Peculiar cigar shaped cloud tornado sighted near Orin Junction
Dr. J. M. Wilson reports sighting a horizontal cigar shaped tornado seen from Orin Junction. Witnesses describe trees uprooted rocks lifted and debris hurled as the storm passed, with few injuries. The storm reportedly damaged LaBonte and O. P. Johnston ranches and was unusually non funnel shaped.
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J. M. Wilson
Douglas
Thre LaBonte
O. P. Johnston
Orin Junction
Kansas
Bargain Season in Fruit Arrives in City Markets
Housewives seize lower prices as fruit for preserving arrives with cherries strawberries and tomatoes down about fifty percent since season start. Peaches plums arrive soon with expected further price drops while watermelons and antelopes sell quickly at reasonable rates.
Colorado and Southern Extension Push North to Fairview
J M Herbert general manager of the Colorado and Southern announces expansion work on the Wellington to Fairview line. The extension will run seven and a half miles beyond Fort Collins toward the new town of Fairview, per the Denver-Den Times report.
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Colorado& Southern
Wellington
Fort Collino
Fairview
J.M. Herbert
Denver
New York
Denver Times
Hoboers and Tramps Avoid Cheyenne After Chain Gang Message
Cheyenne sees a sharp drop in hoboes and beggars as word spreads that authorities favor chain gang measures. Police say they have been little bothered by hoboes recently.
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Cheyenne
Big Horse Sale Proving a Success at Rock River
The Gallup hearse sale at Rock River in Albany County has drawn buyers from several states. Horses average about $55 each, with roughly 400 sold daily as the event continues over multiple days.
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Gallup
Rock River
Albany County
Postal Clerks Alter Layoff Schedule on Key Runs
The Cheyenne Ogden run on trains 6 6 9 and 2 and the Cheyenne Pocatello run on trains 4 have reorganized their layoff pattern to take two consecutive shifts and receive double layoffs.
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Cheyenne-Ogden
Cheyenne-Pocatello
Judge Corn Closes Pratt Leiter Case Argument
In district court Judge Corn argues for the plaintiff in the Pratt Leiter case. He expects to finish his address today as part of the ongoing proceedings.
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8. T. Corn
Corn
Union Mercantile Store Reopens After Renovations
Union Mercantile has repapered repainted and thoroughly renovated its big store. Staff reorganized stock along metropolitan lines to create one of the citys handsomest establishments.
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Union Mercantile
Cheyenne Gardens Yield Bumper Crop After Frequent Rains
Cheyenne gardens respond to heavy rains and irrigation with a surplus of homegrown vegetables. Residents report thriving plots and a surge in self-supplied produce across the city.
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Cheyenne
Consistory Rings Made to Order at Buechner's
Buechner's Jewelry advertises custom consistory rings as the only manufacturing jewelers in the state offering tailored pieces.
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Buechner's
Homer Ogden Storm Victim in Wyoming Blizzard
The badly decomposed body of Homer Ogden a sheep herder for Anthony Wilkinson Live Stock Co is found near Grover Colorado after a severe blizzard that raged for days Ogden froze to death his inquest to be held later coroner notified Wilkinson the Wyoming flockmaster is identified as the body found by Leonard Sedgewick reported by The Leader.
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Grover
Cole
Homer Ogden
Anthony Wilkkinson
Ogden
Colorado
Llnois
Anthony Wilkinson
Wyoming
Leonard Sedgewick
Local residents travelers list in regional notes
A sequence of short notices reports Stanhope Blunt to Greeley A D Parshall to Green River and many others visiting or traveling to Denver Lincoln Neb state centers and various western towns including Clark at Lincoln and Sparks in Nevada. The items name residents and their destinations with brief returns from recent trips and visits throughout the region.
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United States
Joe LeFora
West
O. L. Bulkley
Grace Redmond
North Plette
Neb
W. H. Woolston
State Center
F. W. Angier
Union Pacific
John Clark
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Brophy
Denver
Nora
Addie
Charles Bristol
Whipple
Edwards
Omaha
McCarten
John Sparks
Nevada
Ilinois
Thompson Corn
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Rathbone Sisters Cut Dues In Laramie
Hermion temple Rathbone Sisters reduce annual dues to one dollar as the debt-free women's branch of the Knights of Pythias reports upgrades including a carpet and piano. Mrs May Stirling elected most excellent chief and Miss Wilma Trewortha named mistress of records and correspondence. Mrs Allie Lee chosen pianist.
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Rathbone Sisters
Laramie
Wyo
Hermion Temple
May Stirling
Wilma Trewortha
Allie Lee
Lee
Temple
Knights of Pythias
Dymon Lodge
Union Pacific announces season fares for Cheyenne Portland routes
The Union Pacific sets a $40 round trip fare between Cheyenne and Portland via direct routes and a $51 option via California. Tickets go on sale May 23 through September 0 inclusive.
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Union Pacific
Portland
Reurn
California
Raised by Rustlers Report Horse Theft at Grass Creek Pens
Meeteetse Wyoming June 28 Chris Nielsen reports horse thieves raided Grass Creek shearing pens stealing twenty five head. The herd was chased thirty miles and a mare with colt recovered abandoned for inability to keep up with the rest. Descriptions list stock owners Blownie McCann Mexican Frank Dickie Dent Westenburg Wiley Nielsen and others with various brands.
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Meeteetse
Wyo
Chris Nielsen
Grass Creek
B. Blownie
Lew McCann
Mexican Frank
Alex Dickie
A. C. Dent
Ed Westenburg
Quarter Circle
Walt Wiley
Vandalism mysteries in Cheyenne haunt three sites
Over recent weeks Cheyenne reports three vandalism cases with unknown perpetrators. Flowers and decorations were removed from Lakeview Cemetery graves. Furniture and mound markings were damaged at Fire Presbyterian Church. Fifteen trees were destroyed on North Fercoscn Siri.
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Cheyenne
Lakeview Cemetery
Fire Presbyterian Church
North
Fercoscn Siri
Dam Creates Lake At Van Tassel Ranch
A dam at 4 point on the Van Tassel ranch near Islay section house backs artesian well water to form a large lake intended to supply water for a large number of stock.
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van Tassel Ranch
Islay
Bride of University of Wyoming chemist wed in Wichita
Miss Nellie Dryden of Wichita Kansas became the bride of Professor H C Knight a chemistry professor at the University of Wyoming yesterday at her home in Wichita Kansas The ceremony united a Wichita resident with a Wyoming university chemist in a quiet city wedding
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Nellie Dryden
Wichita, Kan
H. C. Knight
University of Wyoming
Henderson Stricken by Paralytic Stroke in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa June 28 D B Henderson former Speaker of the National House of Representatives is confined to his apartments suffering from a slight stroke of paralysis.
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Dubuque
Iowa
D. B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Oregon Woman Owns Giant Copper Piece in Exhibition
Mrs. Mary A. Booth, principal owner of the Golden Standard mine in Josephine County, is credited with the largest piece of native copper shown at the Lewis and Clark exhibition. The medal reflects her mining venture and Oregon’s metal wealth.
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Oregon
Mary A. Booth
Golden Standard
Josephine County
Cheyenne Offers Reward for Tree Destruction Arrest
The city will pay twenty five dollars for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who destroyed a culumber ae trees on upper Ferguson street. D. W. Gill, mayor.
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Cheyenne
Ferguson Street
D. W. Gill
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