Local Cheyenne boat builders spark revival on Lake Mahpablutah
Cheyenne residents C. S. Erswell W. H. Butler and George Bescherer revive small craft boating on Lake Mahpablutah. They built a twenty one foot boathouse and a sixteen foot Petrel yacht largely by home made means with help from a single mechanic. The crew includes experienced sailors from Toledo and New York and a planned boat club aims to formalize the activity amid growing interest in sailing and rowing.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Waterside Road House
Lake Mahpahlutah
C. S. Erswell
W. H. Butler
Western Union Telegraph Office
George Bescherer
Commodore Butler
Commodore Erswell
Lake Mahpablutah
Carpenter Green
Chicago
Detroit
Brswell
Butler
Tom Purney
Evie
Tom
Toledo
de Funiae
Sam Atkinson
Charles River
Boston
J. K. Jeffrey
W. J. Wilkes
Harry A. Clark
Newburg
N. Y
Judge Scott
E. S Smith
Hynds
Linois
State board of mines seeks members from readers
Citizens are being solicited to join the state board of mines. Half the fees go toward county display and half to the board. Signers yesterday include George W. Brown Riner & Johnson John K. Shingle D S Storey J K Jeffrey Russel L Tracy E A Slack Mobrman Bros J F Jenkins Wm Sturgis Jr A D Kelley W F Hair A S Mercer Ira L Fredendall.
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State Board of Mines
George W. Brown
Riner & Johnson
John K. Shingle
D. S. Storey
J. K. Jeffrey
Russel L. Tracy
E. A. Slack
Mobrman Bros
J. F. Jenkins
Wm. Sturgis, Jr
A. D. Kelley
W. F. Hair
A. S. Mercer
Ira L. Fredendall
Real estate impresario C. E. Mayne rises and falls across cities
Ed Farrar recalls C. E. Mayne once to be a telegraph office colleague who turned to real estate and rapid wealth. Mayne built a fortune in ninety days then failed, leading to a millionaire status before subsequent downturns. The unpurchased Omaha lots now fetch 3000 to 5000 dollars each.
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Ed Farrar
Western Union Telegraph Office
Omaha
C. E. Mayne
Mayne
Farrar
Ogden
San Francisco
Chronicle
Races at the fair grounds offer diverse events
Percy Hoyt provides balls and mallets for a unique race at the fair grounds. A gentlemen's roadster trot will run half mile heats for purse and a silver cup. The merchants' stake on the second day is a mile dash for ten dollars. Day two features an extra hurdle race and bicycle races with prizes totaling about 33,500.
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Percy Hoyt
Fair Grounds
Ball for Big Money in West Challenge to Rawlins Nine
In a letter to Tur Sex E T Burke manager of the Rawlins ball club asserts his team will not back down and fears no amateur club west of the Missouri river. A city editor claims to have an offer to stage an amateur game here on a week’s notice at 2250 a side or more if Burke agrees. The piece predicts the greatest ball game in the west within six weeks. Also noted is the death of Rev Dr Ebenezer Judkins of Hutchinson Texas near Jackson city enn after a railroad train incident.
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Tur Sex
E.T. Burke
Rawlins
Rawlins Nine
Missouri River
Burke
West
Wyoming and the Fair Prospects for All
Prof. Elwood Mead reports northern Wyoming crops and hay are thriving as plans for a World’s Fair site unfold. A 40 by 60 foot Wyoming building designed by Van Brunt & Howe is planned with a 24 by 40 main hall and four upstairs rooms. The structure, pine and stucco, will cost about 310,000 with a ten foot veranda and decorative panel.
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Elwood Mead
Wyoming Board of World's Fair Commissioners
Chicago
Weston
Johnson, Sheridan
Converse
Mead
Kilpatrick & Collins
Newcastle
van Brunt & Howe
Boston
Union Pacific
Wyoming
General Board of Architecture
Mr. Howe
Harper
Sundance
State Commission
State University Tour Praises Wyoming Growth and Farms
The Laramie Republican notes Dr. Johnson’s northern tour praising a reorganized university and new experiment farms near Sheridan and Sundance. He announces strong next year attendance from Converse Johnson and Sheridan counties and calls the Big Horn region the state’s best agricultural area. He plans to visit Cheyenne Rock Springs Green River Evanston and other towns to recruit students for the coming year.
