Firemen's Races and City Tariff Spark Heated Debate
The article reports on a firemen’s tournament with ladder climb and 100 yard dash results led by Poudre Valley of Greeley, plus a note on Denver day events. It also critiques a Cheyenne city ordinance raising provisions prices to tax ranchers and market gardeners, arguing it harms consumers and local producers.
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Poudre Valley Books
Greeley
Malnix
Trinidad
Pioneer Hooks
Breckenridge
Poudre Valley Hooks
Central City
Collins
Ross
Graff
Denver
England
America
Broadway Grounds
Rocky Mountains
City of
Cheyenne
California
Utah
Patterson
Hebard
Tuk Sun Office
Omaha
Various Cheyenne City News Notes and Debates
Cattle prices and receipts noted with Reeves and steers described along with military appointments for First Lieutenant Mann and a general court martial relief for General Mizner. A surveyor general appointment pleases central Wyoming, and a partnership dissolution at Dyer hotel is reported. Churches plan a new building, tourists flood to the mountains, and railroad executives praise Cheyenne.
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Mizner
George Crook
Mann
Seventeenth Infantry
Bellevue Rifle Range
Neb
W. A. Richards
Wyoming
Fremont
Johnson
Grand Army Trip and Union Pacific Rail News
Fort Collins reports legal action to reopen the Colorado Central line to Cheyenne with a suit for damages against Union Pacific. The Grand Army of the Republic official Denver to Milwaukee train departs Saturday night with a $32.15 round trip, and Union Pacific expands equipment amid rising corn and cattle shipments. Rumors place Burlington seeking land across the river to Fort Collins, aiming to make it a supply station as routes toward Utah and the Pacific coast are developed.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Cheyenne
Loveland
Longmont
Berthold
Union Pacific
Denver News
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Milwaukee
Omaha
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
St. Paul
Illinoie
Wisconsin
Goodrich
Union Pacific Road
Harmony and Extension
Fort Coltins
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company
Union Pacific Company
Burlington
Utah
Poudre Canon
Cameron Pass
North Park
Pacific Coast
If a man does not peddle he is not a peddler
The Avewing Tribune critiques a meat and vegetable trust and grieves a council action, concluding with a sage remark on peddlers. The piece frames commerce and morality in a weary editorial tone, suggesting society favors active trade over idle restraint.
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Avewing Tribune
Wyoming Investments: calls for statehood to attract capital
J C Davis of Rawlins argues that Wyoming fails to draw investors while neighboring Colorado offers loans, despite stronger security. He notes easy credit across the line yet says Wyoming needs statehood to unlock capital, despite objections from some locals.
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J.C. Davis
Rawlins
Buur River
Colorado
Wyoming
Methodist Picnic At Fairgrounds Draws Large Turnout
The M. E. church and mission children and many adults gathered at the fairgrounds for a picnic. About 250 to 300 enjoyed games, football, and a bountiful feast under pleasant conditions. Streetcar service and half-rate fares were praised for their help. Separately, six Hall children in the South Side family suffered diphtheria. two died, one buried last Thursday, another today. The 4 year old child of Mrs Mayfield died from cholera infantum, following earlier losses in that family. Funeral from Catholic church. Wyoming and Montana Live Stock associations plan joint action on the pectore at St. Paul and Chicago yards.
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M. E
Brother Bright
E. ¢Y Hall
Denver
Hall
Wyoming
Montana
St. Paul
Chicago
Excursion trains to Milwaukee depart from Cheyenne headquar ters
Cheyenne hosts the G A R Department of Colorado and Wyoming with General T M Fisher in command and Adjutant N J O'Brien coordinating the move. The Denver to Milwaukee train includes six Pullmans two sleepers a dining car and baggage cars joined at Julesburg by the Cheyenne train carrying Fisher and staff forming the department train. The Yellowstone sleeper will bear a sixty foot department banner and both trains run together to Milwaukee. Leadville drum corps will join at Denver and Colonel O'Brien will distribute 10000 folders promoting Wyoming along the route. Tickets are on sale from the Union Pacific agent with reduced sleeping berth rates and all September round trips available.
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Cheyenne
G. A. R. Department of
Colorado
Wyoming
T. M. Fisher
N. J. O'Brien
Fisher
O'Brien
Denver
G. A. R. Bove
Milwaukee National
Union Pacific
Omaha
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Milwaukee
Julesburg
Department of Colorado
Tribune
Department
Leadville
Colonel O'Brien
Board of Trade of
Jon
Lectures by Maj C C Bennett on the Sandwich Islands
Maj C C Bennett former Honolulu newspaperman visits and will lecture at Keefe hall Monday August 26. Endorsed by preachers and press he has lived on the islands sixteen years and published the first Honolulu directory and a history of the islands. Doors open 7 30 p m admission as cents.
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Sandwich Islands
Maj. C. C. Bennett
Honolulu
Keefe Hall
Major Bennett
Islands
Wolves devastate cattle in Bard of Lite area
Bard of Lite reports ten large calves killed by wolves on the 19th with four carcasses found paunched. Six more were badly bitten and died, scattered across pasture. He suspects three grey wolves after a severe storm and urges ranchers to heed the threat to horse and cattle herds.
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Bard
Lite Near
United action urged to hunt wolves and protect ranchers
The speaker urges a concerted effort to exterminate wolves before the legislature meets next January. Since no bounty restoration is available, ranchmen should organize and Bard should assemble a large party for a two to three day hunt with good hounds.
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Bard
Self protection and free trade in home production
The Leader argues for protecting domestic trade while opposing taxes on farmers. It warns that taxing farmers hurts production and living costs, and cautions that protecting home industry is essential to provide labor for citizens. It treats home production as preferable to imports from Europe and stresses keeping doors closed to pauper imports.
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Europe
C C. Benner
Water quality concerns spark call for underground system overhaul
Citizens complain of thick cloudy water with a fishy taste caused by coniferous vegetation in standing water. The city plans to complete underground connections to improve clarity and purity. Surveyor General W A Richards arrives in Cheyenne and plans to move his family here as he assumes duties in September.
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Conferna
W.A. Richards
Sus Sanctum
Cheyenne
Richards
Inter Ocean
Harrison
Gaylor and Margetts to Wed at Trinity M E Parsonage
Nobility Edwin T. Gaylor and Lydia M. Margetts announce their upcoming marriage at the Trinity M. E. Parsonage 18y6 Sherman Avenue Denver Colorado. The couple, known in Cheyenne, expect the congratulations of many friends at seven o'clock in the evening in August.
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Edwin T. Gaylor
Lydia M. Margetts
Trinity M. E. Parsonage
Sherman Avenue
Denver
Col
Cheyenne
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Tom Patterson
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Senate Committee On Irrigation
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Minnesota Company
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Wyoming Investments
Statehood
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the City Water
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