Iron District notes stir over Hartville iron fields
Hartville Wyoming January 9 1889 reports that the Pacific Short Line engineers survey between Hartville and Wendover crosses the Platte near Bartletts ranch. The short line seeks iron deposits and may build a furnace on the Platte. Prof Ricketts report criticized as incomplete yet helps advertise the iron district.
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The
Sun
Hartville
Wyo
Sin
Pacific Short Line
Wendover
Platte
Bartlett
Michigan
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Lusk
Christmas Greeting Sparks Dairy Douglas Advertising Debate
Bill Barlow of the Douglas Budget rails at business houses and citizens who demand news coverage yet refuse advertising support. The piece calls Douglas a nearly busted town for lacking $65 annual ads, praising the Budget as the town’s best weekly paper and urging local merchants to fund a live newspaper.
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Dred
Sorong
Independent
Rock Springs
Bill Barlow
Douglas
Badger
Bill
Mui
Mery
Canal project forms to divert North Platte water for irrigation
The newly incorporated company filed articles with the territorial secretary to build a canal from the North Platte river across Laramie county near Scott's Bluffs. The project plans a seventy five mile easterly canal to irrigate lands between the river and the canal. Capital stock is two million dollars. Trustees for year one are A. Gilchrist Elwood Mead and James A. Johnston. Company offices may be in Cheyenne Omaha Chicago and New York.
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Territorial
North Platte
Range 60
Scott's Bluffs
Laramie
A. Gilchrist
Elwood Mead
James A. Johnston
Cheyenne
Omaha
Chicago
New York
Breakfast Runs and Bits of Whimsy Across Topics
An assortment of wry observations on death, honesty, electric reports, nature’s balance, luck, and satire. The piece blends playful proverbs with pointed jokes aboutters, geologists, gripes, and moral paths, presenting a mosaic of aphoristic musings.
County Expenses for Six Months Ended December 31 1889
The county reports six month expenditures totaling 120,897 with costs across district court hospital incidental salaries and rent. A quarter ending December 31 1889 shows 2325.38 paid as rebates on erroneous assessments. The current board claims earnest work to reduce county costs.
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District Court
Wes Redacees
Total Voce cc Cnencees
Ees
Board of Commissioners
Hay wagon accident at Goodell ranch injures worker
John Cameron employed at G. B. Goodell's ranch was thrown from a hay load and dislocated his right elbow. He also suffered facial bruises when his horses became unmanageable. Dr. Wyman treated him and reports the patient doing well.
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John Cameron
G. B. Goodell
Wyman
Notice for Final Proof in Cheyenne Wy 1890
Notice is given that James Kirkbride of Archer Wyoming has filed for final proof on his claim No. 228 in section 18 township 15 north range 63 west. Proof will be before the Cheyenne Register and Receiver on February 6 1890. Witnesses: Thomas Dinsdale Jonas Laycock Frank Wilkinson John Ewbank.
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Lanp Orvick
Cheyenne
Wyo
James Kirkbride
Archer
Wiz
Homas Dinsdale
Jonas Laycock
Frank Wilkinson
John Ewbank
Archer, Wye
K.P. Chamkin
Fast Flyer Wreck Destroys Five Cars In Fire
A passenger mail train wrecked near Sidney due to a broken rail destroyed five cars including two mail cars and a baggage car with the dining car and Portland sleeper saved. Three sleep ers were burned and Dobbins and a baggage man were injured but not seriously. The wreck halted the eastbound schedule but the rear portion reached Cheyenne later in the day.
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Lux
Union Pacific
Ryder
Valpraiso
Sidney
J. M. Barr
Ogden
San Francisco
Portland
Dobbins
Cheyenne
House panel mulls repeated ballots for fair site
In Wasiixeton on January 10 the house foreign affairs committee studied the world’s fair bill. It favors reporting a bill with no city named, then using repeated ballots to drop the lowest vote-getter until a site is chosen, mirroring the District of Columbia appropriation approach.
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Wasiixeton
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
District of Columbia
Reading Railway Quarrel Threatens Trustees Ruling
Privave.eata Jan 10 The heated dispute over re electing President Corbin at the Reading railroad centers on seeking an injunction from the voting trustees. The writ remains pending with a six month or longer horizon for settlement. John Wanamaker on the board filed his answer to the bill of inquiry asking for court instructions to act in line with the judgment on the matters.
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Renading
Privave
Eata
Reading Railroad
Corbin
Reading
John Wanamaker
Board of
Reading Trustees
Condition of Spain's Young King
Jan 16 report notes no major change in the king's condition though signs of slight improvement appear. He slept in the morning yet ran a fever in the afternoon. A cabinet meeting under Sagasta decided the ministry stays in office with full powers and on the king's death the crown passes to his eldest sister with Queen Christiana as regent.
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Spain
Manin
Jan
Iapians
Sagasta
Christiana
Will of the Empress Bequeaths Berlin Palaces to William
The body of Empress Dowager Augusta lies in state at Schloss chapel open to the public as crowds view the coffin. Her will leaves Berlin and Babelberg palaces to Emperor William, a fortune to the Grand Duchess of Baden, legacies to servants, and donations to many charities and religious bodies.
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Beatin
Jan
Augusta Fe
Schloss
Berlin
Babelaberg
Ero
William
Grand Duchess of
Baden
Fragmentary verse on lost love and memory
A fragmented poem recalls a departed beloved and the ache of absence. The speaker reassesses a distant smile and finds a buried token of affection, a small heart’s ease blossom, as a returned kiss echoes through memory.
Claretta Burney and the fickle choices of love
A social tale centers on Claretta Burney, famed for charm and beauty, and three suitors Arthur Dare Henry Wynne and Dr. Robert Romer. Each man vies for her hand as Christmas scenes unfold with a snowfall and a riding party testing loyalties and hearts.
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Byron
Claretta
Claretta Burney
Beaux
Arthur Dare
Henry Wynne
Robert Romer
Romer
Claretia
Arthur
Afernoon
Hin
Dr. Romer
Belle Lawton
Henry
Swain
Bey
Clarena
Tan
Aspen
Ian
Mow Burney
Hen Wynne
Burneys
Dan
Claretty
Henry Addred
Miss Claretta
Harry
The Claretta Burney Tragedy Ends In Wedding Twist
Claretta Burney survives a gunshot after a love triangle with Arthur Dare and Henry Wynne. Henry confesses his love and wealth shifts threaten the couple. In the end Claretta weds Dr. Romer after a dramatic sequence of jealousy, danger, and reconciliation.
Jumbo roll of paper fourteen miles long at Pittburg expo
Hartje Brothers displayed a mammoth paper roll named The Jumbo at the Pittsburg exposition. The 96 inch wide sheet extends four ten miles, weighs 265 pounds, and remained unbroken with no holes. Twelve men moved it from the station to the exhibit amid curious commentary.
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Pittburg Exposition
Hartje Brothers
Uil
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Iron District
Ricketts
Prof. Ricketts
Rickett
Inter-State Canal and Water Supply Company
la Grippe
Moses
Earth
Penth
Tearlesa
Thad
Tanid
Grace H. Duffield
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