Wyoming State News Highlights Across the State
A roundup from Douglas to Casper notes the state fair in Douglas September 26 30 creamery plans for Pine Bluffs and big fair attendance in Casper. Trainmen paid 150000 in August in Cheyenne the grand lodge of A F and A M to meet in Cheyenne next year and other oil land and banking developments across Wyoming including Greybull rock springs and Natrona areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluffs
Casper
Laramie
Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M
Cheyenne
Diamondville
William Jennings Bryan Wan & Eueaker
Natrona County
Wyoming
Universityy of Wyoming
S. Nagal
San Francisco
Rock Springs
Crall-Hyde
Rogers Place
Greybull
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Valuation of Cattle Higher in Wyoming State Figures Boost
Wyoming total valuation rose 16.94 million this year per the State Tax Commissioner John McGill report. Cattle value jumped from 18.19 million to 26.24 million reflecting strong cattle industry. horses up to 8.82 million. oil field value up to 2.57 million. Assessable land increased to 10.89 million acres as homesteaders claim more government land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
John McGill
State of
First Oatman Lease Starts. Gold Pay Grubbed in Hassayampa
Mining and oil notes report the first Oatman lease on the Warner group begins placer work with pay gravel. In Hassayampa two ore veins three feet wide were found in the old New State mine tunnel, yielding gold values. The Tom Reed Aztec shaft near Oatman shows rich ore with twenty tons on the dump and ore averaging $32 per ton. Ohio Mines Company resumes Little Jessie mine work after unwatering to 350 feet. True Blue tunnel on Victor Copper finds copper ore at 160 feet with fifteen feet of ore already exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oatman
Warner Group
Hassayampa
Tom Reed
Ohio Mines Company
Little Jessie
Chapparal
Prescott
Victor Copper Company
True Blue
Walapai Mountains
Zeppelins raid Britain as battles rage on multiple fronts
London reports twelve Zeppelins invading the British Isles with two forced to land in Essex. one burned, the other disabled. Tens of thousands witnessed the first destruction, while authorities confirm civilian deaths and injuries in London and provinces. Simultaneous German, Austrian, and Allied actions span the Somme, Galicia, the Carpathians, and the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Union News Service
British Isles
Essex County
England
Berlinstates
L'Abbe Wood
Somme
Paris
Galicia
Upper
Dniester
Zborow
Berlin
Vienna
Petrograd
Carpathians
Btruma
Jenmita
Kamaikelan
Florina
Sofia
Popla
Carso
Rome
Italian War Office
Mount Cimone
Kopriva
Greek Macedonia
Paria
Kalmakcalam
Wyoming fights Reclamation on Green River water rights
State engineer James B. True travels with L. Hobson and Elwood Mead to Wyoming’s Green River Valley to protest federal plans to divert Green and Rocky Mountain waters to California and possibly Mexico. The move affects Wyoming, Colorado, Utah as headwaters of the Colorado River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Green River
Wyoming
Callifornia
Mexico
Reclamation Department
James B. True
John B. Kendrick
Reclamation Service
True
Green River Valley
L. Hobson
Utah
California
Colorado
Ore and mine activity across Colorado districts update
The report covers the Lord Byron tungsten mill in Boulder shifting to three shifts. Capital mine at Georgetown yields 1190 oz gold per ton. Leadville sees four new furnaces by Western Zinc Oxide Co. San Antonio property development resumes between San Juan and Ouray. Strong mine sinking temporarily suspended at Victor. La Plata shipments of low grade carbonate with plans for large drainage project. Mt Champion mines near Leadville eyed for sale at about 1 million. Robinson’s Columbine mine reports rich ore with $80 gold, 786 oz silver and 10 percent lead per ton. Granite mine and Bobtail vein new ore bodies near Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs. La Plata gates high grade ore with flotation planned by Valley View Co after past litigation with May Day over $1,000,000 ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Leadville
Western Zinc Oxide Company
San Juan
Ouray Counties
San Antonio
Victor
W. E. Bowden
la Plata
Mt. Champion
Robinson
Columbine
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Granite
Portland Gold Mining Company
Valley View Company
May Day Company
Arm Amputated After Threshing Machine Accident at Ranch
Ed Walck, 60 plus, suffered a crushing arm injury when his hand was drawn into a threshing machine at the Jones Williams ranch in Saratoga Ed Walck Jr stopped the machine and rushed him to Rawlins where doctors amputated the mangled arm near the elbow Recovery appears doubtful due to age
