Reception for General Alger at Cheyenne Fort Russell
The itinerary covers arrival by train at Cheyenne at 7 am with Governor and city officials greeting in a private car, a 17 gun salute and review at Fort Russell at 10:30, and a capitol reception from 12:30 to 1:30 attended by Cheyenne Guards Girl Guards cadets and Union Pacific band. Special attention to Mrs Logan and Mrs Wittenmeyer as national Relief Corps leader and guest of honor. General Alger praised as vigorous, generous, and popular in Michigan and Denver.
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Alger
Cheyenne
Grand Army
Relief Corps
Fort Russell
Mizner
Fisher
Holden
Capitol
Cheyenne Guards
Union Pacific Band
Company K
General Logan
Wittenmeyer
Logan
Mrs Logan Remains A Notable Figure In American Womanhood
In a Denver Republic interview Mrs John A Logan discusses politics suffrage and social life She notes her influence on her husband Senator and reflects on Miss Anthony and Wyoming She dresses in mourning and wears a breastpin bearing General Logan's image as she recalls the late general and the suffrage debate.
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Republican
Washington
Mrs Logan
Martha Washington
General Logan
Logan
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Senate
Peace after a life of public service and women's progress
The speaker reflects on loss and demands for peace while praising the suffrage movement. He notes that agitation for political rights expanded women’s property rights and enabled brilliant women to hold school superintendent posts and compete in law, medicine, and other professions alongside men.
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America
Mrs Wittenmeyer Honored for Civil War Relief Work
Mrs Wittenmeyer, president of the Women s National Relief Corps, an adjunct of the Grand Army, is praised as a hero of the rebellion for her frontline relief efforts. She was chosen by her state legislature to lead its relief department and cared for sick and wounded soldiers, continuing the work decades later.
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Wittenmeyer
Women’s National Relief Corps
Grand Army Organization
Department of Relief
The Visiting Party Arrives With Notable Guests
General Alger travels with Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Rittenmeyer plus Mrs. Alger Miss Francis Alger two of the general's sons Miss Henry and Mrs. Tucker daughter of Mrs. Logan accompany the party.
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General Alger
Logan
Rittenmeyer
Alger
Francis Alger
Henry
Tucker
Grand Army elects Pueblo man as Colorado Wyoming commander
The Sun from Denver reports that on April 18 the Grand Army encampment elected D. L. Holden of Pueblo as commander of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming. General Alger and his party will depart tomorrow morning.
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Sun
Denver
Grand Army
D. L. Holden
Pueblo
Department of Colorado
Wyoming
Alger
Board of Trade hears brick making reports and plans new folder
The board of trade held a well attended meeting last evening. Proposals for newspaper schemes were heard and rejected while a 20 000 copy folder edition was approved for print. M P Keefe reported on brick making and Cheyenne manufacture and began handmade brick operations. Vidler urged Andrews trip hammer for common bricks. Governor Warren outlined arrangements for receiving the Alger party today.
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Board of Trade
M. P. Keefe
Cheyenne
Vidler
Arbitration and Latin Library Proposals Dominate Conference
The Pan American conference closed a long session with a tense debate over the general welfare report on arbitration. Mr Blaine proposed a substitute limiting conquest under arbitration and voiding forced cessions, which passed by acclamation. A Latin American Columbus library was also approved for Washington. Formal adjournment is set for tomorrow.
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Committee On General Welfare
Blaine
Mr. Quintana
Chill
Silva
Columbia
Washington
Columbus Library
Columbus
United States
Romero
Mexico
Nicaragua
Ogden’s Prosperity Loses No Steam as Projects Surge
A reader letter from Ogden outlines $2,000,000 Bear River canal work and a $1,000,000 power venture backed by a California syndicate. City plans include $250,000 for sewerage, extensive asphalt sidewalks, a nine mile motor line extension to hot springs, and major buildings such as Reed hotel and First National Bank. Multiple churches, colleges, and the six to seven story Utah Loan and Trust structure are set, with hundreds of homes under construction and a push for a new opera house and chamber of commerce.
