Statehood Celebration Planning In Converse County
A large meeting at city hall formed the ladies and citizens committees to organize the statehood celebration. Geo W Hoyt chaired with Henry G Hay secretary as decorations music and ball duties merged. Funds plan ticket sales at 1 dollar each with 1500 to 2000 tickets expected. finance panel expanded to twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Sunlit Mexican Town
A Boston Herald correspondent recalls a weary American businessman who finds relief in a tropical town. Sun and sea renewal ease his nerves and ailments. he abandons the whirl of finance and declares the sun his best sanatorium and physician, promising to return refreshed and wiser.
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Tierra Templada
Mexico
Boston Herald
Alameda
Dame Nature
Natrona Democrats Gain Page in Casper Weekly Mail
The Casper Weekly Mail devotes a full page to the Natrona County Democrats edited by P. F. McNamara. The page features Democratic nominations and arguments, with Casebeer defending balanced coverage and urging fair discussion of county questions.
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Casper Weekly Mail
Natrona County
P. F. McNamara
Casebeer
Moi
Brother Casebeer
A Rail Road Town at Badger Grows Busy for Cheyenne & Northern
A bustling supply depot and contractor headquarters rise at Badger across the river from Wendover for the Cheyenne and Northern railroad. Kilpatrick Bros. and Collins lead operations with 21 cars of material and 300 workers arriving yesterday. Tents go up and construction begins on multiple buildings as the Hartville spur may start from Badger, signaling a lively business center.
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Badger
Wendover
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad
Kilpatrick Bros. and
Collins
Hartville
Cheyenne Club Holds Annual Meeting and Elects Board
The Cheyenne club convened in its clubhouse for the annual meeting. New board of governors includes Phil Dater and H E Teschemacher among others, with G L Beard and colleagues named to the admission committee. A $650 addition to floating indebtedness was approved from the $25,000 bond subscription, and Denver Colorado club extended cordial hospitality. Strong attendance signals a prosperous future.
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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
Wyoming delegate Carey explains a bill approved by the public lands committee to allow Buffalo to buy 420 acres east of Fort McKinney, enabling expansion as private desert claims block townsite lands and public lands elsewhere fill up.
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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
The signal service observer John H. Clery notes Cheyenne March temperatures from 1871 to 1889 average 33.6 degrees. The March 1890 mean was 94.6 degrees, 0 above normal. Average March precipitation over nineteen years is 0.44 inches. total in March 1890 was 0.07 inches, 0.47 inches below normal.
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Signal Service
John H. Clery
Cheyenne
Real estate boom spurs Cheyenne market activity
Real estate news reports strong buoyancy with many pending and closed deals. Interior Land and Immigration contracts twelve houses. buyers include B Landridge of Denver and a Texas purchaser. Gar land & Co. and A R White note significant land sales and planned investments. Builders move fast as 500 plus new residences and related projects loom, backed by rail expansions and local development.
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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
United States Patent Granted for Land Pre-emption to David Gordon
Patent records show David Gordon receiving a US patent for pre-emption of 160 acres of land on Horse Shoe Creek, covering lots 7 and 8 in block 373 with consideration of $1. The action confirms the legal transfer under the homestead era land program.
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United States
David Gordon
Horse Shoe Creek
The Poetry of Iron in Hartville’s Whimsical Lines
City editor notes two poems about iron’s pervading role. One unknown author imagines iron in ships, engines, rails, bridges, stoves, and tools, while a miner contributor extols iron’s pervasive presence in equipment, architecture, weapons, and even our diet and blood.
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Hartville
Harttille Iron Story by an Old Prospector
An old prospector extols rich iron deposits in Harttille hills. He mentions ledges like Apex, Wizard, Blue, and Chicago with siderite and millions of tons ready for mining. He urges building railroads to unlock riches before future generations discover the mines.
