A Wise Law for Indian and Military Reservations
Judge John A. Riner urges the next legislature to cede full control over reservations to the general government while retaining the power to tax individuals and corporations, serve civil process, and remove fugitives. He cites savings from such a statute and notes costly trials like Fort Leavenworth. The call echoes federal rulings and urges swift action to end costly illegal transactions on reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Riner
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Commonwealth
Parkison
Riner
Fort Leavenworth
Laramie County
United States
Totten foolishness sermon sparks church debate
A preacher laments the Totten foolishness topic as a failing sermon may cheat the congregation by omitting discussion of the unintelligible subject.
Tense Labor Strife Warns of Civil War Across Colonies
Thomas Parxetet of Sidney warns in Chicago that Queensland costs for maintaining order reach £1000 daily. He says other colonies face imminent labor unrest, immigration controls, and capital withdrawal, suggesting a potential civil war amid precarious conditions.
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Thomas Parxetet
Sidney
Australia
Chicago
Queensland
Harper County Judge G W McKay Faces Scrutiny Over Orders
Judge G W McKay of Harper County Kansas an Alliance judge who planned to study law in Ann Arbor has clashed with the state supreme court. He has issued orders that override supreme court directives raising potential legal trouble for him.
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G. W. McKay
Harper County
Kansas
Alliance
Ann Harbor
Supreme Court
Timber cutting rules issued for public lands across several states
A court ruling establishes that timber cutting applications must be filed with the land department and include an affidavit detailing the land description and timber type and amount. Cutting before official notice risks prosecution and rejection. Applications go to the secretary of the interior with an estimated acreage. An upper limit is set on the number of hectares or permits allowed.
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Lasp
Secretary of the Interior
Ose nmin at Gold Hall Records Fifteen Claims Daily
A fragment notes that Ose nmin at Gold Hall has been locating fifteen claims daily for a month, indicating sustained activity in land claims and prospecting. The text presents a rough ledger of ongoing survey work with no further context.
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Ose Nmin
Gold Hall
Ele
Vast new viaduct linked to city growth completed
The article describes a formal opening of a grand viaduct, the only structure of its kind in the state, connecting the north and south portions of the city. It notes a modest ceremony and implies the board of trade should support broader regional goodwill.
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Tienes
Board of Trade
Wyoming 20.20 Tile Railway Incident Report
In the first half of the Vvour, 20.20 tiles of railway were built in Wyoming. Firrees steers imported near No Man's Lae caused chaos at Chicago stockyards, spreading widely. Police shot half of the beasts and captured the rest after they attacked several people.
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Wyoming
No Man's Lae
Chicago Stovk
Sentinel criticizes reform coverage and morality claims
The Laramie Sentinel rebukes this paper for a mild note on saloon Sunday closing. It accuses Tae Sex of misstatements and hypocrisy while defending morality and decency in the press.
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Laramie
The
Laramie Sentinel
Sentinel
Tae Sc
Tae Sen
Tae Sex
Chicago unions plan labor temple costing half a million
Chicago labor unions pursue construction of a labor temple with an estimated cost of 500000. They currently pay 50000 annually for hall rent as part of the union effort.
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Chicago
City eyes formal viaduct opening procession
Tue Scw urges a fitting but simple ceremony to mark the completion of the viaduct. A city parade over the new structure could serve as an appropriate, modest observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Scw
Beer is bullion again and sheep are soads
Beer is bullion again and sheep are soads.
Cueyvenne Sees Rapid Taxable Wealth Growth In Year
The city assessment roll shows Cueyvenne gaining half a million dollars in taxable wealth over the past year. New roofs and rising foot traffic reflect community prosperity with strong trade and no drones observed.
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Cueyvenne
Mining Boom Sparks Hard Working Pioneers
Wyvyomna experiences a thriving mining boom with rich mineral hills. Determined, stout hearted men push to reap wealth from the earth amid active prospecting and spirited frontier effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyvyomna
Wyoming Advances to Front Rank in State Progress
The statement praises Wyoming as it moves into the leading tier of states. It emphasizes resolve, forward gaze, and steady stride as the state asserts its emerging prominence on the national stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Agricultural Boom Could Vanish Wyoming’s Wealth
In a state where arable land under cultivation feeds miners and factory workers, wealth concentrates as farming expands. The excerpt warns that as other states grow richer, Wyoming risks becoming a pauperful region if land remains unproductive.
