Governor Johnson to Speak in Cheyenne August 30
Governor Johnson of California, Roosevelt running mate on the Bull Moose ticket, will address Cheyenne on the evening of August 30. Delegates from Wyoming to the Roosevelt convention in Chicago plan arrangements, with possible venues including City Park or Capitol Avenue theater. He will also tour Rock Springs on August 29 and Laramie on August 30 as part of a nationwide stump tour.
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Johnson
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Taft
Chicago
Republican Steam Roller
Cheyenne
Aump
Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
United States
Carey
Roy Schenck
Oth
Wyoming
Capitol Avenue Theater
Rock Springs
Wyo
Laramie
Lieut Chant Reported Living High Among New York Banks
Second Lieutenant Earle M Chant of the Eleventh Infantry, who deserted at Pole Mountain during maneuvers, is said to be living in style at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Cheyenne banks reportedly suffered as he signed and cashed checks. Chant, once a noted Fort D A Russell officer, enlisted in Chicago and served three terms before his 1909 commission. He deserted August 2, was seen afterward in Cheyenne, then disappeared until recently.
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Earle M. Chant
Eleventh Infantry
Pole Mountain
Cheyenne Banks
Chant
Hotel Astor
New York City
Fort D. A. Russell
Coast Artillery
Chicago
Cheyenne
Champ Clark to Campaign in Maine for Democrats
Seagirt New Jersey August 21 Governor Wilson announced that Speaker Champ Clark will stump Maine for the Democratic ticket before September gubernatorial elections. Governor Marshall the vice presidential nominee and Representative Henry of Texas will also campaign in Maine while Harmon of Ohio is said to address the Middle West for the national ticket.
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Seagirt
N. J
Champ Clark
Maine
Wilson
Marshall
Henry
Texas
Harmon
Ohio
Middle West
Weather Outlook for Wyoming: Fair Thursday and Friday
The forecast from Washington lists Wyoming as fair on Thursday and Friday with little change in temperatures. No precipitation is expected and conditions remain warm.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
City Council Grants Licences and Approves Repairs
The postponed city council meeting covered routine business with two members absent. Licences for messengers were approved with an added bond requirement, and a permit granted for a shingle roof on the Method at parsonage. Salaries and sewer plans were discussed, plus bids, fire alarm improvements, and cement walk projects. The council adjourned after reports on water conditions.
Democrats Strong in Primaries Hint at Contests
Primary voting across Cheyenne and surrounding districts shows Democrats ahead in hot races for sheriff and county clerk while mayoral contests loom. Voters flocked to cast ballots to influence local candidates, with scrambed ballots and contested nominations signaling tense November elections.
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Cheyenne
Astrewitt
Belmne
Dan W. Gill
Henry Sweet
Sweat
L. C. Hinkle
Gill
Kabis
L. C. Winkle
Sweet
Hutkle
Thomas J. Fahey
Congress
John J. Spri
Wf. Dilbnan
R. A. Grace
Wealthy youth dies on Union Pacific train near here
Daniel Bronson 22 of Hamilton Ohio died on Union Pacific train No 7 while speeding between Sherman Hill and the city. He had been visiting the Pacific coast for health and was returning with his parents aiming to die at his old home. The remains were sent to Cheyenne after the death.
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U. P
Union Pacific
Sherman Hill
Daniel Bronson
Hamilton
Ohio
Pacific
Cheyenne
Count of Turin Emerges as Ace Aviator in Milan
The Count of Turin trains at Gallarate military aviation school and writes to Duke Abruzzi about the thrill of flight. He contemplates starting a regular air service between Sicily and Tripoli with a stop at Malta, seeking royal approval.
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Rome
Duchess D'Aosta
Bue
France
Maurice Farman
Count of
Turin
Gallarate
Degil Abruzzi
Sicily
Tyripoli
Malta
Record Steer Sale Makes Top Omaha Market Price
Four dozen Wyoming grass steers averaging 1250 pounds sold as feeders in Omaha for 5.00 per hundred, the highest price ever paid on any market for feeding cattle. Shipment by D. R. Whitaker of Cheyenne, Wyo., sent to Iowa feeders.
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Wyoming
Omaha
D. R. Whitaker
Cheyenne
Wyo
Iowa
Rockefeller Plans Local Police at Pocantico Hills
At Pocantico Hills New York John D Rockefeller asks the sheriff to keep his security plan active until town officials can fund a permanent police force. Deputies guard the estate after threats to Superintendent Briggs and a reported robbery near the grounds. Two Rockefeller children are ill with whooping cough but not in serious danger.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantlco Hills
Rockefeller
Doyle
Fred
Briggs
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pocantico Hula
Maine
Stockton Man Receives Weekly Injury Judgment
For fourteen years Harry Christ of Stockton has received 1.30 weekly from Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company as compensation for an eye injury suffered in a trench in Stockton. By December 1912 the total installments will reach 946.40 with a separate 100 physician fee awarded but not paid in cash. The case was brought under the Employers' Liability Act of 1911.
