Variegated Flowers Bloom in Cheyenne City Park
A Sun reporter visits Cheyenne's city park to chronicle its vivid plantings. Supervisor Andrew T. Petersen describes water and care routines, and the array of blooms including pansies, marigolds, and climbing varieties set around fountains and grottoes. Thousands of shade trees line drives, with white ash promoted for Wyoming soil. An Alpine chapel centerpiece designed by Petersen stands near the fountain, while the octagonal band stand hosts the Union Pacific band on Sundays. the park is easily reached by foot or streetcar and draws daily families.
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Cheyenne
Sun
Andrew T. Petersen
William and
Copes
Petersen
Switzerland
Union Pacific
Fence Proposed for Rock Pile at Ferguson and Twentieth
A reader suggests placing a fence around the rock pile at the northeast corner of Ferguson street and Twentieth to improve the residence area. The writer compares the scene to a Pompeii drop scene, noting the rock pile’s unattractive impact on the block.
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Ferguson Street
Ferguson
Pompeii
Runaway Bay Horse Stages Spectacle on Sixteenth Street
An excited crowd gathered yesterday afternoon on Sixteenth Street as a bay horse hitched to a phaeton broke loose and attempted an acrobatic feat near a ring. The horse toppled but was caught and returned to its owner M. E. Post.
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Sixteenth Street
Jay-Eye-Lee
M. E. Post
Market Prices for Spring Chickens and Local Produce
The table lists spring chickens at so cents each and a well supplied town market with watercress parsley cucumbers asparagus onions radishes turnips peas beets lettuce spearmint cabbage spinach strawberries cherries red currants blackberries apricots raspberries and peaches offered at reasonable prices.
New Badger Hotel Opens in Growing Town
Mr J J Hauphoff opens a commodious hotel in Badger Ile, the growing town and mail and passenger change station for Dougas and the north. He is prepared to accommodate travelers and passengers passing through.
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Badger
J. J. Hauphoff
Ile
Dougas
North
Hauphoff
Cable work expands to new office and switchboard
Workmen string a 1 1 2 inch leaden pipe between Seventeenth and Ferguson to serve 100 wires for a new office. The company plans 150 drops, a lightning arrester, and a larger switchboard, with relocation to Riner & Johnson's office by late next week if wires arrive on time.
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Seventeenth and
Ferguson Streets
Riner
Rhodes & Troxell
Riner & Johnson
Litle Children Found Sleeping In Street Under Electric Light
About twelve o clock last night three children aged from about two to three years were found huddled on the sidewalk near Twentieth street and Central avenue. An old comforter covered them as the electric light shone on them. Their father is dead in the city and the mother works by day but is away at night. The children fear the dark and wander outside, a nightly occurrence reported by neighbors. This case appears to result from poverty or cruelty and calls for investigation.
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Twentieth Street
Central Avenue
Figures and Markets. Foreign trade tests McKinley views
The piece argues the foreign market benefits farmers more than manufacturers. It disputes McKinley’s stance on tariffs and foreign buying, detailing exports of last year, the trade balance, and unaccounted funds blamed on foreign investments and drafts. It warns that cutting foreign purchases would shrink exports and harm farmers.
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McKinley
Maj. McKinley
Sessa Sonia Dise
Treas
Protectionista
Vral Propertiea
America
Europe
Ublicans
Mr. Y
Forge Lnnemiens St
Official Seals for Laramie Converse Weston Crook Counties
Frank H. Clark, clerk of the district court, has received fresh impressions of the official seals for Laramie, Converse, Weston and Crook counties. The seals will be used for stamping state documents pertaining to those counties.
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Frank H. Clark
District Court
Laramie
Converse
Weston
Crook
Five Vagrants Jump Freight From Union Pacific Yards
Police faced rising costs for vagrants jailed for days then sent to work on the rock pile. Five tramps were sent alone to the Union Pacific yards to steal fish plates and return to jail, choosing to jump a freight and likely seek new county prey.
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Union Pacific
Water commissioners commence duties in Water District No 1
Monthly reports come from all parts of the territory to Elwood Mead territorial engineer who settles disputes over water division for irrigation from territorial canals. Water flows onto lands held by individuals or companies who are allotted a set number of feet of water to cover a described number of acres.
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Horse Creek
Elwood Mead
City Receives Fire Alarm Box for Union Pacific Shops
The Gamewell Fire alarm company of Chicago delivered a new fire alarm box yesterday. It will be installed at the Union Pacific machine shops and connected to the citys fire alarm system.
