Easter in Cheyenne Churches and Socials in Vanity Fair
Easter Sunday brightened Cheyenne with full churches and music from St. Mark's Presbyterian Congregational Methodist and St. Mary's. Festivities followed with a German bar masque at Keefe hall, Lenten club hop and bagar, palmistry booth, and a $150 club treasury addition. Socials included phonograph demonstrations and teas at Mrs Brewster's, Miss Nina Morgan's visit from Chicago, and an organ recital by Fred Selleck at Fort Russell.
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St. Mark’s
Brewster
Keefe Hall
Mesdames Humphrey
Pouillon
Ogle
Appel
Dashiel
Misses Lockwood
Dickens
Fort Russell
H. G. Hay
E. T. David
R.S. van Tassell
S. E. Graves
Miss Kent
Cheyenne
Humphrey
van Ta
Congregational Sociable
A. H. Ree
Horatio Holt
Fred. Selleck
Tom
Vanity Fair
Beaux
Jehu
Nimshi
P. Co, Brewster
Nina Morgan
Chicago
Spun Spoons From Miss Morgan's European Tour
Miss Morgan’s showcase featured a collection of rare spoons crafted with artistic design and workmanship from European cities. Guests enjoyed a dainty repast and lingered over conversations, sharing social enjoyment among the gathering. Dino. i
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Morgan
Dino
Pacific Short Line to push 500 miles graded this season
Adolphus Urgens assistant construction engineer for the Pacific Short Line spoke with the Sun about plans for a major Wyoming railroad. He said 500 miles would be graded this season from Sioux City west to the Platte with 130 miles already graded and 200 more contracted. A large pile bridge is rising at Sioux City for storage of construction tools. The line will cross the Missouri at Sioux City and likely reach the Platte near Fort Laramie.
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Adolphus Urgens
Pacific
Inter Ocean
Sun
Wyoming
Sioux City
Platte
Ogden
Utah and Wyoming
C. K. Bannister
Weber Canon
Urgens
Missouri River
Fort Laramie
Hartville
Sweetwater
Pacific Short Line Bridge to Span Missouri River
The Pacific Short Line plans a temporary pile bridge with a pontoon draw across the Missouri River within twenty days. Costing about 20660 dollars, the project will use a steam jack to drive piles 35 feet deep and feature a 40 foot channel draw. Milwaukee yards hold 200 cars of material bound for Nebraska and more is due before completion.
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Pacific Short Line
Denver News
Missouri River
Sioux City Tribune
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Holcomb in Denver Visits Union Pacific Chief
Vice President Holcomb of the Union Pacific arrived in Denver by private car from the Pacific coast and spent the day in conference with General Manager Meek. The purpose was not disclosed though the visit followed the formal consolidation with the Fort Worth line. He departed for Omaha last night.
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Holcomb
Denver
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Boulder Citizen Seeks Street Around Land for Depot
A Boulder resident with land on the south side of the Union Pacific tracks asks the city council to open a street around his property to block the depot construction at the foot of Fourteenth Street.
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Boulder
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Fourteenth Street
Beauty Only Skin Deep in a City Street Scene
A Madison Avenue trolley incident shows four well dressed girls admiring beauty while a poorer, plain girl sits opposite. The plain child endures envy and harassment as she pleads for the others to look away, her face marked by suffering and want.
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Madison Avenue
Real Estate Notes Signal Growth in Cheyenne Market
The Cheyenne real estate scene shows a strong weekly upswing with large transfers and new enterprises. Prominent deals include a 540 acre telegraphed sale, Interior company platting south of Interior Heights, and progress on a normal school endowment with 115 of 200 acres subscribed. Deeds filed total substantial sums, with multiple parcels, 8 to 16 thousand dollar ranges, and federal homestead patents recorded.
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Tae Sun
Cheyenne
Interior Company
Interior Heights
Normal School
York
F. D. Carper
Garland & Co
L. R. Bresnahen
George W. Ames
Augustus Pratt
John B. Lawrence
Union Pacific
Henry F. Mason
Frank M. Fish
Pueblo
Colo
William L. McCague
Finney County
Kansas
Russell Tracy
Charles W. Riner
Marshall Johnson
Thomas Heaney
James J. Walworth
Gustave Kahn
James W. Collins
Eliza Kuykendall
Josephine Adams
James W. Rich
Thomas W. Rutledge
Edward Lawler
William B. O'Brien
City of
George Cassel
WH. Ralston
United States
Encampment of G A R in Denver Draws Many Notables
Large attendance and lively events mark the G A R department encampment in Denver from April 16 to 19. Gen Alger and Mrs Logan among celebrities expected. Cheyenne officials and delegates prepare for headquarters at the St James hotel and a grand parade with about 2000 veterans.