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Wyoming
Harvest excursions scheduled in the west this year
It is settled that harvest excursions will proceed as usual with the first event on August 20 and two more planned for September.
Wyoming Republicans Aim for Victory With Organization
A Wyoming party statement asserts low presidential turnout and pledges clear record honest intelligent leadership and aggressive organization to deliver a glorious victory in next year's campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Republican Party
National Teachers' Association to Meet in Hecesa Mont
Hecesa Montana was chosen as the meeting place for the National Teachers Association in 1882. The selection honors a city regarded as hopeful and enterprising in the developing west.
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Hecesa
Mont
National
Teachers’ Association
New Wert
New Mexico Supreme Court Rules on Relocation of Mining Claim
The court holds that relocating a mining claim implies the original location’s validity and asserts forfeiture due to failure to perform annual expenditure. In possession suits, the jury need show title by preponderance, with the claimant’s right superior to the defendant, without requiring strict legal title instructions.
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Supreme Court of New Mexico
A Pleasing Prospect from Johnson County
A Buffalo Echo description extols Johnson county as a paradise with miles of scenic range and abundant resources, painting an inviting image of rural prosperity. The piece emphasizes wide open spaces and bountiful landscapes as a promising future for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Paradise
Buffalo Echo
Vast Natural Resources Across Our State Line
The passage extols abundant natural wealth within the state division including grasses and cattle, vast grain and hay lands, rich soils, irrigation, rain, coal measures, metals, and mineral prospects. It highlights prospectors and miners from home and abroad tapping iron ore, gold and silver, and a strong water supply, asserting unparalleled resource abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Edison Drills Replace Air Machines At Idaho Mine
The Last Chance mine near Wardner Idaho switches from air drills to electric percussion drills after a test showing higher output from the electric units. The air plant sat 1000 feet higher on the mountain and required more fuel transport than the electric setup.
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Edison General Electric Company
Helena
Last Chance
Wardner
Idaho
Union Pacific’s strength and vast terminal network
Gen. Dodge asserts the Union Pacific dominates due to unmatched physical assets and terminals. He notes a $10,000,000 bid for its Denver terminals, bonds at $28,000 per mile, $5,000 earnings per mile, $1,200 fixed charges per mile, and a sinking fund of over $2,000,000 yearly with plans to erase debt in five years.
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Gen. Dodge
Union Pacific
United States
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Cheyenne
Ogden
Portland
Telegraph Line Feat Hailed In France Then Wyoming Claim
A French war department praise for a fifty mile telegraphic line built in two days is cited, with a Wyoming boast that using wire fences and cowboys could place a 1500 mile line in operation in a county between daylight and dark the same day.
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France
War Department
Wyoming
City Railway Grows From Small Start to Prosperity
From a modest beginning the city railway system has quickly developed into an established and prosperous institution. It started as an expertiment and now stands as a growing and strengthening feature of the city, likened to the finest places in the nation.
Elm Club Brigade Urged to Support Cheyenne Firefighters
A letter calls for a volunteer Elm Club Brigade to back Cheyenne’s fire department. It urges brave men with authority to stop critics who jeer at firefighters during alarms and compares local crews to city departments.
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Elm Club
Cheyenne
Contemptible Exhibition During Hurd Fire Alarm
A newspaper note condemns paid organizations and hoodlums who belittled members’ efforts after a dirty display observed on Sunday morning tied to the Hurd fire.
Langtry face disfigured. stage refuge not for spoiled
Ris declares Mrs Langtry’s face permanently scarred and notes the stage offers only a refuge for a disfigured character, not a cure for vanity. The comment suggests tragedy overshadowing a celebrated actress.
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Ris
Why A Protectionist Speech by ex-Congressman Perkins
Hon B W Perkins of Kansas declares he is a protectionist for American interests. He argues trade should favor domestic growth, taxes, and labor, asserting foreign producers must pay for the privilege of entering the U S market and that proceeds should fund government operations. He frames the stance as patriotic.
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B.W. Perkins
Congress
Kansas
United States
City Council Pledges Extension and Improvement
The council remains ready to act with an emphasis on extension and improvements. They describe themselves as cautious yet progressive businessmen guiding municipal policy with prudent, far sighted leadership.
