Saloons to Close Midnight and Sundays in Cheyenne
The Cheyenne city council introduced two ordinances by Alderman A H Trump to close saloons at midnight and keep them closed until 5 am on weekdays and from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday. The measures exempt hotels restaurants drug stores and printing offices from the midnight ban while Sunday closing targets saloons only.
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Cheyenne
A. H. Trump
Sweet
Police Committee
la Fountain
Third Ward
Justice Bruner
Detroit Clinches Close American League Pennant
Detroit wins the pennant in a tight race by defeating Chicago 7 to 0 in Detroit. Chicago used White Walsh and Smith as pitchers but could not halt Donovan and the Detroit offense which produced four runs in the first inning. Chicago managed only two hits and left a runner on second base once.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
White
Walsh
Smith
Detroits
Donovan
Gold Produced in Alaska During 1908
Beattie Oct 6 The government assay office in Seattle handles about 60 percent of Alaska and Yukon gold production, with the rest shipped to San Francisco Philadelphia mint or the Canadian mint. First eight months 1908 receipts totaled 10 082 240 dollars, vs 8 132 875 in 1907. September October averages 2 500 000 and November December around 950 000 each, likely exceeding by about 15 percent in 1908.
Lost Wyoming student reappears in Canada
Lee A. Wolford of Grand Encampment Wyoming, a Kalamazoo Michigan college student, who vanished two weeks ago, surfaces in Manitoba working for the Canadian government. In a letter he says he left college due to despondency over his prospects for earning a degree.
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Detroit
Lee A. Wolford
Wyo
Kalamazog Mich
Manitoba
Mob fatally harms man as daughter linked to charges in Texas
In Glenfora Texas on October 6 a Black man named Ben Price was taken from custody by a mob and died near a tree in the street. He had been held on a charge related to his own daughter, who is 16 years old, and the mob's action follows the same case.
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Schilling
Carlisle
Cheyenne
Cook
Fort Russell
Twenty-sixth
Twenty-seventh Streets
Warren
Twenty-eighth
Thames Streets
Ferguson Street
Carey Avenue
Glenfora
Tex
Ben Price
Board of Trustees
Gramm-Hebard
Miss Hebard
Explorer Frederick E Cook May Be Lost In Arctic
New York reports Dr Frederick E Cook the Brooklyn explorer who claimed Mount McKinley ascent may be lost in the Arctic. Friends seek financier John R Bradley to fund a searching expedition after a May letter from Cook from Cape Hubbard northward.
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New York
Frederick E. Cook
Brooklyn
Lofty
Mount McKinley
Arctic
John R. Bradley
Cook
North Pole
Cape Hubbard
Ellsmoreland
Mr. Bradley
Bradley
Greenland
Smith's Sound
Ellsmereland
Presidency Used as Political Asset
In Fairview Nebraska on October 6 Mr. Bryan released a statement criticising the president for using the office as a party asset. He cites a New York Tribune editorial from 1882 praising Press Arthur for not directing election campaigns and says the sentiment aligns with his own criticism.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
New York Tribune
Press- Arthur
Tam
Silver Service for the Cruiser Colorado
In San Francisco on Oct 6 a ceremony presented a silver service valued at 10000 dollars to the U S cruiser Colorado. Attorney General W H Dickson of Colorado gave the presentation speech and Capt Underwood accepted the gift amid band music and flags. Notables included former Governor J H Peabody and Thomas P F Walsh of the Colorado delegation. Miss Cora Peabody christened the ship.
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San Franccisco
United States
Colorado
Beara
W. H. Dickson
Underwood
J. H. Peabody
Thos. PF. Walsh
Travis
Cora Peabody
Weather Outlook For Colorado Wyoming Dates
Weather report from Washington notes fall conditions for Colorado and Wyoming on Wednesday and Thursday with warmer Wednesday. It lists 24 Neel loans at 6 p.m. Oct 6, including maximum 53 degrees and minimum 32 degrees with trace precipitation. Palmer, Section Director.
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Washington
Colorado
Wyoming
Palmer
Bectlon
Roosevelt Campaign Money Allegations Surface in Baltimore
In Baltimore on October 6 Judge Parker questioned campaign finance, accusing Cortelyou of accepting and failing to return a $100,000 Standard Oil gift in 1904. He argued Roosevelt rewarded Cortelyou for not returning funds, highlighting trust enforcement and political favoritism amid criticism of Taft and Harriman.
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Baltimore
Judge B. Parker
New York
Isadore Raytor
Parker
Bryan
Ike Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Avery Democrat
United States
William J. Bryan
Haskell
Stan Ofl Company
Standard Oil Company
Cortelyou
National Committee
Standard Oi! Company
National League Allows Replay for New York Chicago Tie
National League directors officially decide the September 23 New York Chicago game protest stands as a tie and may be replayed if the pennant race rules require it. New York management has requested a replay.
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Cincinnati
National League
New York
Chicago
University Management Attacked in Albany County Nominating Fight
The Albany county Democrats nominate Prof. Hadley W. Quaintance for the House of Representatives amid sharp criticism of University of Wyoming administration. The Laramie Boomerang accuses officials of promoting Grace Raymond Hebard and denounces Quaintance’s dismissal as part of a wider perceived rot in university governance.
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Hadley W. Quaintance
Albany County
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Laramie
Quaintance
University of Wyoming
Tisdel
Cirelea
Grace Raymond Hebard
Board of Trustees
Austrian Emperor Announces Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
London reports Emperor Francis Joseph formally proclaims the practical annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria Hungary. Turkey calls for protection of obligations under the Berlin treaty while Servia protested. powers debate an international conference within months.
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London
Berlin
Francis Joseph
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Turkey
Austria
Bulgaria
Servia
Bosnia
Chicago drainage canal a failure prediction voiced
Chicago officials warned the $50 million drainage canal cannot meet future needs as lake water and sanitary rules rise with population. Col W H Bixby said five percent of upper lake outflow now goes to Chicago and would reach 15 to 20 percent later, a level the federal government would not permit. He dismissed the canal approach as relic of the dark ages and forecast the harbor’s lakefront basin would remain a makeshift.
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Chicago
Col. W. H. Bixby
Department of the Lakes
St. Louis
United States
Col. Bixby
Chicago Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Government funds river improvements and boats grow faster
A speaker argues that government spending will not provide river improvements and urges private investment. He asserts Uncle Sam won’t waste money on useless dredging and contends that with the millions spent, private boats will grow the river’s size faster than any public project.
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Sam
Canadian strikers claim they were sold at mass meeting
Winnipeg, Canada, Oct. 6. Great indignation rose at a mass meeting of Gapadian Pa elie railway strikers who say they were asked to return under worse conditions than before the strike. Speakers urged that there had been a sell out by supporters.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Gapadian Paelie Railway
Real Estate Sales Report From Local Dealer List
J M Newman sold to Margaret N Goodrich for Mary A Cooper lot 5 in block 112 at Twenty fifth and Evans corner with a modern improved home for 5000 dollars. Also sold to Mambevelle for J Wilmot the south half of lots 7 and 8 in block 100 located at 2604 Warren avenue with a modern cottage for 2200 dollars.
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J. M.newman
Margaret N. Goodrich
Mary A. Cooper
Twenty-fifth
Evans Streets
Mambevelle
J. ©. Wilmot
Warren Avenue
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