City News Highlights From Cheyenne Ledger
Millers advertises repair services at 1709 Carey Ave with moderate prices and high-quality work. The jury list is being prepared by the county clerk for the next term. Mark A. Chapman handles loans insurance and houses at 19th and Carey Ave. Billie Powell arrested for carrying concealed weapons. Dressmaking by experienced seamstress at 2104 Capitol Ave. Edward W. Peterson and Elizabeth Rutledge granted a marriage license. Post office drainage work nears completion. Bright Back reports placing an incorrigible boy in reform school in Golden, Colo. Barney McDevitt seriously ill at 1913 Maxwell St. Clara A Ligier's Beauty Culture Parlors offers facial and scalp treatments. McMillan released for lack of evidence in fur theft case involving Evelyn Powell. Ralph Bingham headlines Lyceum course at Cheyenne Methodist Church. Skating rink and dance hall opens on Eddy Street, Idle Man building. C C Marsh in charge. opening Friday.
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Mark A. Chapman
Carey Ave
Cookle
Billie Powell
Geo
Capitol Avenue
Edward W. Peterson
Troy
Neb
Elizabeth Rutledge
Pine Bluffs
Mabel EB. Smith
Twenty-fifth Street
Bright
Golden
Colo
Laramie
Reform School
Barney McDevitt
Maxwell Street
Clara A. Ligier
W. 19Th St
Lawrence McMillan
McMillan
Evelyn Powell
Lyceum
Ralph Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Mrs. Bingham
Steamer Oscar Explodes After Fire Near Nanaimo
The Steamer Oscar, loaded with 2,000 cases of dynamite, left Nanaimo harbor and ran aground on Protection Island as a fire reached uncontrollable levels. The dynamite exploded causing thousands of dollars in damage, but all crew members escaped.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Oscar
Protection Island
Local Personalities Gather In Town For Meetings
Mr W Ft Thurman of Rock Springs is in town on business and meeting with local party leaders. Fred W Johnson, Democratic county chairman, also confers with locals. Archdeacon Dray of Laramie discusses matters linked to the children’s home. Abe Idleman takes over Capitol Grill management. Busy Tazy guests visited Normansle hotel. C H Miller and Felix Devlin, House and Senate staff, arrived in the city. R L Young of Young’s Cafe returns from a trip through Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ft. Thurman
Rock Springs
Fred W. Johnson
Sweetwater County
Inez
O. W. Pierce
Union Pacific Railroad
Archdeacon Dray
Laramie
Abe Idleman
Idleman Bros. Company
Capitol Grill
Cuests
Normansle Hotel
C. H. Miller
Felix Devlin
House
Senate
R. L. Young
The
Young's Cafe
Towa
New Cheyenne Manufacturing Plant to Open Soon
Mr R J Johnson and Mr J J Twigg near completion of Wyoming Manufacturing Co to produce sheet metal items in Cheyenne. The plant will employ about 30 men with $20,000 already subscribed. Visimera metal from United States Steel used. Stock books opened at 3 o'clock with 1232 shares sold. Ira B. Fee aided the Industrial club in securing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Johnson
J. J. Twigg
Wyoming Manufacturing Company
United States Steel Company
H. I. Twigg
F. J. Johnson
Fred Hoffman
Pitt
Covert
Colin Hunter
Bons Sons
Fred Hirsig
Johnson
Ed Hoffman
van Tansell
Ira B. Fee
Industrial Club
State Arrivals Report From Multiple Wyoming Locales
A list documents arrivals at stations including Plains B Dray Laramie W J Dumm and wife Green River Judge W J Tidball Laramie George Patterson Laramie W H Thurman and Fred W Johnson Rock Springs J R Mason and Walter J Fahey Wheatland O Orchard Casper Interocean Mr and Mrs S D Perry Sundance Dan and John Donahue Little Horse Creek Normandy Mrs J D Bailey Centennial C M Wilcox Saratoga Walter Moore Keota Albany Mr C C Scott Wheatland Metropolitan L N Metz Wheatland John KR Jones Cambria Mr and Mrs H Robinson Rock River
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J. D. Bailey
Centennial
C. M. Wilcox
Saratoga
Walter Moore
Keota
Albany
C. C. Scott
Wheatland
Metropolitan
L N
Metz
John KR. Jones
Cambria
H. Robinson
Rock River
Cook Brothers Sue City Over Free Ice From City Lakes
Cook Brothers filed suit to stop Cheyenne from giving ice from city lakes to ice companies for free. They value cutting the ice at $500 and accuse city administration of violating the law. The case is set for Friday before Judge Mentzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Brothers
Cheyenne
Mentzer
Largest state home products show exhibitors listed
At a February 12 to 15 event chaired by F. H. Vaughn and officials, plans for the state’s largest home products exhibit were outlined. G. C. Loomis to install booths and decorations in the Ellis building on 17th Street. Exhibitors may sell display goods. more firms likely to join. Partial list includes Cook Brothers, Wyoming-Colorado Engineering, Mountain States Telephone, Crowne bottling, Cheyenne Creamery, National Lumber, Hanson Drug, Robinson, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Vaughn
C. E. Verry
MH. A. England
Ellis Building
17Th Street
G. C. Loomis
Cook Brothers
Wyoming-Colorado Engineering Company
A. Bristol Company
Mountain States Telephone Company
R. McKinstry
Wyoming Labor Journal
Man Cafe
Cheyenne Steam Dekery
Cheyenne Brick Company
Cheyenne Creamery
Cheyenne Steam Mundrs
Crown Bottling Works
Swager's
Hanson Drug Company
Nicholsoh and Stuler
Hammond Packing Company
National Lumber Company
the Robinson
Owls to Hold Social smoker at Fort Russell
Preparations underway for a Saturday evening smoker by the Owls at Fort Russell Cheyenne the vacant cavalry barracks cleaned and decorated. Event features music athletic exercises recitations speeches and elaborate refreshments with smoking material provided. Major George C Stull and a committee organized the affair aimed at uniting soldiers and Cheyenne citizens with free admission for Owls members and guests.