Magnet to draw factories to Cheyenne inspires economic plea
The author argues for Cheyenne to attract manufacturing by transforming raw wool and other local resources into valued goods. He condemns sending wool east for processing and urges domestic industry to generate wealth, proposing a mammoth mill and industrial growth to raise local fortunes.
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Cheyenne
General Superintendent Calvert Plans Three Month Outing
Burlington official General Superintendent Calvert mimics a civil engineer with a long recreational expedition across Northern Wyoming and Montana. The trip spans about three months and aims at leisure.
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Ossita
Bald Mountain Mining District Expands Its Rich Diggings
The Bald Mountain mining district is described as the largest placer field known, with expectations that its area will extend further. Rich placer deposits exist alongside quartz prospects, and recent prospecting may reveal ledges. Mr Elisha Terrill has found galena outcroppings with samples tested and deemed good by experts.
Prospectors strike rich gold deposit in cement above Bald Mountain gulch
Vito Dad and Messrs Walters Kelley Bracken and Chapline return with news of a vast gold finding. Experts report extensive cement above the gulch yielding solid gold chunks in twelve inches of depth and rich deposits across many scores of ground.
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Vito Dad
Walters
Kelley
Bracken
Chapline
Bald Mountain
Notary Commissioned for Carbon County
EK. T. Burke of Rawlins has been commissioned as a notary public for Carbon County authorities.
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EK. T. Burke
Rawlins
Carbon County
Building Inspector Ordinance Presented At City Council
The city council met with Mayor Bresnahen absent in Denver as acting mayor presided. An ordinance by Mr. Bristol creates a building inspector's office with permit rules and duties for construction, repairs, and safety measures including fireproofing and fire escapes on tall buildings. Fees scale with work value and the inspector to be appointed by the mayor with council consent.
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Robins
Bresnahen
Denver
J.C. Baird
Campbell
Messrs
Merrell
Richardson
Harrington
Bristol
Bond
Ross
Marshal Lehnitger
Parshall
Cook
Patton
Grant
R. Rodgers
E. W. Mann
Chris. O’brien
Geo. Messick
Wm. Emberg
City Council Handles Street Grades and Local Halls
Chairman Harrington presents grade figures for thirty four miles of streets to be included in an ordinance for temporary grades. Turn Verein hall at Thames and Sixteenth seeks partial frame construction approval. Bathing resort owner seeks permanent site at Lake Minnehaha with referral. Laundry whistle nuisance raised by Mr. Rodgers. council action pending after lengthy prior petitions.
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Harrington
TURN
Turn Verein
Thames and Sixteenth
W. R. Schnitger
R. Rodgers
England
Wyoming Suffrage Laws Sought by Victorian Colony Agent
A note from Department of State in Washington dated July 15 reports a request from the colony of Victoria Australia for copies of Wyoming’s laws granting women the franchise. The document references transmission to Mr. Lincoln and Sir Graham Berry and notes a preference for exchanging suffrage law for ballot law.
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Barber
Department of State
Wasnmetos
Wyoming
United States
London
Victoria
Australia
Lincoln
Graham Berry
Miss Clara Terry departs Cheyenne for European tour
Miss Clara Terry leaves Cheyenne by early morning train to Denver then New York for a year abroad. She will sail from New York around Aug 1 with Senator Bixby and wife to visit England France Germany Italy Belgium Ireland Scotland and other European nations while pursuing musical study with European instructors.
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Clara Terry
Denver
Miss Terry
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Terry
Theoumns
Tue Sen
Europe
New York
Bixby
New
London
Paris
England
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Lrwland
Scotland
Union shuts down plant many workers sidelined
In Sreecron Pennsylvania on July 21 a factory halted all operations after company officials learned there would be no public workers available. About 4,000 non members and union men faced a halt as furnaces were banked and the entire plant shut down.
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Sreecron
Thy Association
Cotny
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Alert House
Chris. O'Brien
Mr. Messick
J.5. Matthews
Alert Hose House
W.j.mccarten
Lake
Minnehaha Bat Jyy
W. F. Thomas
Chas. Thompson
Shaoe Merrill & Co
P. Keefe
Brown
Lawler C. F. Putnam
Lon T. Conroy
A. J. Parshall
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