Cheyenne Land Sale Letter Seeks Cooperation
A joint Cheyenne Industrial and Greater Cheyenne club luncheon yields a letter to the Board of Land Commissioners dated January 21 1914. The letter clarifies that the aim is to promote sale of state lands within fifteen miles of Cheyenne and urges cooperation, noting land value for farming, and predicting shifts away from grazing use as development grows.
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Cheyenne Industrial Club
Greater Cheyenne Club
Plains Hotel
Land Board
Hopkins
Cheyenne
Wyo
Honorable
Board of Land Commissioners
Industrial Club
Greater
Cheyenne Club
Laramie County
Laramie
Outlaw Beardsley Surrenders After Eight Days At Fort Beardsley
Edward Beardsley, the Chautauqua county outlaw farmer, walked to the Sheriff’s office in Mayville and surrendered to C. D. Backus. He had defied police for eight days from his fortified farm, firing at officers and detaining them with his children as shields before giving himself into custody. He faces an assault to murder charge for shooting G. W. Putnam, overseer of the county poor. The sheriff expects custody to Tutell his wife’s mother in Titusville, Pa.
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Mayville
N. Y
Edward Beardaley
Chautauqua County
Anderson
C. D. Hackus
Backus
Wan
G. W. Putnam
Beardsley
Putnam
Ehil‘rem
Seardaley
Mrs
Ausin
Titusville, Pa
London MP Mallaby-Deeley Buys Covent Garden Estate
London reports a new multi million acre purchase by Harry Mallaby-Deeley MP a known property operator. He bought nineteen acres in central London including Covent Garden Drury Lane Theatre Waldorf Hotel Bow Street Police Court Aldwych Theatre Strand Theatre and the National Sporting Club in a deal priced at 15 000 600. He denies a syndicate backing the purchase saying it was his own investment. An article in the Daily Mall profiles his vanity and style in Parliament noting immaculate attire and a distinctive lounge coat.
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London
Harry Mallaby-Deeley
Covent Garden
Drury Lane Theatre
Waldorf Hotel
Bow Street Police Court
Aldwych Theatre
Strand Theatre
National Sporting Club
Mallaby
Stay Granted for Dynamiters in Indianapol is Dynamite Case
United States court of appeals grants a stay of sentence to 24 defendants in the Indianapolis dynamite cases. They will not be imprisoned until the Supreme Court rules on their appeal applications.
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Chicago
United States Court of Appeals
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Huerta May Abandon North Tier In Mexico
Army officers in Washington believe Huerta may abandon the northern tier of Mexican states to the constitutionalists. They say movement of federal troops at Laredo signals possible evacuation and consolidation at Torreon or Tampico to form a defensive line across the country.
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Washington
Huerta
Constitutionalista
Laredo
Monterey
Culdad
Porfirio Diag
Torreon
Tampico
Women in Mourning May Flood New York If Vote Lost
A vision of streets filled with women in mourning was shown by Ward, an English Fabian, to the Equal Franchise League as a possible response if women are denied the vote in 1916. Her suggestion to go into mourning was noted with strong impact.
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New York
Equal Franchise League
As Ward
Federal league vows clash in reserve clause battle
In Chicago on January 21 the Federal league signaled a legal fight with organized baseball over the reserve clause. Promoters assert they will challenge contracts while President Gilmore cautions plans remain informal. The signing of Killifer and tentative Brennan deals in Philadelphia trigger fear of a formal challenge.
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Chicago
Federal League
Organized Ball
Gilmore
William Killifer
Ad Brennan
Philadelphia Nationals
Federals
Killifer
Brennan
Four killed as pavilion explodes at Ottawa winter fair
A steel pavilion at the exhibition grounds housing Ottawa's winter fair exploded injuring several and killing four. Firefighters contained the blaze after the blast caused the heating plant to fail. Some workers feared buried in debris as horses and cattle perished in the chaos.
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Washington
Sheep and Cattle Men Urged to Form Alliance
Former Idaho Governor Frank R. Gooding urged an alliance of sheep men and cattle men at the American Livestock Association meeting. He called for better grazing lease terms on government lands and a radical reduction in grazing charges.
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Denvbdr
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
American Livestock Association
Koerner Offered Berth With Federals In Chicago
Koerner, first baseman for the Topeka Western league team, wintering in Pueblo, has an offer from Chicago Federal manager Tinker for the coming season. He has not accepted yet but expects to. The proposed contract pays $600 per month for three years.
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Pueblo
Colo
Phil Koerner
Topeka
Tinker
Koerner
Coulon Recovers to Edge Sinnet in Ten-Round Bout
Jimmy Coulon bantam champion returns after eight months illness to win a ten round decision over Frankie Sinnet of Rock Island. Coulon’s superior boxing earned the verdict by a narrow margin in Racine on January 21.
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Racine
Jimmy Coulon Bantam Chamyplon
Frankie Sinnet
Rock Island
Farmer nearly dies after 4000 sneezes in five hours
John Miller of Sullivan County New York began sneezing and kept it up for five hours. He ended with a final burst that broke a blood vessel in his nose, causing bleeding, then recovered. He estimated about 4000 sneezes occurred during the episode.
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Middleton
N. Y
John Miller
Sullivan County
Wyoming Stock Wins Prizes at Denver Show
Wyoming stock earned top honors at the Denver stock show with the McLay-Buntin Sheep Company of Laramie securing multiple awards. Winners include J. B. Hartman of Laramie for first in cattle and George Foxton of Glendo for shorthorn honors, with MacLay-Buntin also taking champion lamb and feeder cattle recognitions.
