Real estate sales top half million in Cheyenne market
A Cheyenne real estate round up shows fifteen days of activity with Interior Land and Immigration selling 2000 lots and other major deals. Notable transfers include Organ & Philips 100 acres sold to a eastern syndicate for 65 000 and various parcels to J K Jeffrey, Theodore Menges, and G B Gerald among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Land and Immigration Company
Organ & Philips
C. F. Monroe
C. D. Kelley
Theodore Menges
A. G. Charlton
Minnehaha
G. Christiansen
Warren Mercantile Company
Logan
G. I. Hodges
George A. Lonaberry
Fort Russell
South Side
J.K. Jeffrey
Capitol Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Dr. Appel
Organ & Phillips
J. K. Jeffrey
Denver Pacific Railroad
Frank Boulter
A. H. Swan
George W. Hoyt
H. Altman
C. W. Riner
Judge Bergman
Z.T. Hilgas
Little Rock
Ark
City of
Cheyenne
Valentine Baker
L. R. Enrich
Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Street
Eddy
Eighteenth
Thames
Riner & Johnson
Kansas
H. B. Patton
F. J. Bennett
Nebraska
Mr. Russell Tracy
T. Dyer
H. H. Ellis
Swan
A. Kaufman
The
Denver Commonwealth
Interior Company
E. D. Sloan
Denver
Kellner
Bernard Kellney
A. R. Whitely & Co
G. B. Gerald
Texas
Nineteenth & Capitol Avenue
Garland & Co
Warren
A. R.crusen
State Bank
Curtis
Carper & Hodges
L. RB. Brean
Tor
C.D. Kelley
H. and
Omaha
R. A. Moore
E. B. Jones
Buffalo
Harrington
Pineer Hook Building
Eddy Street
L. R. Breshehan
R. C. Morris
W. M. Proutman
J. B. Brooks
Dartford
Wis
Henry Riley
Anthony Touhey
Welcome Guests Enter Cheyenne for Excursion Visit
Cheyenne welcomes excursionists arriving by special train at noon. A citizens committee greets them at the depot with the Union Pacific band, city hospitality, and arranged tours. Speakers including J R Burton, Dick Walker, A M York, Mayor Riner, and Governor Warren will address a citizens meeting at the opera house this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Interior Land and Immigration Company
Union Pacific Band
J. R. Burton
Dick Walker
Kansas
A. M. York
Denver
Opera House
Riner
Warren
Wyoming
Cheyenne and Northern Song Verse for Mennerchor
A verse dedication for the Mennerchor sung to Marching Through Georgia lauding the Cheyenne and Northern line. It celebrates Hartville ore grounds, engineering staking, blasting and pickaxe work, and the westward railroad campaign with cheers for the Northern road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. P. Carroll
Georgia
Hartville
Iron deposit near Cheyenne promises century of ore
In Platte canyon mining district about 120 miles north of Cheyenne a rich iron bed has been opened up to seventy feet wide and one hundred twenty feet deep for nine hundred feet with other deposits nearby. The ore is pure Bessemer quality seventy percent iron with negligible phosphorus and no sulfur. Located nine miles east of the Cheyenne terminus, a branch line is planned to reach it and reduction works may be built in Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte Canyon
Cheyenne
Cheyenne & Northern Road
Union Pacific Boom and Coast Construction News
The World reports Wall Street interest as the Vanderbilts acquire a large Union Pacific stake. A funding bill is expected to pass soon to enable 3,000 miles of Pacific coast expansion and a right of way purchase into Los Angeles California. The April report notes potential board changes at the railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilts
Union Pacific Stock
New York
the World
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Oregon Railway Extension Plans 3000 Mile Pacific Backed Line
The Oregon Railway Extension company filed supplementary articles of incorporation at Olympia Washington to build 3000 miles of railroad across Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana. Backing is understood to come from Union Pacific and PortLane reported as involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
PortLane
Oregon Railway Extension Company
Olympia
