Tournaments Rules And Hose Race For Cheyenne Firemen
Big prize events announced for the Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming Volunteer Firemen Association tournament to be held in Cheyenne on July 9 1889. Tests include wet and dry runs for hydrant work hose laying and ladder and pipe handling with prizes in gold and silver trumpets. Officials named and rules outline entry deadlines and track specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Northern
Colorado
Southern
Wyoming
Volunteer Firemens’ Association
Association
Union Pacific
Cheyenne Board of Trade
Louis G. Jenks
Board of Control
Cheyenne Fire Department
Two Miners Die In Mary Murphy Mine Disaster
In St Elmo Colorado at the Mary Murphy mine John OHagan and Thomas Rupp were crushed when timbers gave way and 150 tons of ore collapsed on them. Rescuers found both men dead this morning. they were single and had no relatives in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Colo
St. Elmo
John O'Hagan
Thomas Rupp
Mary Murphy
Haute
Naval diving gear to accompany every vessel
Wastincros May 31 reports the navy will equip each ship with a full diving apparatus following the Samoa wreck of the Trenton. A submarine diver will be part of every vessel's complement, and crews can supply wood divers as needed.
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Wastincros
Samoa
Trenton
Naval Department
Denver section hand robbed and stabbed near Asemals
John Loftus of Denver and Rio Grande was held up in Asemals May 31 about 3 am. He was stabbed in the neck and shoulder and bruised on the head. Dr. McClean treated his wounds. Loftus lies in precarious condition at the Florence hotel. No clue to the attacker. the incident shadowed Senator McCandless.
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Asemals
Firoreser
Colo
John Lofttus
Denver and
Rio Grande
McClean
Florence Hotel
Misc
McCandless
Lost Hiver Mystery Irks Hetria Readers
Idaho authorities recover two bodies from the Loet River suspected to be an Indian woman and child missing since July. The husband named Lee allegedly confessed she ran away with another woman. search for the husband continues with potential criminal penalties if guilt is proven.
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Hetria
Mont
Loet River
Idaho
Lee
Hechtel's Staten Island Brewery Sale Reported
The Hechtel brewery on Staten Island was reported sold to an English syndicate with an option secured.
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New York
Hechtel’s
Staten Island
Strike at Dair Prolongs Stand As Workers Seek Audience
Notes from Germany report twelve thousand workers remain on strike at Dair and have asked the emperor to receive a deputation. The emperor offers a gold and silver ship as a prize to the Berlin Yacht club. In Baden-Baden Monilly the civil marriage of Prince William of Hohenzollern and Princess Marie of Bourbon occurred at the Countess of Trapani’s villa. A steamer, the E. S. Pease of East Saginaw, foundered in Saginaw Bay during a gale with eight to ten crew members lost.
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Germany
Benwix
Dair
Berlin
William of
Port Hunos
Mich
E. S. Pease
East Saginaw
Saginaw Bay
Jones Stirling
Samuel Jamieson
Martin Donove
William Gaines
Second Jonah of the Katahdin The Lost Harpooner of 1863
George Leonard a U S Navy acting master on the gun boat Katahdin in 1863 told of heroic acts and displaying scars from a whale attack in the North Pacific. In 1850 he served on the whaler Enterprise and escaped a whale attack by freeing himself from the creature’s jaws after diving overboard.
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George Leonard
United States Navy
West Gulf
Philadelphia
Leonard
Enterprise
North Pacific
Jonah
Timekeeping by Sunlight in Madagascar Day Schedule
The article describes Malagasy daily life using sun positions to mark time. It lists morning activities from dawn at 6, feeding cattle at 8, to rice cooking at 7 in the afternoon and sleep by around midnight, with other solar cues throughout the day.
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Madagascar
Madagas- Cas
Miorong
Capitol
Dream inspired night rituals in a farce of Welsh rarebit
The New York Herald describes surreal breakfasts and late night routines. Characters named Stevenson Blackimore Howells Hiowella and Bonwat chase odd dreams from peculiar meals and sleep habits.
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Stevenson
Blackimore
Hiowella
James
Mr. Howells
Bonwat
New York Herald
Lease Regulations and Application Form for Wyoming Lands
Rules govern leases until 1891 with two classes grazing and agricultural. It outlines land value assessment via an application form to the county board and an advance annual rental percentage. The fragment mentions the Wyoming Territory, Cedar County, and a formal address to the Board of County Commissioners.
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Territory
Wyoming
Cedar
Board of County Commissioners of Co
Land Lease Application Rules and Procedures Described
The document outlines land lease inquiries asking purpose of land, occupancy, improvements and owners, timber and irrigation details, stock water, hay land, and section diagrams. It describes appraiser processes, deposit requirements, rental value at five percent, priority rights for residents, and boards to settle rights with possible high bidder leasing and notice procedures.
Rules for leasing school lands issued to county commissioners
Commissioners must advertise leasing of school lands weekly for four weeks and accept applications by noon on the first Tuesday of each month. They will print and post the leasing rules in courthouses and schools. Possessory rights holders failing to lease at the established value may sell improvements within sixty days or be dispossessed with rental and damages lien on structures.
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Cheyenne City
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Country Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Boards of
Eee Commissioners
Court House
Notice of final proof filings in Wyoming lands
Notice records several settlers in Wyoming filing for final proof to support their claims. Names include Charles Sherman Culp Minnie Culp Therkel Yeusen with witnesses Edward Stemler Seymour Robb Alexander Perry Frank Crouse John Nelson Martin Willadsen Anton Willadsen James McLaughlin all of Goshen or Granite Canon. Proceedings to occur June 17 or June 14 1889 at Cheyenne and Curreyenme offices with protest rights and cross examination.
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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
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheyenne City Fire Department
The
Southern Wyoming Volunteer Firemens’ Association
C. L. Spencer
Boulder
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
Territory of
Cattle Brands
Postoffice
Laramie County
the Buyers’ Guide
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