Weekly Lewter notes from August 9 1888
News item roundup reports Knights Templar from Pittsburg on a westbound train, calls for an inquest on electric light at Seventeenth and Ferguson, and notes California fruit shipments via Union Pacific. It covers livestock market shifts, Cheyenne’s Septembrial celebration plans, Rawlins freight house site, proposed post office names, county board actions, cattle demand in the northwest and Kansas, Wyoming park politics, a Denver Times jab, a missing man lead from Sioux City, Silver Crown mining progress near Laramie, and Eldorado near Granite Canyon.
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Knights Templar
Pittsburg
Seventeenth and
Ferguson Streets
California
Union Pacific
Forth Worth Journal
Cheyenne
Linoulo
Rawlins Journal
Dickinson
Sixth Street
Washington
H. E. Teschemacher
Hartville
Millersburg
Fairbank
Rawhide
Northwest
Kansas
Benator
Wyoming
Litt Park
Yellowstone
Denver Times
A. Phillips
Sioux City
Iowa
George Phillips
Phillips
Silver Crown
Brown's Iron Bitters tops sales as best iron preparation
The advertisement proclaims Brown's Iron Bitters as the very best iron preparation and the market leader in sales, highlighting its popularity and perceived health benefits.
Sioux beliefs on death and ritual scafolds described
A historical account surveys Sioux burial customs and beliefs about the afterlife. It compares scaffold graves, "mummies" of chiefs, and the journey of the warrior spirit to the milky way, noting the offerings, food, water, and ponies for passage. It contrasts Sioux superstition with Christian teachings and highlights medicine men, sun dances, and ritual endurance.
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Earth
Ebers
Necropolis
Rameses II
Migraim
North America
Garrick Mallory
Smithsonian Institute
Cabina
Black Hills
Union Pacific Announces Track Extensions and Mileage Totals
The Oregon Short Line completes to Medbury Idaho reaching 432 miles on its division. Mount Uranon branch from Gunnison City to Baldwin opens August 1. Salt Lake and Westward extends three miles to Silver City Utah. Total Union Pacific track now 4,335 miles.
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Oregon
Medbury
Idaho
Shoshone
Granger
Oregon Short Line
Mount Uarbon
Denver, South Park & Pacific
Union Pacific
Gunnison City
Baldwin
Salt Lake & Weat
Tintic
Silver City
Utah
Union Pacific System
Insane Passenger Leaps From Moving Train at Cheyenne
Mrs. Cullom of Williamsburg Pennsylvania traveling to join her miner husband in Butte Montana fled from SW Hough’s care at Egbert and leaped from a stopped train window. Seven men restrained her, she escaped with minor bruises. She was captured and returned to the train and continued toward Cheyenne for further confinement.
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Cheyenne
Omaha
Cullom
Williamsburg
Butte
Montana
Sidney
SW. Hough
Egbert
Mr. Hough
Experience Tie Best Guide
The Hert guide notes women use Parker's Ginger Tonic to overcome despondency headaches indigestion back and kidney pains and other troubles of the sex according to the Home Journal.
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Parker
Hoine Journal
Tragedy on the Little Grizzly Ranch Ends in Double Shooting
Charles Shelton, owner of a park ranch, and Billy Keys exchanged shots at Frank Snyder’s ranch on the Little Grizzly. Keys died after Shelton was wounded in the chin. Shelton, shot and bleeding, was taken to Teller then Laramie for treatment. his recovery is uncertain. Anderson and Lawrence were with them, and coroner plans and inquest were announced.
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Laramie
North Park Road
North Park
August Anderson
Lawrence
Charles Shelton
Park
Friay
Frank Snyder
Keys
Billy
Snyder
Shelton
Sheldon
Anderson
Ty Keys
Key
Teller
Harris
N. Shelton
Omaha
Parker's Ginger Pauic Regulates Vital Organs
A compact ad claiming Parker's Ginger Pauic regulates the liver kidneys and stomach. It asserts the tonic makes blood rich and pure and strengthens the entire system. See other column.
Ranchers in the South Face Land Ownership Challenge
The Fort Worth Wool Grower argues that many sheep ranchmen seek to sell only because they lack ranges. The author notes that successful ranching will require owning land, as reliance on government pasturage is unreliable. The piece urges owners to own acres to stay independent, with risk rising in other ranching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Fort Worth
Sam
Johnson County Law Crow Bar Case Comment
In the Buffalo Echo report a court opinion by Justice Huson sparked a boast to set up cigars for a crowd if locals disagreed. After a survey, the crowd voted against the justice with Lawyer Hinkle dissenting for not smoking. The judge then paid the bill under court rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow
Huson
Hinkle
Buffalo Echo
Royal baking powder and wholesome bread claims
An editorial urging caution about adulterated foods and endorsing Royal baking powder. It argues healthy digestion hinges on high quality ingredients, warns against cheap or unsafe additives, and explains how Royal baking powder supposedly preserves wheat quality and avoids poisonous residues while producing light, sweet baked goods.
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Paterfamilias
Johnny
Susie
Lucky Raleigh man wins big prize in state lottery
Gustave Rosenthal of Raleigh wins one tenth of a $150,000 grand prize in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing on June 12. He sent through the express and received the $15,000 drafts on New York promptly. Rosenthal, born in Germany and long a Raleigh resident, has served on the board of sidermen and led the Fell of Neua manufacturing company.
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Raleigh
Gustave Rosenthal
Express
New York
Germany
Sidermen
Falla of Neua Manufacturing Company
N. Y
News and Observer
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Allah
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the Union Pacific
A.ducl
Winchester Rifles
Johnson County Law
Hill
Pike
English Medical Institute
Ish Medical Institute
Olive,Street
ST. Louis
P.O. Rox
COX & Mushetterr
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West
George W Host
Wyo
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Mason Breets
Sanfrancisco
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Boston
Maws
Frank Smythe
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