Grant Hill Right of Way Approved by City Council
The city council passed a franchise bill for the Colorado Railroad company to build track from the Burlington depot area to connect with the Colorado & Southern lines. Amendments added safeguards and set a two year completion horizon for the line through the city. Voting showed several council members opposed but the ordinance outcome pleased local business leaders.
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Colorado Railroad Company
Hurlington Depot
Colorado and Southern
Finance Committee
P. Johnson
David Nimmo
F. I. Johnson
Cook
Cheyenne
Wellington
Colorado
Burlington
Helra
Assigna
Capitol Avenue
Burlington Depot
Reed Street
Colorado & Southern
G. P. Johnson
Stanton
Sweet
Nimmo
F. I
Oule
Generi
South Side Fire Extinguishes Small Tire Blaze
A tire alarm sounded about 6 30 in the evening from box 21 and the Bowth Side company rushed to the corner of Twelfth and Bent streets. They extinguished a tire caused by an overheated stove. The home of Wooten Stallang sustained no serious damage.
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Premien
Bowth Side Company
Twelfth
Wooten Stallang
Explosion at Trinidad mine claims nine lives
A July 6 explosion at the Ville Hit Coal Company mine in Toller left nine workers dead. Foreigner laborers were among the victims, with men seen falling near the mine shaft as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Trinidad
Galo
Ville Hit Coal Company
Nelson Threatens Rematch After Lander Fight
Battling Nelson, world lightweight champion, declared he would meet Schoel or Dalton in Cheyenne or elsewhere if Muggsy Schoel defeats Kid Dalton in Lander. Schoel knocked out Dalton in the fifth round, the first kayo of Dalton’s career, in a fast card that featured three preliminaries and several close bouts in Wyoming.
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Schoel
Kid Dalton
Cheyenne
Battling Nelson
Schoe
Dalton
Schoel-Dalton
Dick Hyland
Hudson
Wisconsin
Lander
Tommy Edmunds
Casper
Casper Boy
Johhny Gilsey
Rawlins
Phil Kearney
Denver
Behoe
Gitoey
Aaron
Fast Mail Derailed on Continental Divide near Cherokee
Sunday morning a fast mail train No 9 derailed at Cherokee just east of the continental divide. The tender and three front cars left the track damaging the cars. Five clerks in the wrecked car were shaken up, none seriously injured. The train was delayed eight hours. No cause given.
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Continental Divide
Foat
Cherokee
Three Thousand Miners Struck by Dominion Coal Company
Three thousand miners employed by Dominion Coal Company went on strike in Ridney British Columbia today amid wage disputes and labor tensions. The stoppage involves multiple mines and could affect regional coal output and supply chains.
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Ridney
B. C
Dominion Cowl Company
Wyomings greatest circulation contest stirs State Leader prizes
The Leader announces a $5000 automobile contest to boost subscriptions for the Trans Missouri Farmer and Ranchman and the State Leader. Three districts each offer an automobile as top prize with a Buick touring car valued at $1350 for the district winner plus other prizes and scholarships. Readers are urged to rally supporters and vote early to win.
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Wyoming
Middle West
Trans Missouri Farmer and Ranchman
New Agricultural Monthly
State Leader
Skeechiee
Farmer
Raabe
Wiman
Farmer and Ranchman
Taggart Name in Gingles Case Trial Sparks Testimony
In Chicago on July 6 the trial of Ella Gingles the Irish Incomaker brought new testimony. Agnes Barrette testified that Gingles accused her of lace theft and that Mind Barrette claimed Tom Taggart of French Lick Springs Indiana was involved. Mind Barrette allegedly said money and clothes were available if she stayed away from French Lick.
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Hicago
Ella Gingles
Tom Taggart
French Lick Springs
Ind
the Nations Democratic Committee
Mins Agnes Barrette
Kenyon
Mins Barrette
Mind Barrette
French Lick
Woman Fanatic Attempted Assault in Burlington Case
Burlington police report an incident in which a 40 year old man, Joseph F Gillie, was charged with attempted assault on Ray, with charges including intent to kill. The arrest followed an unwarranted threat and confrontation at a local setting on July 6.
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Burlington
Ray
Jowph F
Gillie
Misu
Ollila
Thompson
Ace
Senate Ready Final Push in House Committees
A fragmented report notes Senate and House panels moving a bill toward final consideration. The piece highlights advancing committee work and the looming home stretch toward legislative action.
Richardson Attends Masonic Meet for Wyoming Scots
Masons from every Wyoming county gather for the sixteenth reunion of the Scottish Rite in Cheyenne. More than 200 attend the night ceremonies as the Twenty-first degree is conferred and Daniel Richardson is noted as a key figure at the gathering. The event shifts are tied to a plan with a banquet and luncheon amid adjustments to schedule.
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Wyoming
Scottish Rite
Valley of Cheyenne
Orient of Wyoming
Masonic Temple
Aalie
Richi
Bouday
Chief Hoyt Will Help Buy New Truck
Chief Percy E Hoyt urged Cheyenne to purchase an aerial fire truck, offering to pay half the cost himself. He also asked the city approve 750 to install ten additional fire alarm boxes. The council postponed action, sending the fire committee to report in two weeks.
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Percy
Hoyt
Cheyenne
United States
Masonry Events Highlight Fourteenth Degree Attendance
A notice states a service was served to acquaint members with the grand commander and the class. A second service follows, with Richard H. Scott, master of Kadosh, set to preside as toastmaster at the banquet tomorrow night. all Masons who have reached the Fourteenth degree are invited to attend.
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Richard H. Scott
Colorado Local Option Upheld By Supreme Court
Denver July 6 The supreme court upheld the validity of a local option law enacted two years ago ruling that the political subdivision vote governs. If a ward votes dry but a single precinct votes wet, the entire ward remains dry.
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Denver
Supreme Court
Breakthrough in Gunnison Tunnel near Montrose
Montrose Colorado July 4 drills broke through from the upstream heading of the Gunnison tunnel. The government project costing 5 000 000 will irrigate 160 000 acres.
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Montrose
Colo
Gunnison
Texan sets world record in Nogales cowboy event
In a July Fourth cowboy tournament in Nogales, Mexico, Ed Hall of Nutts, New Mexico, broke the world record for throwing and tying a wild street in twenty one seconds, surpassing the prior mark by a fraction of a second.
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Yale
Cutler
B Wray, Jr
Harvard
Kennedy
New York
N. Y
Thames Éortitines
Wray
Nogales
Ariz
Nogatea Mexico
Ed. Hall
Nutt
New Mexico
gueAith
Friendship From The North Get-Together Excursion
A Cheyenne delegation recounts a Central Wyoming trip to Lander, Wheatland, and surrounding areas. About seventy-five attendees enjoyed hospitality, the beauty of Landers scenery, and town receptions led by Mayor Hammond. The party returned inspired by the Big Popo Agie valley and local camaraderie.
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Cheyenne
Central Wyoming
Wyoming
Lander
Landor
Denver
Popo Agic
Landér
Landerittes
Landertes
F. D. Hammond
Frank H. Barrow
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