Wyoming Jubilee Plans for Statehood Parade
The state hosts a grand celebration with decorations, a trades procession, and half fare rail rates from surrounding states. A statehood car with forty four young girls represents the union as four parade divisions unfold with bands, guards, civic groups, and a capstone program at the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Ollerenshaw
Statehood
E. J. Pasmore
Capitol
States of the Union
Seventeenth Infantry
Union Pacific Band
Wyoming National Guard
Central Wyoming irrigation prospects eyed by territorial engineer
Mr Elwood Mead territorial engineer visited and urged development of Central Wyoming agriculture. He said Platte valley from Casper to Fort Laramie could become a vast wheat field with irrigation from the river attracting capital. He noted a Colorado developer plans a new syndicate in England and expects to return to examine Central Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Elwood Mead
Territorial
Wyoming
Platte Valley
Casper
Fort Laramie
Platte River
Mr. Mead
England
Doubtlces
Illustrated feature delayed by bad weather
To Be Illustrated reports the Girl Guards were to be photographed yesterday for Hand Lake's Illustrated of New York but foul weather forced postponement. It is understood the New York illustrated papers will feature this celebration with artists detailing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand Lake
New York
New York Illustrated
Artisles
New Dwellings Planned Near Rail Shops
Lux reporter learns Mr. J. K. Jeffrey and S. M. Courant review plans for several cottages to be built immediately on Jeffrey's south side addition near the new rail road shops. Three houses to break ground tomorrow with five rooms for moderate means, offered for rent or sale on easy terms. Four more cottages to rise east of the sites with instalment plans to aid mechanics and laborers seeking decent homes. Many workmen will move with families as soon as quarters are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laat
Lux
J. K. Jeffrey
S. M. Courant
Jeffrey
Cheyenne Polling Places Set Across Three Districts
County commissioners reconfigure old precincts with Badger replacing Wendover and La Grange designated while Fairbank is omitted. Cheyenne divides into three districts with nine polling sites including Burlington depot building Clark hose house Tilden block and others. Officials have yet to appoint judges clerks and registrars while 3,000 election law copies are printed for distribution.
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Badger
Wendover
la Grange
Hawk Springs
Fairbank
Cheyenne
Pioneer Hook and Ladder House
H. B. Kelley
SUN
Prominent Visitors to Cheyenne For Statehood Jubilee
J M Studebaker chief executive of Studebaker Bros arrives in Cheyenne with son-in-law ex State Senator Fish of New Jersey from Colorado horse ranch. They plan to return to witness the statehood celebration and jubilee in Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Studebaker
Studebaker Bros
Great Carriage and Wagon Builders
Cheyenne
The Allemania Picnic by the Odd Fellows
The excursion and picnic occur next Sunday under Odd Fellows auspices. A grove on the Cheyenne and Northern road near West Moyer's ranch on Horse creek offers shade, running water, mountain scenery, and fresh country air for a pleasant summer outing. All are invited to join the holiday event.
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Allemania
The
Odd Fellows
Cheyenne and Northern Road
West Moyer
Horse Creek
Blind gospel temperance evangelist to hold services
Rev. T. W. Fleming of Illinois will preach at the Presbyterian church this afternoon at 3 o clock and address the public outdoors in front of the capitol at 6 o clock. The report adds that railroads secretly adjust rates and that reduced rates prove more profitable to the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Fleming
Blind Gospel Temperance Evangaliot of
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Capitol
Cheyenne Deluge Drowns Streets Floods Basements
A historic Cheyenne downpour between 3 and 4 PM flooded streets and cellars, washing away plank crossings and tearing walls. Reports detail flooded basements on Ferguson, Seventeenth, Sixteenth streets, and along Capitol Avenue, with damages on multiple properties and streets totaling thousands.
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Cheyenne
Capitol Avenue
Ferguson Street
Eddy Street
Fifteenth
Seventeenth
House
Evans Streets
Carey Block
Stockgrowers Bank
Seventeenth Street
Cheyenne National Bank
Arp & Hammond
Sixteenth Street
Masonic Hall
Frank Boehm
Ringolsky
Washington Market
Metropolitan Hotel
Fifteenth Street
George Bescherer
Cr. G. Strom
Warren Mercantile Company
Burlington Depot
Turnbull & Co
L. Kabis
P. Zehner, Jr
Great Statehood Celebration Opens In Wyoming With Parade
Today features a favorable outlook for Wyoming’s statehood celebration with a 2 PM parade through main streets to the capitol for exercises presided by Governor Warren. Two bands, a grand chorus, and a special girls guards unit highlight the program, followed by a balloon ascent at 7 PM and a large statehood ball with orchestras and heavy decorations.
