Boulanger called gutter dictator while Paris touted world role
A collage of opinions and notes covers politics and society from Fenry’s jab at Boulanger to plans for a grand Fourth of July in Denver. It mentions a long storm widening west to Ogden, Michigan’s defiance of prohibition, and various quips about statehood, admiral Porter, and Anglo French language shifts in Paris.
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Iris
Gaul
Paris
Inverness
Texas
Boston
South Dakota to hold May 14 election for constitutional delegates
The state will vote May 14 to elect delegates to a constitutional convention to be approved by Sioux Falls and, if adopted, require July delegates to approve the U S constitution when the president issues a proclamation. The piece urges strict county debt rules and criticizes coroner funding without official authorization.
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Sourm Dakota
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Commonwealths
Tragic Sun Office Employee Starry Tuxford's Premeditated Death
The Sun office mourns Starry Tuxford, a recently hired staffer. He struggled with gambling temptations and mounting debt, a sadness noted by friends. His despondency and an act of self harm ended his life, leaving colleagues to reflect on his fragile state and kindness he scarcely received.
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Starry Tuxford
Sun
Honored Army Officials Visit Fort D A Russell in Wyoming
Distinguished visitors led by Redfield Proctor secretary of war and General Schofield arrive to inspect Fort D A Russell, review the 5000 acre reservation, and consider making it a major western post. Local citizens anticipate Wyoming’s path to statehood and praise the fort for artillery and cavalry training potential.
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Wyoming
Redfield Proctor
Schofield
Crook
Sheridan
United States
Fort Russell
Rocky Mountain
Military Department
Union of States
Sisterhood of States
A Miners Home Charity in Colorado Proposed
A wealthy Colorado man seeks to donate funds to build and maintain a home for aged or crippled miners of good character with limited means. The plan envisions a dignified rest home similar to an old soldiers' home, not a pauper asylum, possibly open to miners beyond Colorado.
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Colorado
New York Centennial Profit Questioned
New York is calculating the cost of the centennial celebration with an estimated expense of 300000 dollars. Receipts and expenditures are not all in but a general figure shows ten million dollars taken in by strangers over three days. The New York Era and others note seats were sold for far more than reported suggesting potential 60000 dollars missing. A reasonable claim is five million dollars of clear profit on a three hundred thousand dollar investment.
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Europe
New York
era/d
Trade Board Deliberations On Cheyenne Extension
Editorial argues Cheyenne gains from Cheyenne and Northern extension and urges the board of trade to refrain from agitation until a favorable decision is secured.
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Cheyenne
Northern
Board of Trade
Beefs contract awarded and local tax law updates
The Sho shone Indian agency beef contract goes to E. Amoretti for 745000 pounds at 2.12 per hundred. MiemGan enacts a yearly tax of 600 on retailers 1000 on distillers 500 on brewers and 800 and 500 on wholesale liquor dealers and wine merchants, effective May first next year. Crofutt irrigation project advances in Sweetwater County with capital secured and active attention. Local horse and carriage sales report low prices with several items below cost and harness monograms selling for 62. Robes and livery sold at reduced prices, with two suits of livery bringing 14.25 and 14.75 respectively.
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MiemGan
Crofutt
Sweetwater County
Big Sandy
Sun
Cleveland
Brougham
Victoria
President Harrison Urges Duty Over Selfish Ambition
President Harrison spoke from the steps of the Treasury building extolling Washington as the incarnation of duty. He said those who seek to share in lasting events must show high consecration to duty and reject self-seeking, which has no public observance or anniversary.
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Harrison
Treasury Building
Washington
Miner’s Delight Mine Sold to Paris Syndicate
The Miner’s Delight gold mine in Sweetwater county sells for 500000 to a Paris syndicate. Hub Mining of Boston previously owned it. Superintendent Proag negotiated the sale. Operations restart around July 1. The mine yields claim it’s the territory’s richest with over one million dollars extracted. Wyoming owner James Kinne receives 20000 in advance.
