A Kansas Paradise A Camp Life in Ottawa Parks
In Ottawa Kansas a forest park hosts summer camp life for 1000s who inhabit tents and nearby halls for two weeks each June. The open grounds feature Assembly hall and the great tabernacle, with lectures, music, and exhibits while tents line regular streets. Visitors enjoy baths, meals, telegraphs, and casual social mixing under sun and rain with a lively Sunday school emphasis and famed speakers.
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Ottawa
Kas
Mississippi Valley
Forest Park
Kansas
Wyoming Hills
Assembly Hall
City Council Minutes Register Actions and Contracts
Tuesday evening council met with Acting Mayor Hunt presiding. Meetings of the board of equalization in July were approved. Fire department report filed. A request to erect a 15 by 50 foot corrugated iron street car housing was referred to the fire committee. Treasurers receipts for 40 dollars filed. An assessment roll confirmation for 1889 passed. A bond from the city sexton was proposed. Numerous bills were presented and approved with warrants drawn for painting, hydrants, water system work, police, coal, repairs, culverts, and more. The Cheyenne Street Railroad approved to build a horse car house. Water main tapping contract awarded to T. F. Dolan as lowest bidder. An ordinance for 1889 taxes set at eighty mille on the dollar passed as enrolled. The old dirtatum at 6th Street and Capital Avenue to be filled. Water pipe at Slack Yards to be referred to water and sewerage with authority to act.
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Hunt
Jenks
Board of Equalization
Committee On Fire Department
Kent
Hebard
Mr. Hebard
City Finance Committee
B. Lindsley & Co
L. J. Jenks
William Bullin
O'Brien & Lawler
City Gas Company
M. P. Keefe
Thomas Whalen
Bristol & Koube
S. J. Brainard
Olin Roberts
Cheyenne Gambler’s Tale of a Richhoard and a Deceptive Deal
A Denver News retells a Cheyenne incident involving a gambler named Charley Parks who helps a stranger with $10 to feed his starving family. Parks later schemes to run a new gambling house, the combined effort failing and costing the house itself, with the narrator reflecting on missed chances and a $40 suit gift.
Arbitration settles miners strike in Rock Springs
Special to the Sun from Rock Springs Wyoming reports the strike ending after a board of arbitration between miners and Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. Miners return to work and praise arbitration as a just practical method, calling it the people's court and a victory for arbitration.
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The
Sun
Rock Springs
Woo
Union Pacific
Central Pacific Railroad
DiLton
People's Court
Natrona County Prospect Grows After Petition
The proposed Natrona County gains momentum as residents and taxpayers sign a petition. Hon C N Potter presented it to Governor Warren, with three temporary commissioners named. The governor said he had not yet made a decision.
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Natrona
Wyoming
Warren
C.N. Potter
The Ladies Outing to Dale Creek Fishing Trip
A group of women led by Mrs J A Breckens and Mrs Chas Smith left yesterday by the west bound train for a summer fishing excursion at Dale creek. The party includes Misses Reel Bryant and Mame Parkinson and plans to pitch tents and fish the waters, aiming to lure trout during the camping trip.
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Dale Creek
J. A. Breckens
Chas. Smith
Reel
Bryant
Mame Parkinson
Barbarians To Remain In Camp Through Tuesday
Report says the barbarians will stay in camp until next Tuesday while gentle men callers plan a visit on Sunday. A reception duty may pause the tribe’s sport, giving ladies time to reflect on the inhuman pastime and the DALE CREEK trout they praise as sweet.
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Rock Dale
Carbon County
W. A. Williams
Salt Lake
Rural Melon Patch Secrecy and Varying News Notes
A collage of short notes from Cheyenne and surrounding areas includes rural melon patch secrecy, rising railroad labor, increased baseball fever, mixed health reports, army inspection changes, Indigenous hat styles, and a Rawlins Journal report on corner stone laying and firemen's tournament. Also sighting of buffalos near Rock Dale and Salt Lake water level commentary.
Official communication revokes Wyoming US Attorney aides
The July 12, 1889 notice from Attorney General H. H. Miter revokes and annuls all appointments of assistants to the US Attorney for Wyoming. It notes Judge Peck, hired by A. C. Campbell to aid prosecutions in the Douglas-Willan Stuartis fence cases, must be withdrawn from the case, signaling interference by a "fine Italian hand."
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United States
Campbell
Washington
Territory of
Wyoming
H. H. Miter
William Ware Peck
A. C. Campbell
Peck
Douglas-Willan Suartoris Company
Judge Peck
Irrigation Data Letter Invitation to Informal Conference
Territorial Engineer Mead notes a senate irrigation inquiry urging maps testimony and reports for arid lands. An informal conference is set at the office on Monday July 22 at 2 p.m. to plan presentational strategy for the territory. Etwoop Map signs the missive from Cheyenne dated July 12, 1889.
