Freight rate battle in Big Horn basin affects Cheyenne trade
Billings business leaders press for fair rates to the Big Horn basin in Wyoming as Burlington construction nears completion. The issue centers on direct rail access and the potential advantage to Omaha wholesalers, with Cheyenne merchants watching for possible shifts in transport costs and market reach.
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Billings
Mont
Big Horn
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Big Horn County
Burlington
Bilrihgx
Omaha
Business Wen
Blindness and tragedy in a Denver family
A Denver surgeon operated to open the eyelids of a newborn girl born blind. Her blind mother and blind father each lost sight at birth or by accident, creating a family with three blind persons and a painful, self-inflicted fate that underscores the piece’s theme that some harms come from thoughtlessness.
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Denver
Wyoming Central Irrigation Project Faces Repeated Delays
The Wyoming Central Irrigation Company claims it is preparing to begin reclaiming lands in the ceded Wind River Siding area but progress is hindered by an unfavorable contract and slow actions by a speculative concern. Residents grow skeptical of the company’s promises amid ongoing weather and financial factors.
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Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Wind River Siding Reservation
Eviener
Wyoming
Dutty
Duffy
Doctora
Land grants to railroads versus homesteads analyzed
A 1907 report summary contrasts federal railroad land grants totaling 159 million acres with 115 million acres patented to homesteaders by 1909. It notes 3.56 million acres patented after 1907 and highlights ongoing railroad claims of 415 million acres. The piece argues homesteads served common people while railroad grants reflected influence of special interests.
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General Land Office
Congressional Record
USSTO
Congress
New Basis for Mother-in-Law Jokes Shocks Vaudeville
An 85-year-old applicant for a New York home for the aged fled a female inmate, shouting You Back to the bread line for me, realizing she was his 115 year old mother in law. The gag signals a fresh source for mother in law humor emerging from cold fact.
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New York
The Chief Shame of America
An analysis cites murder rates and conviction percentages across nations and cities. It argues the United States harbors high homicide totals, low conviction rates in some areas, and compares international outcomes to highlight perceived criminal justice failures.
Crime, Politics and Public Safety in Wartime Courts
The author criticizes private security groups and ward politics as cheap crime deterrents and argues modern police courts fail to curb petty crime. It cites punitive costs on the poor and claims the ward political machine frees criminals, urging reform and accountability. An advertisement for Kodol follows, touting stomach relief and availability at Sarde’s and A. By Roedel drug stores.
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Jewelers’ Protective Association
Bankére’ Association
New York
Sarde
A. By
Roedel Drug Store
D. D. D. Prescription Offered For Skin Ailments
Ordinary off wintergreen thymol glycerine and other ingredients form D. D. D. Prescription now offered in a 25¢ bottle. Ten years of experience show instant relief for sufferers though a permanent cure cannot be guaranteed. Visit Palace Pharmacy for details and ask for D. D. D. Prescription.
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Palace Pharmacy
State Board Begins Annual Inspection Tour
The state board of Charities leaves the city for the northern inspection tour of state institutions. They will visit the Sheridan state hospital and the Soldiers’ home near Buffalo. The party includes Governor and War, State Superintendent A. D., State Treasurer Edwards, and State Auditor LeRoy Gratt. The four left early. the governor joined later at Sheridan.
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State Board of Charities
Ane
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London
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