Firemen Meet and Organize in Casper July 1909
The State Volunteer Firemen's association organized in Casper on Saturday July 24 1909 with a Casper delegate crew voting to hold the next meeting there A Casper band concert Dutch lunch and a parade of fire departments followed and delegates urged broader city participation The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co reorganized July 1 with three departments and Lula Bruce named district traffic manager and plans for a new exchange in Shoshoni were announced The slate lists James Moriarity Green River as president and H C Grooms Sheridan as vice president
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Casper
Federation
James Moriarity
Green River
H. C. Grooms
Sheridan
Harry Banner
L. Savadge
Lander
Mr. Conwell
Bob Turner
Capitol Hill
Park Addition
Schwood
Cody
Cheyenne
Banner
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Douglas
Casper and Lander
E. E. Stone
Lula Bruce
Bruce
E. E. Harrison
Salt Lake
H. M. Fennemore
Shoshoni
First B M Train Tomorrow From Crawford to Shoshoni
The first Burlington train to run over the Chicago and North Western line from Crawford to Shoshoni will arrive in our city tomorrow at 10 oclock in the morning. General Manager G W Hold dredge of Chicago will be aboard with a large number of prominent B M officials to inspect the country along the line. The train will stop at Shoshoni overnight and return Sunday morning. It will be a novel sight and a welcome sign of a different railroad presence in the area.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Montana
Helena
Great Northern
Burlington
Sheridan
Kirby
Northern Pacific
Billings
Great Northern Railroad
Chicago & Northwestern
Crawford
Shoshoni
Our City
G. W. Holdredge
Chicago
Bear hunted on Casper Mountain yields 400 pound redacted
Blake Horn killed a black bear on Casper Mountain near Garden Creek Falls last Friday after finding it in a deer herd. The 400 pound, two year old bear was dressed at the Huskey market and examined by many locals before the hide was tanned into a rug for Mr Horn.
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Blake Horn
Casper Mountain
Garden Creek Falls
Blake
Brain
Mr. Horn
Consolidated to Twenty Prompts July Public Interest
The Wyoming Consolidated Asbestos company predicts its stock will reach twenty cents on Sunday August first. The firm has run extensive publicity and reports thousands of inquiries worldwide with many large sales recently, signaling a bright future.
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Wyoming Consolidated Asbestos Company
McDonough Named Superintendent for City and County High Schools
At a joint meeting of the city and county boards Prof. T B McDonough was chosen to supervise both city and district high schools for the coming year. He comes from Montrose Colorado where he led schools for six years and is a Denver University graduate. He will relocate with his wife and 15 year old daughter to Casper once a home is secured.
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Wilson
T. B. McDonough
McDonough
Montrose
Colorado
Denver University
Casper
State Redmen Convention Set for August in Our City
Last week the local Redmen lodge was notified that the state convention will be held in our city on August 5 and 6. Delegates from Wyoming tribes will attend and conduct order business. The Todge lodge, with 125 members, plans to host visiting brothers with a large dog eat and smoker as a feature event.
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Redmen
Our
Wyoming
Todge
Muggsy Shoels Defeated by Frankie Harris in Cimarron Bout
Muggsy Shoels, riding recent notoriety from a win over Kid Dalton on the 5th at Lander, faced Frankie Harris in Cimarron New Mexico and was beaten by Harris in all fifteen rounds. Shoels outweighed Harris by eight pounds but failed to score.
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Muggsy Shoels
Kid Dalton
Lander
Muggsy
Cimarron
N. M
Frankie Harris
Harris
Sheels
Cosgriff Holdings Sold in Major Wyoming Sheep Deal
Rawlins outfit Cullen Sheep company bought about 90 000 head of sheep deeded land ranches and stores from the Cosgriff brothers of Rawlins Fort Steele Cheyenne and Salt Lake City in a deal reportedly exceeding 500000. The Cosgriffs also control banking interests across Wyoming and Utah.
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Wyoming
Rawlins Sheepmen
Cullen Sheep Company
Cosgriff Brothers
Rawlins
Fort Steele
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Walcott
Cosgriffs
Rock Springs
Saratoga
Grand Encampment
Newcastle
Sheridan
Casper
Guernsey
Utah
Colorado
Laramie
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Ross
Ohio
Christchurch
J. A. Tancock
Willis Webb
Clara Harold
Wilmont
Near
Frank Webb
Bear Creek
Enterprise
Douglas Enterprise
F. E. Matheny
John Blessing
M. C. Cook
Mr. Blessing
Cook
Wheatland
Pathfinder Dam
Cosgriff Holdings
Evanston
Henney Buggies
Mountain and Plain Paints
Bettendorf Wagons
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