie, B F Johnson aged 28 was badly hurt after becoming entangled in a cable to an engine at the Union Pacific depot. He had both legs broken and was taken to Denver for surgical care by Union Pacific specialists.
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Laramie
B. F. Johnson
Union Pacific
Waa
Denver
Wyoming Wins Gold Medal for Mineral Exhibit
Cheyenne L. B. Trumbull state geologist received a gold medal from Denver presented by the International Dry Farming and Soil Products Show for Wyoming's excellent mineral exhibit at the event.
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Cheyenne
L. BR. Trumbull
Denver
Wyoming
Wyoming Guardsmen Finish Tenth in Nation Rifle Shoot
Capt. A. A. Underwood received a telegram from Jacksonville Wisconsin stating that the Wyoming militia rifle team placed tenth in the national shoot.
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Wyoming Guardsmen
Cheyenne
A. A. Underwood
Jacksonville
Wia
Wyoming
Location Notice Filed in Cheyenne by Maude Ferguson
Maude Ferguson filed a location notice with County Clerk Tupper locating 600 by 1600 feet of the Homestake lode in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Maude Ferguson
Tupper
Homestake Lode
Battle line forms as Villa and Carranza clash near Agua Prieta
About 10 000 Villa troops face Carranza forces across the border near Agua Prieta with US troops in trenches along the line. Villa vows to capture Agua Prieta and defy the United States while Carranza seeks to crush him and prove Mexico’s authority. US artillery commands the Villa flank and prevents cross border fire.
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Prieta
Douglas
Arizona
Carranza
Mexico
Villa
United States
Agua Prieta
Villa moves troops for Agua Prieta attack amidst border tensions
General Francisco Villa massed about 6000 garrison troops at Agua Prieta with estimates he can raise up to 10000 more, while US authorities admit Carranza reinforcements crossing from Laredo and Eagle Pass. Villa vowed to seize Agua Prieta regardless of consequences, declaring Americans or no Americans. Refugees and camp followers streamed toward the border as fires glowed near Calles’ trenches.
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Douglas
Ariz
Francisco Villa
Agua Prieta
Sonora
United States
Carranza
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Texas
P. Elias Calles
Villa
Calles
Germans Take Hill 192 and Serb Movements Reported
Berlin reports storming Height No 192 in Champagne and 1200 yards of French trenches taken. More than 1400 prisoners and four machine guns captured. Milanovac captured. Morava valley advance by General Von Gallwitz. Serbians driven from positions south of Srebrenica. 600 more captured. Von Buelow peace mission denial issued.
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Berlin
Champagne
Artoils
le Meanil
Milanovac
Save River
Serbia
Von
Bluffing the Crank and a Steak Descent
A tired waitress reports a cranky unnamed patron swore at her over his steak. The head and blonde waitresses accuse and redirect a red haired Mary as she serves the irate actor. He denies wrongdoing, but consumes the entire offered steak.
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Mary
Lizzie
Murine Eyedrops Promise Youthful Looking Eyes
A marketing line touts Murine Eyedrops as keeping eyes young and fresh, suggesting aging appearances can be offset. The copy emphasizes looking younger by maintaining bright, alert eyes and avoiding age disclosure.
Objections and Barcas: A Fragment from Boston Transcript
A dialogic fragment features assertions of high ideals and low practices. A line about Josephine asking to reach high C implies music performance with humor about removing bars. The passage hints at money making and spending, without clear narrative.
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Boston
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