Pacific Short Line Promises Fast Continental Rail Link
The contract provides completion in fifteen months with eighteen million dollars, half in this territory, signaling development for Central Wyoming. Funding is strong, contracts let, and a bridge to be built across the Missouri at Sioux City. Central Pacific appears to drive the project, aiming for a continental line and faster Chicago to San Francisco travel, with Casper to Lusk aligned to beat rivals.
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Pacific
Missouri
Sioux City
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Casper
Lusk
Northwestern
Buick
Chicago
San Francisco
Pacific Short Line contract to finish in fifteen months
The Sioux City to Ogden Pacific Short Line contract, awarded in Open Utah at Denver News, requires completion within fifteen months. The project is valued at about 18 million dollars, largely funded by the Manhattan Trust Company of New York City.
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Denver News
Utah
Pacific
Sioux City
Ogden
Manhattan Trust Company
New York City
Pushing the Work. Salt Lake Tribune Reports $18 Million Line Push
The Pacific Short Line will cost $18,000,000 to complete its O'Neill to Ogden route, with an anticipated $10,000,000 exposure in two years. Contracts let to Scullen & Stacy for 800 miles, rolling stock ordered, and a $1,500,000 iron bridge planned across the Missouri at Sioux City with dual draws and a dual roadway for vehicles and electric cars.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Pacific
Contrict
O'Neill
Ogden
Nebraska
Scullen & Stacy
Missouri
Sioux City
United States
Pacific Short Line to Build Near Lusk Affects Town
The Lusk Herald notes the survey shows the Pacific Short Line will build from west of the mine hill southeast of Lusk keeping a general southeast course. A station will be about a mile south of town, deemed a necessary inconvenience to gain access to eastern and western markets in about 18 months.
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Lusk
Lusk Herald
Pacific
O Neill Citizens Grant Short Line Right of Way
O Neill residents donate right of way to the Short Line free. Mr McLain praised for liberal approach promising $5000 freight and building material, plus $5000 cash toward a new college, with attorney instruction to draft the contract. Locals urged to weigh the folly of angering the railroad and to seek friendly terms.
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Sioux City Journal
O'Neil
Short Line
McLain
Omaha
Railway officials tour Cheyenne to Wendover bridge line
Bridge Superintendents Parks of Denver and Road and Weed of Wyoming, with master Ryan, visited the Cheyenne and Northern route to Wendover. The trip likely relates to the extension under sea status between Wendover and the Northwestern as construction proceeds.
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Parks
Denver
Road
Master Ryan
Colorado Division
Weed
Wyoming Division
Union Pacific Railway
Cheyenne
Northern
Wendover
Thes
Seaguinstween Wendover
Northwestern
Capitole Plans West Sunday Meeting With Higgins Club
The Capitole club extends arrangements with the Higgins club of Denver to come west Sunday to this city for a scheduled engagement.
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Capitole
Denver
Northwestern plans extension to Sundance for coal fields
Hon B F Fowler reports the Northwestern railroad will build into Sundance this season after tests show two coal strata, including Newcastle quality steam coal. A survey is issued from Whitewood, with grading to follow, as citizens celebrate prospects for the northern city.
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B. F. Fowler
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Sundance
Newcastle
Whitewood
Death of Mrs Laura P Smith in Cheyenne
Mrs. Laura P. Smith wife of Charles M. Smith of the Warren Mercantile company died after a brief illness at her Cheyenne home yesterday. At about thirty she was a Massachusetts native long resident here loved for her moral and intellectual attainments and generous nature. Her husband and a large circle of relatives mourn her passing on a calm June day with Bryant poetry recalling peaceful rest.
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Laura P. Smith
Sexton
Wandering boy accused in diamond theft
Mrs. E. Nagle employed a fourteen year old wanderer who vanished last Saturday after a diamond ring valued at 400 dollars disappeared from her dressing case. Police searches failed to locate the youth, whom she suspects.
Iron and Prosperity
The Newcastle Journal envisions vast coal and coke linked industry spurring Wyoming’s future growth. It predicts enormous reduction works rent rolling mills and huge factories transforming the region into a bright industrial star.
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Newcastle Journal
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Niobrara Stage Company Expands Casper Lander Route
Niobrara Stage and Transportation adds thirteen new stages between Casper and Lander. The line is in complete running order and described as first class in all respects at the Casper Mall.
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Casper
Lander
Casper Mall
Niobrara Stage and Transportation Company
The Trail Against Railroads Closes as Cattle Drives Fade
The Denver Republican notes about 10 000 cattle moved north last week on the trail to Wyoming and Montana, but foresees trails blocked by ranches and fences. When blocked, cattle will be shipped by rail, sending more stock through Denver, a key meeting point for Texas buyers and Northwest sellers.
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Denver Republican
Kit Carson
Texas
Wyoming
Montana
Northwest
Denver
Body of Otto Found Downriver During Drowning Search
The body of Wm. Otto, who drowned in the Platte river near Bessemer, was recovered about twenty five miles downstream from the drowning site.
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Wm. Otto
Platte River
Bessemer
Dick Tobin Wins Breech-Loader After Panther Rescue
In a frontier tale set at an old mountain tavern, 17 year old Dick Tobin hopes for a breech-loader to replace his slow musket. When trapper Torpetus Van Kling releases a live panther in the back room, Dick and his father improvise a daring rescue using rope and fires, earning Dick the gun he yearned for and a hero’s respect from locals. The incident ends with the panther sent downstream by batteau and Dick receiving the coveted breech-loader from Jim Ferris’s recommendation.
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Dick Tobin
Grandpa
Jim Ferris
Jake Tobin
Silas
Luke Carter
Luke
Bill Williams
Kia
Possum Ruo
Mr. Tobn
Torus van Kilng
Torvets
Torpetus
Jake
Possum
Aioe
Silas Heck
van Kling
Theo E
Paother
Jowe
J. Tobin
Carter
Heck
Disk
William Murray Graydon
Philadephia Times
Ingratitude Toward Loyal Mt Bernard Dog Sparks Debate
A Mt Bernard dog, famed for protecting local children, saved a child from drowning but bit the arm in the act. While some urged the dog be killed, the story recalls a Jam poud incident where a girl saved from drowning faced harsh remarks about her ball.
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Mt. Bernard
Rich Aunts and Nephews in English Humor Charts and Fortunes
A discussion of the classic tale where a rich aunt is enticed to buy a cat by her nephew, a tale used to illustrate a broader pattern of inheritance driven by widows and unmarried women. The piece cites numerous Englishwomen and widows whose fortunes passed to heirs, noting the prevalence of anxious nephews and the role of probate in 19th century wealth transfers.
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Stuileu
Sh Vane
Anian
Tien Gene
Thomas
England
Willoughby d'Eresby
Ladrome
Peesiy
Nee Aess Abe
Margaret Platt
Stuleyee
Ellen Walker
Wealth and rising fortunes in America per Sun opinion
The New York Sun argues fortunes grow unchecked with ten million annual increases and estate accumulation nearby. It cites Astor and Rockefeller as examples while predicting next century wealth will dwarf current sums and stress continued spending.
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Fawcett
York
Astor
D. Rockefeller
New York Sun
Prohibition Notice in Samoa Clarifies Illegal Liquor
A fragmentary Prohibition notice from Samoa warns against buying or consuming intoxicating drinks. It states violators will face legal penalties, including possible imprisonment and fines, though specific terms are unclear due to damaged text.
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Samoa
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