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Stockton
Cal
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Harry Christ
Stockaton
E. F. Morgan
Detective Burns Victim of a Plot in Denver
William J. Burns, the detective, is confined to his hotel room in Denver suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Rumors say he was the target of a poison plot, but credibility is limited. He had returned from Pueblo after addressing the Colorado Bankers' association, and physicians were summoned soon after.
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Denver
Colo
William J. Burns
Burns
Pueblo
Colorado Bankers’ Association
Revolt Growing Fast in Albania as Insurgents Advance
London dispatch reports Albanian insurgents control Usakiwp and move toward Saloniki with 800 rebels at Keupreutu. Turkish cabinet meets to resist, while assassinations of officers continue. Insurgents aim to pressure the government or restore Abdul Hamid. Ottoman cabinet crisis looms as the government seeks a 7.5 million dollar loan.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
Saloniki
Keupreutu
Albania
Abdul Hammed
Theodore Roosevelt Impostor Arrested After Union Pacific Incident
Officer Carl Christiansen detained Otto Drexel of Nebraska at the Union Pacific station after Drexel, claiming to be Theodore Roosevelt, caused a disturbance. Drexel resisted when taken to county jail for safety and medical observations. he has a brother in the city and has been in town for some time.
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Carl Christiansen
Otto Drexel
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Drexel
Christiansen
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Bull Moore
Parting Between Lewis and Clark by Noted Painter
Helena Montana August 21 On view in the state capitol Charlies M Russell student of the Indian presents a large canvas depicting the parting of Lewis and Clark with the Flathead Indians. The twelve by twenty five foot painting shows Bitterroot peaks sunset sky an Indian encampment and war chiefs in buckskin with lances near the foreground while a peace pile is held by a medalline man.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Charlies M. Russell
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Bitter Root
Ross’ Hole
Election results create bustle on the street front
The Leader Bulletin reports yesterday morning’s election results drew crowds and created standing room only in front of the paper’s office. The results included several surprises and readers offered numerous comments.
Trades and Labor Assembly Plans Lake Minnehaha Event
Cheyenne Trade and Labor Assembly outlines a Labor Day celebration at Lake Minnehaha. A noon procession from Wagles' hall, led by the Cheyenne band, will march through downtown to the lake. The program includes multiple races and contests with three prizes each. fraternal groups will join the parade. no charges for any activities.
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Cheyenne Trade and Labor Assembly
Lake Minnehaha
Trades and Labor Assembly
Wagles’ Hall
Flag of General Jackson Found Lost For Years
Former Lieutenant Governor J Taylor Ellyson left Trenton with what he believed was the long lost division headquarters flag of Stonewall Jackson, captured at Chancellorsville in 1863. He said if confirmed the flag would be returned to authorities by a New Jersey militia escorting Governor Woodrow Wilson.
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Trenton
N. J
J. Taylor Ellyson
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Jackson
Ellyson
General Jackson
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Virginia State Committee
Wilson
Virginia Confederate Memorial Association
Statehouse
Witbur F. Sadler
Face gnawed by rats in Omaha rooming house death
Miss Mamie Carter found dead in her room at a Omaha rooming house her face badly mutilated by rats initially misattributed to a gunshot Christ Kalmbach the proprietor forced entry and reported she had heart trouble and possible suicide no conclusive cause given a letter to a younger sister in Ciba Iowa links her to former residence in that town
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Omaha
Neb
Atte
Mamie Carter
Lato
Christ Kalmbach
Kulmbach
Déith
II Ciba
Mise Carter
Sheridan County vote totals amid missing precincts
In Sheridan County the overall vote count is incomplete with two precincts uncounted. Kendrick leads with 1075, Mondell 944, Warren 789, Fahey 585, Spriggs 240. results include scratchings and notes of light turnout in Sinclair area.
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Sheridan County
Kendrick
Warren
Mondell
Fahey
Spriggs
Sinclair
Leper Case At Kansas City General Hospital
Edmond O Dowd a 22 year old orderly at the General Hospital in Kansas City is diagnosed with syteractions of the hospital and health authorities. Missouri has no leper colony and the father in California has not replied to a telegram seeking guidance. If the father cannot be found the case may vanish much like a Creek leper who contracted the disease at the hospital a year ago.
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Kansas City
The
General Hospital
Hospital
Ihealth
Edmond O'Dowd
W. L. Lusecher
California
Texas
Missouri
O'Dowd
Visit of Secretary Stimson Delayed by Congress
Secretary of War Stimson’s planned visit to Port Hassell is postponed until Congress adjourns, delaying troop movements and field preparations. Units already set up camp infrastructure and communications at the post, while a detachment prepares for a Loveland march and the Larimer County Fair schedule.
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Stimson
Congress
Port
D. A
Pola Mountain
Plimnea
Poole
Tia
Secretary of War
Ninth Cavalry
Loveland
Calo
Larimer County
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R. L. la Fountaine
J. W. Cramer
Rolfe
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McGarvey
Comet
Keatine
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K Tronstle
Police and Fire Committee
Charee
Mensenger
Expresisen
Troastio
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Heer Goodrith
Fort Russell
Fila
Tieaday
Spathely
Stockman
Detective Burns
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Joseph E. Bantynaki
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John C. Johnston
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