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Wyoming Stock
Denver
Wyoming
West
MclLay-Buntin Company
Laramie
Firet
J. BE. Hartman
Winthrop Conchet
Saratoga
George L. Foxton
Glendo
Wyo
George S. Foxton
MacLay-Buntin Sheep Company
Maclay- Buntin Sheep Company
Champion Lamb
Armour & Co
MclLay-Buntin Sheep Company
McLay-Buntin Sheep Company
Champion
C. Paulson
Milo
W. C. Conciet
W. Mf. Hunter
Encampment
J. First
J. A. Hunter
Mereford Cattle Breeders Association
Flist
M. A. Hunter
Wye
Japanese in Strong Terms Demand Action
Baron Nobuaki Makino announced to Japan's parliament that negotiations over California alien land legislation have reached an impasse. The third protest note to Secretary Bryan dated August 18 had not been answered, and Ambassador Chinda had met President Wilson to urge stopping the threatened California legislation.
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Washington
Nobuaki Makino
Parliament of
Japan
California
United States
Tokyo
Bryan
Chinda
Toyko
Wilson
Woman Refuses Personal Property Tax. Chicago Threatens Suit
Mrs. Belle Squire, proponent of no tax without suffrage, faces a lawsuit by county tax officials over a $28.20 personal property tax. She has avoided payment for five years, arguing the levy targets officials who would not be voted for, despite women’s enfranchisement.
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Chicago
Belle Squire
Squire
Sunken submarine A-7 found near Plymouth coast
The British submarine A-7 was located Friday at about 23 fathoms off White Sands, four miles from shore. A crew member on a search vessel spotted it and a diver confirmed the find. Raising operations began at dawn with plans to lift the vessel at once.
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Plymouth
Eng
White Sani
Oll
Army Baseball Schedule Promises Tough Season Ahead
New York January 21. A schedule of twenty games for the Army baseball team was announced yesterday including matches against the New York Giants second team Harvard Carnegie Notre Dame Fordham Navy and others. The slate is regarded as one of the hardest the army has faced.
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New York
Army
New York Giants
Harvard
Carnnell
Taffayette
Fordham
Notre Dame
Navy
Lord Strathcona Dies After Illness at 64
London reports Lord Strathcona finance commissioner of Canada died last night from senile exhaustion after a fatiguing attack. The widely known as the grand old man of Canada was in his 65th year and had suffered ill health since his wife’s death on November 2.
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London
Lord Strathcons
Canada
Former U. and Marshal 15 Arrested in Mexico
Washington dispatch reports the arrest of William Hansen at Victoria Musica by General Carranza’s forces on charges of being a Huerta spy. Hansen had previously served as a United States marshal in Texas.
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Washington
Constitutionalist Agency
William Hansen
Victoria
Musica
Carransa
Huerta
Hanesen
United States
Texas
Trailway Vice President Dies Before His Marriage
Richard D. Lankford vice president and secretary of the Southern railway and subsidiaries died at his Brooklyn home two days before his planned marriage to Mellie Patterson of the city. A Maryland native born 1867, he rose from clerk to top officer and served as secretary and director across 25 firms. He was to wed Miss Patterson two days after his death by gas in his apartments.
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Richard D. Lankford
Southern Railway
Brooklyn
Maryland
New York
Mellie Patterson
Lankford
Southern Railway System
Uriah J. and
Elizabeth (Bounds) Lankford
Princess Anne
Tie
Washington Academy
Princeke Anne
Mad
Broadway Railroad Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
The
St Louis Bank District Bid Presented at Fed Meeting
Plans for a regional bank district stretching from Missouri to Texas and Kentucky and Indiana were laid before the Federal Reserve Association committee. Some witnesses urged St Louis as the district center while others favored Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Misglanippi
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Eest
Kentucky
Indiana
Federal Reserve Association
McAdoo
Houston
Aome
Heir Town
Kaasas
Uty
Cullen Improves Briefly Yet No Hope for Recovery
In Washington on January 21 former Senator Shelby M Cullen showed a slight improvement but physicians say no hope for recovery remains and death could come at any time. Family rush to bedside as a rally occurs and between 7 and 8 the patient takes breakfast of bacon, eggs, coffee and toast.
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Wasihngton
Shelby M. Cullen
Federation Labor Dead Says Miners Stalemate at UMWA Convention
At Indianapolis on June 21 the United Mine Workers debate on industrial unionism sparked attacks on the AFL. Duncan McDonald led the anti federation voices calling for a shift toward industrial unionism, while President White echoed the criticism. In Washington on January 21 urgent AFL appeals urged a congressional probe of Colorado and Michigan strikes, with three federations seeking support but no decision on funding.
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Indeanapolis
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Resolutions Committee
Duncan McDonald
Animals Labor
Ameran Federation of Labor
McDonald
Washington
White
Colorado
Michigan
Illinois Federations of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Villa ready 10 battle federals to take Torreon
General Villa orders concentration of rebel forces along the Torreon railroad. Federals move toward Torreon from Juarez to blunt rebel advance, with about 15,000 men expected and Villa leading the campaign within ten days. He taps Gen Manuel Chao to govern Coahuila as a sign of decisive action.
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Villa
Torreon
Chihuailla
Mex
Fratcisco Villa
Durango
Coahuila
I Juaree
Chuvahua
Jucues
Santé Nosalla
Evidehors
Torroou
Federala
Usneral Villa
Torreen
Alcaloo
Geo. Manuel Chao
Sienetad Chao
Chthuahea
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Coulon
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James Whitney
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Sir James Whitney
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Manhattan
Hartman M. Biggs
R. A. Pyne
Pyne
Premiser
Sir James
Dave
Biggs
Lord Strathcona
U. & Marshal
Trailway
ST. Louiseis
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