Early Cheyenne News from 1867 Cheyenne Leader Issue
A copy of Cheyenne Leader dated October 6 1867 arrived detailing pre railroad Cheyenne life. Advertisements from J S Connor and the Union Pacific era promise Cheyenne as a future rail hub with depots machine shops and military posts. Local crime weather and prices are noted including Morley Dugan shooting and high living costs. The paper is to be shown at the Leader office before being sent to the state university library.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific Railroad
W. (. Hopkins
Wyoming Book Store
Cheyenne Leader
J. D. Edmundson
Des Moines
Iowa
Hale
New
N. A. Baker
Douglas
Conner
Julesburg
West End
Woolworth and Barton
Cornforth Bros
J. BR. Whitehead
Dr. L. L. Bedell
Lidell Robertson & Co
Hodgman & Bros
Gee
W. Smith & Co
Qornforth Bros
Lidell, Robertson & Brown
J. 8. Connor
Dakota
Fort Laramie
Fort Reno
Montana
G. M. Dodge
Messrs. Rollins and Spicer
Tly
John Morley
Duggan
Morley
Bartlett
Yankton
Colorado
Imperial
Young Byson
Japan
Methodist Church
A. C. Marvin
Laramie County
Btar
Leader
State University
Two Marriage Licenses Issued To Out of Town Parties
County Clerk Tupper yesterday is sued two marriage licenses to out of town parties. Paul Pattee of Greeley and Elizabeth Mathews of Ft Collins, and Lester Adel of Marcellus Michigan, and Edoa Marie Garner of Longmont Jolo, were the recipients.
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Tupper
Paul Pattee
Greeley
Elizabeth Mathews
Ft. Collins
Lester Adel
Marcellus, Mich
Edoa Marie Garner
Longmont
Jolo
Declaration Of Candidacy Must Be With Papers
Public notice outlines required Declaration of Candidate for nomination in Wyoming. It lists filing with nomination papers, signatures, and deadlines for state offices and July 18. Also announces civil service exams including highway bridge engineer and mechanician positions with salaries and dates.
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Toreseeus
State of
Wyoming
Veses
Secretary of State
Weight-Loss Feat Joins Police Reserve Candidate
Chicago July 15. A civil service candidate aiming to become a policewoman shed 25 pounds in five days by ice and lemon peel and strict exercise. Examiners allow 180 pounds outside weight. she started at 225 pounds and pledges five more days to meet the limit. She reports strict routine with minimal eating and uses only water.
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Chicago
Civil Service
Examiners
Civil Service Commissioners
MEN WHO STRUCK WN 1911 10 SEEK FEDERAL INQUIRY
Officers of the shop craft unions that struck on the Illinois Central and Hartford lines in 1911 gather evidence for the U S Commission on Industrial Relations. The aim is to show the strike was not a lockout and to locate all strikers while assessing home losses and family hardships.
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Ilinoia Central
Hartiman
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Local notices and visits fill Cheyenne pages
City briefs list Miller’s watch repair shop and local services at 1709 Carey Ave while a parade of visitors from Laramie Wheatland Pine Bluffs Pendleton and Fort Collins pass through Cheyenne. Items include train master A W McDuffy a two week vacationer W E Johnson Adams Express man and J N Hughes candidate for the house with event plans at K of C ball.
Where Is Beef Going Question From New York Housewives
July 15 dispatch reports Mrs. Julian Heath of the National Housewives League urging a probe into Argentine beef import flows after price surges. She asks who controls imported beef not reaching consumers as retail prices climb across New York. A seven day meat boycott starts in St Paul amid price increases in Pittsburg.
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New York
Mra
Julian Heath
National Housewives’ League
Houston
Department of Agriculture
ST. Paul, Minn
Local Notes From Laramie Visits and Boosters
Goegen county residents including Mrs Hughes arrived from their ranch in a Ford. Parke goes to Salt Lake City after attending a state university trustees meeting in Laramie. Kinger returns from a visit to Laramie. J W Highleyman, master mechanic for Union Pacific, came back from Denver. D M Barksdale, commissioner of finance, returned from Denver. E A Bowman, state farm leader, in the city from Laramie. W J Marsch, Douglas auto dealer, in town. C T Flopkins, Mountain States Telephone manager, back from a central state trip. Manewal and Manewal advertise German Wasserweck for breakfast. Sherman Co.
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Burke
Salt Lake
T. F. Parke
Salt Lake City
The
State University At
Laramie
C. T. Flopkins
Mountain States Telephone Company
Heat and Rain Trigger Drownings and Devastation Across Cities
A heat wave and heavy rain cause multiple deaths and substantial damage. Florence Jordan and her fiancé Nathan Martin drowned while swimming in a lake as a dangerous undertow swept away four nearby bathers. Across the region, city after city reports record heat and flood damage including a 2.4 inch hour long rainfall in Raleigh and $250,000 in Kanawha valley storm losses.
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Chicago
Florence Jordan
Nathan
Martin
Wyoming Labor Journal Names Editors Amid Federation Talks
The Wyoming Labor Journal announces Herb Schneider as manager and Harry W. Fox as editor as state federation sessions with local officials promise openness. Newspapers gain free access and public transactions may be disclosed, with miners’ federation meetings planned for next week.
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Star Chamber
Herb Schneider
Leader
Harry Fox
Wyoming Labor Journal
Harry W. Fox
Federation
Arps Report Pleasant Voyage From Cherbourg France
J H Arp and family, now in France, send word from Cherbourg that their European voyage was pleasant and free from the discomforts described by Ocean Passenger. They are enjoying sunny France.
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Cheyenne
J. H. Arp
Europe
Cherburg
France
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Civil Service Commission
Coppess
Carey Ave
A. W. McDuffy
Union Pacific
Laramiea
City
Demver
Lrs
J. A. Devine
Richard Epes
Denver
Cheyenne Messenger Service
W. C. Weigel
Omaha
Swagger
Capitol Ave
Platte
C. A. Paige
Platte County
Wheatland
Albany
Carpenter
W. A. Taylor
Eva V. Filler
Inter Ocean Hotel
Chas
Beuchner
Jas, Vanderdark
Jeane KR. Wood
Lee and 0
W. E. Johnson Adams
17Th Aireet
Vine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs
S. C. Kinnear
Colorang and
Southern
Orin Junction
Manewal and
Manewal's
Kronce Kuster
Lee Caldwell
Pendleton
Ore
Washington
Oregon
Frowtier
Altar and Rosary Society
K. of C. Ball
Pittsburg
Goehen County
Mark Chapman
Carey Avenue
J. W. Highleyman
Barksdale
Finance
E. A. Bowman
State Farm
W. J Marsch
Douglas, Ja
Wasserweck
Manewal
S. Tf
Sherman Co
Capitol Avenue Theatre
Linden
Wren
Wayne Christy
Oklahoma City
Okla
Southwest
Muskogee
Weather Bureau
Fort Smith
Ark
Shreveport la
Fort Worth
Texas
Little Rock
Raleigh
N. C
Ecity
New Orleans
Lobdell
Port Allen
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
Mining Science
Denver, Colo
Holiday Ice Co
Golden Prairie
Servative Trust Companies
Ists
Mort
Federal Land Company
West 17Th St
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