War News Roundup Shows British Push and U S Losses
Western front and Mesopotamia actions dominate a week in review. American raids, killed and wounded reported. Italian and British forces claim gains. Submarine losses and political shifts tied to ongoing war, with excerpts from Diaz and Haig operations.
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Union News Service
No Man's Land
Plave
Jaletin
Folina
Pershing
War Department
Piave River
Diaz
Germany
Petrograd
Chauncey
Navy Department
Washington
Haig
St. Quentin
River Scarpe
France
Jerusalem
Palestine
Great Britain
United States
Monte Tomba
Monte Montenera
Italy
Contiiues
Italian War Department
Montenera Spur
Wyoming State News Briefs: Bridges, Cattle and Local Events
Regional briefs note a four-bridge contract in Sweetwater County. Cattle and hogs shipments topped thirteen cars from Pine Bluffa. Casper reports a major real estate transfer of four business district lots for 40000 dollars. Caspar and Riverton wells yield oil and 1900 barrels daily from Pilot Butte field. Caspar census confirms city population over 14000. Afton suffers a fire destroying three barns and hay with no insurance. Caspar man loses teeth after a struggle with a highwayman. Various drills planned by Ohio Oil, Dakota Wyoming Co, Universal Exploration, and Domino Oil near Medicine Bow and Barntfork contribute to winter activity.
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Rock Springs
Great Western
Cowley
Sweetwater County
Mentzer
Cheyenne
Laramie
Pine Bluffa
Christian Science Society
Paul Hanson
G. O. Latham
Long Beach
Cal
Elks
Margaret Wales
Glencoe
Holt
A. L. Hale
George Hale
Tom Hale
Afton
Sibylle
Henry Yount
Wheatland
Lew Henderson
Wyoming
Lincoln County
Miners’ Hospital
Jesse Davidson
American Lake
Powder River Junction
Ohio Oil Company
Dakota- Wyoming Company
Universal Exploration Company
Domino Oil Company
Medicine Bow
Standard Oil Company
Rock River
Barntfork
Wyo
Red Cross
Triangle War Relief Fund
Liberty
Bammiesa
Lillian Stoll
Casper
Proclamation Calls Nation to War Time Thanksgiving
Governor Frank L. Houx proclaims November 29 1917 as a war time Thanksgiving for Cheyenne Wyoming urging all citizens to observe a holiday from work and offer thanks for prosperity unity and the nation’s resolve to defend freedom and democracy amid Allied WWI strive.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank L. Houx
United States
Memorial Temple Plan Honors Buffalo Bill in Wyoming
Wyoming residents rally to fund a memorial temple on Lookout Mountain near Golden Colorado and a statue in Cody honoring Col. W F Cody. Governor Houx United States Senator Kendrick and other leaders back the project as a lasting tribute to American pioneers and to the old West.
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Cody
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Golden
Colo
Col. Cody
Union
Wyoming
Wyoming Ranchmen Killed by Train Near Douglas
George Cope and John Lesler Converse county ranchmen were killed by a passenger train on the Northwestern road at Irvine crossing eight miles east of Douglas as they drove a team onto the track ahead of the train.
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Wyoming
Douglas
George Cope
John Lesler
Converse County
Irvine Crossing
Honor Roll Project Seeks Wyoming Soldier Names
Adjutant General W. K. Weaver ask postmasters across Wyoming to compile an honor roll of soldiers in the great war in Europe. The roll will list enlisted men with addresses and relatives' names for future generations to reference. Laramie Plains Pioneer Passes Away. Philip Mandel founder of the Little Laramie Valley house, dies at 83 in sleep. born 1834 in Alsace Lorraine to French parents. Engle Held for Cattle Theft. H B Engle bound over to District Court on $3500 bond after livestock theft charges in Rock Springs.
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Berlin
Lloyd George
London
Russia
Italy
United States
Atlantic
Rochester
Ireland
William
Germany
Sofia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
House of Commons
Henry William Forster
Mr. Forster
Cheyenne
Wyoming
W. K. Weaver
Laramie Plains
Laramie
Philip Mandel
Little
Laramie Valley
Katherine Yasher
Mr. Mandel
Alance-Lorraine
Engle
Rock Springs
Stover Faces Murder Charge In Shoshoni Saloon Row
Twenty five criminal cases before the District Court include Joseph Stover charged with the murder of Charles Burnett in a Shoshoni saloon during a drunken dispute last June. George Flick, 64, a noted rancher and merchant, died after a brief illness in Rock Springs.
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Stover
Lander
Joseph Stover
Charles Burnett
Burnett
Rock Springs
George Flick
Chinese Automobiles Rise in China amid Road Shortages
Chinese like automobiles and American cars grow popular in China. Usage limited by lack of roads outside city districts. Wealthy Chinese own several motors. Shanghai taxicab business strained by natives chartering cars. Motor bus lines established. chauffeurs praised for coolness and steadiness, but mechanics are poor.
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China
Shanghai
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clear Skin Benefits
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for nightly and morning facial cleansing and Cuticura Ointment for pimples or dandruff. It claims Cuticura is unmatched for daily toilet use and offers free samples by mail with a postcard in Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
Not Bread Alone. Pacific shift and shared duties for Japan and America
A Japanese newspaper stresses Japan and the United States bear growing responsibility as world activity moves from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It argues both nations must exchange more products and align on high principles, while noting bread alone cannot sustain man and the joke about needing meat for effort.
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Japan
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Darky
She Had a Kind Face in Dialogue on Reform
A brief dialogue features Agnes and Ethel debating marriage reform with phrases about kindness and harsh measures. The scene mentions dry battery electric lamps mounted over a new eye shield to improve nearby light.
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Agnes
Ethel
Our Boys in France and Home Protection
Claims about protecting health and longevity cite Dr Pierce and the Surgical Institute in Buffalo. The piece urges high water intake between meals and Anuric to remove uric acid, alongside a milk and vegetable diet with limited meat. It promotes trial packs and statewide drugstore purchase.
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Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce We
Farm Life Reflections on Planning and Generosity
Aunt Virginia writes on planning life a year or week as foolish as guessing a column without most figures. She argues justice requires exposing neighbor faults but duty, not joy, governs it. Generosity earns aid in need and berates cheap cynicism toward newlyweds. Some parents punish harshly after nine unresisted repeats.
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Virginia
The Straight Tip Dining Out Banter
He asks about sentimentality and she responds with a joke about the restaurant dinner. The brief exchange reflects a light casual dialogue in a Passing Show style.
Easy to Rid Home of Rats and Mice
Brearns Paste offers simple relief from rats and mice with a cheap box sold in most stores. The U S Government has purchased thousands of pounds for city use and the paste also kills cockroaches and waterbugs.
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Brearns
U. S
I Refuse to Kiss, A Conscientious Objector Quip
An Objector proclaims defiance to kissing, remarking I never allow young men to kiss me. The reply labels them as one of those conscientious objectors, too, in a brisk exchange.
Training camp joke recounts fastest potato peeler
A refugee camp humor note reports a boy at the training camp claiming to be the fastest potato peeler in his company. The message plays on light rivalry and camp banter.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pellets Promoted
An advertisement touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women's ailments claiming it removes weaknesses and improves health. It recommends regular exercise, water, sensible food, and periodic uses of natural laxative pellets made from May apple and aloe as provided by Dr. Pierce.
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Pierce
Teen Ag
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Billy) McCoy
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