Wyoming Gains Statehood as Cheyenne Celebrates
Cheyenne residents erupt in joy after Wyoming is assured admission as the forty third state. Cannon fire, flags, and a Sun Extra telegram ignite a citywide jollification with speeches by Governor Warren and other officials praising equal rights for women and the coming federal status.
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Wyoming Statehood Proclaimed Evoking Wide Reactions
Officials and citizens praise statehood as Wyoming moves toward admission. Clergymen sheriffs mayors and residents hail the news with statements on prosperity population gains and regional progress while others celebrate local business actions and public displays.
Wyoming Statehood Advocates Rally for Vote
George Brown and John A. Jeffrey express approval of statehood with the emblem narrations. Judge Fisher and E. S. N. Morgan praise the move while Valentine Baker and Nick O’Brien tout prosperity and unity. Mass backs the western admission citing benefits.
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John A. Jeffrey
Judge Fisher
E.S.N. Morgan
McAdoo
Valentine Baker
Nick O'Brien
Wyoming
A Box of Monkeys Delights City Audiences
Enthusiastic crowds attended a performance of the farce A Box of Monkeys at the Post hall. The enlarged stage enhanced dramatic display and the amateurs delivered strong comedy, with Mrs. Huphrey Mrs. Ogle Dickens and Lieutenants Frier among the cast.
Ehrich Brothers Investor Eyes Cheyenne Property Boom
In Cheyenne Mr Louis R Ehrich of Ehrich Brothers New York is visiting with plans to invest heavily in local real estate. He has long influenced Colorado Springs prosperity and led the city’s board of trade as president for years. The Cheyenne venture could signal a bright future and extended visits.
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Riner
Wyoming
Marshal Schnitger
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Judge Carroll
F. A. Sutzer
T. A. Kent
A. D. Kelley
Cheyenne
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Holt
John Chase
Judge Carey
Doug Rhodes
Jenkins
Louis R. Ehrich
Ehrich Brothers
New York City
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Colorado Springs
Board of Trade
Mr. Ehrich
Sale to outsiders follows statehood bill passage
Within an hour after the statehood bill passed Kelley and Parshall sold a piece of southside property to outside capitalists for 40000 dollars. The particulars were not disclosed.
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Kelley & Parshall
Southside
It Was Hubby Who Suffered In Capitol Nursery Tale
A Capitol story recounts a congressman, slight in size, and his tall disciplinarian wife. She spanks a misbehaving child by lamp light, discovers it is the husband, and both laugh as the children stuff pillows to suppress giggles. He vows to let her discipline the children henceforth.
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Ancient Cloaca Maxima Sewer Unearthed In Rome
A report details the Cloaca Maxima from the Forum to the Tiber at 1740 feet long with walls of heavy stone and dimensions varying along its course. New sections show widths around 13 feet and heights near 16 feet 6 inches. Excavations reveal the sewer lies about 36 feet below street level and may have served subsoil drainage in antiquity. Also notes Wyoming's mineral wealth and potential value for statehood funding.
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Tiber
Laramie Praises Delegate Carey For Wyoming Statehood
Jubilant crowds in Laramie celebrate Delegate Carey for his work toward Wyoming statehood. Residents hail the potential admission to statehood as a new era of prosperity and development for the Equality State.
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Llurrah
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Wyoming
Laramie
Warren Wins By Fourteen In State Vote Dispatch
Dispatch from Carey reports Governor Warren won by fourteen in a close vote. Democrats resisted the bill with strong opposition to woman suffrage and education qualification. Carey notes the last push by Democrats failed to derail the measure.
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F. E. Warren
Wasminoros
M. Carey
Railroad Rumbles and Rail Talks Across the West
Ticket agents at Denver Union will wear uniforms. Colorado Midland begins Hagerman tunnel replacement to save miles and steep grades. National conductors meet in Rochester on May 17 with 15 000 members. Union Pacific posts 7 50 fare to the river. Fort Worth conductor Charlie Moffat is promoted to construction superintendent for the Wichita Falls to Seymour line. Puget Sound pageant via Union Pacific to Portland approved by New York trunk lines. A Missouri Pacific Centralia telegraph error triggers a collision of two freight trains near a curve. Western passenger troubles may ease as a reorganization plan for the Western States passenger association is discussed and old agreements favored.
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Union Pacific
Charlie Moffat
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Seymore
Texas
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Portland
Centralia
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
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Western
Western States Passenger Association
Trans- Missouri
Wyoming's Enterprise Announces $1000 Potato Contest Prize
In a letter from New York dated March 24, the Sun reports Wyoming offers $1000 in prizes for the 1890 American Agriculturist potato contest, noting South Carolina's similar policy boosted yields as an example. The author urges anticipation of Wyoming's impact on agriculture.
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Burlington plans spur from Cheyenne to Hartville deposit
The Burlington & Missouri management has recently inspected the Hartville iron deposit with the aim of tapping it via a spur from Cheyenne. The move would involve a Burlington smelter at Burlington and the building of large railroad shops at Cheyenne.
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Burlington & Missouri
Hartville
Cheyenne
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Douglas Sartoris ranch plans 1300 acres of grain on Laramie plains
Expect good crops as over 1300 acres of small grain are being planted this season at the Douglas William Sartoris ranch on the Laramie plains. The company has demonstrated grain can be raised successfully with abundant water and anticipates a better showing than ever.
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Douglas William Sartoris
Laramie Plains
Hoomeraug
The 21 Dance Brings Wyoming Statehood Cheer to Keefe
The club of us hosted fifty guests at a Keefe dance last night marking a notable event in a series. Fr W Hamilton, manager of era immigration and Investors, Chicago, visits for business tied to a bureau.
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Wyoming
Fr. W. Hamilton
Era Immigration and Investors
Chicago
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