Old Soldier of Fortune recounts a youth in Civil War days
A long personal letter from a Detroit born veteran born June 18 1850 telling of enlisting at age twelve in 1861 in the Ninth Michigan infantry and later the Twenty fourth Michigan. He describes battles with Moseby Confederate raiders, imprisonment in Libby and Belle Isle, paroled sickness and hardship, and a stormy varied life through army service and wanderings before settling in the Michigan Soldiers Home.
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George
Billy
Detroit
Mich
Ninth Michigan Infantry
Adams
Fort Wayne
Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry
Fairgrounds
Ocober
Lansing Agricultural College
Milton Ward
De‘vl
Milton
Lansing
Milt
Mr. Tibbits
Sixth Michigan Cavalry
Sixth
Michigan Cavalry
Alf Madden
Grand Rapids
Washington
Meriden Hill
Falmouth
Moseby
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock
Michigan
Brandy Station
Richmond
Destiny
Old Libby Prison
Bellevale
Meldrum Not Present as Warrant Issued for Former Baggs Marshal
Robert Meldrum former Baggs marshal facing a new arrest warrant for the 1912 killing of Chick Bowen did not appear in court. Bondsmen failed to produce him prompting forfeiture of a 20000 dollar bond and statewide warrants were issued. Sheriffs in neighboring towns and states were asked to apprehend him.
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Union News Service
Rawlins
Robert
Bob) Meldrum
Chick" Bowen
Baggs
Wyo
B.C. Raymond
Wyoming
Meldrum
Bowen
Supreme Court
Ele
Tidball
Mentzer
Cheyenne
Raymond
Census Bureau predicts U S population at 102 million by July 1
Experts in Washington estimate the United States population at 101,208,315 now and 102,017,202 by July 1. Western states lead growth with Washington first. Oklahoma Nevada North Dakota and New Mexico follow. Bureau bases estimates on 1900 to 1910 growth rates.
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Cheyenne
Washington
United States
Oklahoma
Nevada
North Dakota
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Arizona
Utah
Bureau
Casper Shoe Peddler Dart Arrested After Corn Cure Scam
Casper residents were swindled last summer by R C Dart a shoe salesman who promised corn curing guarantees but delivered nothing. Sheriff Patton Natrona County stopped him on a Burlington train with telegraphic help from Sheriff Hoopes Park County. Dart had served four months in Casper for similar fraud and reportedly fled to Cody with the prisoner. He is also said to have stolen another man’s overcoat.
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Casper
R. C. Dart
Patton
Natrona County
Burlington
E. 8
Hoopes
Park County
Cody
Dart
Wyoming offers $500 reward for lone bandit
The state through Secretary of State Frank L. Houx acting governor offers $500 for the arrest and conviction of the lone bandit who held up passengers on Union Pacific train No. 18 near Rock Springs. The total offered for the outlaw reaches $1,500 with Union Pacific's $1,000 reward already in place.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frank L. Houx
J. B. Kendrick
Union Pacific
Rock Springs
Fall Causes Death of Champion Rider
Henry Webb of Wheatland, 1914 Frontier Days rough riding champion at Cheyenne, died at home from concussion after a horse slipped on ice and fell on him. Webb sustained fatal injuries from the incident.
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Cheyenne
Henry Webb
Wheatland
Webb
Watchman Held for Murder In Railroad Shootout
Rawlina J Buch a railroad watchman was arrested on a murder charge in the shooting of an unidentified Mexican. He states he fired as the man appeared to draw a gun and adds that the Mexican had previously held up fellow watchman C Justice.
Two Die in Fire at Holmes Laramie
Sheriff and coroner investigate the deaths of Bulgarian men Mike Colyer and Tony Lazzo burned in a Holmes cabin near here. Cause of the blaze is not yet known.
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Holmes
Laramie
Mike Colyer
Tony Lazzo
Here
Rock Fall Claims Life of Julilus Hansen at Green River Plant
Julilus Hansen of Green River was killed at work near the soda plant when rock fell. He was 33 years old.
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Bprings
Julilus Hansen
Green River
Wyoming Roundup of Fires Plans and Oil Prospects
March events include a ceremonial Shriners session in Camper, new fire stations planned for Lander, Lutherans in Wheatland burned, and oil leases near Cheyenne. Notarial commissions granted to William Wagner of Mebert and N P Lee of Afton. Over fifty growth in State University enrollment at Lander. Accidental death near Bishop California. Beer shipments to Colorado run about $5000 daily. John Bower arrested for attempted blackmail. US Army infantry to move from San Francisco to Fort D. A. Russell Feb 25 27. Great Yellowstone ice bridge forms as river freezes. Stagg sentenced for Burlington robbery. Hurst Oil incorporated in Basin. Big Horn county assessor resigns. Cassius Carlton appointed. Disappearances of teens in Cheyenne. Midwest Sulphur erects plant near Cody. Wyoming horses rise to 180000. Albany county lands sold at court house. Game warden collects elk mounts. Train bandit tracks to Denver. Moose sighting near Dubois. Moose and elk driven from snowy timber. Poudre Oil & Gas drilling near Cheyenne. Douglas oil prospects near Dewey ranch under James McManus.
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Lander
William
Wyoming
Colorado
John Bower
Casper
Bower
M. N. Castle
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort D. A. Russell
Head Drilling Company
Cheyenne
Great Falls
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Park
Willard Stagg
State
Burlington
Hurst Oil Company of
Basin
L. O. Gary
Big Horn County
Cassius Carlton
Margaret McGinley
James McGinley
Celia Walsh
Thomas 8
Walsh
Union Pacific
Midwest Sulphur Company
Cody
Cedar Mountain
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Albany County
Court House
Leslie Miller
State Land Office
Laramie
Reid Ranch
James May
Farrell
Watlis Live Stock Company
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Johnston
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Savannah
Annapolis
Harper's Ferry
Fort Leavenworth
Denver
Topeka
Kane
California
United States Cavalry
Mexico
Guaymas
Mazatlan
Cape Horn
Dublin
Michigan Soldiers Home
Wnele Sam Ta
VY “Iliam F. Johnston
Rawlins Court
Marshal of
Bandit
Fall of Rock Kills
Julias Hansen
Wyoming State News
Union News
Myrtle Shriners
Camper
Snyder
Careyhurst
Secret Service
Aspen
Routt County
Colo
Oregon- Washington Limited
Sheridan Creek Forest
Dubois
Ageca
Poudre Oil & Gas Company
James McManus
Philadelphia
Dewey Ranch
Douglas
McManus
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