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Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Relief Corps
T. M. Fisher
Cheyenne
N. J. O'Brien
St. James
Department
Department of
Grand Army of the Republic
Wyo
Grand Army
Council of Administration
Coliseum Hall
Champa Street
Nineteenth Street
Committee On Entertainment
Return
Women’s Relief Corps
W. Fisher
J. K. Jeffrey
F. A. Sutzer
A. A. Mahr
A. Gardenier
Fort Russell
Offrey
Green
van Horn
Sharpless
Alger
Logan
Warren
Colorado National Guard
Hogle
General Fisher
Adjutant O'Brien
Polygamy Debate Shapes Canadian Polity in Parliament
April 12 Ottawa session saw polygamy added to criminal law offences. MP Edward Blake portrayed Mormon settlers as a danger while Interior Minister Dewdney cited assurances from Mormons against polygamy. Sir John MacDonald vowed Canada would keep the Northwest free from such practices. Imprisonment penalties adjusted to two to five years.
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Canada
Ottawa
Edward Blake
Canadian Northwest
Ormons
Utah
Dewdney
John MacDonald
Northwest
Cheyenne Mayor C W Riner Praised for Fiscal Turnaround
A portrait feature lauds Cheyenne mayor C W Riner born Middletown, now 36, for guiding the city from debt to solid finances. It credits his leadership with water system upgrades and public works, noting the city’s strong standing at home and abroad and confident expansion ahead.
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Tuk Sun
Cheyenne
C. W. Riner
Riner
Middletown
Legislative Assembly
Excursion to Cheyenne Draws Big Turnout
General Passenger Agent Ady reports about 300 travelers on the Union Pacific excursion to Cheyenne on Thursday. He notes Cheyenne looks beautiful this spring and discusses plans for Wyoming’s statehood celebration and the capital remaining in Cheyenne for ten years after admission. Another trip to Cheyenne is planned in about two weeks.
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Denver Republican
Ady
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Pork Market Soars Then Recedes On Corner Rumors
In Curcaco the board of trade opened with rumors of a pork corner as shorts rushed to cover and syndicate brokers bought heavily. May pork jumped to 15 dollars, July up to 15.75, and June to 15.10 before a rapid reversal left May at 14 dollars and pork at 13.10 by 2:45 PM. Lard and short ribs followed but without sharp gains.
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Board of Trade
Arour
Sawyer & Wallace
New York
Cudahy & Ream
Floods Sweep New South Wales and Queensland Cities
The steamship Mariposa reports vast floods in New South Wales and Queensland. Brisbane suffered extensive inundation with submerged wharves, hundreds homeless, and numerous fatalities. Other towns tied to widespread property damage as waters subside.
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New South Wales
San Fancisco
Aprilia
Queensland
Buisbane
Corn-husk dolls delight with charming corn husk outfits
A Union Signal writer describes creating a corn husk doll about 8 inches tall dressed in modern fashion. The process uses acorn body core, layered husks for the dress, cotton head, dyed husks for trimming, and corn silk hair, yielding a dainty charityfair novelty with many dress variations.
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Union Signal
First Woman Named President of Medina Valley Railroad
Mrs. Charles D. Haines, wife of the senior Haines broker, is chosen as Lady President of the Medina Valley Railroad Texas. She becomes the first woman ever to head a steam railroad, with her qualifications widely acknowledged by associates and observers. The Haines firm also develops lines including Lockport Langston and Northern Missouri Brackett St. Clair and Rio Grande Texas among current projects.
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MRK
Charles D. Haines
Medina Valley Railroad
Texma
Medioa Valley
Lockport
Missouri
St. Clair and Rio Grande
Texas
Woman Breaks Toilet Set Over Unmatched Soap Dish
In a St. Louis hotel a guest reportedly shattered a valuable toilet set after breaking a soap dish. The proprietor valued the set around eighty dollars and pressed for payment. The guest allegedly admitted paying and later acted loudly, but fled to her room. She was found calmly surveying the wreck.
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St. Louis
Stais
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Ana Ana
Mr. Holcombe
Real Estate
Gen. Alger
Gen. Logan
Tuos. M. Fisner
T Aid
E. U Deien
Ssistant Adjutant General
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