Counterfeit Ten Dollar Notes Warned by Secret Service
The Secret Service warns banks to watch for two new ten dollar counterfeit notes from the Buffalo series. Descriptions note photomechanical printing, heavy treasury numbers on the back, and imperfect Lewis and Clark portraits. Counterfeits show silk thread features and varying paper quality.
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Treasury
Secret Service Department
J. W Lyons
Register
BE. H. Roberts
Lewis and Clark
Lewis
Washington
PD. C
Joint Masonic Installation Set for Two Lodges and Chapter
A triple installation of new officers will be held next Tuesday evening by Acacia Lodge No. 11 and the two city lodges with Oak Leaf Chapter of the Eastern Star. Current officers J D Freeborn and others listed will torch the slate for new terms led by W M Emile Richardson.
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City
Oak Leaf Chapter
Eastern Star
Acacia Lodge No. 11
Emile Richardson
W. M
E. D. Edwards
L. B. Dobbyns
J. W
J. D. Freeborn
George Gregory
Percy Hoyt
Cook
Fred Sofmann
Mineral specimens await installation at Wyoming exhibit
A portion of the Wyoming exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair has not yet been installed in the permanent exhibit rooms on Seventeenth Street, leaving minerals awaiting display.
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Wyoming
Seventeenth Street
Care for Sore Nipples Advertisement
A nursing care note recommends applying Chamberlain's Salve immediately after nursing, wiping with a soft cloth before the next feed. It claims many nurses achieve best results and lists price at 25 cents per box. Sold by A. E. Roedel in Leader at 60 cents a month delivered.
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A. E. Roedel
Mondell Bills Seek Extension of Land Laws to Ceded Area
Congressmen Mondell and Martin introduced measures in Washington to extend public land law to land ceded by Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes near Thermopolis and to expand homestead coverage to Yellowstone park reserve lands. The bills aim to help squatters cultivate and title 12 000 acres and establish mining experiment stations with geologists and chemists reporting monthly to the Treasury.
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Washington, D. C
Mondell
Wyoming
United States
Arapahoe
Yellowstone Park Reserve
Martin of
Teadwood
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Cain Named Manager of Akron Electrical Porcelain Plant
J. C. Cain, a well known electrical contractor, has been appointed manager of an electrical porcelain manufacturing establishment at Akron, Ohio, and will depart for that place between January 15 and 20.
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J. C. Cain
Akron
No Opium in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Reassures readers that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains no opium and is safe for small children. Highlights its 30 year reputation for colds croup and whooping cough, pleasant taste, and popularity with children. Sold by A B Roedel in Leader at 60 cents a month delivered.
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Chamberlain
A. BE. Roedel
Grazing Fees Discussed by Stockmen in Denver Meeting
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot proposes a permit based grazing system on public ranges. The Denver gathering during the week of January 29 will discuss the plan outlined in Forest Service Bulletin No. 62, with 1 400 replies showing strong support for government range control. Major conventions including American Stock Growers and National Live Stock Association will occur alongside the Western Live Stock Show. railroads offer a one fare rate to attendees.
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Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Public Lands Commission
Denver
Forest Service
Pinchot
Congress
West
American Stock Growers
National Live Stock Association
National Wood Growers’ Association
Colorado Cattle & Horse Growers Association
Betsy Ross House Bought by Uncle Sam
Philadelphia reports final payment October 22 1898 for the Betsy Ross Old Flag house at 239 Arch street to be preserved for the nation. A meeting directed by John Quincy Adams led to formation and incorporation of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial association with a goal of national preservation funded by 10 cent membership certificates. The effort claims a million stockholders.
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Betsy Ross
Sam
Philadelphia
Arch Street
John Quincy Adams
Charles H. Weisgarber
American Flag House
Betsy Ross Memorial Association
Catholics Recognize Lay Parishioners in Chicago Archdiocese
The Chicago archdiocese synod approves a new structure where a five layman trustee board and the parish priest manage temporal affairs. The change ends the prior policy that placed full temporal and spiritual administration on the priest.
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Chicago
Synod of
Archdiocese of
Michigan Central and partners offer 1000 mile ticket for 20 dollars
Interchangeable 1000 mile ticket announced by Michigan Central Lake Shore Grand Rapids and Indiana and Wabash railroads valid within Michigan and between Michigan Chicago and Toledo. Also a memo notes plans for a vast four million acre game reserve in Bitterroot region with federal management under Roosevelt support. Hot chicken pie supper to raise funds in Capitol Avenue Theater building on December 19 at 5 cents.
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Metroit
Mich
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Michigan
Chicago
Toledo
Washington, D. C
Butte
Mont
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
United States
Roosevelt
Vaant
Capitol Avenue
Deed Suit Over Pardee Property Disappearance Sparks Court
In Laramie district court Judge Craig hears the case of Mrs Anna Pardee versus Charles Kuster's estate to recover a warranty deed conveying Second Street property. The deed allegedly drawn and signed by Kuster vanished from a bank vault where it was kept with other estate papers. Three witnesses saw it deposited and later found it missing.
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Mra
Pardee
Charles Kuster
Craig
Laramie Boomerang
N. B. Cortell
Groesbeck
C. P. Arnold
Second Street
Anna Pardee
Kuster
Thornburg Street
Bhmke
Johnson Cafe
C. W. Bramel
Ahna Pardee
Man Lies on Tracks Facing Train in Tragic Attempt
The Douglas Budget reports Walter Joyce attempted suicide by lying in front of a Northwestern train. The cow catcher struck him, flipping his body. his leg was severed at the knee by the wheels.
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Douglas Budget
Walter Joyce
Racing Secretaries Meet for Wichita Circuit Support
Racing secretaries from Kansas and Oklahoma Grand circuits gather at the Carey hotel in Wichita to seek Wichita business backing for a permanent racing association. Current circuit members include Topeka, Hutchinson, Newton, Chanute, Eureka, Ottawa, Winfield East, Newkirk and Blackwell.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas and Oklahoma
Carey Hotel
Topeka
Hutchinson
Newton
Chanute
Eureka
Ottawa
Winfield
East
Newkirk and
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Standard Oil posts record profits with Rockefeller dividend
New York December 15 John D Rockefeller receives five million dollars as his share of Standard Oil's quarterly dividend marking a 40 percent total payout for the year amounting to forty nine million dollars. Rockefeller's personal share stands at twenty million with estimated further income doubling the year’s haul.
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Standard Oil
New York
John O. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Russia
Conmumere
United States
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Leader
THE
Valley OF Sunshine
Congressman Mondell
Hio
BLUES
Ellis
Mra. Pardee
W. Seventeenth Street
E. S. Johnston
the Reliable Grocer
W. 17Th St
David Miller
Goode
ALL Goode and Work
Ferguson St
First National Bank
Cheyenne
United States Depository
Thomas A. Cosgriff
Geo, C. Abgott
A. D. Johnstom
Rock Springs
R. S. van Tassell
Fifteenth and
Eddy Streets
McCormick & Gilmore Co
Underwood
Walker & Lee Wyoming
Capitol Ave
Wyo
BON Ton Stable
Jett Nash
Warren Avenue
Pasadena
California
F. Woodbury
Mansa
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