Oregon Trail Pioneer Meeker Tours End of West
Ezra Meeker arrives nine miles from Tacoma en route toward Cheyenne to advocate a congressional appropriation for marking the Oregon trail. He retraces the 60 year old wagon route, recalling the hardships and battles fought by early settlers and urging national memory of the pioneer highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uye Plains
Winton
Ee Meeker
Tate Washington
D. C
Oregon Trail
Ezra Meeker
Washinton
Congress
Wepeton
Roosevelt
Boon
Brooks
Henron
Cheyenne
Meecks
West
Oregon
Rock Mountains
South Pass
Siemeyville
Wyeth
Mixyspurt
Green River
Fort Tall
SnaXe River
Thaysand
Irene
Pacific
Oregon Country
Occupants vacate Becker hotel for railway removal
The Becker hotel building occupants leave as the structure is removed from the Ling of the Colorado Railway right of way. Henry Becker plans a new two story 26 room hotel on Fifteenth street between Carey and Capital avenues to be completed in June. Le Barron restaurant closes as Mr and Mrs Le Barron prepare a Pacific coast tour and future Cheyenne return plans.
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Ling
The
Colorado Railway Company
Becker
Henry Becker
Fifteenth Street
Carey and
Capital Avenues
Seventeenth Street
Carey Avenue
Eddy Streets
le Barron
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne
Chivalrous Hobo Couple Rescue Captive Girl
A hobo couple helps a captive girl escape after a freight-car ride to Belleville Yards. The girl identifies herself as a Wognin and seeks safety. The trio’s party leaves the train, where two men attack Kde Herbe, but she escapes as Mr. Walker, the marshal, is alerted.
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Kivans
Evens
Old
Belleville
Kde- Herbe
Mr. Walker
Installation of Officers At Magic City Rebekah Lodge
Magic City Rebekah Lodge No installed officers last night with Miss H Lassen presiding as past matron aided by Grand officers including Miss Piper Grand Warden and Mrs Rieb Grand Marshal and Miss.
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Magic City Rebekah Lodge No
H. Lassen
Asalyt
Miss Piper
Rieb
Mrs Vanderbilt Joins Mr Harmon in Garden City Plane Trip
Mrs William K Vanderbilt Jr and Mr B Harmon took a brief plane ride over the Garden City estate. The trip appeared uneventful with the couple observed departing from the Crawford property.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Garden City
Re B Harmon
Admitted officers listed after lodge business
The officers installed included N. G. Mrs. J. Piper V. Mrs. Franson warden Mrs. Wellnitz treasurer Mrs. Dill man ehaplth Mrs. Mitchell R. S. to N. G. Miss Adamsky L.S. to N. G. Miss Eric Piper R. S. to V. G. Miss Anna Hansen L.5 to V. G. Mrs. Johnson secretary Miss Lassen. After lodge business a luncheon was served.
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V. G
Johnson
Lassen
Personal Notices From Axtell and Nearby Areas
Frank Fernow of Axtell Nebraska visits his mother in law Mi Jacph Fry. George B Sikes leaves for Denver to live with his parents. Mrs Elenor Salim Jett travels to Denver after telegram about brother in law Chorge Salim dying at Denver Hospital. P Davis returns from Denver. Thomas Sneddon, mining leader and territorial legislator, arrives from Diamondville for miners wage conference. C L Beatty and son Bu, Pine Meadows residents, transact business in NA Crawford from Guernsey. G W Williams editor Hartville Uplift, ex Wyoming immigration agent, visits Cheyenne after Wheatland trip.
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Elenor Salim Jett
Denver
Chorge Salim
Denver Hospital
P. Davis
Thomas Sneddon
Diamondville
CL. Beatty
Pine Mmuds
Crawford
Guernsey
GW. Williams
Hartville
Wyoming
Tor
Cheyenne
Wheatland
Weather report for Washington July 7 1910
Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with no precipitation. For the 24 hours ending at 8 p.m. July 7 the maximum temperature was 66 degrees and the minimum 56 degrees. Palmer. Director.
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Washington
At & P
Palmer
Uon
PZNA MERKER WH TALK AT MEETING SATURDAY
Invitation for a meeting at the Carnegie library this Saturday evening. Bara Meeker, an elderly traveler from Yacoma to Washington with an ox team, will address attendees about the American Revolution. Everyone is invited.
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Pzna Merker
Carnegie Library
Bara Meeker
Lravelink
Yacoma
Washington
Vicious incident linked to intoxication in East Cheyenne
In East Cheyenne a group gathers daily at a known spot to indulge in intoxicants ending in disorder. The owner disrupted the revelry after repeated disturbances, leading to a violent outbreak and subsequent disturbance as the crowd scattered, with further remarks from witnesses and follow-up.
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East
Cheyenne
Robins in Parshall Yard Reported in Cherry Tree
A civil engineer A. J. Parshall keeps a cherry tree in his yard along Twenty-first Street and Warren Avenue where a flock of red-breasted robins has been observed. The report highlights the birds as the notable detail detected in the readable text.
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Twenty-first Street
Warren Avenue
A. J. Parshall
Cherries Bring Roaring Revelry to Town
A vivid Vineyard scene describes a cherry tree yielding ripe fruit attracting a crowd. The event ends with a robin drinking wine from seven cherries and a witness recounting a rowdy outburst as folks enjoyed the night.
Films Fight Attempt To Shut Out Jeffries Johnson Fight
Headlines report various regional responses to the Jeffries Johnson fight pictures. Officials in London Salt Lake City Minneapolis and Mexico City discuss exhibition bans or permissiveness while Africa and Australia weigh suppression and clergy pressure.
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Will
Utah
Salt Lake City
Spry
Minneapolis
Mexico City
T Langdan
Escandon
Jeffries- Johnson
Africa
Will Dig in Asia for Cities of Ancient Tribes Called Hittin
New York July 7 Professor William F P Bade of the University of California announced after a year abroad that he will lead an expedition into the Hamath region of Asia Minor. His aim is to excavate cities of the ancient Hittite tribes who flourished thousands of years before Christ. The planned site lies about eighty miles northwest of Damascus.
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Asia
New York
William FP. Bade
Universit of
California
Hamath
Asia Minor
Bade
Damaascus
Record Flights Mark Day Over Bethany Aerodrome
In Bethany France July 7 Herbe Latham breaks the world 200 kilometer aeroplane record with 124.2 miles in 2 hours 46 minutes as Olieslayers pursues Farnas record in Mourmelon. Twenty two machines fly in formation without collisions while amid the air show an American aviator falls but escapes injury.
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Rheims
France
Herbe
Latham
Olieslayers
Henri Farnam
Farman
Mourmelon
Bethany Plain
Mann
Fel
M. Petrowski
Russies
M. Kinet
Belgium
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Pioneer
Ezra
Merrer
Tacoma
Waellington
Pally
Tinton, Packt
Kroat
Grettins
Great Britain
Hudson Bay Company
Red River
Owen
Rene Kam
Wiig 1Yanmarae
Crowt
Jeffries
Frank Fernow
Axtell
Nebr
J Jacph Fry
George B. Sikes
England
London
Mowell Davis
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Chance
Mexico
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rens
Melbourne
New South Wales
Premium Fisher of
Australia
Commonwealth
Reno Fight Pictures
Bethany
Sanitas al Sherman Co
Minnesota
Sella
Minnesota Linseed Oil Paint Co
Minnsepelis
Mioa
A. E. Roedel
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