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Gamewell Fire Alarm Company of
Chicago
Union Pacific Machine Shops
Shorter Working Hours Ordered Across Union Pacific Shops
Vice-President Holcomb issued a temporary plan to cut shop hours to eight per day from ten across the Union Pacific system from Omaha to the Pacific coast. Discharges expected to be limited, with many workers kept on in Cheyenne where shops are busy. The notice, posted in Cheyenne shops, sets hours 7 am to 4 pm weekdays and 7 am to noon Saturdays, effective June 23 1890.
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Holcomb
Union Pacific
Omaha
Pacific Coast
Cheyenne
Rauloves
The Eiffel Tower Outdone by American Wall Vision
A late nineteenth century vigor article argues Congress aims to outdo the Eiffel Tower with a taller wall surrounding U S ports. Two committees push rival plans to boost national wealth via wall design and outward trade, trading towers for a grand barrier and sea passage.
Protectionists Cite English Welfare History In Debate
The argument notes that forty years ago Kay started her policy with about twenty three percent of the population on relief and now shows one pauper for every forty one. It claims some states have more paupers now than forty years ago and describes the tramp as a modern phenomenon.
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Kay
Fragmentary Ode Reveals Hidden Romantic Voice
The text presents a fragmented love verse with archaic phrasing and misspelled words. It hints at longing eyes turning westward, a doorway opened for a late arrival, and a return of a beloved figure, though many lines are garbled and unclear. The reader can infer emotional yearning despite the obscured original wording.
Resas im His Old Age and Breton Illustration
The text profiles a prominent figure described as a stout, dogmatic leader in Breton life with eight centuries of heritage behind him. It notes his daily routines at weekly gatherings, his intolerance of interruption, and his habit of dispensing firm opinions by the fireplace, comparing his style to Macaulay and Gladstone.
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Resas
Ene
Manising Gondenn
Mme
Renan
Ary Scheffer
Cen
Macaulay
Gladstows
Spectacle at Boston Com as described by Chicago Tribune
The passage mocks a Boston event described by Chicago Tribune as a display mixing cures on tax astrology socialism and assorted orators. It notes hymns tambourines waltzes and band music as part of an orderly scene praised by Puritans yet viewed through satirical eyes.
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Boston Comae Nanan
Cricks
Waltass
Chicago Tribune
Frugal exchange over food and drink in New York Sun
A brief, dated exchange shows a man asking if a dime is for drink or food and a response about spending. The scene captures a Victorian street vignette with a passerby offering a dime while discussing expenditures and comparing costs.
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Eooney
New York Sun
Taking Up To Different Husbands
A fragmentary New York Ledger item recounts a mountain maiden asked by a suitor to fetch a reed in a del, answering with humor about handling multiple husbands. The tale ends with her remark to the man about the reed and marriage.
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New York Ledger
Writing Advertisements in the Madras Era
A fragment discusses advertising craft and artistry in earlier times, noting how writing persuasive notices required skill. The text references practitioners and a playful challenge to readers to try composing an ad as a test of ability.
A Wonderful Clock Bejeweled Tambourine Model
A torn description describes a clock shaped like a tambourine with an ornate face. Circling bees mark hours with twelve figures. two bees move behind the head, and a single bee advances to indicate the hour. Louis Republic.
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Louis Republic
Fragmented OCR Note Writes A Curious Scene
A sharpened fragment shows a character blurting a question about a street boy, then a hurried retreat and garbled dialogue. The text includes erratic lines like a line about a street and a distant companion, suggesting a disrupted scene from a dramatic page.
Mind reading experiment ends in fatal crime tale
A reported psychic visit on a New York World page recalls a mediumistic session in which the narrator felt a nameless woman’s presence and later learned the same figure was killed in the Bowery. The account blends nervous phenomena with a chilling fatal outcome.
Record of Historic Heat Extremes Across Europe
A historical chronicling of exceptionally hot summers across Europe. It cites repeated droughts drying rivers like the Rhine and Danube, with towns and regions experiencing crop losses, dead livestock, and widespread distress during years including 1122, 1152, 1646, 1715, 1746, 1766, 1815, and others.
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Lorraine
Rhine
Seine
Europe
Switzerland
Bible and Masonry mark Washington’s oath at Capitol
An old account notes a Bible used for George Washington’s oath at the National Capitol, with Masonic ceremony and lodge involvement. It details a missing Bible, a marshal securing a key, and St. John’s Lodge of New York preserving the Bible for solemn ceremonies.
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National Capitol
United States
Washington
Morton
Char BR. Livingston
W Ho
Masons of
New York
John Lodge
Pei
Violin Worth 10000 Thoura Dollars Sets Record
A 1710 Alard 1 violin from France tops prices in antique markets. The instrument, tied to notable owners and dated 1710, reflects a storied lineage traced through historic collectors.
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France
Aland
Chicago
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National Capital
Philadelphia
New
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Psuongh
Mme Arta. Cer
Atreet
Rane
Felley
Washingtom
York
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