BILL IN EQUITY DECISION AND WIDE TEXTE ON WYOMING COUNTY
The Union Pacific Railway Company v The Board of Commissioners of Carson County and others concerns a 1882 act authorizing a site purchase and building for a new court house and jail, with bonds and a $25,000 bonus. a July 2 bidding and $37,000 contract are noted and the injunction motion denied for reasons including acquiescence and act expansion. The article also covers Wood River grazing prospects, Yellowstone Park scenes, and population figures for major nations with Russia in Europe cited as surpassing the United States in population.
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Rawlins
Justice Parks
Chambers
Territorial Library
Carbon County Commissioners
S. B. Stewart
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Colorado Central Railroad
Collins
Charles Lauterbach
CU. B. Andrew
McLean
Christian Church
Fort Collins
Crystal Mountain
Bismuth City
Denver
Bessemer
South Pueblo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Northern Penitentiary
Stout
Plumb Rumors Stir Cheyenne After Missing Person Report
Street rumors claimed a Fort Collins visitor matched H. T. Plumb and was jailed there. A telegram to the Snaper office denied Plumb’s presence or prior recognition in Fort Collins. Reports of a Cheyenne police sighting in Denver could not be confirmed after force inquiries.
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Fort Collins
H. T. Plumb
Plumb
SnApEr
Calyenne
Cheyenne
Denver
Ogden Completes New Mason Hall in Western News
The Western News notes Ogden opening a new Masonic hall. It mentions Pine Ridge agency ration recipients totaling about 1,200 families and North Denver’s reported 37 000 dollar contribution to public schools.
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Pine Ridge Agency
God's Country Letter From Tort Bowle Describes Cochise County
Private in the 3d cavalry reports from Tort Bowle that they have seen no sign of civilization since entering Cochise County, called God's country by the men. He notes the 3d horse were unlucky in Wyoming and that everything is quiet at present.
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C. H. Lindenburg
3D Cavalry
Cochise
3D Horse
God's Country
Wyoming
Two Overcoats Linked to Missing Plumb Case in Cheyenne
Two coats found near Porter Gulch about eighteen miles south of Cheyenne are tied to the missing H. T. Plumb. A heavy overcoat bears a key marked Inter Ocean No 11, matching Plumb’s residence details, raising suspicion of foul play. A tramp with a fur cloak was seen near Davis ranch days earlier, but date conflicts cloud certainty.
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Robert Bishop
Porter Culiwn
Cheyenne
Mr. Bishop
South Platte
Wild Cat
Phillips
Fritz 1
Porter Celion
Fister
St. Louis
Bishop
H. T. Plumb
N. BR. Davis
Plumb
Prediction of Unbuilt Railroad From Cheyenne
The Black Hills Times quotes the LEADER claiming the Montana and Pacific rail line destined for the hills from Cheyenne was never meant to be built and was a mere bluff. The article challenges the Deadwood man’s certainty, arguing the project was never real.
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Black Hills Times
Montana & Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Palmyra Short of Homes and Local Quirks
Nebraska notes report Palmyra lacks housing for residents and Tecumseh requires book agents to hold licenses. Neligh coal sells at 14 dollars per ton, down from 18, while Kearney schools burn about a half ton daily. Tecumseh faces coal shortages at 20 below zero as no coal is on sale. Pierce civics form a fire brigade for the school ma’am, with each member serving one week. A farmer’s dog kills a 25 pound catamount in Pierce county, trapped for wolves. In Dry Creek Thayer county, a man reunites with his first wife and contemplates another wedding.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Rio Grande
Chicago
Neligh
Kearney
Tecumseh
Pierce
Ma’am
Pierce County
Dry Creek
Thayer County
Local notes from Carbon Wyoming 1888
Carbon notes report drummers visiting Altman & Co liquors and cigars Cheyenne. A Sunday gale wrecks barrels and outbuildings. Sutphin Bros lose the front of their sample room. The Carbon cornet band plans a Washington birthday concert with Carbon ladies. coal crews shift to Rock Springs. the Little Alma troupe ends its run and heads to Rawlins.
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Carbon
Wyo
The
Leaper
Wasserman
Altman & Co
Cheyenne
Sutphin Bros
Carbon Cornet
Washington
Coal Company
Rock Springs
Alma
Rawlins
Weather and social notes from early Fort Robinson report
A private Fort Robinson letter dated January 20 notes favorable weather for cattle with two light snowfalls and strong winds. A Custer City dispatch reports mild weather and cattle in good condition. In Raleigh, Congressman Cox of North Carolina's fourth district married Fanny Augusta, daughter of Bishop Lyman.
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Fort Robinson
Custer City
Dakota
Cox
North Carolina
Fanny Augusta
Bishop Lyman
Raleigh
Undefined OCR fragment summarizes a newspaper ad line
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear lines about management advertising and public energy themes with scattered words and phrases lacking coherent meaning. It mentions colored people, oil, dollars, a wall and a day but no identifiable events or entities.
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Board of Commissioners of Car
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J. ¥. Boyle
Camas Prairie
Salt Lake Tribune
Yellowstone
Mammoth
Pari
Fire Hotel
John McCullough
France
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Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Italy
Russia
Europe
England and Wales
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Ireland
United States
Western News
Ogden
Wan
Colorado Notes
Colorado Springs
Collins Courier
Roth Brothers
Livermore
H. T. Miller
Aarapahoe County
Fulton Street
Cheeseman Block
L. C. Trent
National Bank
United States Depository
Capital
Thomas Sturgis
Henry G. Hay
W. C. Lane
Be, A. Abby Asst. Cashier
Nebraska Notes
Palmyra
Sparhawk Bros
Ferguson St
Stebbins & Post’s Bank
Carbon Notes
Geo. G. Masten
Cor Sixteenth and
Ferguson Streets
Schlits
Milwaukee Beer
Stephenson
Great Shoe House
Cheyenne, Wyo
Buryt
Leather & Findings
Teller City
Tox
Ek City
Custo Rince
Louisville
Portugal
Texas
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