Thayer and Barber duel over Kingen kidnaping case
The Newcastle Journal reprints Governor Thayer of Wyoming and Governor Barber of Nebraska exchanges on the William Kingen case. Barber declines to intervene, deferring to courts, while Thayer calls for return of the prisoner, warning of potential conflict and vigorous state action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle “Journal
Barber
William Kingen
Nebraska
Kingen
Wyoming
Therisoner
Jess W. Bayser
Newcastle Journal
Wyomin
Scott
Menhoo
Thayer
Furrmer
Sureme
Dragon
Granger
Hecht Sues Maynard Over Worthless Land Trade
In the United States Court at Omaha Judge Dundy hears Charles Hecht of Wyoming claim damages up to 2500 pounds after alleging that Saline County merchants traded a worthless Hitchcook County land tract for ponies and kept Hecht out of 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court At
Omaha
Dundy
Charles Hecht
Wyoming
F.D. Maynard
Saline County
Hitchcook County
Cede the Arid Lands Editorial Favors State Control
The New York Sun endorses ceding arid lands to states for reclamation, arguing federal ownership is unnecessary and local efforts will be cheaper and wiser. Speakers from Colorado Wyoming and Wyoming praise state-led plans while eastern farmers resist federal irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Transmississippi Congress
Denver
James Bucephalus Belford
Colorado
Rockies
Congress
J. F. Stanton
Wyoming
Stanton
George Symes
Warren
Flr
United States
Hetty Green's Rich Son Edward H R Green in Chicago
Edward H R Green of Chicago, heir to 25 million in his mother's estate, is believed richest young man in the west with a 10 million own fortune. He runs real estate loan business from the elev enth floor of the Owings building, while Mrs Green often guides operations. He notes his upbringing as Quaker Protestant Catholic and Jew by business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H.R. Green
Chicago
West
Hetty Green
United States
Green
Mr. Green
Manila
Philippine Islands
Edward Mott Robinson
New York
Young Green
Resignation After Valentine Letter Sparks Church Row
The Rev. R. R. McKay of Legrange Ga resigned from the Baptist church at the 11 o'clock service after receiving an anonymous St Valentine letter signed Your Valentine accusing him of false charges. He said he would return to Canada whence he came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
R. R. McKay
Legrange
Baptist Church
Canada
Unique Bible Copy Belongs to Dr. R T Williams London
A note notes that among many curious Bible copies in book collecting circles, the only absolutely unique specimen is owned by Dr. R T Williams of London. The item is described as written in shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R T. Williams
London
Time Extension Looked For in Cheyenne Street Railway Deal
Mr Seeley of Denver tied to the syndicate with an option on the Cheyenne street railway sought more time. The option expires June 1 and officials hope to secure bond subscriptions in a few weeks as negotiations continue.
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Seeley
Denver
Cheyenne Street Railway
Federal survey plan confines lands to Western Wyoming
United States surveys the present work restricting focus to western Wyoming and the Shoshone Reservation. Preference given to lands donated to the state with about 500 000 acres on the Shoshone Reservation and contracts funded by a 425 000 dollar appropriation from last Congress. Wyoming’s share around 50 000 dollars. work likely after July. several townships in Sweetwater county and Big Sandy area to be surveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wyoming
General Richards
Uinta, Fremont
Sweetwater
Johnson, Converse
Carbon
Board of Control
Shannon
Sweetwater County
Big Sandy
Green River
Taxing the Opera House
Cheyenne Leader argues that all property of secret societies should be taxed like private property. It urges taxing lodge rooms as needed while exempting only religious or educational use items. It calls for partial tax on the opera house and improving its interior.
Second attempt to open Laramie to Gold Hill road fails
Capt Tom Dayton and his party abandon the project and head home as heavy snow and drifts thwart progress. Dave Donovan reports catching the outfit nine miles from the camp on the divide and snowshoeing in to sight the mines before turning back.
