War and politics sweep earlier week with Balkan gains
Western Union dispatch summarizes clashes on the Macedonian front with Allied successes and German claims of heavy losses. British and French advances near the Somme threaten Combles while Turkish and Bulgarian actions shift in the Balkan theater. Separate items note Bryan in Tucson, Tex., and various political and economic developments in the United States and abroad.
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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
Big Horn Fair at Cody And State Fair at Douglas
Wyoming state news items note the Big Horn Fair at Cody September 19 to 21 and the State Fair at Douglas September 26 to 30. Other notes include H H Given named postmaster at Gillette, Casper awards a 40000 paving contract, and two deserters from Company F Wyoming National Guard face court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Cody
Douglas
Casper
Company F
Wyoming National Guard
Juan Vestas
Rawlins
Jim Hisher
Newcastle
Joe Smallick
Creston
Laramie
Two Married Men Held in Indictment in Wyoming Case
Charles L. Thomas foreman of Union Pacific boilermakers and Robert J. Davies property owner were indicted by a Wyoming grand jury on charges related to a summer incident involving 14 year old Bertha Dettling. Each man posted $500 bond and await trial. Both deny the accusations and vow to fight for acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 outlines September yields and prices
The September Wyoming crop report shows winter wheat 1,281,000 bushels and spring wheat 1,670,000 forecast. Oats 7,890,000 forecast. potatoes 2,090,000 forecast. hay 979,000 tons. Prices: wheat 119c vs 115c, corn 80c vs 70c, oats 56c vs 64c, potatoes 130c vs 114c, hay $9.60 vs $7.20, eggs 28c vs 25c 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 Baby at Creek
Oscar Miller, a Meeteetse rancher, saved his wife and infant after their wagon overturned in a creek when frightened horses backed into the water. He lifted the wagon enough for Mrs Miller to reach safety while clinging to the baby. A horse died and the other was badly injured.
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Cody
Oscar Miller
Meeteetse
Miller
Russell father and son stand trial for Hampton murder
The trial of John D. Russell and his son George D. Russell for the murder of L. H. Hampton has been scheduled for October 9. Authorities say Hampton was killed at a local dance after being mortally wounded by the son and then shot by the father.
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Sundance
John D
George
Russell
L. H. Hampton
Russells
Hampton
Child Killed by Truck At Jones Ranch
A 2 year old, son of ranch foreman Charles Cox, was playing in front of a garage at T. W. Jones’s Wasatch ranch when a backing motor truck struck him. One wheel crushed the skull and death was instant.
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Evansion
T. W. Jones
Wasatch
Charles Cox
Jones
Convict Captured After Escape West of Dayton
A road gang escapee from the Dayton area was captured in Natrona county while attempting to flee toward Idaho. He is charged with stealing two horses to aid his escape.
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Hope of Company
Rawlins
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
Ling Sheridan
Floyd McC@oy
Dayton Road
Natrona County
Idaho
Supreme Court Sets October 20 for Oscar White's Execution
The Wyoming Supreme Court fixed Friday October 20 for the execution at the State Penitentiary in Rawlins of Oscar W White colored 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
Taunton Woman Credits Pinkham Medicine For Aid
Taunton Massachusetts resident Clarice Morin, 22, says monthly pains kept her from work until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped. The ad urges other girls with irregular periods, backache, and indigestion to seek advice from the Pinkham company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Masa
Women aviators in early aviation history noted by Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
A fragmented dialogue mentions women aviators and implies married women fly, reflecting early press interest in female pilots. The source lines show a mix of childlike questions and a stern parental warning, illustrating social attitudes of the era.
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Paw
Willie
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Croas Goods Grocers Warned by Wise Instructor
Advā Wise, described as a learning instructor, cautions that adopting vice as a companion leads to servitude, urging readers to seek better choices and self discipline. The text presents moral guidance through a concise, exhortative tone.
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London
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Frances
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Congress
Washington
Levy Brothers
Bisbee
William Lorimer
Arthur W. Fulton
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Columbus
N. M
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
New York Navy Yard
John D. McDonald
Colorado
Alvin H. Pickens
James H. Brown
W. O. Peterson
Rome
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Sweden
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Whitelaw Reid
British Columbia
Prohibition
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Col. Chapa
Laguna
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el Paso
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Chihuahua
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Russia
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Duma
Czar
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Italy
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Clint Marlow
St. Louis
Expressive Lou
Futurity
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Bayfield
Delta
Grand Junction
Firestone
Berthoud
Brush
Greeley
Directum L
Dan Patch
Memphis
Directum
Pacifico Coast Steamship Company
Coos Bay Bar
Anthony N. Brady
van Dersee
Albany
Illinois
Edwin F. Dunne
Frank O. Lowden
Angela Barnes
Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Fret
Harry Thaw
Eddy Street
Mining World
Sporting News
Omaha
Lincoln Co
Sioux City
Des Moines
Wyoming State News
H. H. Given
Gillette
Torrington
Rock Springs
Wyoming M. B
Buffalo
Cheyenne Messenger
W. A. Pollock
George Hebbn
Colo
Pollock
Burns
Heffner
Archer
Frank L. Houx
Arthur Snook
Harry W. Tupper
Guily
Ashley W. Gleason
Jackson Hole
Bertha James
Lguiney
Hoback Cafton Country
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Citiens of
Sheridan County Electric Company
Robert J. Davis
Wise
Dean
Dora Gullfoyle
Pings Lee Ave
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Carter
N. U. Denver
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