Cheyenne Links Hartville Iron Spurs With UP Rail Plan
The Union Pacific outlines immediate construction of the Hartville iron mine spur and the Cheyenne and Northern extension to Douglas. Prominent UP officials visit Cheyenne shops, test machinery, and plan a central Wyoming iron industry hub with new foundries, blast furnaces, and a steel plant.
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Cheyenne and Northern
Hartville
Tur Sum
Epur
Cheyenne
Douglas
Wyoming
Chey
Tae Sun
Union Pacific
Corps of
Wendover
Northern
Southern
Union, Pacific
Ths
Holcomb
West
Messrs
Resalguie and Baxter
Meek
Gulf
Warren
City
Fort Russell
B. A. Slack
Tue Sus
General Dodge
OTMER
Setul
Bath
Cheyenne Poised for West’s Next Boom City
The article notes Harron mines may reward Cheyenne with hundreds of skilled workers. Central Wyoming’s coal and oil deposits spur rapid development, attracting wealth and traffic to Cheyenne. The Sun predicts Cheyenne will become a great western city with a solid boom.
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Harron
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Sun
West
Evanston Murder Shocks Resort as Woman Kills Visitor
Harry Murrin visited Miss Kate Prosser's resort in Evanston when a quarrel erupted. Prosser shot through a door panel with a 38 caliber bulldog revolver, killing Murrin instantly. Prosser is jailed awaiting examination.
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Evanston
Harry Murrin
Kate Prosser
Miss Prosser
Murrin
Oomerang
Gold Leaf Making Observed At A New York Basement
Hundreds watch two women at a Park Row basement bench producing gold leaf from thin yellow sheets. One crafts the sheets with knives and tongs while a pink book captures each finished piece for sale to sign painters and decorators. The owner offers free lessons on the gold beater’s art despite concerns.
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Park Row
Ware
New York Sun
Cere
Call to Cheyenne Ladies Meeting on Statehood
A meeting for ladies of Cheyenne will be held Tuesday afternoon at Keate's hall 313 o'clock. Amatio B. Post and Francis E. Hare serve as president and secretary. The session will address important statehood business and seeks a large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Mareh Agth
Keate
Statehood
Amatio B. Post
Francis E. Hare
Sec. Pres
Coyote Skins Brought for County Bounty Claim
Mr Lathan presented five coyote skins to the county clerk yesterday to obtain payout under the new bounty law.
Railroad Adjoining Land for City Limits and Railroad Employees
A large land tract of about one thousand acres near the city limits is sold to J Kijeffrey and associates, a syndicate of eastern capitalists. About 200 machinists will arrive in Cheyenne within ten days to join railroad shops, and a subdivision for railroad employees is planned with early-bird fair prices and preferred purchase rights for workers. The deal, valued around $65,000, aims to provide homes with easy terms before prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Pratt
J. Kijeffrey
Cheyenne
Indian Depredation Claims Recommended for Wyoming
The secretary of the interior recommends Congress approve depredation claims by Wyoming citizens. Names include Charles H. Elston Fort Laramie $900 approved of $5 275 claimed, John Hunton Laramie County $1 890 approved of $2 570, Frank Keller Albany County $5 300 approved of $9 000, John B. Lowery Laramie County $2 025 approved of $2 550, Francis Maycock $1 500 approved, Mc Farlane and McAlvaine Cheyenne $1 120 approved of $1 725, F M Phillips Fort Laramie $725.35 approved of $725.35.
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Wyoming
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Charles H. Elston
Fort Laramie
John Hunton
Laramie County
Frank Keller
Albany County
John B. Lowery
Francis Maycock
McFarlane & McAlvaine
Cheyenne
F. M. Phillips
Real Estate Map by Ed F Stahle on Interior Heights Wall
The In Land and Immigration company displays a four by four foot map titled Interior Heights Addn drawn by Ed F Stahle. It shows 107 blocks and 4407 lots with streets avenues and alleys hand printed with precise numbering. The map is praised as an art piece reflecting Stahle's skill in his profession.
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In + Land and Immigration company
Interior Heights
Ed. F. Stable
Stahle
Laramie Hosts Cheyenne Gun Club Visitors
The Laramie Gun club entertained the Cheyenne boys with royal hospitality. Citizens granted them freedom of the city and club, plus free carriages dinners and entertainment. An elegant parting dinner followed at Thornburg. If Cheyenne guests return, Laramie will strive to outdo their hospitality.
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Laramie
Thornburg
Suit Filed Over Water Rights Dam Incident
Mrs. Cecilia Link sues the city of Laramie for false arrest and imprisonment seeking 30 000 damages. The dispute stems from a water rights controversy after she built a dam on the city ditch resisting police removal with a revolver threats. Attorney W H Plehback represents her.
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Cecilia Link
Laramie
Hoomerang
Jack Sharp
W. H. Plehback
Cheyenne Rail Boost Promises New Jobs and Lines
The Cheyenne and Northern announces a rapid expansion with iron mine tapping, an extension to the Northwestern, and new railroad shops ready within ten days, signaling a bright future for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Cheyenne & Northern
Northwestern
Clever Woman Persuades Reluctant Husband To Europe Trip
A tour operator recounts how an elderly Chicago woman outwitted her husband to pursue a Europe trip. He initially resisted and tried to stop the plan, but she left a $100 guarantee and ultimately convinced him as their church and community learned of the voyage.