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Laramie
Gold Hill
Tom Dayton
Dave Donovan
Brush Creek
Dayton
Little
Laralie
Ana
Ons
Donovan
A Child's Definition of Drawing in Boston Traveller
A Boston Traveller piece quotes a child describing drawing as thinking and drawing round the think. The child recalls making up stories while drawing in favorite play and carrying them for weeks using kept pictures to remember. The narration hints at education’s indirect value through a child’s imaginative view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Traveller
Crying Child Grabs Syrup Cork Rumor
A fragment from Pharmaceutical Era quotes Bridget and a child crying for soothing syrup after swallowing the cork. The exchange implies distress over the bottle and the child’s presumed desire for more medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
Frederick Papson to Eureka Springs for Health
Frederick Papson of Austin ill with a flatulent liver travels to Eureka Springs per doctor orders. He is engaged to Mixa Fancie Longcoffin who jokes she cannot write pretty Es for his letters there and suggests Sulphur Springs for nicer S’s.
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Frederick Papson
Austin Society
Eureka Springs
Mixa Fancie Longcoffin
Frederick
Sulphur Springs
Texas Siftings
Not a Fit Subject
A pale man sought admission to a public hospital. The resident physician insisted on a medical exam and, after assessing him, declared the patient gravely ill and unlikely to recover, saying the hospital could not admit him. The exchange was reported by the San Francisco Examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Examiner
Shutting Him Up on the Boulevard
A Paris Left Bank note reports Cadet was accosted by a bore who teased him about his pallor. Cadet replies he has been unconscious for eight hours after a nap and ends the exchange with a curt farewell. The quip reflects a street vignette tone typical of the era.
Smoke on the Street Car Stage A Brief Encounter
A youth on a crowded street car asks a woman if the smoke from another passenger is offensive. She replies she can endure anything in that line and identifies herself as Tam, the cashier at a twenty-five cent restaurant. This vignette from the Chicago Tribune captures a moment of civility on public transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Chicago Tribune
A Pleasant Prospect. A King Chooses Vizier
The African king tells a missionary he admires him and will appoint him grand vizier. He adds the old grand vizier must be beheaded to prevent interference, reflecting a ruthless political threat.
No Let Up Extravagant Son Confronted by Father
A harassed father scolds his extravagant son saying his tastes will ruin him and asserts a stop to overindulgence. The son pleads tolerance, insisting he must keep spending as he plans to marry the dearest girl in the world, per the Pittsburg Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
A Case of Bounce
An Indiana tale notes a confrontation where an indi a rubber man strikes an assisted man over five dollars. The incident triggers a manager’s reaction and a documented bounce in Indianapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Curious Epitaph Solves a Puzzling Tomb Riddle
An inscription found on a churchyard tomb reads Here Hes the body of Jonathan Har His soul's In the bosom of Abrad. The quip ponders Abraham versus Jonathan Ram with a playful pun by Taglighe Rundsebag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Har
Jonathan Ram
Abraham
Taglighe Rundsebag
Changed His Vocation Boggs and Fowus Dialogue
The excerpt describes Boggs leaving the museum after a fall that left him broken. He now earns by writing credentials for a glue Orm, a detail noted in the New York Herald dialogue with Fowus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boggs
Fowus
New York Herald
Miss V and Mr F Debate Opera Preferences
A brief dialogue in Life features Miss V praising music and drama while asking Mr F about Rossini. Mr F reveals his exclusive patronage to his own productions and admits unfamiliarity with Rossini's Barber of Seville.
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Miss V
Fiddling Praise Echoes in Boston Transcript Session
A hazy quotation from the Boston Transcript shows characters expressing flattery toward Arthur and Mr Storer. The excerpt underscores affectionate rhetoric and bias in dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Unjust to the Glasses Sketch Prompts Eye Trouble
A dramatic exchange depicts a shopper claiming glasses cause double vision while an optician jokes about paying seventy five canta, reflecting a humorous mishap in a Jewelers' Weekly style. The dialogue highlights faulty eyewear and consumer frustration in a periodical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobo Jay
Optician
Hamlon Hamlet Mystery Inks Parlor Plot Unfolds
A fragment from the New Hamlet column in the New York Herald hints at a covert plot or intrigue within a parlor setting. The lines reference Hamiet and a queenly figure, suggesting a theatrical or literary riff rather than a straight news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiet
Tia
Hammy
New York Herald
Romance in Real Life Baroness Von Barnekow Claim
Miss Ida Green of San Francisco claims the title and estates of Baroness Von Barnekow. The baron once an officer in Germany fled to America and used alias Fred Green becoming a hotel runner in San Francisco. Legal experts doubt but expect Ida to be recognized as legitimate heiress under certain laws.
