Fossil Fish Collection At Rockwell Curio Store Draws Crowd
In Cheyenne a display of several hundred fossil fishes at 1610 Capitol Avenue attracts many visitors. The collection, owned by R. L. Craig and Thomas Holland of Fossati Wyoming, has taken sixteen years to assemble and has supplied major universities and museums including Smithsonian Yale Harvard Princeton. One specimen, a lepidostrus from before the tertiary period, sold for 300 to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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J. L. Rockwell Curio
Capitol Avenues
R. L. Craig
Thomas Holland
Fossati
Uinta County
Wyoming
Craig
Europe
Smithsonian Institute
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Jong
Fossil Quest Reveals Global Interest and Alaska Quarry Work
Mr Craig explains fossil finds on Uncle Samoas public lands. fossils age thousands of years and the mining method requires skill. He notes Japan Germany and other nations show interest while some nationalities ignore them. Quarries are near the peaks in Witte county with slabs split to reveal specimens.
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Craig
Japan
Samoa
Witte County
Mr. Craim
Frontier Week Vendor Mrs Turpin at 17th and Holdy
Mrs M A Turpin will set up a Frontier week stand at the corner of 17th and Holdy street offering a full line of Frontier souvenirs and novelties. She invites patronage from friends and Frontier visitors.
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M. A. Turpin
17Th and
Holdy Street
Frontier notes and city briefs sweep Cheyenne
Free pencils with shoes at Wasser man’s catch eyes at city event notices. Burlington depot becomes visitors’ headquarter site replacing C W Rimer office. Gov Brooks visits with his brother John Brooks of Boston. Wagon wreck at Eighteenth and O Neill streets after horse release. Over a thousand railroad men ride Cheyenne to Denver for a Frontier event. Harold Brinker to race his American car at Frontier park next Tuesday. Central school well driller reports water below one hundred feet but not artesian. Civil service exams listed for Cheyenne post office including packer operator map engraver telephonist and hospital attendant positions with varied salaries.
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Harold Brinker
Cheyenne
Frontier Park
Sept Zi
Packer
Government Hospital
Gilded boot landmark removed for progress in Cheyenne
Cheyenne marks the removal of the large gilded boot sign after a city council vote to eliminate sidewalk business signs. The boot had stood 36 years as a "Mate guard" over the Boy Clovking and Shoe store on Carey avenue, and is now gone.
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Cheyenne
Carey Avenue
Missing Youth and Evangelist From Boston Sought in West
A circular from the Massachusetts leader seeks help identifying Joseph E. Hubbard a missing Boston youth described as one year old by age six feet five inches tall and 120 pounds who went west to evangelize among western Indians. A letter from Thomas I Gasson appeals for information and publicity to locate the boy after a possible fatal railway accident near Solon and Cheyenne.
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Joseph E. Hubbard
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Solon
Boston
Creci Courty
Free $3.50 recipe claims to cure kidney ailments
An advertisement offers a free remedy said to stop bladder and kidney pain within a week. It promises a quick recovery from weakness and other symptoms and invites readers to request a copy from Dr. A. Kh. Robinson in Detroit Michigan.
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Rea
Dr. A. Kh. Robinson
Luck
Detroit
Mich
Record pace set for conclave hosts in coming cities
A brief note says the record set will be a difficult pace for Denver and other cities where the conclave may be held, signaling strong performance expectations and potential travel or hosting challenges.
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Pendenta
Denver
Harlems Institute Leads in High-Playe Work
The HarLmh Institute claims exclusive expertise in a high level field in the United States. For years its Chief Doctor served as a chief physician for the Woodbury Institutes, establishing strong credentials. A lamped booklet is offered, or a direct call to discuss the doctor’s methods. Address unclear.
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United States
Marlee Institute
Hewi
Woodbury Institutes
Midethig
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Ruy Batt
Park
Barry’s
Bell Telephone
HSH
Tiugars
Gqhinaman Winlufiter
Post
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Wasserman’s
Frontier
Burlington Depot
C. W. Rimer
Brooks
John Brooks
Boson, Mass
Tle
Eighteenth and
O'Niel Streets
Boston College
Massachusetts
Lnd
Union Pacific
The
Cheyenne State Leader
Carbon
Thomas I. Gasson
J. P
Sali
Ingersolia
Knights Templar
Chicago
Knights
Curt M. Treat
Convention Bureau
Association of Commerce
Joseph BE. Halibard
Capitol
F. Stahle
Lessee
Mer
Wilton Lackaye
Liebler & CO
Cleveland
Moffett
Seat Sale
Palace Pharmacy
Sherman Co
Or & Bottion
Olrenlarc Ok
Robert Frothingham
Butterick Building
Earle Institutes
Symes
Dényer
Colo
Broadway Central
Los Angeles
Calif
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