Easter Celebrations Light Up Cheyenne Society
Vanity Fair reports Easter Sunday in Cheyenne filled churches with impressive music and bright spring attire. Festivities continued with a German bar masque at Keefe hall, Lenten club hops, palmistry booth, phonograph demonstrations, and a week of social teas, recitals, and an afternoon tea at Mrs Brewster’s in honor of Miss Nina Morgan.
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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
Spoons from Miss Morgan’s European Tour Featured
A social gathering highlighted rare spoons collected by Miss Morgan during her European tour. Each piece showcased artistic design and craftsmanship as souvenirs from various cities. Guests enjoyed a dainty repast and continued with pleasant conversation.
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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, told a Sun reporter the railroad would push 500 miles to be graded this season from Sioux City westward to the Platte, with 130 already graded and a 200 mile contract let. The line aims to pass Fort Laramie, through Hartville iron fields, following the Platte toward the Sweetwater, with $10,000,000 mobilized for active operations and a Missouri river pile bridge at Sioux City under construction.
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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 Across Missouri River Planned
The Pacific Short Line will span the Missouri with a temporary pile bridge and pontoon draw within twenty days, at an estimated cost of 2066o dollars. Work started today as 200 cars of material from Milwaukee yards head to Nebraska, with more arriving before completion. A steam jack drives piles thirty five feet deep. the channel draw will be 40 feet wide and two feet long, operated by a steam engine. The bridge is expected to last until next winter when the river closes.
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Pacific Short Line
Denver News
Missouri River
Sioux City Tribune
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Holcomb Visits Denver amid Union Pacific Fort Worth Tie
Vice President Holcomb of the Union Pacific arrived in Denver by private car from the Pacific coast and met with General Manager Meek for most of the day. The purpose was not disclosed, but he said the trip was to observe matters since the merger with the Fort Worth line. He departed for Omaha that night.
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Holcomb
Denver
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Street opening urged to block depot at Fourteenth
A Boulder citizen with land south of the Union Pacific tracks urged the city council to open a street around his property to pressure the railroad to avoid forcing depot construction at the foot of Fourteenth Street.
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Boulder
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Fourteenth Street
Beauty Only Skin Deep
A Madison Avenue streetcar encounter shows four well dressed girls with beauty appealing to a poor nearby child whose deformities and suffering stand in stark contrast. The plain girl pleads for relief as the others gaze, highlighting social disparity and envy within a crowded car.
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Madison Avenue
Real Estate Boom Fueled by Interior Co Excursion in Cheyenne
Real estate activity surges in Cheyenne led by buyers from abroad and the Interior company excursion. Plats filed, sales noted, and several large deeds recorded as 115 acres subscribed for a normal school endowment and multiple parcels traded, including a 540 acre telegraphed deal and various town lots.
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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
G A R Encampment Draws Attendance in Denver
The 1890 Grand Army of the Republic encampment will be held in Denver from April 16 to 19 with Gen Alger Mrs Logan and other celebrities expected. Cheyenne department leaders and delegates prepare travel and headquarters at the St James hotel. a 2000 veteran grand parade is planned and rail fare is at half rate.
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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 in Ottawa Marks Canadian Law Change
In Ottawa on April 12 the parliament debated polygamy as the criminal law was amended. Edward Blake accused Mormon settlers in the northwest of danger and urged suppression of polygamous practices. Interior Minister Dewdney cited assurances from Mormons that polygamy would not be practiced in Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald pledged that the northwest would not become a site for polygamy. The clause was amended to impose imprisonment from 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 City Growth
A portrait series spotlights Cheyenne mayor Hon. C. W. Riner born in Middletown. He moved to the city in 1870 at 36, built a career in sheep farming and real estate, and served as assistant postmaster and in the Seventh legislative assembly. Under his leadership city finances improved despite costly water system projects, with robust future growth anticipated. The city council supports continued public improvements and welfare efforts as Cheyenne aims to rival western peers.
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Tuk Sun
Cheyenne
C. W. Riner
Riner
Middletown
Legislative Assembly
Excursion to Cheyenne Seen As Grand Success
The Denver Republic reports Union Pacific general passenger agent Ady praising the Cheyenne excursion of about 300 travelers. He notes Cheyenne’s spring beauty, ongoing building, and plan to host a future state celebration after Congress passes the enabling act. A second Cheyenne trip is planned in about two weeks.
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Denver Republican
Ady
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Pork Market Turmoil Sparks Short Covering Rally
In Curcaco the board of trade opened with rumors of a pork corner. May pork climbed from 11.55 to 15.75, July pork up to 15.75, June to 15.10, then a retreat left May at 14. Other pork related items followed the trend. Brokers linked to Arour were seen as heavy buyers, with Sawyer & Wallace named as the corner operators. Rebounds and declines followed, pork steadying around 13.10 by 1:45 PM.
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Board of Trade
Arour
Sawyer & Wallace
New York
Cudahy & Ream
Floods Reported Across New South Wales and Queensland
The steamship Mariposa reports great floods in New South Wales and Queensland with Brisbane heavily inundated. Wharves submerged and hundreds of families left homeless amid multiple fatalities. Other towns suffer extensive property destruction as floodwaters recede gradually.
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New South Wales
San Fancisco
Aprilia
Queensland
Buisbane
Corn-HuK DOLL: A Novelty Husks Fashioned Doll
A Union Signal inspired guide describes making a corn husk doll about 8 inches tall dressed in modern fabric style. Foundation from acorn kernels with husk layers creates a shapely body. head from cob end, husk dress with pink dye accents, corn silk hair, and colored husk bonnet.
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Union Signal
First Woman Named President of Medina Valley Railroad
Mrs Charles D Haines is hailed as the first woman chosen to lead a steam railroad. She is the wife of C D Haines senior member of Haines Bros brokers, known for street on abort line railroads. The Haines family lists several lines under construction including Lockport Langston and Northern Missouri Brackett St Clair and Rio Grande of Texas.
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MRK
Charles D. Haines
Medina Valley Railroad
Texma
Medioa Valley
Lockport
Missouri
St. Clair and Rio Grande
Texas
Woman breaks hotel's valuable toilet set for fun
A hotel guest reportedly broke a valuable soap dish from an expensive toilet set worth about 80 dollars. After paying for the damage the woman returned to her room. Moments later she was found in a room amid more wreckage, claiming she paid and did it for amusement.
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St. Louis
Stais
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Mr. Holcombe
Real Estate
Gen. Alger
Gen. Logan
Tuos. M. Fisner
T Aid
E. U Deien
Ssistant Adjutant General
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