New Rocky Mountain Bell Exchange to Rise in Cheyenne
George Y. Wallace announces R W Bradley will build walls floors and steel for the new exchange at Capitol avenue and Seventeenth street. The $13,000 contract precedes other bids totaling about $90,000. Iron Mountain sandstone will be used and the four story stone fireproof building will feature steel partitions and cemented floors with over 40 000 cement points.
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George Y. Wallace
Rocky Mountin Bell Telephone Company
Cheyenne
R. W. Bradley
Telephone Exchange
Capitol Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Iron Mountain
Bradley
Avery
Press Wallace
Exchange
Wyoming
Federal
Chayenne
Union Pacific Faces Desert Water Shortage in Wyoming
Union Pacific struggles to obtain good water along the desert stretch in Western Wyoming for locomotives. Water trains run to Leroy and Spring Valley while five miles of new pipeline from Piedmont station will deliver purer water. Reservoirs are under construction with purifying plants planned to remove Alkali and soda.
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Union Pacific
Wyoming
Leroy
Bear River
Ulita County
Spring Valley
Old Piedmont
Tne
May Gause Strike Affects Boiler Makers In Omaha Dispatch
John McNeil president of the ore union, in Omaha for a test night, warned the Southern Pacific that loaning engines to Union Pacific would trigger a general strike of boiler makers on the loaning line. He claims engines are diverted to Union Pacific and threatens a widespread walkout if such action continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
John McNeil
Ore’ Union
Southern Pacific Road
Union Pacific
McNoir
Opera house fire settlement and frontier souvenir advert
Insurance adjusters settled with Drs Bennett and Barber for the opera house loss at 2560 and 2250 paid this morning. Adjusters continue work on opera house Tribune losses with Monday settlements anticipated. Frontier Souvenir issued by Stimson the photographer touted as best Frontier Day memento. Square piano for sale at 25 dollars on terms. Mrs F W Mondell reports rapid recovery from illness in Chicago. Fur advertising line invites ladies to view first close fur hats. Daiber and Bro advertise winter overcoats in stock for all sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs. Bennett & Barber
Opera House
Tribune
Trouble Feared in Iron Mountain District Wyoming
Ranchmen report cattle theft and rising feud between large and small cattlemen in the Iron Mountain area. The unrest is described as a calm before a potential eruption with past assassinations casting a shadow, urging lawful intervention to prevent bloodshed.
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Iron Mountain
Mt. Pelee
Wyoming
Joint Masonic Installations Planned by Lodges
Acacia Lodge No. 11 and Cheyenne No. 1 elected officers for the coming year. A joint installation is set for Saturday December 27 in Masonic hall with the Grand Master of Wyoming likely to preside, followed by a banquet for members.
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Acacia Lodge
A. M
Cheyenne No. 1
Masonic Hall
Grand Lodge of
Wyoming
Monument to honor deceased wife carved from 15 ton granite
Senator Warren awards R W Bradley the contract to quarry a 15 ton granite block from Sherman hill for a monument. The stone will be hauled to Cheyenne by Union Pacific wrecker and dressed at Bradley yard. Editor Deming plans shipment of a linotype machine and equipment for the Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Warren
R. W. Bradley
Sherman Hill
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Bradley Monument
W. C. Deming
the Tribune
Denver
Holiday Jewelry Sale Highlights In City Store
The advertisement touts a major holiday sale featuring the largest stock of gold and silver jewelry, watches, glassware, sterling and silver plated ware, gilt clocks, and decorative items. It emphasizes a wide range of styles and gifts for the season.
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POR Young
Broodie
Buechner & Son
President plans spring bear hunt across West
The Washington Star reports Senator Warren briefing the president on Wyoming bears. The president intends a long spring voyage to Colorado Utah and other western states to hunt and recreate away from Washington. In Cheyenne the dry foods company expands by annexing J. C. Costello’s room and Costello may relocate.
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Washington, D
The
Washington Star
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Warren
Utah
Washington
Cheyenne Dry Foods ‘Company
J. C. Costello
Cahill Brothers
Judge Becker Unites Alfred Rider and Ada Ault in Marriage
This morning Judge Becker joined Alfred Rider from Stout Colorado and Ada Ault of Fort Collins in matrimony. The couple returned south this afternoon. The bride had recently been divorced in Colorado and both parties had remarried in Cheyenne. Eugene Ault had married Maude Anderson two weeks earlier, and today his divorced wife wed her second husband.
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Becker
Alfred. Rider
Stout, Colo
Mra
Ada Ault
Fort Gollins
Colorado
Cheyenne
Eugene Ault
Maude Anderson
Colorado and Southern to Connect at Cheyenne New North Branch
The Denver News reports Colorado and Southern plans a Fort Collins to Box Elder branch extending toward Cheyenne to form a northern link. Hawley promises a future independent Cheyenne connection, aiding beet sugar industry, farmers, and northern supply routes.