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Burlington
Union Pacific Railways
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Saur Ree
Theresa A. Jenkins
esee-Gov
Francis E. Warren
Nellie Dwyer
I. S. Bartlett
M. C. Brown
M. E. Post
Anvil
J. M. Thurston
Deana
Father Nugent
Marshal Jeffrey
Capitol
Warren
Arenaut
E. C. Tenbroeck
F. F. Knapp & Co
Aeronautical Engineers
Cheyenne
State Capitol
Jury verdict in Montgomery case finds second degree murder
In district court at Lander the jury returned a guilty verdict of murder in the second degree regarding the Montgomery case discussed last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Montgomery
Death of W. W. Corlett Pioneer and Public Figure
Hon. W. W. Corlett dies at 2 pm after long illness. A statesman and lawyer born in 1842 in Concord Ohio he helped shape Wyoming’s early history. Funeral planned Thursday at 3 pm with Wyoming bar association to honor his memory.
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W.W. Corlett
Wyoming
Earth
For Ues
Curlett
Wyyoming Bar Association
Judge Carroll
J. W Fisher
C.N. Potter
A.C. Campbell
J. C. Thompson
E. S. N. Morgan
J. R. Whitehead
J.C. Baird
Mr. Corlett
Concord
Isle of Mann
Willoughby Collegiate Institute
Cleveland
James A. Garfield
Corlett
Eighty-seventh
Ohio Regiment
Harper's Ferry
Cheyenne
Ile
Laramie County
Congress
Washington
Europe
United States
Territory of
Y M C A Secretary Arrives to Organize Rail Yard Unit
C L Gates of Omaha arrives to establish a reading room and HQ for the Y M C A in the city under Union Pacific auspices. UP funds the project to boost employee morale and efficiency, with rooms to be fitted in the upper story of the Union Pacific depot. Postmaster Mais gains two additional letter carriers effective August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Gates
Omaha
Union Pacific
Mais
Terrific cloud burst isolates towns after railroad destruction
A midnight cloud burst near the forks of Clear Creek destroys two iron railroad bridges and washes away the depot restaurant and outbuildings. No lives are reported lost though the Canon from the forks to Golden is stripped of most track and communication. A relief train with bridge timbers and 200 men heads to the scene. repairs may take three days.
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Denver
Clear Creek Canon
Canon
Forks
Golden
Nowtts
Congressional Debate on Original Package Bill and Indian Allocation
In Washington July 22 the House considered the original package bill substitute. The Adams substitute failed 33 to 115, then the House substitute for the Senate bill passed 176 to 38 after numerous vote changes. The Senate meanwhile moved a pension bill for Mrs. Jessie Fremont and addressed the Indian appropriation, altering a clause to remove Cheyenne relocation to South Dakota, Wyoming, or Montana and instead settle on existing reservations.
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Washinotrox
Adams
House
Senate
Grosvenor
Ohio
Frank
Missouri
Yeas
Abbott
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Kentucky
Carter
Coruth
Chapman
Clanie
Crain
Culbertson
Texas
Cummings
Dunesby
Elliott
Foreman
Fowler
Prank
Hives
Lanham
Lawler
Dehlbach
Martin
Washinatrox
Jessie Fremont
Committee On
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Pettigrew
Deadly Tenement Fire Sparks Cincinnati Tragedy
A four story brick building at 44 Front Street in Cincinnati burned late tonight. Solomon Mejeki and his wife and two young children died in the blaze. Gute Hfewe and Miss Kussinent were seriously injured. Police and firemen rescued some occupants from the roof as others fled, with the death toll and injuries expected to rise as search continues.
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Cincinnati
Front Street
Solomon Menski
Solomon Mejeki
Gute Hfewe
That Stolen Money: Rush Reimbursement for Antelope Springs
A report of the house committee on claims orders a senate appropriation of $7,490 to reimburse Rush, U. S. A. for a revenue misattribution at Antelope Springs in 1857. This item notes the appropriation and the involved parties in a formal budget action.
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Wasmingrom
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Mead
John Durbin
West Wing County Hospital
J. C. Whipple
Ballon
Grace Hebard
Gg, Masten
Hale
W. W. Corlett
Clear Creek
Congressional
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