Statehood Celebration Arrangements Approved by Committees
The city hall gathering of ladies and citizens committees approved unified decorations music and ball plans for the statehood celebration. Tickets for a capitol ball and reception will be sold at 1 each with 1500 to 2000 tickets expected. The finance committee expanded to twelve members including nine ladies, and new Converse county appointees Mortimer Jesurun and F. H. Harvey were named. The assembly adjourned with a pledge of a grand demonstration.
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Geo. W. Hoyt
Henry G. Hay
T. B. Adams
Gentlemens
Messrs
Abe Idelman
L. G. Jenks
J.C. Baird
Hay
Converse County
Mortimer Jesurun
F. H. Harvey
City Hall
Finance Committee
Senna
Union
Nature's Cure for Man in a Mexican Inland Town
A Boston Herald Mexico correspondent describes a weary American businessman who finds relief in a warm tropical town. The man abandons his nerves and heavy plans as sun and sea restore his health, appetite, and sleep. He realizes the sun, air, and simple pleasures act as mind and body cures, and vows to return to the whirl of business wiser.
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Tierra Templada
Mexico
Boston Herald
Alameda
Dame Nature
Natrona County Democrat Page in Casper Weekly Mail
The Casper Weekly Mail prints a full Natrona County Democrat page edited by P. F. McNamara. It features democratic nominations and arguments urging voter engagement, noting cross-party discussions and a friendly county seat accord.
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Casper Weekly Mail
Natrona County
P. F. McNamara
Casebeer
Moi
Brother Casebeer
A Rail Road Town at Badger Grows Rapidly
A busy supply depot for the Cheyenne and Northern railroad construction, Badger across from Wendover hosts Kilpatrick Bros and Collins. Twenty one cars of material and three hundred men arrived, tents rise, buildings begin, and the Hartville spur may start from there, signaling a bustling new business locality.
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Badger
Wendover
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad
Kilpatrick Bros. and
Collins
Hartville
Cheyenne Club Elects New Board and Admission Committee
The Cheyenne club held its annual meeting and elected a board of governors including Phil Dater H E Teschemacher G B Goodell N R Davis J J Mason W P Gannett H W Stevens William Sturgis and G W Baxter Admission committee members were G L Beard T B Adams J F Carroll F S Hebard and E Mead Proceedings noted $650 added to floating indebtedness from the $25 000 bond subscription and a cordial Denver Colorado club communication. A large attendance signaled a hopeful future for the organization.
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Cheyenne Club
Messrs
Phil Dater
H. E. Teschemacher
G. B. Goodell
N. R. Davis
J. J. Mason
W. P. Gannett
H. W. Stevens
William Sturgis
G. W. Baxter
G. L. Beard
T. B. Adams
J. F. Carroll
F. S. Hebard
E. Mead
Colorado Club
Denver
Buffalo Wants Room For City Growth In Wyoming
Delegate Carey explains a bill from the public lands committee to allow Buffalo Wyoming to purchase 420 acres of public lands east of Fort McKinney reservatio n from desert claim title. The city, formed on privately held land, seeks town site expansion as westward growth continues and eastern strip is released at the usual government price.
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Washington, D. C
Denver Republican
Carey
Wyoming
Public Lands Committee
Buffalo
Land Department
Fort McKinney
March Weather Report From Cheyenne Observations
Signal service observer John H. Clery reports Cheyenne March climate details from 1871 to 1889, with the 1890 March mean at 94.6 degrees above normal, and precipitation averaging 0.44 inches for the month. The total March rainfall for 1890 was 0.07 inches, 0.47 inches below normal.
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Signal Service
John H. Clery
Cheyenne
Real estate boom drives Cheyenne growth and sales
Real estate activity remains buoyant in Cheyenne with numerous pending and closed transactions. Contracts for twelve houses were let by Interior Land and Immigration, and buyers include B Landridge of Denver and a Texas buyer. Several large parcels and deeds change hands, signaling rapid value increases and a robust building surge this season.
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Interior Land and Immigration Company
B. Landridge
Denver
Texas
A.R. Whitely & Co
Gerald
Congregational Church
Organ Tract
Garland & Co
Warren
A. R. Crusen
State Bank of Curtis
Neb
Russell Tracy
Mr. Wheeler
A. J. White
Salt Lake
Logan Farm
Lake Minnehaha
Henry Patten
C. W. Riner
Marshal Johnson
A. D. Kelley
Fair Grounds
Kelley
Cheyenne & Northern
Hartville
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Realty
G. C. Charlton
Salt Lake City
Walter P. Rodd
Valentine Baker
Hicks
Capitol Avenue
Seventeenth Street
White
Riner & Johnson
A. R. Whitely & Co
Keefe
Evans Street
Twenty First Street
Portland, Ore
Frank Stanley
East Eighteenth Street
Home Building Association
James M. Culver
W. C. Shickley
R. L. Tracy
W. M. Moffat
G. B. Gerald
T. B. Hicks
J. L. Murray
J. K. Jeffrey
F. BE. Warren Mercantile Company
M. Fisher
W. Shickley
United States Patent Granted to David Gordon for Land Claim
Patent issued to David Gordon covering 160 acres of land on Horse Shoe Creek under pre-emption rights. Parcel described as lots 7 and 8, block 373, with consideration of $1. Official grant documents certify the transfer and eligibility under applicable homestead provisions.