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Colorado and Southern
Cheyenne
Ite
Northern Branch
Denver News
Fort Collins
Edwin Hawley
Hawley
Box Rider
Greeley
Twelve Mile
Box Eider
Box Elder
Declone
Deadwood
Refining and Bone Plant Improvements at Hammond Packing
Hammond Packing completes a feln ing and bone plants with costs around ten thousand dollars. Next spring will bring extensive upgrades including a pail factory and other works costing thousands more to modernize the plant. The bone plant will now ship prepared bones to eastern factories for handles and other articles. For Sale upright piano 428 West Twenty first street. Jewelry shop Bluechner & Gon at 1617 Ferqugon Street offers a large holiday assortment.
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Bone Plant
Hammond Packing Company
West Twenty-first Street
Bluechner & Gon
Fpergugon Street
Citywide stores open evenings for holidays
All city shops will stay open from the 15th through the 26th every evening until 10 o clock to accommodate holiday shoppers.
General Nash Dead in Columbus Veteran commissary chief long served Cheyenne
General W. H. Nash died at his Columbus home. A veteran of the western army he served as captain at Fort Russell from 1876 to 1881, later rising to commissary general and retiring a major general. He helped introduce western products to army supply and aided Rev. Elmer B. Smiley’s arrival in Cheyenne as Congregational pastor.
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W. H. Nash
Columbus
Cheyenne
Fort Russell
J. F. Jenkins
Nash
Colorado
Elmer B. Smiley
Wyoming University
Congregational Church
Emiley
Union Pacific Work Starts on Laramie Shop Improvements
Work begins immediately on material improvements to be made in the shop offices at Laramie by the Union Pacific. The remodeling of the round house is near completion. The Olympia club hosted a pleasant dance at Keefe hall last evening with a thoroughly enjoyable time.
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Laramie
Union Pacific
Round House
Olympia Club
Keefe Hall
Murder Case Set for Trial and Deserter Captured
Deputy United States Marshal Loo LeFors returns from Denver with a deserter from Fort Hassell. Denver police captured the man. A murder case against Mrs. Burton, charged with killing her father, is set for trial in Arvada. Gus Rosuecht, under arrest in Sheridan for cattle rustling, will be moved to Buffalo. Local office moves to Keefe hall. Dr. Barkwell relocates to the new building.
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United. States
Loo LeFors
Denver
Fort Hassell
Guy Burton
Luw
Arvada
Bheridan
Gus Ros Uecht
Beet
Buffalo
Freight Tangles Grow as Southern Pacific Lacks Power
Ogden yards show Southern Pacific with 600 cars blocked by power shortages. Officials report SP seeks to borrow fifty locomotives from Union Pacific to move the heavy freight backlog amid railroading strains. Also noted are local business notices about piano arrivals and holiday sales at Knight-Campbell Music Co and Buechner & Son Jewelers.
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Union Pacific
Tts
Southern Pacific
Ogden
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A. E. Roedel
West 17Th Street
Knight's
Weet Sixteenth St
Logan
Watson & Son
NEW Model Bakery
Sixteenth Street
Schweickert’s Hardware Store
Mars
L. P
Central Avenue
Way of Furniture
Etfc
Arense
B. S. Karchmer
West Sixteenth Street
FR. W. Bradley
Wyoming Desert
Piedmont
Stimson
West Seventeenth Street
Mondell Well
William Harris
F. W. Mondell
Chicago
Niea
E. Claire
Sixteenth St
Cheyenne, Wyo
Www
F. Daiber & Bro
Deming Home
C. Coble
John C. Coble
Bosler
Iron Mountain Ranch Company
Scott
Nell Washington
Sherman
Gtmaon
Artigo
Buechner
Toys
Cowhick Dry Goods Co
Colo
Pau
Bumeon'p
Frontier
Christman
Conway
Stasra
Cheyenne Aerie
F. O
Ralph 8, Adambey
Knight-Campbell Music’ Co
Harry Sumption’s
George B. Bird
Knight-Locke Piano Company
Excelsior Creamery
F.H. Vaughn
Prop
Cahill Bros
Neve
Alleghetti
Gunther
Ferguegn
Keele
Yi Street
Harty Sumption & Co
K. P. Hoube
Gopitet Avenue
Christina
Laos
Wm.myers&co
Aly
Chocal
Jowery, Me
Pine
David Miller
Ferguson
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
Hawes
Florsheim
John Harrington
Geo. H. Nagle
Chas. E. Miller
Cordon
Bec
Treas
Union Mercantile Co
Ferguson Street
Johnston
Hue
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