Sad Fate of Hosack in Fort Laramie Blizzard
A young man named David M. Hosack perished in a deadly April blizzard near Fort Laramie while trying to manage a small herd. Companions battled freezing conditions. Hosack rode off to fetch strays and vanished, later found dead near his compromised horse. A companion, Mr. Updike, survived five days without food after taking shelter in the snow. Hosack and Updike worked for Hamilton Gray and Updike at the government farm on Willow Creek Addams and Glovers range. a local inquest was held and Hosack buried in the city cemetery in New Bethlehem Pennsylvania after his body was flown home.
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Hamilton, Gray & Updike
Government Farm
Fort Laramie
Mr. Updike
David M. Hosack
Willow Creek
Addams & Glover
Hosack
Mr. Hamilton
Updike
Mosack
Hamilton
Brown Creek
J. J. Solomon
W. Ik’. Wood
W. F. Hamilton
F. E. Warren
New Bethlehem
Clarion County
Tolen
Frewen and partners discuss cattle vast Wyoming operation
In Chicago Frewen Sartoris and Kemp outline Powder River Cattle Company status with 45 000 head at large in Wyoming. They expect large spring shipment led by Northern Pacific, note calf losses from late winter, and warn beef may rise if population grows.
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Moreton Frewen
Lionel Sartoris
Frank Kemp
Cheyenne
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Sartoris
General Grant
Laramie
Oregon
Texas
Western Territories
Prairie Cattle Company
Illinois
Missouri
Milea City
New York
England
The Fence Question and Territorial Law
A newspaper commentary critiques an interior department notice on fence destruction for settlers. It warns against assuming safety to remove fences and cites Wyoming possessory rights and U S Supreme Court rulings that landholders retain rights against intruders and require lawful eviction.
Notice on unlawful inclosures of public lands in 1883
The Interior Department warns registers and receivers that unauthorized fencing of public lands is trespass and will be fought via legal action. Settlers may graze or cut hay if lands stay open to all, and fences blocking settlement will be removed or prosecuted.
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United States
N. C. McFannan
Correction to Cheyenne Leader on Jate storm death
A letter from AppeMs and Glover denounces a Sun report claiming a Cheyenne recruit was killed in the Jate storm. They state the named Hosick was not employed by them this season and urge reporters to stick to the truth in accident reporting.
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Sin
Hosick
AppeMs & Glover
Cheyenne
Teller Circular On Fences Sparks Cheyenne Debate
Cheyenne reacts to Secretary Teller's land fencing circular and the arrival of interior department agents. Critics say the notice may overstep local calm, while fence builders insist they will obey all applicable laws and act in good faith.
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United States
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Department
Teller
Interior Department
Nebraska
Laramie
Prospects Rise at Silver Crown Gold Camp In Summer Boom
New York financier J J Wyatt and J Conly of Hartville tour Silver Crown and report lively prospecting with 20 to 25 workers. The Metcalf lode now Colorado shows a 65 foot tunnel and a 34 foot vein, with strong assays and a Denver smelter test promising. E H Bryant and partner Chas Villine strike rich on the Sunset claim with $9 gold and five ounces silver per ton, ore deepening to 20 feet. Fifteen to twenty claims now yield gold silver copper, with a smelter expected soon.
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Messrs
J. J. Wyatt
New York
John Conly
Hartville
Silver Crown District
Metcalf Lode
Colorado
Denver
Queen of Sheba
David Lodes
Wyatt
Silver Crown
E. H. Bryant
Chas
Villine
Bryant
Leader
Fragmented Rhyme Fragments Reflecting Misty Moods
A garbled poem like text shows jagged phrases about freedom love longing and roses. It appears as a stray literary fragment with incomplete lines and inconsistent timing and speaker cues.
Fragmentary text notes an issue and personal admonitions
The readable parts hint at a brief note about an issue and a personal message or dialogue. No clear names places dates or events emerge from the fragment. Further context is needed to identify a concrete news item or publishable record.
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Weekly Leader
Frewen
The
Department of the
Supreme Court of the United States
Nevada
California
Department OF the Interior
General Land Office
Washmeaton
D. C
United States Land Offices
Interior
H. M. Telver
Ven
Great Shoe House
Wyo
Burt
Ather & Findings
Teller City
Geo. G. Masten
Cor Sixteenth and
Ferguson Streets
Schlitz
Milwaukee Beer
Gray
Craig Edavis
Perry
Tate
Asick
Dr. Gray
Eik Fas
Iisseu
de Solt
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