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United States
David Gordon
Horse Shoe Creek
The Poetry of Iron in Hartville
City editor encounters rhymes linking iron to daily life and industry. A miner contributor shares lines praising iron vessels, engines, rails, bridges, tools, and even iron in food and ink. The piece blends fact with verse to celebrate iron’s pervasive role.
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Hartville
Harttille Iron Story by an Old Prospector
An old prospector extols rich iron deposits in Harttille hills noting hematite siderite and several ore bodies named Apex Wizard Blue Pine Chicago with potential millions of tons. He urges building railroads and mining now before others claim the resources.
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Harttille Iron Story
Culeres
Chicago
Charles PacDanIons
Whalen
Anniversary of Henry Houseman and wife in Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus reports the forty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Houseman of Cheyenne The celebration at their Rock Island home 1123 Third Avenue drew many neighbors and friends The Sun and Argus extend congratulations and hope to see a golden anniversary with all surviving children present Their children include Mrs E Nagle Mrs Hattie Hibbard Mrs C W Sweet and Mrs Mary Renfro now residing in Cheyenne
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Sun
Rock Island Argus
Henry Houseman
Cheyenne
Third Avenue
Rock Island
The
Argus
E. Nagle
Hattie Hibbard
C. W. Sweet
Mary Renfro
Statehood Celebration Elects Officers and Flag Bearers
The ladies' executive committee on celebration met yesterday afternoon. Mrs Corlett was elected financial secretary to fill the vacancy caused by Mrs Baxter's resignation. Mrs Morris was chosen to present the flag on celebration day. Mrs Ollerenshaw was made standard bearer and Mrs J F Jenkins the orator. Mrs Post will receive the copy of the Wyoming constitution to be presented by the gentlemen.
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Corlett
Baxter
Morris
Ollerenshaw
J. F. Jenkins
Post
Wyoming
Fort Russell Water System Extension Bids Awarded
Proposals opened at Camp Carlin depot quartermaster's office for an irrigation upgrade at Fort Russell. George East bid $3066 and Mesare Keefe & McGarvey $3025. Keefe and McGarvey awarded the contract. The work aims to improve the fort's water supply as part of the main system.
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Fort Russell
Depot Quartermaster’s
Camp Carlin
Humphreys
George East
Mesare
Keefe
Hog Cholera Affects Beck Ranch Swine In Big Goose
Hog cholera devastates George T. Beck’s herd on Big Goose, with twenty animals dying in a single day and others succumbing since. Sheridan Safely notes no reports of spread to neighboring owners.
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George T. Beck
Big Goose
Sheridan
Teaching a Chinaman at Chinese Sunday School
A reporter recalls an anecdote about a young schoolgirl teaching a Chinaman at Ascension Church's Chinese Sunday school. She describes him as bright and eager to learn English and Chinese, sharing humorous language mix ups and her hope he will read and understand religious lessons.
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Ngton
Not Used to Repeaters in Civil War Testimony
A veteran recalls his first experience with a repeating rifle in battle. He describes hiding on a picket line, engaging a Yankee weapon from behind a tree, and the dramatic exchange at close range. The tale notes the weapon’s sixteen shots and the crew’s astonishment at its reliability.
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Yankees
Atlanta
Never Sit Near An Uncurtained Window, A Village Tale
Detroit man warns against being illuminated by a window light as a target. A boy recalls passing a house where an old lady read the Bible with a bright curtainless window. Mischief, a snowball, and a village rumor lead to fear of crime and a warning that crime is the impulse of the moment.
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Detroit
Rustless Iron Process Demonstrates Wide Use
The rustless method, once experimental, now shows wide economy across iron products. In Pittsburg over 2,000,000 kettles were processed last year. Articles enter a 312 foot oval furnace, heated to white heat, then made airtight. Steam is circulated for eight hours to form warranted oxide before acid washing.
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Pittsburg
Remarkable Florida fossil find accidentally uncovered
The Gaines Advocate reports that P. M. Oliver and friends chased a four for his field near Paynes Prairie when a sink exposure revealed vast beds of extinct creatures. Further study identified di notherium giganteum glyptodon paleotherium mastodon and other vertebrates, marking the discovery as possibly the world’s highest find.
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Florida
Gaines
P. M. Oliver
Paynes Prairie
Did Not Consummate the Sale Near Mascoutah
A man named Henry Emmerich confronted alleged swindlers near Mascoutah after joining a crooked contract. He faced demand for more money to erect lightning rods and threatened them with a shotgun. The swindlers fled after a tense exchange.
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Mascoutah
Henry Emmerich
Emmerich
Furhammers
Invention Map Described for Hanging Trap Device
The fragment describes a device with a rope and pulley system designed to facilitate a hanging act. The text mentions a map or plan and a trigger to pull the rope, directing the tar over to a certain direction, with a pap reference to the apparatus.
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nigel ge _ y
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Casper
Real Estate News
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