Perilous grandeur of the Teton and Hamilton legacy
The article extols the Teton range and its lake’s majestic scenery in Switzerland style prose. It recounts Robert Ray Hamilton who died near the lake and is buried under a lone pine with his boots and riding gear. It notes the valley’s rapid settlement, rich timber, and an upcoming post office for Mary Mier Valley, Jackson's Hole.
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Switzerland
Teton
Robert Ray Hamilton
Sargent
Hamilton
Mary Mier
Jackson's Hole
Ben Davis Strawberry Crop Nearing Peak in Wyoming
D W Rowderick Co and the Wyoming Journal report Ben Davis has about an acre of irrigated strawberry plants near Stockade Beaver. Davis sold 600 quarts this season with 100 more to come, priced at a quart. Fresh berries sold eagerly as buyers crave the large, delicious fruit.
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Newcastin Journal
D. W. Rowderick & Co
Ben Davis
Ex Cheyenne boxer Reddy Brennan wins in Rawlins
Former Cheyenne pugilist Reddy Brennan defeats opponent Win Smith in four rounds at Rawlins on Wednesday, continuing his boxing career with a decisive stoppage.
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Reddy” Brennan
Win
Smith
Rawlins
Ranch Fire Destroys Keefe Ranch House and Contents
A van for M. P. Keefe delivered lumber to the contractor’s ranch and found the house and contents burned the night before. The property, valued around 3000 dollars with 1900 dollars insured, stood in the Five Mile or Valley area. No person was on site Wednesday night and the cause remains unknown. The ranch featured water works, cultivated acres, and stock. Previously the Valley house burned years ago under G. C. Charlton ownership.
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M. P. Keefe
Bergman & Gay
F. A
Keefe
G. C. Charlton
Miner Bramel Discovers Vast Quartz Veins Near Gresley Cabin
In a La Plata letter to his nephew at Lar amie Albany county C W Bramel reports a major gold bearing quartz vein discovery. He notes a parallel iron carbonate vein of Leadville type, with 3 000 feet of each vein explored 200 yards from Gresley's cabin and Nash's Fork crossing their discovery shafts.
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C. W. Bramel
la Plata
Albany County
Laramie
Leadville
Gresley
Nash
Rawlins Merchant J C Davis Declares City Is Coming On
J C Davis of Rawlins a merchant and banker in that growing town says Rawlins is coming on and is prominently identified with its established and proposed enterprises. Davis is described as a public spirited man amid a community of hustlers.
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Rawlins
J. C. Davis
Remarkable letter on Karl Querenz death and misfortune
Coroner Crawford of Albany county received a letter from Greeley published in the Laramie Republican recounting the life of Karl Querenz the Austrian who died after falling from the Dale creek bridge in April. The note describes a sequence of hardships from failed land claims to timber work to a home loss and a final fatal accident. He is portrayed as good natured and hard-working with no relatives in the United States.
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Crawford
Albany County
Greeley
Laramie
Karl Querenz
Dale Creek
Kansas
Pinneo
Colo
Utah
Piinee
Chiat Rass
Grand Army Train Route Set for Detroit Encampment
A Colorado- Wyoming Grand Army of Republic meeting in Denver chose the official route to the Detroit encampment. The train will depart Denver to Kansas City on Union Pacific then Chicago via Alton to Detroit on the Wabash. About 400 travelers will join the special train at one round trip fare.
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Transportation Committee
Colorado- W Young Department
Grand Army of Republic
Denver
Detroit
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Chicago
Alton
Army Orders Outline Seventeenth Infantry Summer Camp March
General orders for the Platte department detail a September 1 march from Fort D. A. Russell with Seventeenth Infantry, hospital corps, and regimental staff. One officer and four enlisted stay behind. pack train and tents issued. rations by post transport. no extra expenses. If militia joins, schedules adjust. otherwise march to Black Hills for two weeks.
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Department of the Platte
Fort D. A. Russell
Seventeenth Infantry
Hospital Corps
Fort Nussell
Wyoming
Old Sanders Reservation
Laramie
Russell
Old Timber Reservation
Black Hills
Laramie Peak
New Mines filed for record at county clerk office
C A Guernsey has filed notices of location for iron prospects in Hartville district listing Peony Orchid Oleander Pansy Alpine Modoc Iron Hand and Morning Star No 2 with the county clerk.
