World War Updates and Political Wrap from August
Western Newspaper Union dispatch reports rapid Balkan shifts as Bulgarians evacuate Kastoria and Allied gains press on in Macedonia. German and Turkish forces claim successes while French and British assaults drive toward Combles and Le Priez farm. Italian and Russian front actions noted with air and naval activity in the Baltic. Domestic items: Bryan urges Wilson reelection in Tucson. Colorado and Illinois election notes. Ford bonus distribution to workers. Mexico unrest and Pan American economic updates mixed with finance, crime, and aviation notes.
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Mesopotamia
Berleux-Belly
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Balkan
Combles
Somme
le Priez
Teutonic
Bethune-Peronne
Bouchavesnes
Six Mile
Highwood
Bouleaux Wood
Lake Angern
Gulf of Riga
M. Dimitracopulos
Col. Chapa
Laguna
Villista
Hig
Chihuahua City
Jose Santos
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Villa
Chihuahua
Constantinople
Russia
San Francisco
M. M Itchas
Duma
Czar
England
France
Italy
Big Horn Fair at Cody and State Fair at Douglas
Wyoming state brief items include H H Given named postmaster at Gillette, Goshen county fair at Torrington drawing crowds, a $40,000 Rock Springs ranch and store deal, Casper street paving contract worth 40000, two deserters to face court martial, and a Rawlins jail death of Juan Vestas. Other notes cover a cash yeggs raid on Mid-Continent Oil at Sheridan, a Big Horn forest fire, rich Glory Hole copper from Sunrise mine, and a 1000 barrel daily Hall Oil flow at Pilot Butte. State weather boosts cattle and crops, vaccination urged for blackleg in Laramie County, and Public Service Commission plans Sheridan rate arbitration.
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H. H. Given
Gillette
Torrington
Rock Springs
Wyoming M. B
Buffalo
Cheyenne Messenger
Casper
Company F
Wyoming National Guard
Juan Vestas
Rawlins
Jim Hisher
Newcastle
Joe Smallick
Creston
Laramie
Hope of Company
Northern Drilling Company
Basin
Blackleg
Laramie County
A. E. Reynolds
Mid-Continent Oil Company
Sheridan
James J. Stanton
Io Wyoming
Denver
Big Horn National Forest
Sunrise
Pilot Butte
Riverton
Hall Oil Company
Enos
Wyoming
Frank L. Houx
Arthur Snook
Harry W. Tupper
Cheyenne
Guily
Ashley W. Gleason
Jackson Hole
Bertha James
Lguiney
Hoback Cafton Country
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Citiens of
Sheridan County Electric Company
Two Married Men Held In Wyoming Indictment
Charles L. Thomas foreman of Union Pacific boilermakers and Robert J. Davies large property owner were indicted by the grand jury on charges by Bertha Dettling a 14 year old girl. They posted $500 bonds and await trial in district court. Both men deny the accusations and promise a vigorous defense.
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Western
Union News Service
Laramie
Wyo
Charles L. Thomas
Union Pacific
Robert J. Davies
Grand
Bertha Dettling
Thomas
District Court
Justice of the Peace
Wyoming Crop Report September figures for Wheat Oats Potatoes Hay
Government crop summary for Wyoming via the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates shows winter wheat 1,281,000 bushels this year vs 1,560,000 last year, spring wheat 1,670,000 vs 1,756,000, oats 7,890,000 vs 9,534,000, potatoes 2,090,000 vs 2,400,000, and hay 979,000 tons vs 1,210,000. Prices listed as Sept 1 this year and last year: wheat 119 vs 115 cents, corn 80 vs 70, oats 56 vs 64, potatoes 130 vs 114, hay 9.60 vs 7.20 per ton, eggs 28 vs 25 cents per dozen.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Ranchman Lifts Wagon to Save Wife and Child
Oscar Miller, a Meeteetse ranchman, saved his wife and baby from a wagon overturned in a creek after his team caused the plunge. He lifted the wagon enough for Mrs Miller to reach safety while clinging to the infant, then freed himself. One horse died and the other was badly injured.
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Cody
Oscar Miller
Meeteetse
Miller
Russell father and son to stand trial for dance murder
The trial of John D. Russell and his son George Russell for the murder of L. H. Hampton has been scheduled for October 9. Hampton was killed at a dance near here after the son mortally wounded him. the father then shot Hampton.
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Sundance
John D
George
Russell
L. H. Hampton
Russells
Hampton
Child Killed by Truck at Wasatch Ranch Garage
A 2-year-old child of ranch foreman Charles Cox died instantly when a motor truck backing from a ranch garage at T. W. Jones's Wasatch property crushed the child's skull. Eyewitnesses reported the accident occurred in front of the garage with the truck then leaving the scene.
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Evansion
T. W. Jones
Wasatch
Charles Cox
Jones
Convict Captured After Escape From Dayton Road Gang
Convict fleeing across the Ling Sheridan-Floyd McCoy line, who escaped from a Dayton road gang on July 25, was captured in Natrona County. He is believed to have planned crossing into Idaho and is charged with stealing two horses to aid his escape.
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Ling Sheridan
Floyd McC@oy
Dayton Road
Natrona County
Idaho
Supreme Court Sets Oct 20 for White Executions
The State Supreme Court fixed Friday October 20 as the day for the execution of Oscar W. White colored at the State Penitentiary in Rawlins for the murder of Anderson Coffee colored in a bank car at Powder River on August 12, 1913.
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Oscar White
Cheyenne
State Supreme Court
Rawlins
Oscar W. White
Anderson Coffee
Powder River
Women tell of relief from period pains with Lydia Pinkham remedy
Taunton Massachusetts, Miss Clarice Morin says irregular periods caused monthly pain and time off work. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved and she urged other girls to try it. The notice promotes confidential free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Masa
Women aviators in early flight stories
A dialog from a Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph page fragment notes that married women are often in the air, reflecting early aviation culture and gender roles. The exchange features a boy named Willie-Paw and a mother figure, with a warning about asking questions.
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Paw
Willie
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Croas Good Grocers Instructive Adva Wise Caution
If you snore fer i clothes use Croas good grocers Adva Wise is the instructor who learns more than he teaches. Make a companion of vice and you will become its slave.
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Wise
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