Wyoming News: Sulphur Property Sold to New York Investor
Cody reports Hon. Georg T. Teck returns with word that the Ralphur Mining and Milling Co. property has been sold on a nine month option to Walton Ferguson of New York. Ferguson via attorney Mr. Bock agrees to pay up to 250000 if engineers report favorably, with initial payments totaling 25000 already made and 15000 due in March. The Sulphur Mining property lies 10 miles northwest of Cody and was recently incorporated for half a million.
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Cody
Georg T. Teck
Wven
Ralphur Mining and Milling Co
Walton Ferguson
New York
Bock
Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Sunlight Creek
Sulphur Mining and Milling
Fatal accident in Montana claims N C Shaw
Word arrives of N C Shaw's death after a doubled pronged toy fork descended from a barn gable in Plains Montana. He was about fifty, struck in the neck and lung while descending from the livery barn before the fatal impaling event. He leaves a wife in Plains and two children in Horrible Death Ranchester.
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Ranchester
N. C. Shaw
Shaw
Plaine, Mont
Wella & Remick
Plains, Mont
Ready Cody to Install New County Jail Equipment
The county jail cells and equipment have arrived and next week a Stewart Iron Works representative from Cincinnati will install and test the material. Heating and plumbing by Mr. Carpenter were completed several weeks ago, bringing the jail closer to readiness for use.
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Cody
Stewart Lron Works
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carpenter
New Block Sheridan Plans Erected Opposite Depot
Feb 28 report says a modern two story business block 60 by 62 feet will rise opposite the new depot in Sheridan. Estimated cost exceeds $20,000 with plans drawn and a contract likely to be let soon. The wire owned by CO Godwin and Rufus Hannay backs the project.
Colg and Grip Remedy Adanticipates Campaign Prizes
An old Colg and Grip advertisement promises headache relief from colds and laxative effects of Quinine as part of a nationwide remedy. It urges readers to join the Leader's deviation campaign, examining a campaign map and starting to win, touting valuable prizes.
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W. Ikove
Coal Mine at Carneyville Shuts Down Amid Dispute
Sheridan February 24 The Carneyville coal mine is idle after a misunderstanding between operators and workers. About 300 miners are affected as the shutdown was authorized without the district 22 officials approval. Union leaders accuse a contract violation though authorities say the issue stems from misinterpretation. District 22 leaders are en route and an executive board meeting in Sheridan is planned to settle the dispute.
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Sheridan
Carneyville
Thomas Gibson
Carneyville Union
Coal Mining Company
Elk herd taken for two legged Elk a prank spurs Elks joke
Sundance Wyoming February 28 The 22 young elk captured in the Jackson Hole country and driven to the Boyden ranch near Sundance were inspected by hundreds of Elks after a prank sparked by Sidney Nebraska residents telegraphing that a special train with Elks was en route for the Black Hills. The elk were pampered and corralled then to be fed pollspring and later released at Sand Creek to repopulate the region.
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Sundance
Wyo
Jackson Hole
Boyden Ranch
Nebraska
South Dakota
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Sidney
Neb
Sidneyiten
Black Hilla
Danker Point
Sand Creek
Scarlet fever ravaging the people of Dietz
Sheridan February 28. The scarlet fever scare at Dietz has prompted Dr Anna Hurd to assume control and deputize two officers to arrest violators of quarantine laws. Twenty one families host forty one cases. six to eighteen more typhoid cases reported in the mining camp. Authorities blame water supply and unsanitary conditions. four families shared a single house. Both locals and foreigners affected.
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Sheridan
Dietz
Anna ©. Hurd
State Board of Health
Dietz Proper
Dietz No. 6
Hotel expansion planned in Medicine Row by Graney
J W Graney announces plans to build a second large hotel at Medicine Row. Albany county district court prepares for forty four criminal docket cases in March term. Juvenile delinquents on parole must report to the judge. Mrs A Eldred named deputy county clerk at Cody succeeding Elizabeth Williams who resigned.