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Bexiix
Ida Green
San Francisco
Baroness von Barnekow
Edwards
United States
Germany
Kiel von Barnekow
America
Fred Green
Galligan
California
Baron von Barnekow
Green
Robinson
Countess von Moltke
Banardo
Crowley
Ida
Berlin
Burthe Arrested in East St. Louis After Jury Bribery Flight
Leonie Burthe, who fled New Orleans to avoid testifying in a jury bribery case, was captured in East St. Louis today. A telegram from New Orleans surfaced implicating Burthe and correlating pressure from Edgar White and Armandi. Burthe claimed fear and said his departure aimed to protect two men from penitentiary, then planned to return to New Orleans with a detective escort.
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St. Louis
Leonie Burthe
New Orleans
East St. Louis
Win
Wasson
Burthe
Missouri
Hennessy
Armandi
Parkerson
Edgar White
Armandt
Yous
Lf LT
Attempted grave desecration at Barnum tomb in Waterbury
On May 26 in Waterbury Conn men tried to break into the grave of PT Barnum. They were scared away by watermen. pursuit afterward failed.
Death of Mrs Davidson in Denver
Hon J M Davidson received a telegram announcing his wife Mrs Davidson’s sudden death from laryngitis in Denver. She was about 43, a native of Hamilton Ohio, long resident of Cheyenne, and a Presbyterian. Funeral arrangements call for burial in Cheyenne with the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.M. Davidson
Denver
Davidson
Hamilton
Ohio
Cheyenne
Loss of a Good Teacher Miss Sharpless Leaves Cheyenne
Miss Della Sharpless, a respected Cheyenne public schools teacher for six years, will move to Portland Oregon to continue teaching. Friends extend their best wishes as the district seeks to fill her position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Sharpless
Cheyenne
Portland
Ore
Miss Sharpless
Peoples' Saving Loan and Building Association of Sheridan
The wide awake citizens of Sheridan Wyoming form the Peoples' Saving Loan and Building association with $2,000,000 capital in 10,000 shares at $200 each. Nine trustees will manage affairs: George L. Smith, B. F. Perkins, F. W. Sommers, A. S. Burrows, W. J. McClinton, Frank McCoy, E. E. Lonabaugh, J. M. Ramsey and J. R. Leaverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Wyo
Peoples’ Saving Loan and Building Association of
George L. Smith
B. F. Perkins
F. W. Sommers
A.S. Burrows
W. J. McClinton
Frank McCoy
A Man of His Word
W H Holcomb former vice-president and general manager of Union Pacific was among west bound travelers last evening. He rode in Pullman cars and attracted little attention, yet the people of Laramie remember him fondly as a gentleman and man of his word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Holcomb
Union Pacific
Board of Trade
Laramie
Prize Fight Nears in Cheyenne With Denver and Omaha Contenders
A prize bout is arranged between Roddy Brennan of Denver and Scotty Gordon of Omaha under Marquis of Queensbury rules, likely ten rounds, with purse and gate receipts. The fighters held a sparring match at Rennie’s Lake House, and Brennan is noted for defeating Cockney Sterling in Denver, while Gordon remains largely unknown locally.
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Cheyenne
Roddy Brennan
Denver
Scotty Gordon
Omaha
Marquis of Queensbury
Rennie’s Lake House
Reddy Brennan
Sheedy Murder Trial Verdict Shocks Lincoux Nebraska
The jury in the Sheedy murder case returns a verdict finding Men, Sheedy and the necro McFarland not guilty. The ruling comes as a surprise to spectators tonight in Lincoux Nebraska.
Senate committees probe Tadian affairs at Pine Ridge in July
The senate committees review the late Ladian outbreak at Pine Ridge in July to uncover its causes though Col. Cody is in Europe and Sitting Bull is in another place, raising questions on reach and certainty. The Omaha Hee notes that prohibition efforts waste time on passage and repeal battles, leaving little energy for more important public issues, in New York.
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Senate
Pine Ridge Agency
Col. Cody
Europe
Sitting Bull
Omaha Hee
New York
J'oat
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the Sun
Gov
Bill Kingen
Sparks
Lamar
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Shoshone Reservation
Ken
le Patriote
San Francesco
Jude Davidson
Man
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