Legislature Proceedings Highlight Territorial Health Bill
The legislature weighs bills on university and school land leases, judges seats, road rules, and a proposed territorial board of health. A resolution aims to speed committee action on pending measures as the session advances, with afternoon shifts and council debates on health oversight and public funds safeguards.
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Tees
Jesmun
Territorial Board of Health
Committee On the Judiciary
Fort Russell sewerage project advances with crews at work
The pipe laying on the Fort Russell sewerage system progresses, three blocks laid on the reservation near Camp Carling. Materials are ready and work will continue without interruption toward completing the mains by the 30th. Water works construction starts on or before the 30th, with Keefe and McGarvey praised as prompt and reliable contractors.
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Fort Russell
Camp Carling
Asth
Messrs. Keefe & McGarvey
Railroad Shop Plans For Cheyenne Construction
Messrs. Bogue and Appleton of the Union Pacific engineer department were in Cheyenne yesterday. They indicate the shop will be large enough to satisfy the most sanguine and say viaduct plans are coming for construction and will soon be advertised.
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Messrs
Bogue and
Appleton
Union Pacific Engineer Department
Cheyenne
Legislature Debates Bounty Bill and Road Act
The legislature debated a wild animal bounty measure and considered road and highway legislation. Final passages included coyotes and wolves, bonds for cities, and a tax or revenue revision. The council approved a bounty on bears and mountain lions, struck coyotes, and began examining public accounts and revenue reforms.
Legislative action highlights from the council session
Absent members noted as the council discussed notices of bills on roads and lands, including a Beck measure on treasury duties and leasing of school and university lands. Second readings proceeded with House Bill 8 engrossed and amendments proposed to council file No 13 concerning legislative term lengths and officer tenure. The committee of the whole reviewed various bills including Atherly's tobacco bill with amendments to prohibition.
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Atherly
Territory
Wyoming
Adams
Sneddon
House
McCormick
Council
Capitol
Laramie County
Committee On
Big Horn County
Captol Commission
Pickett
Thomas
Rankin
Jesurun
Adama
Kenney and Stotts
Order of Business Council
McGill
Beck
Rules Council
Galbraith
Messrs
Burritt
Evans
Rusk
Bowie
Snedden
Henry R. Mizner
Mr. Schnitger
Territorial Board of Immigration
Immigration Committee
Rex, Roedel
Downey
Hebard
Ways and Means
Burdick
Mr. Beck
Hunter
Campbell
Murphy
Rees
Doubts About Remains Linked to Scott Murder Case
Marshal Carr reports grave doubts that recently found remains are those of Scott, the murderer of Miss Ryan. Remains are decayed and key identifying points for recognition are missing.
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Marshal Carr
Denver
Scott
Miss Ryan
Train Tale Reveals a Grave and a Wrongful Hanging
A narrator recalls a ten year old lynching near Wrenene Missouri. A West man with three horses was jailed for suspected theft, later revealed to have killed a man. The community mourned, sent the widow the horses, and the speaker later married her.
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Wrenene Mo
Kansas
Aristocratic carriage and posture tips for women
Dress explains that proper posture begins with standing tall, lifting the chest, flattening the back, and aligning shoulder blades to shift weight onto the hips. It compares favorably to English aristocracy and says sustained effort over years can make upright carriage second nature, aiding figure maintenance and heart health.
Montreal Debt Collection Case Clarifies Domicile Rule
A Montreal court holds a debtor’s domicile is the proper place to demand money owed. The ruling states summons on the street for payment constitutes an assault. A man was condemned to pay $1 in damages for attempting to collect a debt at a factory.
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Daniel
Montreal
Curious Calculations Aimed at Triple Hundred Million Dollars
A Philadelphia Press feature recites an imagined London banker F H Swords pondering 300 million dollars. It cites barrells of silver dollars, freight cars, a four mile long line from London to San Francisco, a 475 mile high column, a 35 foot cube weighing over 10 000 tons and a roof impact that could damage a city hall.
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F. H. Swords
London
Vanderbilt
Mr. Swords
Adam
Garden of Eden
Satan
Atlantic Ocean
North American
San Francisco
City Hall
Philadelphia Press
Sharp-featured woman tricks car conductors on twenty first street
A sharp-featured woman on Seventh Avenue cars is seen arguing over correct change with a conductor. She repeatedly asks, Did you ever, as bystanders weigh in. The scene ends with the missing coin found on her dress and a car full of amused passengers.
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Seventh Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Passen
Sun
When Woman Malls a Letter
A Boston Record study observes twenty two of thirty young women posting letters at a locker. Many recheck stamps addresses and seals while two leave without stamping and one leaves with the letter unmailed.
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Mall
Boston Record
Brute dog on Chestnut street freed by own rope
A drunken man and a dog tangled on Chestnut street as a slip knot rope tightened around the animal’s neck. The dog, almost strangled at each tug, used its teeth to free itself and trotted away, leaving bystanders astonished at the dog’s apparent cunning. The Philadelphia Inquirer notes the curious scene of the dog outsmarting the human ropework.
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Chestnut Street
Gaiq
Jorn Dd
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trousers Triggered Boatside Panic on the Columbia
On a steamboat an anxious scene unfolded when a shy passenger discarded his trousers into the river. The outfit surfaced, sparking a false alarm of a man overboard as crew scoured the boat and river for the owner, whose identity and jet black mustache became public chatter.
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Columbia
Astoria
Shaking Hands In Fashion The Brooklyn Eagle on social ritual
The Brooklyn Eagle condemns the new handshaking style as grotesque and artificial though widespread. It describes how the ritual has evolved from natural arm movements to a formalized, elaborate greeting with mapped gestures. The practice spread from Punch satire to New York society events at Moll Inter Hall with 1,400 attendees using the method.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Punch
New York
Mollinter Hall
Banquet at Kane Falls Ends With Candid Admission
Attendees at a 5 PM banquet at Kane Falls gathered for a large event. A portal figure concluded with a candid admission indicating uncertainty or inconsistency in the presented account.
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Kane Falls
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