Frontier Days in Cheyenne Promises World’s Greatest Wild West Show
A 1906 Cheyenne Frontier Days preview proclaims a nation spanning spectacle with the World’s Great Wild West Show and Indian Congress. The celebration features wild horse races, daily civil and military band concerts, and riders from the plains and beyond in a national proving ground of frontier life.
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Clark Mettorg
Cheyenne
United States
Frontier Committee
Indian Congress
Cheyanne
Artillery
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Trusts Move to Use Dissolution Decree to Shield Plunder
Washington July 27. Rep Pepper of Iowa introduces a measure asking the Supreme Court to rule on whether trusts may dissolve under a court decree. The piece argues the standard oil dissolution set a precedent that enables trusts to reorganize and evade prosecution, boosting stock values and enabling continued over capitalization. Pepper seeks a formal ruling on the legality of dissolving under such decrees.
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C. WH
Tavenner
Washington
Pepper
Iowa
Congress
Supreme Court
Powder Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Federal Court of Delaware
Witty Exchange on Wearing Apparel Ends in Teasing
A playful dialogue unfolds on the shore where a couple banters about kissing scarves and coats. She jokes about his tan coat while suggesting affectionate milestones, and he finally grasps the flirtatious mood.
Acolytes and Batting Averages
A playful exchange between a parent and child about acolytes and bats as the parent shifts to calculating the home team’s batting averages. The dialogue hints at sports reporting and domestic life in a period-tone newspaper snippet.
The State Leader Want Ads
A brief classified notice notes a middle man service named Jo who helps at both ends, with three lines offered three times at 25 cents each.
Her First Thought Dreamer and Footprints on Time
A playful dialogue mentions a dreamer and a remark about an accident leaving a man unable to leave footprints on time. The note also promotes Hansons Specials on Tea Cream and Cold Drinks with daily Chang ed.
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Elia
Stella
Hanson
Thaw denied freedom in insanity ruling at trial
White Plains New York July 27 Harry K Thaw remains confined in the asylum after Justice Keogh denied his bid for release saying it would endanger public safety The trial record includes letters from the estate to Evelyn Thaw urging care and restraint amid the lengthy proceedings detailing court costs split between the state and Thaw totaling 945000 and 1066000 respectively
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Keogh
Supreme Court
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
The Replay Minstrels perform quirky stage dialogue
A fragment from a theater program features The Replay Minstrels with jokes about a hungry horse and a humorous ballad title. The dialogue includes Mister Interlocutor and Mr Bones exchanging lines and Mr Kindly Kylim presenting a humorous ballad titled Pigs Feel Good Enough for Me I Ain't No Lizzie Lobster.
Feeding the Animals on an Elizabethtown Farm
A farmer hosts summer boarders on his Elizabethtown area farm. A stray city man stops by while his car is being repaired and asks about wolves. The farmer replies the next beer thing will be seen when the dining room doors open.
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Elisabeth Township
Farm life idealized as retirement path for farmers generation
The Saturday Evening Post argues retirement to the farm suits a generation of American farmers who seek education and modernization. It notes urban pull, the lure of city life for youth, and the need for scientifically trained farmers to sustain rural work rather than quitting for better pay in other professions.
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Saturday Evening Post
Northwest
Tough Luck in Sherman Co. Acrobat Arrest After Peel Slip
A fragmented report notes Degoris stumbled on an orange peel then faced arrest for performing acrobatics without a license, tied to the Sherman Company in a puzzling incident with unclear details.
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Mexico
Taft
Roosevelt
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Hatson
Wrontier
Para
PRA
Tome
Evelyn
the Replay Minstrels
Prairie Rose
Dégoris
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Sherman Co
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