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Union Pacific Secures Right of Way to San Pedro
Uri Embody and Dr. W. B. Michaels secure a right of way for an over land railroad from this city to San Pedro. The contract bans transfer to Southern Pacific and promises operation within two years. The line, known as a Union Pacific scheme, will cross the desert via Tejanga pass to Verdugo canon to connect with the new main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Cala
Uri Embody
W. B. Michaels
San Pedro
Southern Pacific
Tejanga Pass
Verdugo Canon
Storms Hit Cities From Chicago to Ohio and Virginia
Reports from April storms describe extensive damage across multiple states. Highland park in Chicago was battered by wind and rain, a Catholic church toppled, and several homes crushed. Other towns such as Nyack and Roanoke faced lightning, tornadoes, and structural destruction with injuries and at least one death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Curcaco
Highland Park
Martin Blettel
Michael Rafferty
New York
Nyack
N. Y
Rockland County
Pennsylvania
Pittspurg
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Virginia
Roanoke
Crozier Iron Works
Salem
Plan for Pan American arbitration ends conference hopes
Washington April 9 news that the Pan American conference panel on general welfare has agreed on an arbitration plan to settle disputes between American republics without appeal to arms. If differences arise, they go to another republic for settlement. each side may name an arbitrator, and an umpire is chosen. The plan aims to halt South American wars and boost regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee Upon General Welfare
Aams
Blaine
Carpenters Strike in Cuiiaco Moves Toward Split Ally
A conference between a non-union master carpenters committee and the strike committee in Cuiiaco signals support for the strikers. About 1500 to 1600 small bosses accuse the Builders' exchange of monopolizing work and plan to form an alliance, potentially restoring many union-rate jobs. Brazil issues decrees promoting freedom of association for public workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuiiaco
Association of Masters
Builders’ Association
Multiple executions sweep Pennsylvania in a single day
Reports from Easton Waynespura Bellefonte and Esensburg detail hangings of Bartholomew for murder of Aaron Dilliard, Zach Taylor for killing William McCausland in a robbery, Alfred James Andrews for the murder of Clara Price, and Charles Carter for the murder in a house of ill fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew
Easton
William HH. Bartholomew
Aaron W. Dilliard
Beersville
Johnson
Dilliard
Waynespura
Zach Taylor
William McCausand
Allegheny
George Clark
Taylor
Bellevonte
Alfred James Andrews
Clara Price
Esenspurg
Charles Carter
John Matthews
Shrill Verse Breaks Morning Service Revelry at Trinity
A Sunday service at old Trinity was disrupted by two wealthy society ladies whose dramatic te deum ended with the quip But, my dear, we fry ours in butter. The audience reacted with horror and amusement as Mrs. faded from the church amid the uproar and fainting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Trinity
N. Y
Mr. Dix
Peculiarities of Congress Reported by the Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution notes varied disabilities among lawmakers with three Senators including Berry Rampton and Butler, one-legged Kentucky representative Stone, two one-armed figures Col Oates and Gen Hooker, and unique details about Major Barnes’s weight and Mr Candler’s shoe history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Mr. Stone
Kentucky
Senate
Berry
Arkansas
Rampton and Butler
South Carolina
Owever
Col. Oates
Alabama
Gen. Hooker
Mississippi
Orgia
Major Barnes
Mr. Candler
Awanta
Dining-room duties teased in a rural household dialogue
Mrs Highbred questions Norah about dining-room duties while Norah recalls helping on a railroad construction train. Norah emphasizes her experience managing meals for extended periods and caring for boarders during that time.
