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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1890
Page
9
A notice warns readers that only a very short time remains for the bargains offered by S Kellner. The brief item emphasizes urgency and limited availability.
A Salt Lake City seller announces a near move and immediate sale of a large stock of winter and spring cloaks wraps jackets white goods linens laces embroideries underwear dress goods silks satins plushes zephyrs ginghams satines and hosiery at half price or more. The notice urges prompt calls to secure goods before packing begins and the store closes.
Reported by the committee on February 15 the amended Wyoming state charter is printed in full. The document declares Wyoming a state, outlines boundaries and representation, grants school lands, funds for education, public buildings, and various institutional lands, and sets judiciary and federal alignment upon admission. It also provides transitional authority for territorial officers and continuity of laws.
A Nevada blizzard battered Lake Tahoe with smashed small craft and damaged wharves as snow buried stations and logging camps. A severe hurricane struck northern Texas damaging Gainesville’s Masonic Hall and the courthouse with injuries reported. Additional storms disrupted the south, with rising Cumberland River levels and unroofed houses, while sea disasters claimed lives as sailors were washed overboard or could not aid wrecked crews near Gloucester and the Haterras shoals.
Andrew Carnegie hosted a grand dinner at the Arlington hotel in Washington for the president, cabinet, and delegates and officers of the international marine conference. The event was described as the most elegant of its kind in the city.
Washington February 25 Senator Ragan introduced a bill to provide for a general system of reservoirs to irrigate the arid lands of the west. The proposal aims to organize funding and management for large scale water projects across western states.
Sheriff ONeill reports devastation along the Hassayampa after the dam break. Dozens are drowned or missing, including miners, laborers, a coachman, a blacksmith, and a child, with additional missing men feared dead around fifty to sixty lives.
The Evansville and Terre Haute line suffered a washed out Kelco creek bridge last night. The Nash ville and Chicago fast mail plunged through the gap, derailing two cars. Engineer Lyons and Fireman Bowden are missing and presumed under the engine, while the conductor and two passengers suffered minor injuries.
The Lake Front park in Cicaco is nearly chosen as the world’s fair site with Chicago sub committee confirming location. Plans call widening to 17,000 feet yielding about 260 acres for buildings promenades depots and related facilities. The King of Corea plans another envoy to England amid Chinese protests.
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