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North
Laramie
Johnson
Sheridan
Dayton
Sundance
Converse
Wamea
Big Horn Mountains
Buffalo
Wyoming
Burlington
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Green River
Evanston
Union Pacific
European Budget Drunkenness and Tuberculosis Cure Claims
A German financial scandal centers on fraud at Deutsche Bank linked to Franck and Schweiger, raising fears of a crisis. Emperor William proposes a state supervised crackdown on alcohol while ministers resist broad legislative action. Prof Max Schuller at Berlin University promotes a new tuberculosis cure called guaicol derived from boxwood with mixed results from 100 cases. Maj Wissmann plans a return to East Africa after visiting his mother in Erfurt.
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New York
Associated Press
Beaux, Sug. L
Deutsche Bank
Franck
Schweiger
Leipsic Disconto Gesellschaft
Schiweiger
Hohenzollern
Emperor William
Drontheim
Kiel
Landtag
Herrfurth
Miguel
Berlin
Russia
Novoe Vaenna
Germany
Max Schuller
Berlin University
Seller
Prof. Schuller
Prof. Koch
Maj. Wissmann
Erfurt
East Africa
Weather Stations Across Wyoming In Working Order
A complete list shows stations in Laramie Albany county Evanston Unita county Rawlins Carbon county Wheatland Laramie county Lusk Fort Fetterman Converse county Lander Fremont county Fort McKinney Johnson county Sundance Crook county with requests for stations in Sweetwater Natrona Weston Sheridan and Big Horn. The agriculture college promises reports from their stations but has not provided an official list yet.
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Laramie
Albany County
Evanston
Unita County
Rawlins
Carbon County
Wheatland
Lusk
Fort Fetterman
Converse County
Lander
Fremont County
Fort McKinney
Johnson County
Sundance
Crook County
Sweetwater
Natrona
Weston
Sheridan
Big Horn
the Agriculture College
Campbell Succeeds Dickinson as Trans-Ohio Division Chief
Robert B. Campbell appointed general superintendent of the trans-Ohio division of the Baltimore and Ohio, succeeding E. Dickinson who moved to assistant manager of the Union Pacific. Capt. B. W. Towner reports 300 men in the camp at Laramie after a return from Gold Hill.
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Campbell
Dickinson
trans-Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
E. Dickinson
Union Pavilic
Robert B. Campbell
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
BW. Towner
Laramie
Gold Hill
Rebuilt Steam Engines Depart in Sixteen Locos
The Cheyenne shops turned out seven rebuilt engines on Friday with Nos 1615 Mogul 1811 Ten Wheeler 1108 Switch 551 on a flat car destined for Pocatello 1274 Idaho division 1458 Cheyenne and Sidney run and 1807 Wyoming division passenger service. Boiler work used sixty two plates per locomotive up from twenty two.
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Laramie
Rawlins
Cheyenne Yards
Pocatello
Idaho Division
Cheyenne
Sidney
Wyoming
Loth
Public Debt Report Shows July Treasury Totals
The August public debt statement reports interest bearing debt of 610,529,420, debt on which interest ceased since maturity at 1,613,320, and debt bearing no interest at 392,106,218. Aggregate debt stands 1,004,248,958 with a decrease of 1,557,902. Cash in treasury totals 389, and gold and silver reserves reach 100,000,000 with net cash balance 5a,783,715. Overall aggregate 745,340,751 reflecting July cash rise of 907.
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Treasury
HHS
ATL
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The Battle Lake copper mine prospect reported
The Battle Lake copper mine has operated for several years with eighteen workers and a large ore dump. Owners expect to install a smelter soon, while press attention remains limited.
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Saratoga Lyre
Battle Lake
Dance Delight In Fort Lanante With Ice Cream And Cake
Special correspondence from Fort Lanante Wyoming notes a social dance last night with ice cream and cake enjoyed by all. State Senator Chamberlain and his wife are visiting friends in town. An effort to reroute mail from Bordeaux to Fort Lanante is under consideration, though opposed by many signers who are youths aged 12 to 18 due to the shorter current route.
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Fort Lanante
Wyo
Chamberlain
Bordeaux
Badger
Cheyenne High School Names New Principal and Staff
Miss Cora McDonald resigns to join the United States historical chair at the state university and will be succeeded by Miss Celia Ford who arrives with strong credentials from Syracuse and Des Moines. Miss Richardson, Hawlin graduate, replaces Miss Allison as the high school leadership shifts with Lough remaining and DePauw graduate influence strengthening the new building. Gen Stitzer reports Buffalo militia company will attend the state encampment.
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Cora McDonald
Cheyenne
The
State University
Celia Ford
Syracuse, N.Y
Ist
Wesleyan University
Syracuse University
Des Moines
Ford
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Hutchinson
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Wyoming and the Fair
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Prof
McCormick
Williams
John S. Harper
Jackson Park
Nevada
President Johnson
Max Schneiller
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