New Jersey Legislature Urges Action on Farm Prosperity
A joint legislative committee in Trenton proposes a memorial to Congress blaming silver demonetization for rural hardship. It opposes public land giveaways to foreign syndicates and migrants, urges irrigation support for eastern farms, condemns trusts and western beef monopolies, and warns against adulterated food and unfair competition with farm goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Congress
Illinois Championship Fight Ends in Draw in Indiana
Cuicano and James Dohoney of Chicago battled in Shelby Indiana for the Illinois championship. The bout ended in a draw after fifty three rounds. Cougle suffered a broken jaw in round seventeen but fought on, while Dohoney’s reach and experience kept him from a decisive finish. Emperor William reportedly urged concessions to the people in a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Owen Cougle
James Dohoney
Chicago
Shelby
Ind
Illinois
Cougle
Dohoney
Dougle
Dohney
Railroad expansion fuels Cheyenne boom and Seattle plans
The Union Pacific advances multiple extensions including Portland to Seattle and a southern route to Los Angeles. Cheyenne rises as a key railroad city with the Cheyenne & Northern under rapid construction. 650 workers and several outfits line Wendover to the Northwestern link as Kilpatrick Bros. operate the Badger camp restocking a growing supply depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Portland
Seattle
Los Angeles
Gulf
Northwestern
Cheyenne
Cheyenne & Northern
Wendover
Badger
Platte
Kilpatrick Bros
Mr. H. Clark
J.J. Hauphoff
Clark
Hauphoff
Union Pacific to Seattle
Seattle residents learn the Union Pacific plans to extend to Seattle fulfilling a long deliberation by the city council. The route would cross the Columbia River near Portland and run north parallel to the Northern Pacific, with Tacoma discussions and N. G. Bogue authorized to negotiate incentives and depot rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Union Pacific
Columbia River
Portland
Northern Pacific
Holcomb
Tacoma
N. G. Bogue
Pacific Short Line Survey Impacts Glenrock Townsite
Surveyors for the Pacific Short Line, operating from Ogden eastward, have camped at Glenrock this week. The final route would run along the south side of the Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley track, requiring removal of several business and other buildings when construction begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Short Line Railroad
Ogden
Glenrock
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
Dirt Work Starts on Kearney to Callaway Line
Union Pacific began grading the Kearney to Callaway branch with Wood and Bancroft securing the contract. A large crew started shoveling dirt last Saturday as work commences on the route through the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney and
Black Hills
Union Pacific
Wood & Bancroft
Kearney
Callaway
Burlingtion and Missouri to Build 100 Mile Line
A contract signed today provisions a new railroad line by the Burling ton and Missouri from the Cheyenne river crossing in Wyoming to Deadwood. The extension is 100 miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington and Missouri
Cheyenne River
Wyoming
Deadwood
Vast mail train carries record Omaha shipment
The Saturday mail train on the Union Pacific route left Omaha with 61,705 pounds of mail matter, described as the largest load ever sent out of the city at one time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Union Pacific Road
Sheridan seeks extended mail route to Montana towns
Petitions from citizens and the Sheridan Business Men's club were sent to Washington asking for extending the mail route currently from Rosebud to Muddy Montana to Sheridan via the Big Bend of Rosebud Creek Tongue River and Prairie Dog. Arbor day will be celebrated here on April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Post
Sheridan Business Men's Club
Washington
Rosebud
Muddy
Montana
Sheridan
Big Bend
Rosebud Creek
Tongue River
Prairie Dog
Fire by Friction Across Cultures and Methods
A historical survey traces how different peoples produce fire by friction using sticks, grooves, drills, and bows. It describes tropical wood selection, cross-groove methods, rotating drills, bow and pumpedrills, and cultural notes from Tahiti to the Americas, plus European superstitions and an old Mickeleberg tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Tahiti
Darwin
New Zealand
Sandwich Islands
Tonga
Samoa
Rodack Islands
Australia
Kamschatka
Sumatra
Carolines
Ceylon
South Africa
North America
West Indies
Central America
Straits of Magellan
Taylor
Europe
Wuttke
Micklenberg
Fosston Cashier Theft Sparks Infatuation Rumor
A Fosston Minnesota cashier from the Fosston I bank reportedly vanished with eight to ten thousand dollars. A missing social house figure and a young woman linked to the case are mentioned, with rumors of a romantic motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fosston
Minn
Fosston I Bank
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Bessemer
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Akron
Springfield Township
Norway
Dora Palmer
Brazil
Perc
Crippled Congress
William
Coar
Pacific
Denver Republican
Pacific Short Line
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