Wyoming Laramie debates charter change to commission form
A public meeting at Laramie city hall discusses adopting a city commission government with three commissioners and a mayor. Voters would decide within thirty days whether to submit the plan to a special election and possibly elect the new officers in November.
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Laramie
Wio
Imnayor
Moser
Jackson
Pivet
Lovejoy
Fevpen
Ely
Earh
Concrete Reervoite in Virginia Minn Cited in 45 Height
A structure described as a concrete rewervoite with a height of 45 feet near Virginia Minnesota, built above and partly below ground by Electric Power and Water. It was frost protected by clay, cinders, and clay layers, then uncovered last spring with no signs of frost injury noted.
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Virginia
Minn
Electric Power & Water
Popular Mechanics Magasine
Heating Freight Car Uses Denatured Alcohol
The August Popular Mechanics notes denatured alcohol as a heat source for freight cars. A Chicago company builds a car with a underbody fuel tank and burner, distributing heat through ducts to the roof to warm the car uniformly.
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Chicago
Saya
New Gates and Paint Jobs at State Fair
Wyoming state fair commissioners approve a new turnstile system to count attendees and tickets. Gates will be east of the Art Building with a new walkway surveyed this week. The fair adds painting, new buildings, and sensational features including a Roman chariot exhibit and harness racing with strong horse entries. Dates noted: September 24 through 30.
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Wil
Thia
Woman Catchies Six Trout In Three Casts With Fly
Pinedale Wyoming July 18 Mrs Karl Tarter of this place holds a trout fishing record. While angling in Fremont Lake she made three casts using the Royal Coachman fly and caught two large trout each cast for a total of six.
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Pinedale
Wye
Karl Tarter
Fremont Lake
Tarter
Royal Coachman
Good Roads Tour Promotes Regional Highway Network
The Good Roads Special, with Omaha Commercial Club members and the Wyoming Highways Association, starts its third tour Omaha to Cheyenne to Salt Lake City. The aims include boosting tourist traffic, marking routes, and uniting communities for a transcontinental corridor. The campaign emphasizes local volunteers, strong road quality, and broad support from towns along the route.
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Good Roads
Omaha Commercial Club
Wyoming Highways Agesociation
Omaha
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Sioux City
Kansas Cy
Nebraska
Wyomingatah
H. &. Fredrickson
Chalmers
Travel schedule notes for Wyoming towns in 1912
The record lists a sequence of travel dates and stops across Wyoming towns including Laramie Elk Mountain Rawlins Wamesutter Rock Springs Green River Granger Evanston Castle Rock Ogden Salt Lake City with July dates and weekday references. The note covers travel through July 24 to July 27, detailing multiple destinations in successive days.
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Laramie
Elk Mountain
Rawlins
Wamesutter
Rock Springs
Green River
Granger
Evanston
Castle Rock
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Catholic Car to Tour the West
A steel chapel car named St. Peter, the second church on wheels, is shown in Chicago for a week before touring the West and Southwest. The car includes altar sanctuary stations of the cross confessional and 30 pews and cost $25,000, funded by a Dayton donor. Rev. W. D. O’Brien will serve as chaplain and reside in the car during its journey attached to trains, visiting towns for a day or more. The earlier St. Anthony car was sent west a decade ago.
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Chicago
St. Peter
Dayton
Ohio
W. D. O'Brien
St. Anthony
Rockefeller’s wry reply on wealth and prosperity
A New York reporter questions John D. Rockefeller about his fortune, and Rockefeller answers with a clever twist urging frugality. He warns prosperity can ruin many, then asks if it is better to be ruined by prosperity than by adversity.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New Safer Dynamite Substitute Tested in England
An English mining engineer introduces a new dynamite substitute in the country touted as safe to handle being shot burned or pounded without danger yet claimed to deliver double the power ounce for ounce when exploded with a percussion cap Illustrations in the August Popular Mechanics Magazine show tests of the explosive.
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Mechanica
Miner Slain for His Gold in Oroville
In Oroville California on July 18 a miner was found dead during pond dredging with a crushed head and throat cut. A padlocked packbag with a full mining outfit was found in a nearby pit and a burro was killed. Police believe the miner was murdered.
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Oroville
Calif
Inez
River and Harbors Bill Passes Senate with 94 Million
The River and Harbors appropriation bill carrying 94 090 000 dollars for river improvements passed finally in the Senate. Washington July 18. The measure funds four river projects and related work.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Plans for New Fire Station Discussed at City Meeting
The city council fire department committee led by Chief Traylor met at the central fire station to discuss remodeling the old pump house at 28th Street and Central Avenue for a sub station. Residents petitioned for funding to build a new fire house, and bids were instructed to be advertised.
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Traylor
Central Fire Station
28Th Street
Central Avenue
Forth Side
Tenth Victim for Death Farm
Mount Vernon ill July 17 the tenth mysterious death at the Ackermann farm in Clinton county was recorded when Joseph Ackermann died after a short illness with symptoms similar to previous deaths. A foggy red vapor rose from the field as a reporter watched, and water and milk from farm animals showed poisonous substances. The farm, owned by the Palm heirs, has a history of mysterious deaths dating twenty years back.
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Palm
Ackermann
Mount Vernon
Ill
Clinton County
Joseph Ackermann
Joseph Ackermanne
Presa
Ackermann Farm
Godfrey Palm
Hat Nolahborn
Classifieds Note Middleman and Sherman Co Ads
The State Leader Want Ads describes a middleman role for ads across two ends. It mentions three lines priced at 25 cents each repeated three times. It references varnishes window glass and wood staining by The Sherman Co.
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Sherman Co
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