Cheyenne Franchises and Warren’s Electric Legacy
A bitter account credits Senator Warren with organizing Cheyenne’s first electric light and gas companies, praising his pro growth stance while detailing inflated rates he secured. The piece contrasts Warren’s control and sale of his stake, city actions to cap prices, and debates on legality and fairness of franchise terms.
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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 Boys Blowout at Ft Russell Smoky Barracks Event
Fort D Russell hosts a 300 strong smoker by Eleventh Infantry Company D with officers present. Entertainment runs from 7 30 until after midnight featuring band selections baritone solos two round bouts bouts between privates Kelley and Martin Reynolds and two more bouts, plus multiple solos and speeches by Chaplin Stull Captain Wilson and Lt Cotterer.
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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
Japanese immigrants in Cheyenne plan a South Cheyenne colony near Eighth and Carey. About 100 Japanese are expected to settle as cottages rise and Japanese styled business buildings are planned. A Cheyenne agent says locals invest savings here hoping for greater returns than in Japan.
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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 poor weather, proved a splendid success. President Russell Thorpe and staff earned praise for steering it through with flying colors. Attendance lagged behind last year but averaged well across the week. A flying man with an aeroplane drew crowds and justified the trip.
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Wyoming
Russell Thorpe
Jack Frost Valplanes Over Old Cheyenne
Announced but not wholly expected, Jack Frost has debut in Cheyenne and Laramie county. Warnings from R Q Grant of the Weather Bureau reached some residents but many doubted the frost’s arrival. Frost has spoiled blooming flowers and gardens for several mornings, arriving earlier than predicted.
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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, leader of the Woodrow Wilson campaign, spoke in Rock Springs Wyoming to almost the entire Sweetwater county population. He spoke in Evanston in the morning and, after arriving this afternoon, addressed several thousand miners and residents on Democratic issues.
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Rock Springs
Woo
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Sweetwater County
Bryan
Evanston
Bryan, Demogracy's Leading Campaigner Speaks Here
William Jennings Bryan, leading campaigner for Woodrow Wilson, will speak at Capitol Avenue Theatre Monday night after arriving Cheyenne at 7:00 PM from Wheatland where he addresses residents Monday afternoon. He plans to consult Wyoming Democratic central committee before addressing here. After his Cheyenne visit, he returns to Lincoln Nebraska to celebrate a silver wedding anniversary then tours Kansas.
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Bryan
Demogracy
Wheatland
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Capitol Avenue
Mr. Bryan
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Democratic Central Committee
Lincoln
Nel
Kansas
Sle
Two Army Officers Die In Plane Crash At Army Aviation Field
At College Park Maryland a military plane fell eighty six feet killing Corporal Frank Scott and injuring Second Lieutenant Lewis C Rockwell who died later. A board of inquiry investigates the crash that occurred during a test flight for a aviator license. Rockwell lived in Cincinnati.
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Washington
United States Army Aviation Field
College Park
Maryland
Frank &. Scott
Lewis C. Rockwell
Army
Aviation
Breath Laly
Rockwell
Scott
Merkwell
Hennesy
United States Army
Cincinnati
Ridge Why
Nine Billion Crop Boosts U S Wealth Across Nation
Chicago reports the 1912 harvest adds nine billion dollars to national wealth. Secretary Wilson predicts prosperity across classes and notes cattle herds shrink due to homesteading while beef prices rise until breeding rebounds. He urges scientific production and consumption to share gains.
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Chicago
Jagon
Department of Ag
Washington
Wilson
Homselves
Alcohol problems dominate 191? congress findings
Washington D C September reports by Dr Edward Buahell Phelps indicate 66000 annual U S deaths from alcohol with 15000 among women and 10 of the population socially unfit. Varied experts urge measures from feeble minded classification to church involvement as congress debates population statistics and future world bureau plans.
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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
Eee
Detroit
Mich
Bruce Smith
Ingse Wan
U. S. Aviation Field
Vatally Murt
Hemstead
J. L. Longctaff
Pierre Chavellier
Lonestaff
Chavelier
Longstaff
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