Machinery Moving in Cheyenne Marks New Era for Union Pacific Shops
Cheyenne celebrates the opening of Union Pacific shops with Mayor Riner opening the valve on a massive Corliss engine. Superintendent Munro and team organize a successful test as 200 spectators cheer, cameras roll, and the vast plant reveals its boilers, forges, and the promise of future prosperity.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Riner
Munro
Manager Bridges
Interior Land and Immigration Company
West
Monster
United States
Leary
Crook's Post installs new leadership at Pe Siding
Boomerang notes Crook's Post No. 38 of the G. A. R. at Pe Siding held a Saturday night installation with T. M. Fisher as department commander. George W. Shelton named commander. local attendees included R. E. Fitch E. N. Allen Cap Hance and C. W. Spalding. Tuttle to receive a large wall paper invoice today.
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Crook
A. K
Pe Siding
T. M. Fisher
George W. Shelton
R. E. Fitch
E. N. Allen
Cap Hance
C. W. Spalding
Tuttle
Wolverine Legend Tied to Michigan’s Early Pines
A New Yorker recalls Michigan’s wolverine lore and why the state earned the nickname. He notes the animal’s wolf bear traits, extreme ferocity, tree climbing skill, and its vanished presence in modern forests. Farmers feared livestock losses prompting hunts. The piece questions the nickname’s persistence after the wolverine’s extinction.
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Michigan
Wolverine
Green Bay Region
New York Sun
West
North Michigan
Zoological Gardens
Michigan Woods
European colonists for California settle San Joaquin valley
Several thousand families from England and Denmark will be settled in the San Joaquin valley in California this season. A large tract of land has been cut into twenty acre fruit farms and the colonists are now on their way from the old world.
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England
Denmark
San Joaquin Valley
California
Gen. Boulanger
France
C. Beecher
Wood Conn
Kansas
Paris
Frankfort
Milan
Berlin
Brussels
Cascade Mountains
Jacksonville
Oregon
Sunken Lake
Governor Warren responds to Cambridge letter on woman suffrage
A letter from Katharine Parsons of Cambridge questions women’s suffrage in Wyoming, arguing it harms marriage. Governor Warren replies that Wyoming already grants suffrage, notes its constitutional status, and says no ill effects have occurred in more than twenty years.
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Warren
Cambridge
Mass
Wyoming
Parsons
Senate
Law of the Land
Kathaarine Parsons
Garden Street
Katharine Parsons
Cam
Mapam
Congress
House of Representatives
United States Senate
F. E. Warren
Cheyenne, Wyo
Newcastle Land Office to Centralize County Business
The Newcastle Alert reports that a land office will be established in Newcastle. This move will centralize Crook and Weston counties land business here, drawing thousands of people and funds to the town and making Newcastle the Weston county seat once elections are called.
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Newcastle
Crook
Weston Counties
Weston County
Cheyenne Sun Publishes Flag Edition After Wyoming Admission
In Evanston News style the Cheyenne Daily Sun issues a red, white and blue edition as a patriotic climax to Wyoming's admission bill passage. The article notes editor’s hopeful victory and civic pride, plus a church orange sociable slated for Friday evening and a Cheyenne marriage license for John A Tom and Maud O Werden.
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Evanston
Cheyenne Daily Sun
House of Wyoming
John A. Tom
Michael
Maud O. Werden
Cheyenne
Wit and Humor In Fragmented Newspaper Snippets
A collage of lighthearted quips and cartoons from various papers. Jokes about corkers, clocks, tea, socialites, train robbers, travel costs, a poker game, and romance tickle readers with era’s dry humor and mini-punchlines.
Eighth Hussars Gazelle Mascot Draws Notice
The British Eighth Hussars march with a gazelle mascot that accompanies the regiment at every event. The animal stands out in crowds, often copying the drum major’s stately stride as it leads the band on Sundays.
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Eighth Hussars
Eating With a Knife Becomes Family Dinner Row
Judge Dewey of Yellow Mount City defends eating with a knife at a dinner party. He declares his son Frank spoiled for using a knife at meals while the family laments lack of proper training. Mrs. Dewey retorts that she knows their habits and vows to correct the spoon and utensil manners.
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Frank
Frankie
Cattle Business Sees Revival Across Regions
Reports from Texas to Montana and Kansas to the Pacific indicate a thriving cattle economy. Stockmen cite strong demand and recovered markets, with large herds largely intact on major ranges and favorable prospects for beef shipments this summer and fall.
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Texas
Montana
Kansas
Pacific
Northwest
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Loas
Milk River
Yellowstone
Sin River
Teton
Mariad
Judith Basin
Denver Republican
Colorado
J. L. Brush
Wyoming
Deaver
Brush Land and Cattle Company
Routt
Kaneas
Wantides
Slack Men Play the Sinob
A Douglas Budget summary notes stockmen will not secure another $10,000 appropriation for mavericks. Under old law mavericks were sold to cover stock commission costs at $6 to $8 per head. Stockmen obtained prior funds by promising to apply sale proceeds to the territory school fund, leaving the people with reduced prices per head and lower payments.
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Douglas
Stock Commission
Triple Murderers Tracked by U S Detective Through Cheyenne
J C Burkes, a United States detective, brings Charles Marz and John Rice to Cheyenne in custody. They are wanted in Hardin county Iowa for the murder of Henry Johns and for the killings of Manse and Finley Rainsbarger to suppress evidence. The case ends a long manhunt spanning eighteen months with the last two gang members captured. the murders occurred nearly five years ago in Hardin county.
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J. C. Burkes
United States
Cheyenne
Charles Marz
John Rice
Hardin County
Iowa
Henry Johns
Manse Rainsbarger
Finley Rainsbarger
Rainsbargers
Burkes
Tulare
Tulare County
Cal
Marx
Presbytery of Northern Colorado and Wyoming Meets in Laramie
The Presbytery gathers in Laramie with twenty one churches represented by clerical and lay delegates. Key issue is revision of the articles of faith led by Rev R E Field who opened the debate. Field’s sermon last Sunday boosted the movement for a new clearer statement of Christian faith.
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Presbytery
Colorado
Wyoming
Laramie City
R. E. Field
Field
Laramie
Homestead Patents Issued at Cheyenne Land Office
United States patents for homesteads have been issued at the Cheyenne land office to a long list of applicants including Burrel Jefferson Thomas A Farrington C J Demmon Jane Bard Peter McDermott James O Neill Henry Leman Mads Nobel Thomas L Crittenden Frederick Bohnstadt Mathew McMillan Theo W Challen Prat A Hadsell James W Daniel Beiler Wm H Reed H Huston Elizabeth McKeever Edmund Wright James May Vandern Sparten Jerry Sheehan William P Kimball J Y Kick Demerit E Brown Benjamin F Fuller Jason Benedict Noah 7 William T Morgan Elizabeth Schalk John H Bishop.
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United States
Cheyenne Land Office
Burrel Jefferson
Thomas A. Farrington
C. J. Demmon
Jane Bard
Peter McDermott
James O'Neill
Henry Leman
Mads Nobel
Thomas L. Crittenden
Frederick Bohnstadt
Mathew McMillan
Theo. W Challen
Prat A. Hadsell
James W. .Niel Beiler
Wm. H. Reed
H. Huston
Elizabeth McKeever
Edmund
Pastor Cowhick Wins Patent for Lakeside Homestead Tract
Reverend J. Cowhick has secured a United States patent for his lakeside homestead after a prolonged dispute in the land office that upheld his filing. He now faces a bid of fifteen thousand dollars in cash for the property.
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J. ¥. Cowhick
United States
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