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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
3
A compact recap from Intermountain and other regions covers wartime policy notes and local political moves. It cites Dr. T. Duft’s death in Denver at 73, suffrage pushes in Montana, church disputes in Oregon and Utah, draft evasion cases in Colorado, and federal wartime measures affecting banks, railroads, and labor.
An odd tale from Oklahoma City describes a tall gloomy man entering a Broadway barber shop with a crowded chair. A quarrel over time leads to confusion and a misread exchange as staff mistake him for someone else.
A boy named Ti-Watit Kateher, through his guardian Mrs. Caralloe Spurr, accuses his father Jink Hateher and stepmother Hed of severe abuse. He alleges being forced to get up at four, do chores, attend school, endure beatings, malnourishment, and deprivation, with limited meals and cramped living conditions. A physician oversees him as tensions rise between him and his father and stepmother.
Philip Maintenon plans to wed Gertrude Brewer after a long wait and covert moves. He discovers a photographic trick to reveal a marriage proposal, but Gertrude’s mother watches closely as the plot unfolds.
A bold highwayman in Jersey City declares he will rob twenty people before fleeing town. He has already claimed seventeen victims and police expect the twentieth crime to occur soon, prompting local authorities to prepare for his capture.
Bristol Conn reports Sergeant Billy Thompson of the One Hundred and Second Regiment who went to France with the unit has lost three legs but still has both original legs. Letters home describe mail from loved ones lifting his spirits as he recovers and awaits further evacuation plans.
In a period marked by shifting jails and closures, Woodland and Ciles report felon quarters vacated as Joe Uinrerd, a convicted thief, leaves the institution. The community observes two factions with differing opinions on rehabilitation versus punishment. A murder suspect remains under high court review as officials contemplate the next steps in the legal process.
Russia signals readiness to accept German terms as talks open at Brest Litovsk. German forces press the eastern front with dozens of towns captured, thousands of Russians taken prisoner, and about 8000 Allied prisoners freed, while a German push advances from the Baltic region toward the interior.
In the Amery Jean sector northwest of Toul on Sunday the Germans aimed artillery at an American position. The Americans answered with heavy retaliation and then repelled the German batteries with a fierce barrage, inflicting damage. German fire was returned. effect on their howitzers is unclear but one of their guns had been firing from that point.
Letters indicate Alexander Borkman and Ein Goldman cooperated with Hur Day al, a German spy and Indian propagandist, before imprisonment for violating the dracony law. Attorney General Gregory made the public statement Sunday. The report links radical protests to the imprisonment of anarchist leaders.
Kady Keyes aged 22 confess to slayings of Lefard Ilirwick Hensley Byenfeld Anna Polters and Chirtes Pendir, a diamond dealer. He implicated other persons in the three murders and was sentenced to years in prison.
Fragmentary text records an army captain being held in confinement after a general court martial. Mentions Sixteenth Infantry and Governing officials, with unclear names and dates. The message appears to refer to a punitive detention extending years and relates to relatives and friends of the accused.
A fire at a chocolate plant caused smoke and minor damage. Fire crews from Bay City responded quickly, containing the blaze and preventing spread to adjacent buildings. No injuries were reported, and investigators will determine the cause.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a murder attempt tied to pigs and various garbled names. Core facts are unreadable. no clear date, location, or individuals can be confirmed. Summary reflects the damaged, partial nature of the source.
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