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C. A. Guernsey
Hartville
Iron Hand
Morning Star
Fire damage case moves to today’s review
Adjusters Charles K. Coit of Hartford and Messrs Martin and Mooney representing other fire insurance firms are in the city. The Hardless fire was settled last night and the Koofe fire will receive attention today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. Coit
Hartford
Messrs. Martin and
Mooney
Shots Exchanged in Basin Duel Between Madden and Sulli
Alamo Argus reports a Wyoming incident in the Big Horn Basin after a dispute over a horse debt. Pete Madden refused to surrender a horse to Black Dick Sulli van, leading to Sullivan firing twice and Madden loading. Both men fired two shots. no injuries reported as they left the scene.
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Alamo Argus
Winchester
Pete Madden
Dick Sullivan
Big Horn Basin
Sullivan
McDermott
Pete
Machinery Arrives for New Shops
A quantity of equipment for the new shops was received yesterday, marking a step forward in the project.
Warren Sees Washington on Wool Trade and Tariff Views
The telegraph reports Senator Warren arrived in Washington for a brief business in the departments before heading to Boston. He has shipped 500000 pounds of Wyoming wool home, praising the McKinley tariff for territorial wools while noting Ohio and Michigan prices declined due to broader conditions. He predicts no politics in Wyoming this year and plans to return to Berkshire, Massachusetts after a stop.
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Warren
Washington
National Capital
Boston
Wyoming
Ohio
Michigan
Wye
Berkshire
Massachusetts
Bathers Ordered Clothed at Ocean Grove Pavilion
A New Jersey police officer barred bare skin at Ocean Grove pavilion instructing all in swimsuits to go home. Women and children were sent away for wraps while signs announced a strict rule by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting association prohibiting nude or indecent bathing with fines up to 25 or five days in jail.
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N. J
Lulligore
Ocean Grove
Board of Trustees
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Powderly Faces Party Rebuff Over Constitutional Convention Bid
Powderly entangles himself in internal party strife as the Scranton Free Press and Bree Press oppose his bid for a delegate seat to the constitutional convention. The Free Press accuses him of excessive political talk and notes it conflicts with his stated reasons for declining a Worlds Fair commission.
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Powderly
Wilkesparre
Hom
Scranton Free Press
Bree Press
Ree Press
Democratic Party
Workman Powderly
Free Press
Six School Directors Arrested for Fraud in Portsville Pa
Six east Norwegian township school directors were arrested on charges of issuing fraudulent orders and misappropriating funds. They allegedly levied on teachers for appointment fees and took portions of salaries. One director allegedly extorted a monthly payment from Lizzie Higgins under threat to her daughter’s job.
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Portsville
East Norweigan Township
Lizzie Higgins
Mehay Ghote Case Before Supreme Court in Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court took up the contempt case against G. W. Mehay, Harper county Farmers' Alliance judge, with counsel Hooker and J. D. N. Radley as defendants. They claim no intent to contemn and will comply with court orders, as Judge Horton warns the case will continue to September and obedience will be enforced.
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Toreka
Supreme Court
G. W. Mehay
Farmers’ Alliance
Harper County
OFC
Hooker
J. D. N. Radley
Mehay
Horton
State of
Kansas
Horrible Scenes in Paris Over Guillotine Executions
Crowds gathered near Place de la Roquette to witness the execution of murderer Berland and his accomplice Dore. Police cleared rioters daily as arrests rose and drinking dens suffered as disorderly crowds roared and profaned the air around the prisons and gargottes.
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Paris
Place de la Roquette
Berland
Dore
Deibler
Farmers urged to hold wheat as circulars go out
H W Ayer secretary to President Polk of the Farmers Alliance says circulars advising farmers to hold wheat are being mailed from Washington and in St Paul and the city. About 500000 have gone out with 100000 more daily planned, totaling over a million. A circular will appear in about 200 weekly papers. Public knowledge of the plan surfaced two weeks ago when a circular was published.