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J. W. Graney
Medicine Row
Albany County District Court
Mra
A. Eldred
Cody
Elizabeth Williams
President’s Columbus exposition framed as candidacy push
A fragmented excerpt suggests a speech in Columbus was used to launch a presidential candidacy rather than to defend a guiding principle. The text implies the work mixed doctrinal framing with a declared bid for the presidency, undermining its earlier nonpartisan stance.
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Columbus
Knights Form Odd Bath Tub Fraternal Group
A quirky local item reports a male-only group forming called the Knights of the Bath Tub. Members must have been guests for a week and know a pre word and yell. Officers named include Major Mogul, Dad Weiland, Minor Mogul, Vaylor, Scribbo Owen. Yell: Rickety Rickety Russ. Motto: Mo for the bath tub.
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Thermopolis
Fob
MeGannon
Knights of the Hath
Dad
Weiland
Vaylor
Scribbo
Owen
Russ
Cunningham Dies After Severe Frostbite and Amputations
In Moorecroft on February 28 Khay Cunningham, a deep herder, froze both feet in a recent storm. He was sent to Omaha for treatment but died there from shock after the Hycemery amputation of both feet.
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Moorecroft
Khay Cunningham
Omaha
Breen admits touching Diehl and describes hotel room scene
In a Brooklyn divorce trial, Breen testified he put his arm around Maude Diehl and kissed her in a Toronto hotel room. He claimed Diehl resented it and said he would perjure himself to protect a woman's name. Breen also described drinks that night and noted his suit for $100,000 damages followed the divorce filing.
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Breen
Ethel Croker
Hoboken
Richard Croker
Tammany
Grand Union Hotel
Toronto
Miss Diehler
Wellman
New York
Miss Diehl
Oneg
Advertising Helps Hank Stay Ahead on the Farm
Si Hawkins struggles with labor and rising costs while Hank Hawkins thrives by using a daily paper and Want Ads. The tale shows how Hank advertises to hire help and trade goods, and how Si learns to adapt by reading the paper and trying ads himself. The piece extols newspapers as a tool for finding work, goods, and fair exchanges in rural life.
First Trousers in America Worn By Women at a Ball
Kansas City reports Mrs. James H. Austin described in detail how American women wore the first trousers around 1800 while men still wore small clothes. She cited pink satin trousered ball costumes extending from beneath short skirts and notes on adjustments to fit and expense.
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America
Kansas City
James H. Austin
Men Return From England With John Adams
A speaker recalls a man who traveled to this country with his father John Adams, describing their return from England and the historical connection to American origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
England
Profits of Steel Trust Exceed One Billion Dollars
A senate inquiry report details the steel trust profits from 1902 to 1910, noting $1.03 billion earned on finished and semi finished products and $759 million in dividends and interest from subsidiary companies. It argues acquisitions aimed to curb competition, interlocking directors, and price maintenance for raw materials and exports.
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Steel Corporation
McRae
Carnegie Company
Carnegie ‘Company
American Bridge Co
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Tennessee Company
Mon
Heraly
Tennessee Oor
Othr
Alze
Sueser
Whch
Minnesota
South
United States
United States Steel Products (Export
United States Steel Products Company
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Hoth
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47Th
Capitol Ave
Wiveth Jewelry & Optical
17Th and
Eth Crokers
Ethel Croker Breen
John J. Breen
Si Hawkins
Hank Hawkins
Hank
Sike
Ma Hawkins
Sis
John Quincy Adams
First National Bank
Professional Directory
Kinkhead & Mentzer
Attorneys-at-Law
Baerkesen Bros
Keefe Hall
Cheyenne
Ugo Donzelman
William Dubois
Denver
Champer of Commerce Building
Carey Brock
Lacey & Lacey Makk
Chapman
Attorneys Insurance
West 10Th Street
THE
Bartlett Engineering Company
Mining
Wilfred O'Leary
Black Cheyenne
Wyoming Erate
John Charles Thompson
Bresnahen Klock
T. Blake Kennedy
Atttorney-at-Law
Plains
Red
Heey Wyoming Corper Ltd
Central Ave
Abert D. Gleason
D. W. Gilly
Co. W. Miner & CO
Carey Avenue
CLYDE
Pire
Plaza
Phong
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Steel Trust
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