Grand Trap Tournament Set for Cheyenne Fairgrounds
Cheyenne hosts a three day independent trap meet September 1 2 3 4 with eight events daily and no less than 600 added money. Over fifty shooters from Cheyenne and surrounding towns enter under Rocky Mountain Sportsmen rules with gun vendors and schedule details provided by Dr A A Holcombe.
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Cheyenne
Fairgrounds
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association
Laramie
Dana
Carbon
Rawlins
Rock Springs
Union Pacific
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Grand Island
Neb
Holcombe
Dixon postmaster Cowan freed on embezzlement charge
James E. Cowan the defaulting Dixon Wyoming postmaster was committed to county jail in default of a $1500 bail bond but released by Commissioner Symons as charges were not sustained to warrant holding him for U. S. grand and petit juries.
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Larache Hoomerang
James E. Cowan
Dixon
Wyo
Here
Symons
United States Grand and Petit Juries
Hunting Fatality Near Evanston Claims Blacksmith
Wm. Jeffs, an Evanston resident and Union Pacific blacksmith, was killed while hunting sage chickens south of town. He sat beside a loaded shotgun in a wagon when it discharged, shattering his right arm and causing his death after medical help arrived. Jesse Ruddles was burned by powder from the blast.
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Wm. Jeffs
Evanston
Union Pacific
Jesse Ruddles
Jeffs
Wm. Narramor
Harrison
Jeff
Utah
Prisoner Jas McDermott Describes Cattle Rustling Scale
Jas McDermott, held by Sheriff Keley and Marshal Rankin, claims depredations by stock thieves are far broader than reports. He describes rustlers in the Big Horn basin openly branding yearling calves and, when threatened, killing cows to take the choicest cuts while leaving the rest.
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Jas. McDermott
Sheriff Keley's
United States
Rankin
McDermott
Big Horn
Brown Withdraws From Wyoming Life Insurance Field
E. E. Brown, who built a notable business for the Northwestern Mutual Life in Wyoming, has relinquished the state. No reason given. his license has been cancelled.
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E. E. Brown
Wyoming
Northwestern Mutual Life
Alert Hose Company Advances New House Work
At a well attended regular meeting last night the Alert Hose company instructed the trustees to continue in the work of furnishing the new house. Gas fixtures and some drapery are yet to go in and a pool table may be purchased and placed. Chas Thompson was chosen company delegate to the state association and 3100 was appropriated to defray the expenses of the four Alert members of the department team to enter at Rock Springs.
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Alert Hose Company
Chas. Thompson
State Association
Rock Springs
Gold Hill Camp Developments Highlight 1600 Feet of Work
The Saratoga Sun reports progress at Gold Hill with 1 600 feet of work showing on 112 claims. A separate column notes the camp hosts three hotels three saloons and a blacksmith shop signaling growing settlement activity.
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Saratoga Sun
Gold Hill
Gold Hill Excursion Debate Over Delayed Or Abandoned Trip
Two reports on the Saratoga and Gold Hill excursion claim it is postponed again or abandoned due to unsatisfactory transportation rates. Projector C G Courant is in the east, leaving the facts unclear.
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Saratoga and
Gold Hill
C. G. Courant
Parkison Convicted of Murder Awaiting New Trial
Frank D. Parkison, jailed near Fort Russell, sentenced for the murder of Private Roy Baker, remains a popular inmate. He is well behaved and has earned the regard of fellow prisoners as his motion for a new trial proceeds.
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Popular Parkison Corp
Frank D. Parkison
Roy Baker
Fort Russell
Fillebrown
Prairie Mystery Report of Decomposition Near Horse Creek
A well dressed tramp told Union Pacific agent at Horse Creek of a corpse in advanced decomposition in a tent half a mile from the railroad. The location, Valente, lies seventeen miles away. Authorities will be informed as the coroner may investigate this first notice of the matter.
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Union Pacific
Horse Creek Yeaterday
Valente
Horse Creek
Prominent Cheyenne Promoter Becomes Garfield Mine Manager
Arthur Sparhawk, a longtime Cheyenne figure and former Fremont County sheriff, has promoted the Garfield lode near Lander into a working mine. After trips to Boston Montreal and Denver he secured capital and a $25,000 cash sale. The Overland company plans a ten to forty stamp mill and pumping hoisting gear with a new superintendent residence. Bullion shipments continue from the Atlantic district as investors push ongoing development.
