Giant cattle shipment to Cheyenne stock ranch begins
Holdrege Investment Company brings 35 steers into Cheyenne as the first of a 5 000 head herd to stock a vast Cheyenne ranch. D B Ingram of South Omaha National Bank supervises cattle placement and range assessment. The herd, purchased in the Texas Panhandle at high cost, may be moved to Nebraska or Missouri pastures if Cheyenne range proves insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdrege Investment Company
Omaha
U Ke Enterprise
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Holdrege
Hefeat
F. BE. Warren
Horse Creek
Nebraska State Line
D. B. Ingram
South Omaha National Bank
Texas
Ingram
Nebraska
Missouri
Murderous confession via chase and escape in Grand Rapids case
Mrs Aurora Hodge of Grand Rapids Michigan is charged with murder in the death of peddler Ryan. She left Salt Lake City with him, he died with a crushed skull, she later confessed to her brother and then to Grand Rapids police claiming self defense. A missing $1600 linked to the victim remains unrecovered. An explosion victim, Mrs John Kurtz, in Rawlins Wyoming, is recovering from severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Emory
Aurora Hodge
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Ryan
Daily Leader
Rawlins
Wye
John Kurtz
Broncho Busting Contest Set In Denver Bet At $500 Per Side
Thad Sowder and Billy McNarlen compete today in a Denver broncho busting match for a $500 side bet. The event tests expert riding skills though not a championship belt. Local notes list Padgett's Barber Shop offerings and Dr. Barkwell's new Keefe Hall rooms with a telephone contact, alongside NEEF'S BEER claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Thad Sowder
Billy McNarlen
Dr. Barkwell
Keefe Hall
95 Mile Canal Abandonment Explained in Wyoming Plans
Reports from Washington and western papers say the Devil’s Gate Reservoir is not the main Platte river project. The Goshen Hole canal and other reclamation works will reclaim large tracts, costing about 2.6 million dollars. The Goshen Hole plan aims to reclaim over half a million acres in Laramie county with a 95 mile main canal to the Nebraska line. A Young Men’s Literary Club meeting followed with papers on the Jewish Question in Russia, Pope Leo XIII, and practical sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil's Gate Reservoir
North Platte
Washington
Geological Survey
Wyoming
Platte River
Devil's Gate
Sweetwater
Natrona County
Natrona Converse
Laramie
Platte
Jama
Goshen Hole Canal
J. B. Field
Denver
Laramie County
Goshen Hole
Quernsey
Platte Canyon
Nebraska State Line
North Platte Valley
Vandal Attack Damages Schmitt Bowling Alleys
A night vandal hacked the Schmitt bowling alleys on Sixteenth Street causing extensive damage valued at $14. No suspects yet identified. Sheriff Smalley orders removal of goods from the saloon and alleys to a storage building on Seventeenth Street. Mr Bohmitt continues to operate on a Pax version of the building and saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitt
Sixteenth Street
Sheriff Smalley
Seventeenth Street
Bohmitt
Mountain Home Copper Mining company forms in Wyoming
Articles of incorporation filed for Mountain Home Copper Mining in Wyoming with 5514,000 capital stock. Pacific Hotel remodel plans include a new club room for railway employees. A engagement falls through after a father objects. Local notices mention forthcoming performances and market updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mining Company
Mountain Home Copper Mining Company
Wyoming
Union Pacific to Install Hall Positive Block System
The Union Pacific will install Hall Positive Block signaling between Cheyenne and Buford including Sherman tunnel. Signals every 300 yards show red by day and night. first wheel pair raises the rear signal, last lowers it. Trains auto-operate signals via track lug and locomotive wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Buford
Sherman
Awe full blast Epecal changes river course at Crayton
Evanston Wyoming August 1 The large blast fired yesterday at Crayton by contractor A H Christenson used 476 kegs of powder to alter the river bed. The explosion broke eight or ten rails and toppled five telegraph poles delaying traffic four hours after the tracks were torn up.
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Epecal
Dally Lowder
Evanston
Wyo
Crayton
A. H. Christenson
Trafic
Peculiar Accident Delays Train and Collides With Freight
A northbound train was delayed two hours at Chugwater when an engine unable to hold on an incline attempted to tie switch with an extra freight on the main line. The coal car was smashed and track repairs followed before traffic resumed. Also notes of social events at Fort Russell, a professor’s move to Hollywood, a canceled boxing match in San Francisco due to weight, and a hanging murder in Prescott with two men executed.
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Chugwater
Maino
Trafic
Real estate transfer in Wyoming city figures in town notes
Visitors B. L. Taylor of Buffalo Charles Headgroop L A Hicks of Wheatland J F Downey of Evanston and Emile Dion broker sold Lot 4 Block 269 to Mrs Edith A Smalley for 70 and Dion also handled a Fitzgerald transaction in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Dion
J. V. Billa
Edith A. Smalley
Dion Leo Wold
Fitzgerald
Clairvoyant Madam Altius Arrives for Readings
Prominent clairvoyant Madam Altius offers consultations on life, past, present and future at parlors in Taylor Brook. Daily hours 8 am to 6 pm with weekday and Sunday availability. Local ad notes broad domestic and personal affairs guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madam Altius
Certanic
Taylor Brook
Rifle shoot at Fort Russell opens department competition
The infantry rifles contest in the Colorado department begins Monday at Fort Russell with twelve officers and forty nine enlisted men. Three officers and twenty two enlisted will shoot while nine casters and twenty seven helpers assist as markers and scorers.