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Harttille Iron Story
Culeres
Chicago
Charles PacDanIons
Whalen
A Party Fifth Anniversary
The Sun reports the Rock Island Argus March 28 on the forty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Houseman long time Cheyenne residents. The celebration at 1123 Third Avenue Rock Island drew many neighbors. The paper joins in congratulations hoping they reach a golden anniversary with all surviving children nearby. Children listed include Mrs E Nagle Mrs Hattie Hibbard Mrs C W Sweet and Mrs Mary Renfro now living 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
Status of the Statehood Celebration Committee
The ladies' executive committee on celebration met and elected officers. Mrs Corlett became financial secretary to fill a vacancy left by Mrs Baxter. Mrs Morris will present the flag on celebration day while Mrs Ollerenshaw is standard bearer and Mrs J F Jenkins serves as orator. Mrs Post will receive the Wyoming constitution copy to be presented by the gentlemen.
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Corlett
Baxter
Morris
Ollerenshaw
J. F. Jenkins
Post
Wyoming
New Water Contract Bid Awards For Fort Russell
Proposals for expanding Fort Russell water system and extra hydrants were opened at Camp Carlin. Bids: George East $3066 and Mesare Keefe & McGarvey $3025. Keefe and McGarvey won the contract to improve irrigation and provide a robust water supply.
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Fort Russell
Depot Quartermaster’s
Camp Carlin
Humphreys
George East
Mesare
Keefe
Hog Cholera Ravages Big Goose Ranch Swine
Hog cholera is devastating George T. Beck's ranch on Big Goose. Twenty hogs died in one day with more deaths since. Sheridan Safere reports no confirmed cases among nearby owners yet.
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George T. Beck
Big Goose
Sheridan
Teaching a Chinaman at Chinese Sunday school
A reporter recalls a conversation with a modest schoolgirl about her pupil, a hardworking Chinese man who washes clothes. She describes teaching him English and Chinese, the primer used, and the amusing language hiccups as he learns to say phrases like my hand and your hand. She hopes he learns to read and perhaps engage with religion.
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Ngton
Not Used to Repeaters In Civil War Rifle Tale
A veteran recalls his first experience with a repeating rifle during a Civil War era picket line skirmish. He describes rapid shots, a near-miss encounter with a Yankee sharpshooter, and the moment a two barrel rifle finally discharges multiple times. The tale ends with a curious outcome and a note on the weapon’s persistence.
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Yankees
Atlanta
Never Sit Near an Uncurtained Window Says Detroit Man
A Detroit man warns against sitting near uncurtained windows after recalling a childhood incident. He describes a boy throwing objects at a lit window and a villager’s frightening tale of attempted robbery and murder, linking impulse crime to momentary opportunity.
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Detroit
Rustless Iron Promises Great Economy in All Iron Goods
A historical note explains a new rustless process tested in Pittsburg. Iron items are heated to white heat in a large oval furnace, then steam is injected for eight hours before a final acid wash. The process aims to produce a durable, rust resistant surface across iron articles.
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Pittsburg
Remarkable Florida fossil find at Paynes Prairie
A Florida paper reports an accidental discovery near Paynes Prairie as P M Oliver and companions corral a large animal from a sink. Excavation reveals extensive beds of extinct creatures including di notherium giganteum and glyptodon among others, described as perhaps the highest find in the world.
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Florida
Gaines
P. M. Oliver
Paynes Prairie
Did Not Consummate the Sale Swindlers Foiled North of Mascoutah
Henry Emmerich, aka Eilis, joined a swindling ring promising lightning rods for 1 dollar. He confronted the con artists with a shotgun as they attempted to enter a building. The men demanded over 15 dollars more and fled when he resisted. The incident occurred several miles north of Mascoutah.
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Mascoutah
Henry Emmerich
Emmerich
Furhammers
Incomplete Text Describes Hanging Incident Sketch
The readable fragments describe a hanging incident with an English machine and a map. Details are unclear and disjointed, but references to rope and a trap appear with vague descriptions of a fate or device. The text lacks coherent names, dates, places, or outcome.
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nigel ge _ y
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Ladies’ and Citizens’ Committee
Casper
Real Estate News
Cheyenne & Northern
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
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
IRON
Eres
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