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Arthur Sparhawk
Colorado
Sparhawk
Fremont County
Washington
Garfield Lode
Atlantic District
Lander
Arthur
Boston
Montreal
Canada
Denver
Garfield
Buckeye
Lenne
Arastra
Overland Company
T. B. Hicks
Willis van Devanter
J. H. Loomis
Senator Tabor
Atlantic
Platte Valley Growth Heralds Rich Mineral Region
State Auditor Burdick reports money plentiful in the Platte valley after returning from Saratoga. Capital shows fine growth and crops are good. At Gold Hill, development work continues and placer fields promise great yields. Senator Chatterton negotiates a mill for his mine on Encampment creek.
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Burdick
Saratoga
Platte Valley
Gold Hill
Senator Chatterton
Encampment Creek
Swindlers Abroad Warn Citizens About Building and Loan Schemes
An open letter from a state office warns citizens against swindling in building and loan associations. Robberies in this field are described as a regular business. Citizens are urged to demand the solicitor's state license, noting Fidelity, Colombia, and Iowa as compliant outside societies.
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Fidelity
Columbia
Lowa
Close Connections in Postal Service Plague
P Jacob Gaulf of Kabis store received a postal card from Max ug le who is in Nuer berg Bavaria. The card was delivered to Cheyenne in eleven days demonstrating the efficiency of the international postal service.
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P. Jacob Gaulf
Kabis
Max “Ugle
Nuerberg Bavaria
Cheyenne
Sergeant’s preserved remains found in Mandan burial
Dispatch from Mandan Dakota reports the body of a sergeant from the Seventeenth Infantry unearthed from the post cemetery in a perfect state of preservation. The old pattern uniform remained intact and an unusual growth of whiskers had developed since burial.
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Seventeenth
Mandan
Dak
Seventeenth Infantry
Fox Terriers Arrive for Cheyenne Beach Show
H. M. Geary brings three splendid fox terriers from Denver to compete at the first Cheyenne beach show. Allemania Lodge has filed at the capitol an acceptance of the state constitution.
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H. M. Geary
Denver
Allemania Lodge
Capitol
His Great Mistake Ringway Review Excerpt
A brief excerpt from a review features Ringway and Featherstone in a comic misunderstanding. Miss Twilling is noted for paying 81,000 yen for bonnets, provoking a line about the milliner. Feathers tone reveals romantic misdirection.
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Ringway
Moonlight stroll invitation in a summer flirtation
A dialogue hints at a summer flirtation with plans of returning all when it ends. The exchange shows agreement to a moonlit walk, with Life as the listener accepting the offer.
Confectioner’s Fly Paper Prank Ends With Missing Pug
A Sixth Avenue shop removed fly paper into the window to attract flies but a pug dog stepped into the sticky sheets. The dog became coated with fly paper affecting its size and figure, while a young woman cried for her pug as bystanders chased the looping canine through the street. The fugitive jacket remained lost for hours as searches continued.
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Sixth Avenue
Tommy
New York Evening World
The Quick Tie From a Bootblack in City Hall Park
A young woman crossing City Hall park neglects to tie her seashore shoe. A bootblack drops to one knee, ties the strings in a neat bow, and is hailed as the smartest boy in New York. He pockets a coin for his timely aid and calls out his small victory.
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City Hall Park
New York
Jim
New York Evening World
French Soldier Refuses Consolation After Fateful Wounds
At Hastembeck a French soldier lost both arms to a cannon ball. His colonel offered three francs, but the man refused, claiming he had not lost a pair of gloves, in a dry quip recorded by Vomo Allegro.
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Hastembeck
A Natural Consequence Exchange Reveals Parental Objection
Dialogue shows Tom Barry and Jack Dashing debating a romantic match as Barry notes the mother’s objection. Dashing asserts that parental opposition could bias the father and himself in his favor, framing a social maneuver against the couple.
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Tom Barry
Jack
Fragmented Dialogue About Writing Habits and Death
A terse exchange reveals a writer named Finninan admitting he does not read work aloud before sending it out. He recalls reading to a deceased friend Banks, mentioning a prenate one fellow as a cryptic aside.
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Bronson
Finninan
Banks
A Postponed Trip
A dialogue piece notes a postponed European trip. Dashaway recalls starting plans with his wife for the year, but at the river steamer a halt occurs as she stops in a Broadway milliner shop, Cloak Review.