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Args
N. Y. Times
Chi
Europe
Roast Pig 1800 Years Old in Pompeii Kitchen
A Pompeii family prepared a roast pig when Vesuvius erupted. A mold remained in a kitchen stove, with a fossilized pig cast later made to resemble the ready-to-serve dish. Antiquarians study such domestic traces from eighteen centuries ago.
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Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeiians
Peter
N. ¥. Ledger
The Language of the Flag in Naval Traditions
The article explains flag terminology and meanings in naval practice. It describes flag officers the color meanings red for defiance black piracy yellow quarantine, white for truce or mourning half mast for death and dipping to salute. It notes flag display on presidential barges and ships.
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United States
Remarkable Eight Foot Woman Emerges in Ise Province
A sensational notice reports a girl in Ise Province standing over eight feet tall at just 16 years old. She measures thirteen inch palms and weighs 34,000 momme while maintaining proportional features and a striking countenance as observers remark on her imposing frame.
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Ise
Mapoysens
La Grange Thriving Ranch Town Eyes Rapid Growth
The Free Gazette notes La Grange in Horse Creek valley northeast of Cheyenne as a booming center with coal fields, irrigation water, and rich agricultural promise. B M survey through town aims to build a railroad to connect coal to a southern line, with expected completion this summer and new businesses and homes in demand.
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The
Free Gazette
la Grange
Horse Creek Valley
Cheyenne
A. F. Snyder
Gazette
Horse Creek
B & M Railroad Company
Washington Territory
Hell
Horse Creeks
Hartman Patent Fence Arrangements New Denver Agency
W J Woodward of Woodward and Sherrer Hardware Denver came Tuesday to set up an agency for the Hartman patent steel picket fence. Arp and Hammond will handle Hartman fences tree guards and automatic gates. The steel picket fence uses heavy durable wire with steel posts and offers solid appearance without blocking the lawn view. It is popular inGreely and Colorado towns and priced comparatively low. Tree guards are a new protection line valued for exposed trees.
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Hartman
W. J. Woodward
Woodward & Sherrer Hardware Company
Denver
Messrs
Arp &Hammond
Hartman Manufacturing Co
Arp & Hammond
Tom Sun
Greely
Colorado
The Largest Locomotive Placed on the Big Four Line
A huge locomotive sixty five feet long and weighing 110000 pounds has been placed on the Big Four road. It carries a cab between two boilers as large as a small house. Twenty people fit on the pilot while two firemen and one engineer operate it. The inventor claims it can reach ninety miles per hour under favorable conditions.
English visitor learns hard lesson from wild west ride
Frank J. Lusk recalls a tall tale of a rich Englishman who visited Wyoming ranches and boasted of riding any horse. A bronco bucked him wildly ending with the rider impaled on a cactus. the Englishman admitted the beast is a good horse but “loves too bloomin’ high.”
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Chicago Tribune
Wyoming Territory
Frank J. Lusk
Chicago
Wild West
Grand Pacific
Mr. Lusk
Milord
Improved Cattle Demand Across Southwest Feeders
Southern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona buyers report strong sales to feeders in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri. In twenty days Major Llewellyn says about 3660 head sold at prices from six to twenty dollars depending on age with yearlings six to ten dollars two year olds nine to fifteen dollars and three year olds fifteen to twenty dollars. Montana and gaming parties are also noted as heavy buyers while Texas quarantine shipments influence continued demand.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Llewellyn
Texas
Montana
Gaming
Iron boom signals rail expansion across regions
The Iron Trade Review reports 5,038 miles of new railway ready for construction or partial completion, 7,041 miles surveyed, and 2,831 projected to be undertaken later this season. This activity promises implications for the iron trade as rail demand could reach around 2,000,000 tons of rails.
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Times
Iron Trade Review
Cleveland
D O Clark Resigns As Union Pacific Coal Chief
A Denver circulated circular signed by Vice President Holcomb of Union Pacific announces D O Clark’s resignation as general coal chief. C H McKibbin named coal purchasing agent with full charge of sale and rates. Superintendent of Mines oversees mining and delivery to cars. purchasing agent controls supplies and requisitions. reports of coal mined and delivered required.
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D. O. Clark
Holcomb
Union Pacific
Denver
C H. McKibbin
General Purchasing
Coal Department
Polo Ponies Headed to New York from Burlington
Percy Hoyt departs Burlington today with two carloads of polo ponies bound for New York. The display includes a fine Camp Stool herd young horse sent by R. S. Van Tasselte to George J Adams. Charlie Hirsig, Hoyt's trainer and ranch foreman, accompanies the shipment.
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Percy Hoyt
Burlington
New York
Mr. Hoyt
R. S. van Tasselte
George J Adams
Charlie Hirsig
Hoyt
Abilene Men Buy Seventy Acres From Interior Land
The Interior Land and Improvement Co sold seventy acres west of the city to C. H. Brady and J. M. Burton of Abilene Kansas for about 44000. Brady and Burton are noted as experienced real estate buyers with sales last year totaling over 1000000. The purchased land will be plotted and marketed soon. Also noted is a football casualty count since September with fifteen killed and thirty seven injured mentioned in a broader commentary.
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Interior Land and Improvement Company
C. H. Brady
J. M. Burton
Abilene
Kansas
Mesors
Brady
Burton
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U. S
Unio Pacific
Omaha
Fort Worth and Northern Railroad
Ressiguie
U. P
Mountain Division
Cushing
Hlow
B. and M. Survey
William Ryan
J. R. Smith
Harrisburg
P. Holden
Polo Ponies
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