Severe Wyoming Winter Test Fails to Bring Heavy Losses
From Hartville a second hand report describes a brutal storm with 44 below zero, two feet of snow, and a perilous sheep drive that ended with only three lambs dead. Stock losses remain minimal while miners report 50,000 pounds of bullion in nine days at the Evening lode. Officials discuss a possible Oregon Short Line terminus at Evanston, noting Twin Creek Pass and coal deposits along Bear river country.
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Hartville
Wild Cat
Whalen Cation
Government Farm
Platte
Whalon Cation
Hamilton
Updike
Gray
Mr. Steel
Mr. Hamilton
Mr. Updike
Whalon Cafton
Hay & Hamilton
Whalen Wallon
Oc, J
Granger
Twin Creek Pass
Evanston
Uinta Chieftan
Wyoming
Beckwith
Twin Creek
Bear River
Oregon
Bear River Valley
Missouri River
Pennsylvania
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Marshall Pass
Laughing girl in town and oil line talk headline
A Laramie girl is seen in boys clothes after dark. Frank Fields is sought for furnishing medicine linked to a death of Mary Roth whose current whereabouts are unknown. Dr Graff notes Shirley basin oil deposits may enter market next summer and a Point of Rocks pipeline is discussed. Smallpox is reported at Franklin.
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Laramie
Frank Fields
Mary Roth
Roth
Graff
Omaha
Evanston
Shirley Basin
Wyoming
Point of Rocks Station
Union Pacific
Rawhide Miners Endure Storm and Anticipate Boom
Rawhide Buttes reports a severe storm forcing a temporary halt to mining at the mines and Muskrat. Despite snow, miners pursued hunting and indoor games while cattle seek shelter and owners fear losses. Weather improves, with feeding grounds reopening and a hoped for spring boom on the way.
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Rawhide
Rawhide Buttes
Muskrat
Wiggins
Old Sol
Cheyenne
Messrs
Murphy & Kingman
R. Thorp
McFadden & Ketchum
Fort Fetterman Letter Reports Cattle Conditions
C C P Webel writes from Fort Fetterman dated Feb 10 that no stage or telegraph service for two weeks. He visited Cheyenne river ranches, found cattle fat and feed plentiful north of Searight Bros. ranch, snow varying from four to twelve inches, temperatures from 20 to 25 below zero. Ice thirty inches thick on the Platte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. P. Webel
Fort Fetterman
Cattl
Fetterman
Fort McKinney
Mr. Weber
McKinney
Platte
Stock Notes and Ranch News From The Southwest
Reports from near stock range indicate low cattle losses with few calves and some old cattle dying. Rustlers killed 1500 sheep belonging to a Mexican ranchman near Alamosita New Mexico. Two militia companies are pursuing the desperadoes. Beef cattle price is four dollars per hundred live weight, with Kansas stall fed cattle at four dollars seventy five cents in Fort Collins.
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Laramie
Alamosita
Valencia County
N. M
Kansas
Fort Collins
Texas Stockmen Hope For Snow To Save Torn Range
A Menard county letter from the Texas Live Stock Journal reports severe winter conditions across the plains. Cattle die in Crockett Menard and neighboring counties as stockmen warn of heavy losses from months of drought cold and lack of water. Overcrowded pastures and bogs threaten drovers unless heavy rains come before cattle movement north.
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K. Rothers
Llano
Crockett
Menard
Menard County
Mexico
San Antonio
Colorado notes tumble from mines to mobs and rail wrecks
Colorado items report Eli Perkins dates at Collins opera house and 140000 ties to be driven down the Poudre. Fifteen adults join Collins Methodist church on probation. Cattle thieves in Boulder county. Gov on net output tax bill. Golden bullion shipment of 5000 from Rocky Mountain National Bank Central. Collins ware room floor collapsed under 70000 pounds of corn. Jamestown boom rumors and mineral finds at Boulder county prospect camp. Joe Hart shoots unknown man near Green River. Hart wounded. German immigrants arrive in Greeley seeking beer. Two freight-train collision near Alliance Ohio kills L Graham and J Quinlan.
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Eli Perkins
Collins Opera House
Methodist Church
Collins
Boulder County
Patterson
Collins Express
Trinidad News
Starkville
Trinidad
Grand Junction
Denver Republican
Joe Hart
Green River
Hart
Greeley
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The readable text provides no coherent event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a proper news card.
Novelty affinities draw rural readers in Indiana
A fragmented item describes a rural novelty craze in Ww Cor, Indiana. It mentions a quirky trend attracting local interest and hints at social or cultural impact on the community.
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Wyoming News
Euster House
Franklin, Vexzas
Texas
Texas Live Stock Journal
North Pole
Toyah
Colorado Notes
Rocky Mountain National Bank of Central
la Junta Tribune
Virgil
Whitefield
Lavater
Shakespeare
Denver Tribune
James Fisk, Jr
William Clare
Denver
Jamestown
Clemens and
Hubbard
Fort Wayne Road
L. Graham
J. Quinlan
Alliance
Ohio
Corner Fulton Street
Chicago
Cheeseman
the Stock Bromers’ National Bank
United States Depository
Capital
Thomas Sturgis
Henry G. Hay
Sparhawk Bros
Ferguson St
Stebbins & Post’s Bank
Geo. G. Masten
Cor Sixteenth and
Ferguson Streets
Schlitz
Milwaukee Beer
NEW Coods
Stephenson
Great Shoe House
Cheyenne, Wyo
Burt
Leather & Findings
Teller City
Avoi
Uel
Riversi
Gail
Ely
Indi
New York
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