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Wasuixetos
H. W. Ayer
Polk
Farmers’ Alliance
Reform Press Bureau
St. Paul
Ayer
Washington
Alliance
Murder and self destruction shock Pennsylvanian lumber camp
In April 1880 Frank Hancock a luberman living near Blue Run killed four of his children and hanged himself. His wife later died in a camp at Kettle Creek and allegedly confessed she and two lovers killed Hancock and the children after he threatened her for infidelity. The confession claims the children witnessed their father’s murder.
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Austix
Kettle Creek
Frank Hancock
Blue Run
Tioga
Potter County
Ade
Hancock
Couderspot
Republican leaders in New York discuss executive resignations
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York a group of Republican figures including W. W. Dudley treasurer and Chairman Quay discussed likely resignations to be considered at the Republican national committee meeting in Philadelphia next week. Col A L Conger of Ohio and R G Graus of Minnesota were present and claimed no surprise.
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Dudley
Quay
New York
Fifth Avenue
Republican National Executive Committee
Philadelphia
W. W. Dudley
A. Li Conger
Ohio
R. G. Graus
National Committee
Minnesota
Clergyman Convicted for Obscene Mailings
Rev. Henry F. Southerland of Hazleton M. E. church was convicted today in U S court on a charge of sending obscene matter through the mails.
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Enim
Henry F. Southerland
Hazleton M. E. Church
United States
Commissioner Says Ranchmen Too Busy to Plant Fish
The commissioner notes ranchmen are currently too occupied to engage in fish planting programs, citing labor and grazing demands as the primary constraint on implementing stocking efforts.
Goulds Turkish Bath Bribe Row Ends in Reduced Tip
Gould, a frequent visitor to a New York Turkish baths establishment, trimmed tips after a dispute over a $2 fee. He ordered a reduction to $1 per attendant and warned of withholding further gratuities if service did not meet his satisfaction. Despite the quarrel, Gould continues visiting the same bathhouse with the same staff striving to win him back.
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Gould
New York
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Steppej
Wall Street
Gout
United States and Britain Discuss World Fair Preparations
United States Minister Lincoln presented Chicago World’s Fair commissioners to Lord Salisbury. The British premier welcomed the mission and inquired about fair preparations. Salisbury said the queen appointed a royal commission for the British exhibit and vowed gazetting the commissioners. Butterworth thanked Britain for hosting and Salisbury invited the party to Hatfield House garden party. Sir George Chubb hosted the visitors at the Naval exhibition.
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London
Loxpox
United States
Lincoln
Chicago
Lord Salisbury
Butterworth
Hatfiew House
Sir George Chubb
Convict Shot Dead in Knoxville Prison Yard
Early today in Knoxville Tennessee Anderson Harris a convict employed by the Knoxville Lion company killed by guard J Duncan Harris attacked guard George Torbett and Duncan ordered him to desist Duncan fired killing Harris immediately Convicts stirred with talk of a possible break for liberty as a second convict fled back to the group after Harris was shot
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Knoxville
Tenn
Anderson Harris
Knoxville Lion Company
J. Duncan
Harris
George Torbett
Duncan
Choke Torbett
Presbyterian Revolt Predicted in New York Church
In an interview July 23 Rev John Paxton, noted New York Presbyterian, warned that the Presbyterian church faces a near split. He said Dr Briggs and his followers defy the assembly and church leaders until concessions are made or Briggs’s faction must align with scripture, risking division.
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Pirrsavra
John & Paxton
New York Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Briggs
Terrific Storm Strikes Wexsville Ohio with Devastation
A violent wind and electrical storm hit Wextsvillle Ohio on July 23. Trees were uprooted, buildings blown over, cellars flooded, and telegraph and telephone wires were knocked out. Crops suffered severe damage across the area.
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Ohio
Wextsvillle
Fatal Bare Knuckle Fight Ends in Death in Mononoauena City
In Mononoauena City Pennsylvania on July 23 Harry Boyd and John Myford, both residents of Black Diamond, settled a quarrel with a bare knuckle bout. After three brutal rounds they bled heavily and Boyd landed a decisive blow to Myford's neck. Myford died an hour later. Boyd surrendered upon returning to the city.
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Tho Binds Mononoauena City
Harry Boyd
John Myford
Black Diamond
Boyd
Rush
Myford
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Grand Army House
Senator Warren
Mehay Ghote
Wade Hineous
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