Big Firemens Tournament Rules Adopted for Cheyenne Event
The Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming Volunteer Firemens Association announces the second annual tournament to be held in Cheyenne on July 9 1889 with events including hose tests hydrant work and ladder races. Prizes total gold and silver tributes plus a ball on July 10.
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Cheyenne
Northern
Colorado
Southern
Wyoming
Volunteer Firemens’ Association
Association
Union Pacific
Cheyenne Board of Trade
Cheyenne City
Louis G. Jenks
Board of Control
Cheyenne Fire Department
The
Southern Wyoming Volunteer Firemens’ Association
C. L. Spencer
Boulder
Colo
Fatal Colorado mine accident claims two men at Mary Murphy site
At 10 o'clock last night John O Hagan and Thomas Rupp were working between the second and third levels of the Mary Murphy mine in St Elmo when timbers failed and ore collapsed, pinning them under 150 tons. Rescue efforts found both dead this morning, mangled and alone with no relatives in the country.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
St. Elmo
John O'Hagan
Thomas Rupp
Mary Murphy
Haute
Naval ships to gain complete diving gear after Samoa salvage
Wastincros May 31 reports the naval department plans to fit every vessel with full diving apparatus after the Samoa salvage of the Trenton. A submarine diver will be kept on each ship. Crew members often serve as wood divers, easing recruitment.
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Wastincros
Samoa
Trenton
Naval Department
Denver and Rio Grande worker robbed in Asemals stabbing
John Loftus, a Denver and Rio Grande section hand, was held up in Firoreser Colorado about 3 am. He was stabbed in the neck and shoulder, his head bruised, and now lies in a precarious condition at the Florence hotel. No clue to the attacker. Senator McCandless escaped the incident.
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Asemals
Firoreser
Colo
John Lofttus
Denver and
Rio Grande
McClean
Florence Hotel
Misc
McCandless
Lost Hiver Mystery in Hetria Idaho Disappearance
Bodies of an Indian woman and child found in the Loet River Idaho end a July disappearance. The husband named Lee is sought for questioning. authorities promise action if guilt is proven.
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Hetria
Mont
Loet River
Idaho
Lee
Hechtel’s Staten Island Brewery Sale Reported Dent
The Hechtel brewery on Staten Island is reportedly sold to an English syndicate and an option has been secured.
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New York
Hechtel’s
Staten Island
Striking Dair Workers Seek Imperial Audience
In Germany twelve thousand workers remain on strike at Dair and request an audience with the emperor. The emperor offers a gold and silver ship as a prize to the Berlin Yacht club while royal marriage news and a steamer disaster also appear in the roundup.
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Germany
Benwix
Dair
Berlin
William of
Second Jonah: George Leonard's Whale Tale Survives Death
The Philadelphia Press recounts George Leonard a Civil War acting master in the U S Navy who on the Enterprise in 1850 or 1863 faced a whale attack. He was dragged toward death with his arm inside the whale and escaped after forcing the creature to open its jaws though his body bore marks of the encounter.
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George Leonard
United States Navy
West Gulf
Philadelphia
Leonard
Enterprise
North Pacific
Jonah
Madagascan Time: Daily Sun Dial Based on Household Cues
The article describes traditional Malagasy time telling using sun positions and daily tasks. It lists a sequence from dawn at 6 AM to midnight, noting dew, feeding cattle, sun on various house parts, cooking and eating rice, and nightly sounds, as recorded in Youth's Companion.
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Madagascar
Madagas- Cas
Miorong
Capitol
Nonsense Dreams and Odd Diets Reported in Dubious Sleep Lore
A New York Herald item describes bizarre dream findings linked to unusual foods and routines. References include Welsh rarebit with deviled bone, milk and cistern water, and late night sleep talking. The piece mentions various characters like Stevenson Howells and Black Urluke in a surreal, speculative tone.
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Stevenson
Blackimore
Hiowella
James
Mr. Howells
Bonwat
New York Herald
Wyoming Lease Regulations and Application Form Fragment
A historical document fragment outlines lease rules for Wyoming lands with dates and class divisions. It shows a formal application form header blank spaces for county, post office, and date, along with a request to pay a percentage of the land value as annual rent in advance.
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Territory
Wyoming
Cedar
Board of County Commissioners of Co
Land Lease Application Questions and County Procedures
The document outlines applicant duties for bidding on land leases including purpose, occupancy, improvements, timber, irrigation, stock water, hay land, and tracing on section diagrams. It details appraisal, deposit of twenty dollars, rental value at five percent of appraised value, priority rights for occupants, and procedures if multiple applicants or conflicting interests arise. It sets deadlines, board roles, and enforcement steps for noncompliance and eviction.
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Board of County Commissioners
Rules for leasing school lands issued to county boards
Commissioners must advertise four weeks in weekly papers that school lands will be leased by them. Applications due by noon on the first Tuesday of each month. rentals decided promptly. Boards to publish rules in courthouses and school districts. Possessory rights holders may sell improvements within sixty days or have removal or foreclosure actions pursued to collect rent and damages as a lien.
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Board of Country Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Boards of
Eee Commissioners
Court House
Notice of final proof filings at Cur enne land office
Notice lists several settlers from Goshen Wyoming and Granite Canon Wyoming filing for final proof under preemption D S Nos 5322 and others. Dates May 2 1889 and June 17 1589 appear with witnesses Edward Stanler Seymour Robb Alexander Perry and Frank Crouse. Names include Charles Sherman Culp Minnie Culp Therkel Yeusen Mary 6 1880 and Epuan S Wilson as register.
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Lane
Curvenne
Wyo
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Charles Sherman Culp
Range
Edward Stanler
Seymour J. Robb
Alexander J. Perry
Frank Crouse
Goshen
Interior Department
Epcan S. Wilson
Register
Curyenme
Che‘enone
Minnie Culp
Edward Stemler
Peron
Epuan S&s. Winson, Register
WY Mary
Therkel Yeusen
John Nelson
Martin, Willadsen
Anton Willadsen
James McLaughlin
Granite Canon
Anit
EpuaAk &. Wibson, Register
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Cheyenne City Fire Department
W. L. Kuykendall
Cheyenne and Northern
Shannon
Alexander H. Swan
Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne, Black Hills
Cheyenne and Northern Railway Company
Sun
London
Reid
Parnellites
Parnell Commission
League
the Commission
Lockwood
Justin McCarthy
Byrne
McCarthy
Port Hunos
Mich
E. S. Pease
East Saginaw
Saginaw Bay
Jones Stirling
Samuel Jamieson
Martin Donove
William Gaines
Territory of
Cattle Brands
Postoffice
Laramie County
the Buyers’ Guide
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