Cheyenne Wholesaling Boosts for Two Transcontinental Railroads
H H Smith of Des Moines told Cheyenne businessmen at the Industrial club dinner that Cheyenne’s location as a crossroad for two transcontinental railroads and its high altitude and air purity favor wholesale trade. He urged a regional freight bureau to improve through and distributing rates and to show local backing by merchants to attract new enterprise.
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H. H. Smith
Des Moines
Ind
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Iran
Colorado Common Point
Ag Aveh
Colorado
Deede
New Enterprisen Aloum
Chased Out of a Tower Light Keeper Obtains Divorce
Fall River Mass December 10 Joseph Meyer keeper of the lighthouse on Borden flats Mount Hope bay secured a divorce from Esther Meyer on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment. They wed in September 1910 in Shanhin China and moved to the lighthouse four years later. He testified she refused government pork rations and once chased him with a knife in the lighthouse.
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Fall River Mass
Joseph Meyer
Borden Flats
Mount Hope Bay
Esther Meyer
Jathe Aiken
Superior Court
Ibel
Meyer
Shanhim
China
Ighthouse
Morden
Mra. Meyer
Russia
France
Gridiron Club Delights Taft With Political Parodies
At the Gridiron Club fall dinner in Washington, Taft and cabinet members joined journalists in staged sketches spoofing political figures. The Mikado themed sequence targeted Uncle Joe Cannon and other leaders while a later lantern display foreshadowed a Democratic advance, with figures like Clark, Harmon, Dix, and Wilson portrayed amid chorus and satire.
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Washington
Fpolitico
Gridiron Club
Taft
Sherman
Congress
Victor
Vanggulehed
Joe
Cannon
Victor Murdock
la Follette
Ko Ko
Longworth
Uncle Joe
Champ Clark
Pennsylvania
Clark
Tle
Paynol
Payne
Ollie James
Wile Payne
Dalzell
Ollie James Clark
Milas
Dreas
Ha Multers
Lovernor Juded
Cindi
Railroad executives tour survey north of Greeley to Wyoming coal fields
Denver leaders Johnson and Green and aides Dodge and George inspect the line north of Greeley. They plan to reach Pinh Creek canyon near the Wyoming line and possibly Kent coal fields. Work accelerates on Fish Creek canyon including Royal Butte tunnel. a 400 foot tunnel is completed and deemed the only one needed.
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Denver
Johnson
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad
W. E F. Green
D. C. Dodge
Herbert George
Greeley
Pinh Creek Canon
Wyoming
Kent
Wyo
Fish Creek Canon
Royal Butte
Tilo
Woman Faints As Octopus Grips Her Ankle On Pier
Mrs Jesse MacDonald wife of Tucson mining magnate reacts with fright when a two foot octopus grabs her ankle on the Long Beach pier Spectators aid in detaining the sea creature A fisherman uses a knife to free her after the tentacle holds firm awaiting medical assessment
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Long Beach
Calif
Jesse MacDonald
Tucson
Arizona
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ELKS
Morris
Dave
Sewleg
Peewee
Princess Drea Brass
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Kildegarten
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Dix
Charles
F. Murphy
Tecase
Democratic Party
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Woodrow Wilson
Democracy
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Ker
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Wallstreat
Genteman
Yellowstone Park
Pasadena
Cal
Madison
Neb
Drugelste
Western Electropode Co
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Oud
Opee
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