Cheyenne Readies Brick Plant Amid Freight Rate Hurdle
Final arrangements are under way to build a brick and tile factory in Cheyenne owned by local capital. The plant aims to use Laramie county clay tested as high grade material, with rail freight rates on clay and bricks being the sole obstacle. A stockholders committee will travel to Denver to negotiate rates with the Colorado and Southern railroad, after which construction may begin.
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Cheyenne
Laramie County
Industrial Club
A. D. Kelsey
Iron Mountain
Silver Crown
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad
Colorado # Southern railroad company
Denver
Parker
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Paget to Remain Key Manager at Albany Denver
The notice that Mr. F W Paget would leave the Albany hotel in Denver was controversial yet indicates he will continue as the principal ally to Mosarston and Eppstein. Paget remains trusted and valuable to the pair amid unrest.
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F. W. Paget
Albany
Denver
Paget
Mosarston
Eppstein
Mi-16
Stanton lawmaker objects to Confederate likeness on Mississippi silver service
Representative Hollingsworth of Ohio prepared a House resolution opposing a Confederate likeness on the silver service for the battleship Mississippi. The plan angered officers and men who would view the tribute as unworthy of the U S government. The ship, under Captain John C Fremont, is due to cruise the Mississippi next month and receive the service during the voyage. The resolution was dropped after objections.
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Mississippi
Washington
Davis
Cocracy
Hal Ungeworth
Cadz
Ohio
Hollingsworth
Valentine Hollingsworth
America
William Penn
John C. Fremont
Ailver
Jilted Lover Kills Her Then Ends Own Life in College Town
Porter Smith of Chicago, a Dartmouth graduate, shot Helen Ayer Marden a Smith College senior after she declined his marriage proposal. Smith then fatally shot himself as bystanders watched. Marden, daughter of Frank Marden of Somerville, died before noon. A separate line notes England and Wales have 750,000 paupers.
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Northampton
Mass
Porter Smith
Chicago
Dartemouth College
Helen Ayer Marden
Smith College
Miss Marden
Frank Marden
Somerville
Smith
Stockwell Recommends Grade Based Pay for Teachers
The annual report from Superintendent Stockwell to the Cheyenne school board outlines a 1,526 pupil enrollment across all schools and a proposed salary schedule. Beginning teachers would earn $65 monthly, rising with years of service, with top grades and high school staff receiving higher scale and professional exam progressions. The report also pushes for manual training, domestic science, oral training, library expansion, gymnasium, a night school, and revised high school grouping to improve instruction.
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Board of Education
Stockwell
Cheyenne
Wm. Storey
A. D. Johnston
Central
Corlett
Johnson
Converse
Bellayes
Ambalant
Woebsterion Society
Wife of Bull Patten Treated as Religious Figure
In Greeley Colorado on April 30 report says James A Patten of Chicago began to exit the market due to his wife's scruples about cornering food supplies. Mrs Patten Lonnie Buchanan once worked as a bookkeeper at First National Bank and was a Sunday school teacher and devout United Presbyterian member.
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Bull
J. M. Wallace
Patten
Chicago
Twins Die Same Day Buried Together
Marion and Marie Nelson, twin daughters of Oscar Nelson, died within four hours of each other after a three week battle for life in Kemmerer Wye. The children were interred in a single casket.
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Kemmerer
Wye
Marion
Marie
Oscar Nelson
Sovres Wine satin sown With allver jaoe
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Molson and a rive like Molson River with uncertain phrases and misread words, no clear event or identities to anchor a full news item. The readable portion lacks coherent facts for a solid summary card.
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Colorado
England and
Wales
WYO. LUMBER #& SUPPLY CO
Gilcrest Lumber CO
P. J. Black
Paris
Rae Faure Cork
Heny Mwikald CO
Minnesota Paints
A. E. Roedel
West
Caritol Market
W. 11Th St
Davidron & Kingham
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
F. H. Gilcrest Lumber
Reed Sts
Wheatland’s
Greeley
Ft. Collins
Loveland
Windsor
Ratan
Wheatland
Wyoming
J. R. Mason
Cheyenne Transfer Co
Murray, Mor
Bells Rock Springs Coal
Salina
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