Warren's Cheyenne Franchise Payback and Prices Compared
A historical critique of Senator Warren for organizing Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power, granting high rates for arc gas and incandescent lighting in 1900. It notes county records, a 1908 ordinance lowering charges, Warren’s sale for $450000, and questions the fairness of subsidies to Warren versus city residents during the franchise period.
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Cheyenne
Warren
Electric Light Company
Mougmid
Saipan Denes
Nish
Enxeh
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company
Pete Cook
Stam Pd
Orevie
Infantry Smoky Fort Russell Smoker Delivers A Blowout
At Fort D. A. Russell Infantry Company D hosted a 300-person smoker with the Eleventh Infantry as guests. The program ran from 7 30 until after midnight featuring band selections, solo performances, two boxing bouts, and speeches by Chaplain Stull Captain Wilson and others. Reynolds won a five round bout after a draw, followed by further musical numbers.
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D." Eleventh Infantry
Fort
D. A. Russell
D Company
The
Eleventh Infantry
Sergeeant Jenkins
Kelley
Martin
William Haxter
Chaplin Stull
Captain Wilson
William and
Reynolds
Campion
E Company
Donald
Cotterer
Wilson
Japanese Establish Colony In South Cheyenne Land Buy
Japanese immigrants settling Cheyenne form a colony near Eighth and Carey Avenue. About 100 residents are expected to colonize South Cheyenne with cottages already built and Japanese designed business buildings planned. George Wakimoto, Cheyenne agent for the Japanese Labor and Immigration bureau, notes rising local real estate investment and projected construction through next year.
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South
Cheyenne
Eighth and
Carey Avenue
George Wakimoto
Japanese Labor and Immigruition Bureau
Cole
Wakimoto
State Fair Proves Best in History
The Wyoming State Fair, despite bad weather, proved a splendid success with praise for President Russell Thorpe and staff. Attendance ran lower than last year but remained steady. the aeroplane act drew strong crowds and justified the trip, though financial results are not yet learned.
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Wyoming
Russell Thorpe
Jack Frost Debuts in Cheyenne and Laramie County
Weather notes report Jack Frost arrived earlier than expected in Cheyenne and Laramie County. R. Q Grant of the Weather Bureau warned residents to protect blooms as frost concerned early risers. Continued discussion hinted at ongoing frosty mornings and garden damage.
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Jack Frost
Cheyenne
Laramie
R. Q Grant
United States Weather Bureau
Old Jack
Bryan speaks to thousands in Wyoming
William Jennings Bryan spoke in Rock Springs and Evanston about Democratic issues as Woodrow Wilson campaigners, addressing several thousand residents and more than 2000 coal miners. The crowd's enthusiasm marked the most spirited meeting in Sweetwater County history.
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Rock Springs
Woo
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Sweetwater County
Bryan
Evanston
Bryan speaks here and at Wheatland Monday
William Jennings Bryan, renowned campaigner for Woodrow Wilson, will speak at the Capitol Avenue theatre Monday night after arriving in Cheyenne at 7:00 PM from Wheatland where he addresses residents Monday afternoon. He plans to confer with Wyoming Democratic leaders before the Cheyenne appearance and then continues a state tour, including Kansas, after celebrating his silver wedding anniversary in Lincoln Nebraska.
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William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Capitol Avenue
Mr. Bryan
Cheyenne
Wheatland
Bryan
Wyoming
Democratic Central Committee
Lincoln
Nel
Kansas
Sle
Two Army Officers Die In Plane Crash At Army Aviation Field
At College Park Maryland an Army aeroplane fell from 86 feet killing Corporal F B Scott and injuring Second Lieutenant Lewis C Rockwell who died later. Rockwell and Scott were testing for a military aviator license. a board of inquiry will investigate.
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Washington
United States Army Aviation Field
College Park
Maryland
Frank &. Scott
Lewis C. Rockwell
Army
Aviation
Breath Laly
Rockwell
Scott
Crop boom of 1912 adds nine billion to national wealth
Chicago Sept 28. Secretary Wilson reports the 1912 bumper harvest adds nine billion dollars to national wealth and spurs a broad prosperity. He says homesteaders push cattle ranges to breeding, beef prices will rise then fall, and industry will expand as farmers buy machinery and invest.
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Chicago
Jagon
Department of Ag
Washington
Wilson
Homselves
Alcohol and social degeneration topics at 1930s congress
In Washington D C September a gathering of hygiene and demography experts discussed alcohol deaths numbering about 66 000 annually with 15 000 women among them and noted five percent of all deaths. Other speakers urged eugenics measures such as screening or removing feeble minded children. The congress planned moves toward a permanent bureau at The Hague and to publish worldwide statistics on family and child statistics by occupation.
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United States
Edward Buahell Phelps
Orens
Bineker van Wasenen
Orange
N. 4
van Wagenen
H. J. Goddard
Vineland
Howard A. Welly
Johna Hopkins University
Europe
Menven
Russia
Hague
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Washington, D. C
Old Cheyenne
Demogracy
Eee
Detroit
Mich
Bruce Smith
Ingse Wan
U. S. Aviation Field
Merkwell
Hennesy
United States Army
Cincinnati
Ridge Why
Vatally Murt
Hemstead
J. L. Longctaff
Pierre Chavellier
Lonestaff
Chavelier
Longstaff
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