Frontier Days Opens With Record Crowd in Cheyenne
Cheyenne marks the opening of Frontier Days with an overflow crowd and a parade featuring 2000 cowboys and cowgirls, US cavalry, artillery, bands, and Indians. Wild horse racing provides the day’s star spectacle, while steer roping, riding, and women’s relays entertain. Weather cooperates, tram traffic proves smooth, and the celebration begins with strong attendance and high spirits.
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Cheyenne
United States Cavalry and Artillery
Pioneers
Deadwood
Frontier Park
Denver
Frontier Days
Hever Joseph
Ao Universal
Eastlern
Frontier events today Blue Jackets parade in Sidney
A Sydney Nova Scotia program details a frontier park event lineup starting at 1 PM with races exhibitions and dances led by Captain Hardy and featuring Indian pony and cowpony events war dances and a second day of world championship rough riding and steer roping.
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Frontier Events
Blue Jackets
Sidney
Captain Hardy
United States
Cy. Burke
John Rick
Cavalry
Six Children Die in Colfax Ranch Fire
Colfax Washington August 20 six children dead and two severely burned after a fire at H W Schultz ranch between Colfax and Palous. Four victims were Schultz children and two were W W Fix children. The parents were away harvesting and the women were at a theater near Palous. The two eldest Schultz girls tried to save the youngsters but failed to reach the door and dropped the babies to escape. The fire’s cause is unknown.
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Colfax
Wash
H. W. Schultz
Colfax and
Palous
Schultz
W. W. Fix
Endurance Race Riders Missing Near Frontier Headquarters
Five contestants in the Denver Cheyenne endurance horse race began at Denver at 2:30 am yesterday. By press time none had reached Frontier headquarters in Cheyenne. The latest report came from Nunn Colorado at 6:20 pm. An automobile party later searched toward Denver but found no trace.
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Denver
Frontier
Cheyenne
Frontier committee has many rooms left to offer
Chairman A. H. Beach of the Frontier accommodation committee reports many unoccupied rooms remain for Frontier visitors. He says all applicants at Frontier headquarters will be directed to available accommodations.
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Frontier Committee
A. H. Beach
Special Frontier Accommodation Committee
Frontier Headquarters
Westley Elliott Dis Found Dead at Home
Westley Elliott a well known blacksmith was found dead yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter Mrs George Sell at 209 West Twenty seventh street Death occurred while the Sells were away Funeral arrangements have not been made
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Westley Elliott
George Sell
West Twenty-seventh Street
Democratic Nominee Hayden White Attends Frontier Days
Hayden M. White of Buffalo Democratic nominee for Congress from Wyoming was an interested spectator at Frontier Days. D. N. Stickney of Laramie, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, also attended Frontier Days in the city yesterday.
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Hayden M. White
Buffalo
Wyoming
Frontier Park
D. N. Stickney
Laramie
Democratic State Central Committee
Frontier Days
Retired mine owner drowns at Lake Hopatcong
Peter Burns a 67 year old retired Alaska mine owner visiting friends in Patterson New Jersey accidentally stepped off a dock into Lake Hopatcong and drowned last night. The incident occurred in darkness.
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Patterson
N. J
Peter Burns
Alaska
Lake Hopatcong
Sure-Thing Gambling Busted at Frontier Park
Mayor P. 8. Cook and Sheriff BP. J. Smalley halted all sure-thing gambling devices at Frontier park yesterday afternoon after the sports began. Several devices were placed there under innocent concession permits and found not to be on the square. Operators and crooked machines were ordered out of the park.
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Smalley
Frontier Park
Wheels of Fortune
Frontier open air amphitheater hosts drills vaudeville and dance
The Frontier committee will open the open air amphitheater on Fifteenth street tonight with a program including a competitive drill between uniformed teams of fraternal societies and high class vaudeville followed by a dance that lasts until midnight.
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Frontier Committee
Fifteenth Street
Frontier
Rival Dramatic Companies Rush To Control The Devil
In New York two concurrent world premieres of The Devil trigger a heated feud between Harrison Fiske's Belasco Theater management and Henry Savage's company over American rights. Each side accuses the other of unfairness and vows to defend their production. The Molnar play premiered in Vienna and opened in New York on Aug 20. Two sailors from the battleship New Hampshire are jailed after claiming they swam ashore manacled from the ship to shore.
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New York
the Devil
Harrison Greg Fiske
Belasco Theater
Henry W. Savage
Mr. Savage
Mr. Fiske
Franz Molmar
Vienna
New Hampshire
Chatham Square
Picayune writer Colonel Wm Walker dies in Brandon
Colonel William Walker editorial writer for the New Orleans Picayune for thirty years died in Brandon Mississippi at age 65.
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Picayune
Brandon
Miss
Wm. Walker
The
New Orleans Picayune
Frontier Day Awakens Cheyenne Cowboys Across Town
Early Frontier Day crowds flood Cheyenne streets as three thousand visitors arrive and cowboys parade with booming toasts and daring rides. Cowboys and cowgirls mingle amid fluttering colors while Indians and hawkers add to the festive chaos.
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