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The
Sun
Ocpen
Ogden
West
Bear River Canal
Ogden Water Works
Ogden Power Company
C. E. Maine
Omaha Real Estate Fame
California
Flood
Crocker
San Francisco
Hot Springs
Measrs
Swan, Post & Co
Cheyenne
Reed
E A. Reed
Ono
J. D. Gill
J. W. Bruner
F. Lafrantz
First
Reform School
Methodist University
Union Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming Avenue
R.C. M
Refractory Mail Disrupts Laramie Courier Service
The Laramie mail and the Cheyenne pipers were carried by the city again today amid ongoing mail delays. Patience and virtue are tested as service deteriorates, and the Newcastle Alert has been bought by Chester T. Martin and renamed the Weston County Democrat with a new issue available at the Tucson office.
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Laramie
Newcastle
Chester T. Martin
Weston County
Novet
Tssue
Tux
Sedate Brooklyn horse and kind owner charm streets
A calm horse pulling a dump cart strolls with a gentle, philosophical driver in Brooklyn. The duo pauses at a junction as dust rises and an Italian fruit vendor reads the scene. The horse gnaws bananas while the owner’s tranquil gaze remains, then erupts in a swift, comic chase before resuming a steady walk.
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Washington Street
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
N. ¥. Herald
Ginhery
Myrtle Avenue
After Dinner Ceremonies at Mrs Childs House
Mr Childs describes dining etiquette at his events noting ladies withdraw with gentlemen and smoking rooms used after dinner. He mentions Ex Governor Cornell receiving only water due to guests overindulging, and emphasizes strict observed courtesies in entertaining.
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Cornell
George W. Childs
Southern Phosphates Boost Southern Agriculture
The discovery of phosphate deposits in Florida is key for southern farmers using fertilizer. Combined with cotton meal it forms an effective mix for core and cotton, improving sandy lands in Alabama. South Carolina supplied most of last year’s 600 tons, with Florida expected to surpass it as supplies rise.
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Florida
South Alabama
South
Carolin
South Carolina
The Mazanares Laundry Army of Madrid
Pittsburg Dispatch describes Madrid’s Mazanares river laundresses, ten thousand women washing, beating, and drying linen along the river. Three grades exist: amas, ayudantas, and lavanderas. Work begins at dawn with up to 8,000 women seen along the river, eating in sheds, and dancing between breaks, earning about 25 cents a day for vast linen tasks.
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Madrid
Guadarrama
Montana del Principe
Royal Palace
Toledo
Spain
Manzanares
Munamares
Pittsburg
Fragmented Notes From A Distant Social Scene
A garbled excerpt describes a retired corner setting with guests and a veiled mention of affection. Another fragment references a mother leaving for a plane as people rush to clear space. A judge is mentioned in passing.
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Alaaviree Musbeole
Those Who Carry Mascots Preserve Pocket Coin Idols
A Tribune piece on coin mascots shows how keepsakes like gold pieces, copper tokens, and foreign money become personal relics. It notes thrift lessons, losses to New York money changers, and the danger of pawnbrokers advancing on values tied to sentiment.
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Shakspeare
Daniel Webster
Shylock
New York
N. V. Tribune
The Power of Hasheesh Described by Cairo Correspondent
A Cairo correspondent of the Pittsburg Leader recounts his first hasheesh experience. He details inhaling a sweet bitter paste, a rapid intoxication that lifts him from earthly weight to an ethereal ascent. After twelve minutes he returns to an armchair, the vision fading as darkness returns.
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Cairo
Egypt
Pittsburg
Paradise
Leome
Youthful speller boasts of an old boy
A brief item notes Meddybomps, Mr., praising a former pupil who spelled over 400 on an examination day, highlighting a notable achievement by a local student.
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Meddybomps
Ole
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