Town Talk items mixed with sparse notices and weather
Local notes report visits and trips by residents such as Jad, Stinsos, E Kimper, Matthews, Nora Buxton, Dr. Van Wye, Tom Vansey S20, C F Turner, Addie Fleming, Hiburn, H C Haynes, and Mrs Jas from Trenton. A brief weather summary for the week ending June 23 notes cooler temperatures 3 to 7 degrees below normal, frequent rain, and ample moisture across central and southern districts.
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Ozark Plateau
Goa
Worth
Opening of the Shoshone Reservation Lands for Settlement
The proclamation opens about 400000 acres of Shoshone lands in Wyoming for agricultural settlement with a drawing process. Registration runs July 16 31 at Worland Thermopolis Shoshone or Lander, with the drawing at Lander starting August 4 overseen by three honest stewards. Timber and mineral claims may be filed from sixty days after August 1, and settlers are warned not to jump those claims before the appointed time.
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Worland
Thermopolis
Shoshone
Lander
Wyoming
Shoshorie
Burlington
Big Horn
Big Horn Valley
New West
West
FREE LANDS FOR HOMESTEADERS OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT
Uncle Sam offers about 1 159 000 acres for homesteads with 300 000 to 400 000 acres first class irrigable land. Remainder covers grazing timber and mineral lands. Registration runs July 16 1906 at designated points. Burlington Route offers low round trip tickets July 12 to 20 to Wetland Wye access.
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Sam
Burlington
Wye
Socialist Pat Declares Belief At Friendly Supper
A humorous exchange unfolds over a convivial meal as Pat proclaims he is a socialist. Mike pressures him with pointed questions about wealth and property sharing, asking if a million dollars or a Fifth Avenue mansion would be divided with friends. Pat responds that he would share and then humorously reveals he owns two goats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Mike
Shure
Fifth Avenue
Hail to Ruins and Liberty in Yolney's Rains Verse
The excerpt blends poetic meditation on ruins and liberty with reflections on equality, virtue, and the soul’s elevation beyond wealth. It also notes local society items including Mrs George Craig and granddaughter Weston visiting Browning and a Kansas Cay registration sentence, plus visits by Hannibal and Mrs E L Stidney and others to Dr Epperson and W J Sloss.
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Ieee
A. L. Brown
Browning, Mo
Ree Teoria
Stinsos
Pur
Mra. E. Kimper
Brookeld
B.V
Matthews
Laclede
Nora Buxton
Browning
van Wye
Tom Vansey
C.F. Turner
Addie Fleming
Granville
Ohio
Cora
H. Cay Jones
Hiburn and
Wheater
Brookfield
H.C. Haynes
Unionville
Linnens
T. B. Price
Elm Seburen
Werthe
Marble City
Weather Report
Wyomaung
Agee
Browning, Missouri
Yolney
George Craig
Weston
Craig Green
Kansas Cay
Wofford
Hannibal
E. L. Stidney
Moulton
Orino
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