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Dashaway
Europe
Broadway
Collision in Fog Kills Fireman and Ten Italians
A foggy wreck on the West Shore at Port Byron to Montezuma involved a freight train splitting and the No. 3 fast train crashing into the rear. Fireman Michael Burgen was killed and ten Italians in the smoking car perished. Dozens more injured. many passengers rescued and cared for in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
N. Y
West Shore
Port Byron
Montezuma
Niagara Falls
Kanaly
Limited Mail
Carrilla Alfonse
Coco Roca
Vincenzo di Lauri
Dominico Richone
Thomas Merlino
John Rossia
Dominico Santilo
Antonio Scozzalava
John Giambot
Michael Burgen
Macedon
Antonio Umbello
House of the Good Shepherd
Joseph M. Keeshan
St. Louis
Patrick Ryan
The
Express
Buffalo
Louis Diller
Alsace-Lorraine
A. L. Lovvas
John Schultz
Isaac” Force Company
Easton
Geo. H. Saxby
Hamilton
Ont
John Preston
Troy
Julius Myers
B. E. Pitts
Uncle Isaac” Company
Camillo Libiz
Guisino Libiz
Henry Tralano
Guiseppe Masciarello
Giovanni Rossi
Nicolo Machino
Tomasso Tonzano
Laugui Donato
Antonio Cabello
R. Wk. Serviss
Newark
Lewis Taylor
West Point
Frank Jr. Leiter
Palmer elected commander in chief at G A R convention
At the Detroit G A R convention Capt John Palmer of New York was chosen commander in chief on the second ballot with a unanimous result. Henry M Duffield of Michipran was named senior commander in chief by acclamation.
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Detroit
John Palmer
New York
Henry M. Duffield
Michipran
T.S. Clarkson
Nebraska
Peter Bb. Ayers
Delaware
Albert E. Sholes
Georgia
Clarkson
B. Payne
Florida
D.C. Miller
Kansas
A.B. Kendrick
Town
Payne
Stevenson
Connecticut
Willan Warner
Congress
Mount McGregor
William Warner
Missouri
Talpht
Warner
Louisiana
Missisaipp
Fifth national convention of ladies of the G A R elects officers
Demorr Aug 6 The fifth national convention of ladies of the G A R today received fraternal greetings from the G A R encampment and elected officers for the ensuing year National President Mrs M d Cartledge of Kansas senior vice Mrs Alice Bishop of Massachusetts junior vice sire Nettie Sanford of Chapin Ta treasurer Mrs Anna Grubb of New Jersey chaplain Mrs Alonzo Page of Illinois
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Demorr
M. d. Cartledge
Kansas
Alice Bishop
Massachusetts
Sire
Nettie Sanford
Chapin
Anna Grubb
New Jersey
Alonzo Page
Ilinois
Pe o a i Ticket at Peoples party convention
At the Peoples party convention Hon John Seitz of Seneca was nominated for governor. Other nominations included Frank Rist for lieutenant governor Rial M Smith for state treasurer N M Cooper for attorney general Albert Yaple for supreme judge J B Peterson for school commissioner J S Bower for board of public works and W J Weaver for food and dairy commissioner.
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Sprimcomap
Peoples’ Party
John Seitz
Seneca
Greenback
Frank Rist
Cincinnati
N.M. Cooper
Athens
Rial M. Smith
Summit
Honey Wout
Cleveland
Albert Yaple
J. B. Peterson
Green County
Tien
Board of Public Works
J. 5
Bower
Franklin
Food and Dairy
W. J. Weaver
Portage
Sullivan Defeated by Joe Choynski in Two Rounds
Australian advices report ex barrier champion James Sullivan defeated in two rounds by Joe Choynski at the heads of Australia. The Alameda steamed past Mariposa at Auckland on July 1 with Sullivan and his troupe aboard bound for Sydney. Sullivan reportedly overindulged in liquor on arrival, leading Captain Hayward to confine him in his cabin.
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Auckland
Hayward
the Marinen
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A. A. Holcombe
Cowan
Garfield People
Cauutious
Chevalier
West Shore Road
Ezuma
Burgen
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Army
John P. Rea
Lucius Fairchild
Henry Painter
W. 8. Decker
Decker
South
Mississippi
Maj. Warner
Appleton
Fairchild
Northcott
Virginia
Graham
Jeff Davis
Palmer Eiected
Ladies of the
Father Quay
Snohomish
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