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Cheyenne
Senate
Etwoop
Maiden Ends Gas Save Time in Household Folly
In a Terre Haute Repress report from July 10, a humorous scene unfolds as a mother and daughter debate gas use. The daughter admits economy while the mother notes pressure shifts. The item hints at a ship named Premier with yellow fever aboard, including a dead captain and two sick sailors.
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Laura
Mamma
Amma
Arthens Gielt
Terre Haute
Quenne
Premier
Ledead
The Educated Creature and the Philosophical Heart
A fragmentary verse prose sketch praises a learned, romantic woman who dissects philosophy and Horace while balancing intellect with contentment. It contrasts internal fulfillment with wealth, extolling love and moral virtue as the true riches of life.
Thinking and education in a gymnastic for youth
The article argues that many people cannot think independently in everyday life. It notes the habit of applying rules rigidly and the rarity of intelligent self direction among workers. It suggests education should include a mental gymnastic to train rising generations to think more autonomously.
Imitative Canary Mimics Robin Call in Domestic Scene
A canary in Brunswick Me. rapidly imitates a robin’s song after a neighborhood robin’s yaps. The birds’ interaction unsettles the household as the canary blends the mournful robin call with its own tune, frustrates attempts to modify behavior, and endures continued imitation.
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Billy
Brunswick
Housekeeping Motto on Service and Self Kindness
A reflective note encourages bearing in mind the mission of a crank to turn things over and being kind to oneself. It urges thinking of the right action at the right moment to act rightly and to learn from past experiences for present service and for those who may come after.
Bonds Offered for Canes County Purchase Bids
Notice from Canes County Wyoming dated June 16 1889 invites bids for twenty bonds at 100 each with 8 percent interest over fifteen years. Bids must meet par value and may be rejected. Also Desert Land Final Proof notice lists William J Ke of Madison County Virginia seeking patent for desert land claim 24H in Wyoming with witnesses from Bordeaux Laramie County.
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SaRaToca
Cannon County
Wyo
Canes
Carbon County
Wearatoga
Oens Incheck
F. Huss
Notice of Final Proof Hearing for Cheyenne Land Claim
Land Office confirms settler Albert W. Bristol to make final proof for his claim in Cheyenne Wyoming. Witnesses include William Falloon Elder and Martin Willadden of Granite County with protest rights and cross examination set for July 20 before the Cheyenne Receiver.
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Jam Boyer
Willam Falloon
Elder
Col
Therkle Yeuesa
Martin Willadden
Granite
Pe Peraon
Interior Department
Tel
Fort Collins
Larimer County
Colorado
Towoshi
Ster
Cheyenne
Wrec
Jug
Lam
Albert W. Hristol
Jennie E. Peter Goldsmith
Joseph Goldsmith
Little Bear
Wyo
Edgar & Wilson
Heglater
Final Proof Notice for Sever Eilimgeen in Cheyenne Wyom
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming issues notice that Sever Eilimgeen intends to make final proof for his claim on July 2, 1880 before the Receiver at Cheyenne. He names witnesses Donald MacPhee Robert Talperacid McDonald Islay and Walker D. Ease to prove residence. Objections or reasons to disallow proof may be presented during cross examination at the stated time and place.
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Rettier Han
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sever Eilimgeen
Donald MacPhee
Robert Talperacid McDonald
Islay
Wie
Walker D. Ease
Heyenne
Interior Department
Wilson, Register
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Kansas Paradise
Chautauqua
Gen
Logan
Talmage
Henson
Tiffany
St. John and Martin
Bain
Kentucky
Wendling
Milburn
Chaplin
Congress
Sprague
Boston
San Francisco
Broadus
Louisville
Senator Harr
Michigan
Gibson
Ohio
Sr. Winslip
New England Journal of Education
Bishop Warren
Denver
Duryea
Samones
Ireland
Tabernacle
Pen
Cheyenne Park
Sipney Blake
City Council
City Hall
Delta
Charley Parks
Parks
Jack
Elitch
Charley
Pierce & Murray
Charlie
Combine
Jay
Haas
Combine of Sports
Denver News
Inter Ocean
Omaha
U. P
Rawlins Journal
Irrigation Data
Mead
Bhe
Peter
Biigust
Rerei
Bilza Lamb Martyo
A. R. Couzens
United States Land Office
William J, Ke
Madison County
Virginia
Jam
H. Houser
John E. Hoorer
Timothy Rullivan
Thomas Hunton
Bordeaux
Laramie County
Edgar
W1ilson
Register
Cattle Brands
L. Voorhees & CO
Montgomery Ward & CO
Lhd
Mic Igen Avenue
Jong Or
Bie
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