Dandelion Crusade Seeks Cheyenne Help For Weeding
Cheyenne residents are urged to fund and assist a dandelion eradication effort led by the Woman's Civic League. Contributions from fifty cents to five dollars support paying children to pick blossoms, while willing homeowners can hire a boy for lawn cleanup. The league reports $40 paid to children recently, yielding 400 gallons of blossoms collected and reduced seed set.
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Cheyenne
Woman's Civic League
League
Industrial Club
Italian Strikers Force Power Plant Shutdown
June 2 report says 600 Italian timber workers went on strike and blocked the light and power plant, forcing firemen and engineers to quit. Gov. Gillett ordered four militia companies to the scene. they left by special train. City without light or fire protection. property and residents at risk.
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Sacramato
McCloud
Gov. Gillett
Alleged Overland Robbers Face Federal Charge
Five men including Omabs Jate, W Woods, Fred Tortenses, and James Gordon were bound over by Judge Peersen on a $25 000 bond to answer a robbery charge. The May 22 Union Pacific Overland Limited mail car theft led to 22 witnesses and evidence from Brown Park sightings and recovered revolvers. Train crew and postal clerks provided corroboration.
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Omabs
Jate
G. W. Woods
Fred Tortenses
James Gordon
Peersen
Oes Overland Limited
Brown Park
Lada
Alleged Loan Shark Faces Criminal Case
Ethelyn Margaret Sherman a loan agent in Cheyenne is the first defendant in an information under a new law prohibiting more than 25 percent annual interest on sums under 200. Prosecutor L Rigdon accuses her of lending 25 to Alexandra Smithwick at 26 percent. The case hinges on constitutional questions to be settled by the state supreme court.
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Ethelyn Margaret Sherman
Cheyenne
Mixes Sherman
L. Rigdon
Alexandra Smithwick
State Supreme Court
Miss Sherman
Riots erupt as rapid transit strike sparks bloodshed in Philadelphia
Widespread disturbances break out in Philadelphia as Rapid Transit Co. workers attempt car runs with non union crews. Mob violence injures many, with cars set on fire and police maneuvering to restore order. Five big clashes occur in Kensington, a policeman is badly wounded, and dynamite caps are found on tracks in West Philadelphia. The Central Labor Union plans a political rally for the next primary election day.
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Philadelpha
Jane
Rapid Transit Co
Philadelphia
Kennington
Levy
Central Labor Union
D. Clarence Gibbons
Murphy
Union
Heinze's Man Gets Away From Tombs
George Baglin vice president of United Copper was released from the Tombs after being confined for contempt. He had been held after deposition from the company directorate amid a board change at today's meeting. Judge Lacombe set Sanford Robinson to face his charge until Friday.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
Whic
Federal
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze
Mercantile Bank
George Baglin
Judge Lacombe
Sanford Robinson
Dirigible Airship Sails Over Addibon NY Landing Incident
Aeronaut Frank Gandalf piloted a dirigible from Palisade Park New Jersey crossing the Mindson river to Riverside near Grant's Tomb on a landing path. He struggled to control the ship in strong creese winds and narrowly avoided a collision with Grant Tomb's dome. The craft then circl
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Addibon
New York
Frank Gandalf
fMindson
Palisade Park
Grant
Toni
Riverside
Hydeon River
Goddall
United States
Notable Construction Firm Plans Private Temilars in Joha ntico
A New York firm announced a major project at the Joha ntico location involving a fountain and arbor design with a budget around $260,000. Details of the contract and the company’s involvement against the Rockevlle members are noted in local records.
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John
New York
Juov DeAn
Fountal
Arbori Colaty
Johantico
Jill
Ruetion Com
Mrocke‘vlle
Loving Cup Presented to Prof. Elwyn E Baker by Cheyenne High School
The Websterian society of Cheyenne High presents a solid silver loving cup to Prof. Elwyn E. Baker in appreciation of his tireless guidance. Joseph Henderson Jr. lauds his progressive spirit and teaching, as students acknowledge his impact and bid him farewell if he leaves next year.
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Harry B. Henderson, Jr
Websterian Society
Cheyenne High School
Elwyn E. Baker
Henderson
Biwyn
Baker
Wolheamn Society
Cheyenne
Mina Evelyn Jones
John Anderson
Pitt
discharge of 1500 men at Portsmouth navy yard
Portsmouth Va June 2 reports the discharge of 1 500 men from the navy yard with many workers leaving the facility. details are unclear due to damaged text but the action involves a large number of personnel at the Portmouth yard.
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Portamouth
Porte Mth
Navy Yard
Spectacular One Daring Aero Match in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis two huge balloons carry two men each and over half a ton of ballast for the first national champion balloon race in America. The Aero Club of America sponsors this event expected to become a yearly aeronautical highlight with a grand prize balloon contest once common in Europe.
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Indianapolis
Ind
America
Aero Club of America
Union Pacific to massively advertise Cheyenne Frontier Days
The Union Pacific plans extensive promotion for Cheyenne Frontier Days with doubled spending. It will circulate a million folders and Pathfinder magazines, issue 75 000 program leaflets, print large handbills, and issue a 10 000 booklets collection featuring an Easterner’s Frontier Days impressions, plus special round trip rates Omaha to Ogden and Denver rate options.
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Union Pacific
H. Fi. Hill
Denver
Barrow
Industrial Club
Frontier Committee
Frontier Days
Frontier
Omaha
Ogden
Cheyenne
German Anarchists to Quit Churches
In Leipelc Germany the Anarchists meet in conference with large attendance. They declare church or sect membership violates anarchist principles and urge all their members to resign from churches.
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Leipelc
Germany
Anarchista of
Court rules public may question Panama Canal deal
Indianapolis June 2 The Panama libel case against the Indianapolis News owners is continued to October 11 to allow government witnesses. Prosecutor McNamara plans to prove that Hitchcock and Mack disclosed the Panama story as a fake tied to funds diverted from two old French firms, with forty million dollars paid to them and spread among stockholders.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Panama
Indianapolis News
Frank Hitchcock
Norman Mack
J.P. Morgan
Wrehington
Anderson Duld
McNamara
Hitchcock
Mack
Winckwaller
William Nelson Cromwell
Morgan
MéNamara
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Union Pacific Wold-Up
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Sou Berry
Pelois
Kensington
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Appee
Carmeo Avene
Fine Loving Cup
HGH School Society
Frontier Show
Union Pacific 10
Panama Canal
Becaune
Aiatie
Bneyenne
Pittes
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