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Fort Russell
Order of Owlay
Cheyenne
George C. Stull
Eleventh Infantry
Walsh Montana Senator Elected in Helena Session
Thomas J. Walsh won the Montana Senate seat to succeed Jasop M. Dixon at the joint legislative session in Helena on January 15. In Lansing, Michigan, United States Senator William Alden Smith was re-elected by party vote to continue as senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
United States
William Alden Smith
Knights and Ladies Hold Joint Small and Cand Party
Knights and Ladies of the Macarehs announce a joint small and candle party at PF Hall Preday 1997. Public invited, 18 and over.
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Knights
Ladies OF the Macarehs
Permit Grazing On Indian Lands Opens Vast Areas
Washington January 14 A Interior Department decision opens over 6 million acres of ceded Indian lands in Wyoming Montana North and South Dakota and California to free grazing for homesteaders and Indians Meanwhile grazing rates set to allow cattlemen access at 20 cents to 1 per head for cattle and horses and 40 cents to 2.50 for sheep Indians receive income until lands are sold Each homesteader may graze 40 cattle or 200 sheep while an individual Indian may graze 100 cattle or 500 sheep
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Western States
Indiana
Wyoming
Montana
North
South Dakota
California
Colorado Wants Commission to Control Boxing
A bill in Colorado proposes a three member boxing commission to regulate and license fights, with ten round bouts allowed under rules similar to New York's law. The measure sets licensing fees, safety rules, and penalties for fake fights while requiring weigh in, medical exams, and venue standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Commission
Denver
Andrew
New York State
Pardheipanta
Sheill
Amateur Athletic Union
Colds Headache Relief Claim With Bromo Quinine
A brief note from W Grove mentions a remedy labeled Bromo Quinine aimed at stopping the cause of colds and headache. The text hints at a single product or formulation, with emphasis on its sle of feverish symptoms.
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W. Grove
Scheme to Fakgz Brazil Land for Utopian Nation
London faces a dramatic plot to seize and colonize a vast Brazilian territory called Counani in the north. Frenchman Adolphe Brezet allegedly recruits British officers and men to form an armed expedition, establish a utopian republic, and finance the venture with a $50,000,000 loan.
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London
Foreign Office
Legation
Brazil
Counal
Adolphe Breset
Brezet
Free State of
Counani
Mrezet
Weet African Canal
Women Escape Ogden Jail Amid Snowstorm
In Ogden Utah two women fled the city jail during a blinding snowstorm using a rope made from braided blanket strips. Ava Mary Motiall served 120 days for aiding her husband John Medill in drugging and robbing a man. Mabel Wilson had served 18 days of a 60 day sentence for vagrancy and is also being sought. McGill had escaped ten days earlier and taunted the jailer from a Salt Lake phone booth.
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Ogden
Utah
Jon
Ava
Mary Motiill
John Medill
Mabel Wilson
McGill
Higbert Anderson
Salt Lake
New Hatchway Warehouse For Crocker Wheeler Co
A new warehouse at Crocker Wheeler Co in Ampers New Jersey features ship style hatchways for handling iron and steel castings. The 85 by 38 by 13 foot structure holds over 40000 cubic feet with six 12 foot 10 inch by 10 foot 4 inch hatch covers per side and a ten ton traveling crane for placement through the hatchways. It uses wood on concrete foundations a lighted design with skylights and a main 10 by 14 foot entrance. The facility is expected to be completed in six weeks at a cost above 40 cents per square foot.
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Crocker- Wheeler Co
Ampers
N. J
Home Rule Bill Faces Final Stage in Commons
In London on January 15 the home rule bill entered its final stage in the House of Commons. Arthur J. Balfour condemned the government saying it duped the people and Ulster had the right to demand separation from the rest of Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
Ulster
Untitled fragment hints at personal struggle and seeking help
A fragmented narrative describes persistent attempts to stop a troubling pattern. The subject considers medical advice and discusses use of an aid, then reflects on past actions and current behavior with friends. The text shows uncertainty and shifts in focus.
Ireland Compared to American Colonies Before Revolution
A commentator drew a parallel between Ulster and the American colonies prior to the revolution, noting similarities in grievances and calls for rights. The remark framed Ulster’s situation within a broader colonial context and its implications for self-government.
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Ireland
Ulster
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