Wyoming Union News and Coming Events Roundup
Local Western Union News notes racing meet at Rawlins and county fairs, church events, and civic updates. Burglary nets $170 in Afton. Fort Russell reports rising diphtheria. Hudson church dedication. new Casper oil company worth ten million dollars formed. Various public notices, arrests, and farm sales are listed along with state prompts on wheat acreage and manpower.
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Wyoming
Old Ft. Laramie
Clark Refining and Producing Company
Cow Gulch
Laramie
Converse
Cassie le Foy-McGraw
Cody
Eugene McCarthy
Casper
Lander
Federal Reserve System
Omaha
Kansas City Reserve Bank
Patrick Delaney
Cheyenne
Dubois
Department of Agriculture
Masonic Bodies Elect Mary P Knittle to Head Eastern Star
Mary P. Knittle of Douglas was elected grand matron of the Wyoming Order of the Eastern Star for the coming year at the Grand Chapter session in Cheyenne. Other officers named include R. J. Daley Rawlins grand patron and Inez M. Robinson Cheyenne grand secretary, with the organization pledging aid to Hoover’s food program.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Wyoming
Laramie
T. Blake Kennedy
George H. Brimmer
Rawlins
Arthur K. Lee
Thermopolis
William O. Wilson
Casper
William Daley
J. M. Lowndes
Lander
Franka Holliday
William A. Riner
J. W. Btuchell
Shoshoni
J. J. Kirby
Sheridan
O. O. Natwick
Wheatland
Frank A. Knittle
Douglas
D. J. Keys
Worland
Marion A. Kline
William L. Brandis
Grand Tuler
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mary P. Knittle
R. J. Daley
Cora
Adams
Sumner Miller
Pine Bluffs
Inez M. Robinson
Lily E. Townsend
Grace D. Copeland
Sarah Haskins
Hoover
Convicted Briton Sent to Trenches from Cheyenne
Charles Warn, convict in Cheyenne for Mann White Slave Act violation, jailed at Natrona for safekeeping May 18, begins journey to France trenches in U S custody. Inspector Henry H. Moler to escort to New York where Warn will be deported as an undesirable subject.
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Cheyenne
Charles Warn
United States District Court
Natrona County
France
Henry H. Moler
United States Immigration Service
Denver
Warn
Inspector Moler
New York
Wyoming Draft Draftees Farewell At Capitol Salute
Gov. Frank L. Houx joins 6 000 residents in bidding farewell to Laramie county’s draft contingent. Ahead of the mass meeting four youths are escorted by Fort Russell cavalry. Three hundred fifty Wyoming draftees depart from twenty one points to join the concentration camp for training.
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Wyoming
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Denver
Albany County
National Army
Laramie
Woodman Band
Cheyenne
Frank L. Houx
Laramie County
Fort Russell
Body of Slain Sheriff Moved to Douglas Cemetery
The body of Joe Hazen former sheriff of Converse county was moved from the old burying ground to the Douglas cemetery.
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Douglas
Joe Hazen
Converse County
Old Burying Ground
Douglas Cemetery
Foltz Takes Command of 180th Infantry Brigade at Camp Lewis
Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Foltz, ex in command of Fort D. A. Russell, assumes leadership of the 180th Infantry Brigade at Camp Lewis American Lake Washington. Wyoming men who departed September 5 join the new drafted army in training at this camp.
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Foltz
American Lake
Cheyenne
Frederick 8. Foltz
Fort
D. A. Russell
Camp Lewis
Wash
Wyoming
Daniel Breese Buried, Laramie
Daniel H. Breese, longtime Union Pacific employee who died in Denver, was buried in Laramie. He served forty four years in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and three former members of the local division who joined the order served as pallbearers.
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Laramie
Daniel H. Breese
Union Pacific
Denver
Breese
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mazabare
Bees Sting Peter Perrin During Honey Heist
Peter Perrin was stung head to foot by furious wild bees while attempting to secure a large quantity of honey from a hollow tree. Several tubs of honey were retrieved amid the chaotic episode.
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Meotectse
Peter Perrin
Poisoned Candy Endangers Bride in Cheyenne Pub Ball
Mrs. W. EB. Pinfold, a bride of two weeks, lies seriously ill in a local hospital after eating poisoned candy allegedly given by a man she danced with at a public ball in Cheyenne. Local police investigate the incident as a suspected intentional poisoning.
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Cheyenne
W. EB. Pinfold
Swedes in Casper Petition to Abdicate King
Casper Wyoming Swedish residents sign a petition urging friends and relatives in Sweden to remove their monarch by abdication addressing the home country terming the king a Swedish Kaiser.
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Casper
Mining and Oil News and Prices Rise in West
Metal prices listed for lead copper and silver. Tungsten mining activity increases near Benson and dragoon. The Nelson mine near Crown King has entered production while Shattuck Arizona Copper reports August outputs of copper lead silver and gold.
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Dragoon
Nelson
Crown King
Prescott
Johnson Camp
Benson
Shattuck Arizona Copper Company
Silverton Camp Ore Shipments and Mines Update
Ore shipments from the Silverton camp reached nearly 300 cars last month. The Zoe mine on Beacon hill resumes production while the Carbonate group on Mount Baldy is developed under lease and option. Henrietta mine near Silverton restarts after years idle and Passiflora Mining's Breckenridge plant begins operations. Acme mine in Louisville reopens after seven years idle for coal. Mary Murphy mine at Cave Basin shows an eighteen feet vein averaging about 75 dollars per ton. Elkton Consolidated reports July production of 33 cars at 18 to 20 dollars per ton. Sprague Dean lease on Baker group at Gibson hill active in lower tunnel. First class lead ore sold at 85 dollars per ton. Mining men urge stronger industry organization for war-induced conditions. Dunkin property free gold pockets on Nigger hill range valued 10k to 30k dollars. a slab of gold required bending with a hammer to fit into an ore sack.
