Three Days Left as Wyoming Legislature Nears Adjournment
Cheyenne Wyoming February 19 three days remain before the legislature adjourns sine die. Most laws of 1919 will be enacted in this period including highway improvements and the Hardin prohibition bill signed by Governor Carey though effective July 1 1919. Appointments progress with Frank Emerson Worland named state business official William Judkins Riverton state game warden and A Baker Cheyenne state lands commissioner among others.
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Cheyense
Wyo
Carey
House
Senate
Frank C. Emerson
Worland
William Judkins
Riverton
A. Baker
Cheyenne
Wate
Governor Garey vetoes Kirk measure on Americanism
Governor Carey informs Wyoming House he vetoed House Bill 16 Kirk's measure requiring foreigners aged 18 to 86 to attend special English classes until their English knowledge matches a fifth grade public school standard. He cited competent counsel advising the bill is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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Carey
House
Wyoming
Kirk
Funeral of Mother and Babe at Fontenelle Ranch
A double funeral was held Sunday at the Fontenelle ranch home of Herachler for Mrs. Wm. Mason and her infant. Mason died after weeks of illness following a hospital stay in Kemmerer and later in Salt Lake City under Dr. Landenberger. The newborn baby, cared for by the deceased’s sister in Kemmerer, died Sunday morning after a brief struggle. Mrs. Mason was well known locally and friends extend deepest sympathies.
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Herachler
Fontenelle
Wm. Mason
McLean
Mason
Kemmerer
Galt Lake City
Landenberger
Runaway Livery Team Disturbs Kemmerer Morning
Two runaways disturbed Kemmerer Sunday morning as the big Hoan team from the Kemmerer Livery started toward the Triangle. A child playing in the street was narrowly spared when the team veered aside. The wagon tipped at Lincoln saloon, a horse fell, and a dairy team lingered milk and cream spilled. no serious injuries reported.
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Kemmerer
Pinestreet
Tewes & Strede
Lincoln
Natron
Carollo
Memmerer Loses Switch Engine Amid Mine Closures
In Kemmerer yards an engine was removed after the Cumberland mine closures. The Cumberland run crew will handle Glencoe and Elliot runs, with one Kemmerer crew relieved. An engineer, fireman and three switchmen were affected as rail traffic slumped nationwide for weeks.
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Kemmerer
Union Pacific
Cumberland
Cumberland Run
Glencoe
Elliot Run
Ninety first Division Ordered Home From France
Governor Carey receives a letter from General Johnston stating the Ninety‑first division, with hundreds of Wyoming men, will be ready for embarkation to the United States by late next week. Johnston notes Pershing praised the troops during a visit and describes their billets, duties, and medals as of late January with continued movement toward embarkation near Le Mans.
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Wyoming
United States
Robert D. Carey
William W. Johnston
Johnston
John J. Pershing
Ninety-first
E. F
Cheyenne
Wyo
Scheldt River
Dunkirk
France
le Mans
Paris
Frontier Man Dies After Drinking Spree Near Hamalork River
A Frontier man identified as Joe Kolaar was found dead in a shack near Frontier after a day of heavy drinking. Friends say he suffered a heart attack likely linked to alcohol, with Kemmerer visits noted earlier. An inquest was held by Justice J W Glaarow in the afternoon in the absence of the coroner.
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Joe Kolaar
John Kovich
Frontier
Aas
Kemmerer
Tragic Pneumonia Strikes Local Family and Student Worker
Lare Warner a progressive reporter in Kemmerer lies in critical condition at Marquis hospital after a nervous breakdown linked to pneumonia. The Smith family of Sublet Wyoming loses both parents to pneumonia, leaving eight children aged up to 11 years to face hardship and possible placement in a children's home.
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L. L. Warner
Kemmerer
Marquis Hospital
Lara
F. M. Warner
Merritt
British Columbia
Warner
The
Camera
Republican
Lare
New Legal Printing Rates Enacted by Legislature
Both houses passed house bill 84 and the governor signed it into law establishing legal printing rates. The charge is 10 cents per line for the first insertion and 8 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. The new rates take effect immediately.
Team Runs Away Kill Cumberland Boy
A 15 year old, John Kobler Jr., died when a wagon loaded with ice ran away near Cumberland. He was riding atop the wagon and was crushed by ice. funeral arrangements are under local undertaker care.
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Cumberland
John Kobler
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First National Bank
Wyoming Bay
Garey
Memmerer
Shash
Hamalork
LI. Warner
E. H. Smith
Sublet
Mr. Smith
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