Brakeman Killed in Freight Yard Accident
Cheyenne Engineer Dougherty of Cas per was killed in Wend over 120 miles north of the city. The brakeman was crushed between two freight car draw heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Dougherty
Casper
Wendover
Family vanishes in desert trek ends with reconciliation
Mrs. Cordun led five children into the barren hills near Peckenpaugh post office for fifty hours while volunteers searched. They were found in a deserted cabin miles away, famished and worn by exposure. The couple reconciled and the family left for an eastern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordun
Mining firms form in New Mexico amid ore finds
The Octo Mining Company of Arbona is admitted to do business in New Mexico while the Rio Grande Ore and Mineral Company files incorporation papers with offices in Santa Fe. The Oaks Company expands Clifton mine operations as Mogollon yields mill ore. Louis Grama plans to resume Gold Eagle work at Mogollon. About 400 feet of tunnels and 80 feet of shafting completed, much in ore, with recent shipments valued at 14 to 10 dollars per ton. Socorro Mining Milling shipped about 70 000 ounces bullion in August. Mogollon Mines over 60 000 ounces, totaling more than 3 percent of tons of gold and silver plus several tons of high grade concentrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octo Mining Company
Arbsona
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Socorro Mining & Milling Company
Mogollon Mines Company
Baby Drowned In Jar Of Water At Home
Mrs. John Frankie of Peasall returns home to find her infant son dead in a crock holding four gallons of water. The child reportedly tipped into the crock while playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Tassell
John Frankie
Peasall
Wealth in smelter gases draw mining engineers to Arizona
Two hundred members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers arrived in Phoenix after traveling the Apache trail from Globe to visit the Old Dominion Copper Company. They completed sessions and shifted to Arizona sightseeing on their way to the Grand Canyon. F G Cotrell of the U S Bureau of Mines claimed future U S mining firms will save millions by conserving smelter and reduction gases and announced experiments rendering escaping gases harmless to vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Phoenix
Roosevelt
Globe
Old Dominion Copper Company
Arizona
F. G. Cotrell
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
Des Moines Woman Credits Vegetable Compound for Recovery
Des Moines, Iowa resident Blanche Jefferson recounts severe illness four years ago and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her recovery before any surgical operation. She says her husband opposed surgery and she improved enough to perform housework, praising the product as a strength and health restorer. She invites others to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blanche Jefferson
Lyon St
Jaws
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Disgraceful Behavior In Church Sermon Response
A young girl, once told not to talk in church, explained after the service that the minister’s conduct was shocking. In a horrified voice she said it was awful for our minister to show off by talking all the time.
The Expense Peace Parable
A witty exchange frames the debate on peace and price. The optimist champions peace at any cost while the pessimist warns that price may prove unavailable tomorrow.
Lure of the Rural Enlivens City Servant Search
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts city life with rural service and picnic season. The snippet references a laundress and a saying about riding a hobby only when ready to dismount, illustrating a satirical rural lure theme.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wyoming State News
Douglas
Greybull Field
Kansas City Oil Company
National Livestock Association
Liberty Oil & Gas Company
Seattle
L. A. Reed
Midwest
Midwest Refining Company
Sheridan Forestry Office
Wolf
Black Mountain
Federal Farm Loan Board
Greybull-Wyoming Oil Company
Greybull River
Herbert J. King
Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Soerldan
Carrie Fisher
Lander
Eastern Star
Wyoming National Guard
Camp
Kendrick
Baker
Douglas Land Office
Congress
House
Senate
Jan, Lat
G. G. Smith
Morgan Morgan
Los Angeles
Jake Erway
Fremont
Natrona
Mining and Oil News
New York
East St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Lord Byron
Globe, Arizona
Bette Heaul
Belge
Dean
Avon Holm
Cody
Wyo
Livus
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Carter
Vitor Salen
Ioc
Dery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!