Iron District Hints at Hartville Iron Boom and Cheyenne Rivalry
Hartville Wyoming reports that the Pacific Short Line seeks Hartville iron claims and may build a Platte furnace, while engineers survey routes near Bartlett's ranch. Critics claim Prof. Ricketts underreported ore. locals urge Cheyenne to push in, noting mutual county interests and the need for press advocacy.
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The
Sun
Hartville
Wyo
Sin
Pacific Short Line
Wendover
Platte
Bartlett
Michigan
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Lusk
Ricketts
Rickett
Cheyenne
Christmas greeting rails against town advertising skimping
Bill Barlow of the Douglas Budget urges local business houses to support the newspaper with advertising. He condemns stingy or poverty stricken merchants who expect the paper to praise their town without paying, noting Douglas has few advertisers and two weeklies suffer. He says every business man should contribute at least a $2 card to sustain a lively paper and a thriving community.
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Dred
Sorong
Independent
Rock Springs
Bill Barlow
Douglas
Badger
Bill
Mui
Mery
Canals Planned From North Platte to Irrigate Lands
A new corporation filed articles of incorporation with the territorial secretary to build canals from the North Platte river for irrigation milling mining manufacturing and agricultural uses. The tapping point is in section 9 township 23 north range 60 near Scott's Bluffs in Laramie county. The project spans about seventy five miles with capital stock of two million dollars. Trustees for year one are A. Gilchrist Elwood Mead and James A. Johnston. Company offices are Cheyenne with possible offices in 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 Grim Ironies in Daily Prose
A collection of wry maxims and jokes on modern life. It parodies death, honesty, electricity, and politics with playful aphorisms. The piece muses on human folly, wealth, and fate while trading clever quips about science and tradition.
County Expenses for Half Year and Quarter Ending 1889
The report lists six months of county expenditures totaling $120,897 with items for District Court and Hospital expenses among others. For the last quarter ending December 31, 1889 rebates of $2,325.38 were issued for erroneous assessments. The board of commissioners is praised for efforts to cut costs.
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District Court
Wes Redacees
Total Voce cc Cnencees
Ees
Board of Commissioners
Man Injured Falling From Hay Wagon at Ranch
John Cameron employed at G. B. Goodell’s ranch was thrown from a hay load. He dislocated his right elbow and suffered facial bruises after his horses ran wild. Dr. Wyman treated him and reports he is doing well.
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John Cameron
G. B. Goodell
Wyman
Notice for Publication Lanp Orvick Cheyenne December 1889
Notice is given that James Kirkbride of Archer Wyoming has filed intent to make final proof for land in section 18 township 15 N range 63 W. Proof will be before the Register and Receiver at Cheyenne Wyoming on February 6 1890. Witnesses to prove residence and cultivation: Thomas Dinsdale Jonas Laycock Frank Wilkinson John Ewbank all of Archer Wyoming. Registered by K P Chamkin.
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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 Injures Three
A passenger train wrecked near Sidney when the No. 3 broke a rail. Five of seven cars burned including mail cars baggage car and two sleepers. Three passengers injured though not seriously and expressman Dobbins also hurt. Dining car scorched. rear Portland sleeper and dining car survive to Cheyenne.
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Lux
Union Pacific
Ryder
Valpraiso
Sidney
J. M. Barr
Ogden
San Francisco
Portland
Dobbins
Cheyenne
House committee winds toward World’s Fair site choice
In Wasiixeton on January 10 the house committee on foreign affairs debated the world’s fair bill and proposed a plan to name a site by repeated ballots. The scheme would drop the lowest vote-getter each round until a site wins, avoiding deadlock among rival cities.
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Wasiixeton
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
District of Columbia
Reading Railway Trustees Fight Over Corbin Re-Election
Privave eata Jan. 10. Litigation looms to secure an injunction stopping the voting trustees from re electing President Corbin. The suit to dissolve the Read ing voting trustees has been appealed to the courts and a writ remains pending likely for six months or more. John Wanamaker a Reading trustee filed his answer to the bill of inquiry asking for instructions to act in line with the court’s judgment.
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Renading
Privave
Eata
Reading Railroad
Corbin
Reading
John Wanamaker
Board of
Reading Trustees
Condition of Spain's Young King
The king's condition shows only slight improvement with morning sleep and afternoon fever. A cabinet meeting under Sagasta decided the ministry stays in office with full powers, and that should the king die the crown passes to his eldest sister with Queen Christina acting as regent.
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Spain
Manin
Jan
Iapians
Sagasta
Christiana
Will of the Empress Bequeaths Palaces to Victor William
Empress Dowager Augusta lies in state at Schloss chapel as the public views the coffin. Her will leaves Berlin and Babelaberg palaces to Victor William and her daughter the Grand Duchess of Baden receives millions in marks with legacies to servants and many charitable and religious bodies.
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Beatin
Jan
Augusta Fe
Schloss
Berlin
Babelaberg
Ero
William
Grand Duchess of
Baden
Fragmented Verse About Missing Love and a Hidden Heart
A narrator recalls not recognizing a beloved figure after a flame fades. Years pass as the loved one remains vacant, and longingdeepens. A hidden heart’s ease blooms where no one sees, while a kiss from the past is recalled and sought.
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Thad
Tanid
Grace H. Duffield
The Fickle Love of Claretta Burney
The tale centers on Claretta Burney as she navigates love among Arthur Dare Henry Wynne and Dr. Robert Romer. Each suitor vies for her favor while Claretta weighs which proposal to accept amid social expectations and shifting affections. Christmas snowfall and a riding outing propel the romantic tension toward a decisive moment.
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Byron
Claretta
Claretta Burney
Beaux
Arthur Dare
Henry Wynne
Robert Romer
Romer
Claretia
Arthur
Afernoon
Hin
Love and jealousy end in tragedy in a family tale
Claretta Burney loves Arthur Dare but Henry Wynne proposes. A pistol shot wounds Claretta after a confrontation at her home. Arthur confesses to the shooting and turns himself in. Claretta survives and marries Dr. Romer, who had cared for her. Henry Wynne is cleared, Arthur forgives him, and Claretta recovers to a new life with Romer.
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Arthur
Dr. Romer
Belle Lawton
Henry Wynne
Claretta
Henry
Swain
Arthur Dare
Bey
Claretia
Clarena
Tan
Aspen
Ian
Mow Burney
Hen Wynne
Burneys
Dan
Claretty
Henry Addred
Miss Claretta
Harry
Jumbo roll of paper spans fourteen miles at Pittburgh exposition
Hartje Brothers display a ninety six inch wide paper roll weighing 265 pounds named The Jumbo. The unbroken sheet stretched fourteen miles long and required twelve men to move it from station to wagon. A travelin g man quips about luck and bristles as hopes rise.
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Pittburg Exposition
Hartje Brothers
Uil
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Iron District
Prof. Ricketts
Inter-State Canal and Water Supply Company
la Grippe
Moses
Earth
Penth
Tearlesa
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