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Silverton
Zoe
Beacon Hill
Mount Baldy
Henrietta
Passiflora Mining Company
Breckenridge
Acme
Louisville
Mary Murphy
Cave Basin
Elkton
Elkton Consolidated Mining and Milling Company
Sprague-Dean
Baker Group
Gibson Hill
Dunkin
Nigger Hill
Montana firm reports six month earnings decline
Montana American Bmelting and Refining Company earned 10.24 in six months ended June 30 down from 16.26 a year earlier. Work begins on a standard rig on section 3 near Fort Bridger for Wyoming Consolidated Oil Company. Anaconda Copper Mining Company resumes operations after a strike settlement ends weeks of closures.
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American Bmelting and Refining Company
Fort Bridger
Wyoming Consolidated Oil Company
Utah
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New Mexico Mining Activity Expands Across State
The Oaks company reports ore in Mogollon Deep Down and Maud 8 Mines with doubled ore shipments. Mesa Verde Oil formed at Farmington to test San Juan basin petroleum. Mogollon Mines Co marketed thirteen 100 pound bars of gold and silver plus concentrates in August. Cowles estate sells copper and zinc mines near Santa Fe to D C Jackling for 1.6 million.
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Oaks Company
Mogollon
Mesa Verde Oil Company
Farmington
San Juan Basin
Mogollon Mines Co
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Cowles
Upper
Pecos
D. C. Jackling
Utah Copper King
Banta Fe
Premier Oil well progresses in Wyoming fields
Premier Oil reports In section 10 the well has reached 2,400 feet depth as storage facilities are installed by Glenrock Oil to support production. The Allen well in Sec 29-40-79 was brought in two months ago and is being prepared to pump. The Kinney deep well in Sec 4 shows 100 feet into the water flow and is producing about 4,400 barrels daily.
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Premier Oil Company
Glenrock Ol Company
Allen
Kinney Deep
Peace note replies favor pope peace aims Basle negotiations
Amsterdam reports German government replies to Pope Benedicts peace note expressing high regard and willingness to support a papal path to understanding. Kaiser Wilhelm and rulers pledge to seek end of hostilities and lasting peace for the world. Also mentions Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary endorsing negotiations and freedom of the seas to relieve burdens.
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Union News Service
Amsterdam
Benedict
William
Kaiser
Germany
Europe
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Vatican
Draft Call Predicted Before Second 600000 Draft
Officials indicate an intermediate draft of 200000 to 260000 men may be conducted through the prevent marshal general's office prior to issuing the second 600000 call.
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Washington
Russian Staff Chief Resigns. Teberemisoff Named Successor
General Alexieff resigns as chief of the general staff at Petrograd. His replacement is M. Teberemisoff, noted for broadly democratic sympathies and reforms. The shift signals a major reorganization within the Russian military command.
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Alexieff
Petrograd
Gen
M. Teberemisoff
Slated for High Army Command General Hale Profiles Incoming Europe Role
Brigadier General Harry C. Hale born Illinois July 10 1861 entered the Military Academy in 1879. He rose to second lieutenant in 1888 and served with the Twelfth Infantry. He commanded the Fifteenth Infantry at Tien Tsin China during the Spanish American War era and became a major of volunteers. Hale is noted as a capable infantry officer and trainer, a skilled pistol and rifle shot, and author of the Pistol Manual and Small Arms Firing Regulations. It is expected he will receive an important post in Europe during the current conflict.
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Harry C. Hale
Illinois
Military
Twelfth Infantry
Hale
Fifteenth Infantry
Tientsin
China
War Department
Europe
Woman Suffrage Fight Expands to New York and Maine
Advocates renew efforts in two Eastern states as New York prepares a constitutional amendment to end gender voting discrimination and Maine votes on a bill granting women presidential electors and local office rights. Carrie Chapman Catt leads the Maine campaign with nationwide support. Rural leanings in Maine paint an uphill battle for suffrage.
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New York
Maine
New York State
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
United States
Bethlehem Steel Ship Plant Expands to Build Ships
Bethlehem Steel's Great Shipbuilding Plant will stop rails and trucks, shift to plates and machinery for ships, operating with Sparrows Point yard. The combined sites span 2000 acres, five miles of waterfront, and over 10 000 workers, with plans to reach 15 000 by October. Massive construction and housing rise as the two plants prepare for high output.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Steel Works
Baltimore
Steel Offlats
Sparrow Point
Chariea M. Schwab
Army's Valued Officer Brig Gen Clarence R Edwards Dies
Brig Gen Clarence R Edwards, a prominent Northeastern department commander born in Ohio on January 1 1859, joined the Military Academy in 1879 and rose through the Twenty third Infantry before leading the Bureau of Insular Affairs from 1908. He served in the Spanish American War, aided President Taft, and commanded the newly formed Northeastern department with Boston HQ.
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Clarence R. Edwarda
Northeastern
Ohio
Twenty-third Infantry
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Edwards
United States Army
Spain
Lawton
Taft
Boston
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