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Sweetwater County
Hub Mining Company
Boston
Proag
James Kinne
Wyoming
Degenerate Doge and the Stagebound Canine Fads
A Des Moines Leader piece argues dogs have degenerated with civilization. It notes Amelia Rives’s dog training for opera, Mrs Chanler’s kennels and artsy canines, and predicts future dogs singing, smoking, and challenging pedestrians with cane threats.
Immigrant List Gathers by C. W. Haskins in Oakland
C. W. Haskins of Oakland gathers names of immigrants who sailed to the coast, estimating total to surge past sixty thousand as a broad movement gains momentum. The report notes the scale and prompts officials to track arrivals.
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C. W. Haskins
Oakland
Cal
Wyoming Lease Rules From Old County Commissioners
Rule first fixes leases to January first of the year 18g1 regardless of signing time. Rule two divides leases into agricultural grazing and pranny classes. Rule three sets land value and rental terms via a blank application form for the county board.
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Territory of
Wyoming
Board of County Commissioners of
Coves Weave
Ee County
Gentlemmen
Land Lease Application Instructions and Rights for County Lands
A long form requests detailed answers about land lease purpose occupancy improvements irrigation stock water hay land and tracing on section diagrams. It outlines appraisal procedures rental value at five percent of appraised land value and the pref erence rights of residents and occupants with mechanisms for disputes and removal of nonleasing possessors. It notes notary dated AD 188 and rules for public leasing to highest bidder with prior notice.
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Board of County Commissioners
Rere
County Board of Commissioners
Rules for leasing school lands and possessory rights
The text directs County Commissioners to advertise school lands for lease in weekly papers for four weeks and to collect applications by noon on the first Tuesday of each month. It also requires posting rules in courthouses and districts and outlines procedures for possessory rights and penalties for non removal or non sale of improvements.
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Rute Twerrru
Boards of County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Medical superstitions in medieval France described by Challamel
A French writer Challamel presents A Bird's Eye View of France in the Middle Ages detailing widespread medical superstitions. The piece lists cures and rituals from fevers to epilepsy, including amulets, holy water, backward marches, herbal charms, and talismans across regions like Perigord Brittany and Montague, noting many persisted into the writer's era.
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Challamel
France
Perigord
St. John’s
de Brignac
Montes
Brittany
Porigord
Montague
Gispar
Moelchair
Balthasar
Twin sisters' romance told by Lewiston Journal
The Lewiston Journal recounts a tale of twin sisters from Waldo County Maine so alike that even a family member confused them. Susan had a devoted suitor who called often and stayed late, stirring tension and feelings in the household.
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The
Lewiston Journal
Alatera
Waldo County
Maine
Jane
Susan
Night respite swap changes a couple’s evening plan
A tired wife asks her sister to stand in and look after George for one evening. The sister agrees, allowing the exhausted spouse to rest. George unexpectedly spends the evening in Jane’s company from eight until two, a memory that lasts years after his marriage to Susan.
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George
Susan
Lobster Cat Tussle Captivates Stonington Woman
A Stonington woman found her Maltese cat and a live lobster in a chaotic afternoon clash on her veranda. The lobster clutched the cat in a stubborn grip while the feline, aided by the owner, finally freed the crustacean with an oyster knife. The Maltese has since shunned seafood.
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Stonington
Atreot
Norwich
New York
How Chinamen Pray In a Chinese religious rite described.
The text portrays Chinese religious practices with two wooden fortune sticks used to read prayers, and red paper slips bearing prayers attached to walls. It notes offerings and the burning of paper prayers in a bronze furnace to convey petitions to heaven.
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John Chinaman
Allee Samee Melikau Mao
Joss
Blowing Up Herring in Nanaimo Harbor
A Pacific coast paper reports the explosion of a rock in Nanaimo harbor drew a remarkable sight as a huge shoal of herring passed over the blast. The water turned silver from the fat floating on the surface, and many fish were stunned or killed by the shock.
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Nanaimo
Hound to Entertain Him
Ada recalls inviting the French minister to dinner and describes efforts to please him. The parlor is decorated with Frooeh Maga and marsoillinga, attire is noted, and a dance performance is mentioned as part of the entertainment.
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Hound
Parveou
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Fiehr
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