Forest Fire Theories Spark Debate In West
Wildfire reports from Eatampment Sheridan and Laramie on August 10 describe forest fires attributed to lightning and a bear attack. Foresters propose a new origin theory while a barn fire on the Wrench ranch destroyed feeds and tools, with cows unharmed. An urban carnival monkey incident drew crowd action near Prinston.
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James Blackhart
Red Park
Sheridan
Wyo
Wrench Ranch
Diets
Removal of Night Marshal Sparks Local Controversy
Hivanston reports the removal of Wilam Carpenter as night marshal by the city council for the good of the community amid rumors he used his nightstick undeservedly. Evanston notes a local druggist J S Roberts injured when a dehorning tool can exploded splashing poison into his eyes. doctors hope to save his sight.
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Hivanston
Wilam Carpenter
Evanston
Roberts
Plumber Henry Cooper Injured In Runaway Incident
Sheridan on Aug 10 reports Henry Cooper a plumber sustained serious injuries when his horse ran away on the business street. Cooper was thrown and dragged headfirst along the hard surface about fifty feet before the horse halted. He is expected to recover.
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Sheridan
Henry Cooper
Cooper
Cheyenne Porch Lights Brighten Up During Visitor Visit
Residents in Cheyenne lit porch lights and brightened streets as visitors stayed in town. The community coordinated hours of lighting to welcome guests and showcase local spirit.
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Cheyenne
Chnyenne
Scotland Yard Detective Crippen Suspected Hoodoo Break
A Scotland Yard detective who arrested Crippen notes a superstition tied to numbers. The woman, living at 1426 Larimer Street in room 18 of a lodging house with a sick husband, cites digits 1845 and 1309 whose sums equal 13 and 12 respectively, and vows to break the 18 hoodoo next year.
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Scotland Yard
Crippen
Larimer Street
City Health Department Targets Soft Drinks in Chicago Slums
In Chicago on August 10 the health department fights a rising intake of carbonated drinks and ice cream laced with bugs floor sweepings and colorings. Inspectors target push carts and street stands amid slum crowds while warning residents not to mix Lake Michigan water with whisky as a sunstroke risk. Knights Templar visitors urged to drink pure Lake Michigan water and skip beer, with cautions that a sunstroke is often a beer stroke.
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Knights Templar
Chicago
Michigan
Health Department
Knidits Templar
Lake Michigan
Kentucky
MISSOURI WOMAN CLAIMS LINCOLN AX FORGED IN HISTORY
Montgomery Aug 19 Mrs Savala Vendaveer of this area says she possesses the ax Abraham Lincoln used to make rails with her uncle William Smith in nearby Indiana. She places Lincoln with her family in Indiana when he was about 16, noting his tall frame straw hat and skill with an ax.
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Lincoln
Montgomery
Savala Vendaveer
Abraham Lincoln
William Smith
Gentry County
Indiana
Vanda- Veer
Farma Indiana
Lincolm
Kentuky
Nancy Hanks
William
Woman Seeks New Dog Tag After Unlucky Thirteen
Mrs J M Harper of 1426 Larfar atroot filed a dog license for her dog Happy P hooligan on April 44 and now asks the city license inspector to replace the tag number 13 with another. She says thirteen is unlucky and that the hoodoo is active, noting the renewal will fall on the same date as the original.
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Denver Colo
J. M. Harper
Larfar
Mixed Telegram Briefs From Across the Nation
A flood of short dispatches reports fires in Wisconsin lumber country losses near a million dollars, troop movements in Columbus, and police handling strike affairs in Columbia. Roosevelt’s conservation plan is deemed dead by the state department. A Pennsylvania railroad express hits a car at Cape May killing five. A Colorado hunt ends after a hunter shoots a wild creature in a cow barn. A murder mystery in Greeley lingers without progress. An attempted poisoning case appears in Mereland. Chicago insurers face rate hikes as Lloyds shifts risk.
Freight rate increase on live stock suspended
Washington Aug 10 Promised advances in the freight rate on live stock of 2 1 4 cents a hundred pounds between Missouri river and Minnesota river points which were to have become effective Aug 16 will be suspended pending an inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission into the reasonableness of the increase.
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Wivestock
Suspen
Washington
Missouri River
Minnesppi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tah City Lots and Priced Trams and Priors Sale
Property listing notes lots in all parts of Tah City with trams and priors to suit. Contact Oliver at phone 574 for details on available parcels and pricing.
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Tah City
Oliver
Sturgeon Foils Boat Over Falls Near Niagara
A 150 pound sturgeon leaped at a searchlight in a motor boat two miles above Niagara Falls near La Salle, nearly tipping the boat over the falls. The creature struck the boat, injuring Miss Nellie Johnson of this city and disabling the engine as the party of three battled to regain control.
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Gouover Falls
Niagara Falls
la Salle
Nellie Johnoon
Cheyenne Clothes Pressing Cleaning & Dyeing Works Ad
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Citeyenne
A. Rew
Raymond's
Cheyenne
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