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Department of the Colorado
Fort Russell
Forte Logan
Cole
Douglas and Duchesne
Utah
Apache
Arizona
Russell
Wyoming
Army Infantry
United States
No Clue Found After Miller Store Robbery
Police report no new leads two days after the Miller store robbery. They believe the thief escaped town with the jewelry, possibly melting gold or selling through a receiver. The same issue notes a Baptist church lawn social hosted by Mr and Mrs Stimpson and a Granite picnic for Cheyenne residents at Granite Canon hosted by R C Freeman of Great Stanchard Copper Mining Co fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
J. 8. Stimpson
J. O Ghurehiji
Granite Canon
R. C. Freeman
Great Stanchard Copper Mining Company
Spirit medium Dr Cegelia Gustaf to read daily in Union Block
Dr Cegelia Gustaf, a renowned spirit medium and scientific palm reader, offers readings daily from 9 am to 8 30 pm in Union Block room 7. Private circles and development noted with satisfaction guaranteed. Call for sick visits.
Neef's Beer 16 AC Expands Chair Stock and Rockers
The Mercantile Co announces a shipment of chairs and parlor rockers increasing stock for parlor and diner settings. NEEF'S BEER is acknowledged among the finest with new AC knowledge and a wide variety of styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neef
Warren Mercantile CO
Thieves Steal Four Revolvers From Koedel Hardware Show
Reports say unknown burglars broke a front window at Frank Koedel hardware on Sixteenth Street and stole four revolvers from the display. A later sale of a gun to a youth and its repair ended with the weapon’s theft from a counter. Police have not located the thief. The rest of the item notes local society and community notices, including a golf tournament, a rural delivery agent from Denver now living in Cheyenne, mass times at St Mary’s Cathedral, a choir at First Methodist, a fishing trip return, and fall hat shipments at 1710 Ferguson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Koedel
Sixteenth Street
Judge Martin
Bam
Sam
Opera House Bonus Subscriptions Reported
Donations to the opera house fund include J A Van Orsdel 50.00 Peter Appel Jr 20.00 Comlafit 20.00 J B Mwaamon 30.00 and a withheld name 20.00 Carpenters wanted at Fort Hassell apply at M P Keefe office.
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Opera House Fund
J. A. van Orsdel
Peter Appel, Jr
J. B Mwawmom
Fort Hassell
M. P. Keefe
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A. E. Roedel
17Th St
Knight's
16Th St
Logan
Cahill Bros
Allegarretti
Gunthers
Thos. Longhurst
H. G. Enderg
Ferguson St
Grand Union Tea Co
Tha
Capitol Avenue
Jno. Fleming
Padgett
Straet
West 17Th St
G. D. Pratt
Sporting Goods
Cowhick Dry Goods Co
Pearson
Boon
Gowhick Dry Goods Co
Young Men's Literary Club
Russia
R. P. Fuller
Pope Leo XIII
Clyde M. Watts
Dr. Burgess
Laremle
Aouguot
Chanes Mayes
Jem Pad
Jejm
Papa
Shaws
Hiorvis
Anguat
Neefs Beer
Will
Fort
Britt
San Francisco
Cal
O'Keefe
Mechanics Hall
California
Prescott
Arle
Ang. 1
Hillarioe Higaldo
Francisco Renteria
Goddard
Frank Cou
Goddard Station
Niye
Cheyenne Vialtors
Manewalis
Nerpe Brenig AG
OF Infantry
Department OF Colorado
Fort Rubgell
Army
Wm. H. Vaughn
Glenda
Mrs. Churchill
Cegelia Gustaf
H. A. Clarke
Mr. Clarke
Maso
St. Mary's Cathedral
Praise Service
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Colt Teine Ilies Choir
W. L. Park
Dale Creek
A. F. Hamilton
Ferguson Street
Opera House
Alfred Sealin
Semk Posacete
Intel
Ee Ee
Ny Treme
Golden Rule
Geo. H. Nagle
Chas. F. Miller
Corbon
Geo
Treae
Union Mercantile Co
Ham’s Sterling Gilver Goode
Lowe
T. D. Miller
E. S. Johnston
W. 17Th
Cheyenne Steam Laundry
England & Rowman
Turner Hall
August Ard
St. Mark’s Parish
By Sidney Goundy
John M. Cassidy
Cheynane
Gabe
Mille
Raspberries
Choice Groceries Underwood Grocery Co
Tivoll Cafe
Beat Liquore Ead and
Domeatric Mall and
Frone ‘Progr’ Arverton
Emily Trade
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