Its Beneficent Public Library and Its Ambitious Plans
An overview of Cheyenne and Laramie county public library history from 1873 to the late 1800s, highlighting origins in the Cheyenne library association, key trustees, tax support enabling county funding, and the library’s growth, collections, and influence on education and culture.
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Cheyenne
The
Library Association
Laramie County
Josiah Strong
Picketts
John W. Hoyt
H. S. Oliver
C.N. Potter
Carey Block
E. Mason Smith
Congregational Church
Judge Lacey
C. N. Potter
Louis Kirk
F. B. Sheldon
Lbrarian
Tae Sun
Washington
America
Hryce
England
E.P. Roe
Dickens
Howells
Lew Wallace
Ben Tur
Taine
Margaret Kent
Lord Fauntebroy
Denver
Gallileo
Green
Africa
Europe
Colorado Central Abandonment Question Set For Court Victory
Judge Love rules that a railroad cannot be abandoned if it contracted to provide transport. The suit in Larimer County seeks a mandamus to operate the Fort Collins to Cheyenne segment, now abandoned by Union Pacific for seven years. The decision favors the people against railroad nonpayment and local traffic claims.
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Love
Federal Court of Iowa
District Court
Larimer County
United States District Court
State of
Colorado
Isaac N. van Dyke
Union Pacific Railway Company
Colorado Central
Fort Collins
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Company
Cheyenne Emerges as Rising Horse Market
The Wyoming horse trade grows with Cheyenne noted as a key market. Buyers from abroad frequent the field as local stock improves in health, strength, and endurance. Mr. McClusky and Young of Tennessee are purchasing, buying 15 mares from West Moyer, 50 from T. Dyer, and 15 from Major Gleason at about 50 dollars each.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mr. McClusky and Young
Tennessee
West Moyer
T. Dyer
Major Gleason
Infant burial notice and memorial sentiments
At Virginia Dale on October 13 1859 the infant son of J No and Josse Marehland aged seven months died. The obsequies were held from St Marys cathedral with a melancholy tribute expressed in solemn verse and prayers for the bereaved family. The text also references the dynamite cruiser Vesuvious and its tests and approval by the government.
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Virginia Dale
J. No
Josse Marehland
Simonths
St Mary's Cathedral
Jaralo
Dave
Vesuvious
Fort Russell sewerage links eyed. fire code tightened
City council in regular session adopts bids for cemetery building and alley openings. Fort Russell sewer connection accepted with city rules, and a new fire ordinance limits wooden structures in core zones. A viaduct plan prompts mayoral talks with Union Pacific and a push for congressional relief on debt limits.
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Messrs
Altman
Hamond
Hunt
J. B. Brill
George East
Brill
East
Robbins
Lawler & O'Brien
F. L. Joslyn
Don Miller
Old City
Fort Russell
Humphrey
City Council Acts on Repairs and Permits
Engineers ordered to obtain materials for hydrant repairs and to buy new hydrants. Ned Parker, noted pen sharp, sought a license rebate which was denied. Pitt Covert received a permit to erect a frame building on his lot. Council adjourned on motion.
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Gineer
Ned Parker
Sharp
Pitt Covert
G A R Fair Planned by Grand Army for November Rally
The Grand Army of the Republic plans a three day fair November 5 through 7 at Keefe hall with an executive committee organizing committees for permanent structure refreshments printing and other duties. They invite Governor Warren General Mizner and General T M Fisher to speak and Judge Carroll to deliver a poem. The ladies branch formed an executive committee and calls for volunteers to meet Thursday at Judge Carroll's rooms.
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Charles Boulter
J. A. Apperson
W. P. Carroll
General Mizner
van Horn
Garland
O'Brien
A. A. Mahar
Bennett
W.O. Smith
Roach
Mr. Crowley
Major Garland
Bartlett
Lamb and
Bristol
Captain van Horn
W. A. Whitcomb
Major Talbot
Fisher
Captain Green
Judge Carroll
Warren
Mizner
T. M. Fisher
F. E. Warren
Captain Humphrey
I. 8. Bartlett, Mrs. T. Joe Fisher, Mrs. Furness, Apperson, Stitzer
Boulter
Volker
Sedie Fisher
Marshall
Alldadies
The Potato Prize: Fort Collins Yield Surpasses Wyoming
A Fort Collins ranch owned by Harris Stratton yields an enormous potato crop as reported by President Ingersoll of the state agricultural college. Stratton’s acre produced 3064 bushels after deductions, while Wyoming’s Isham place reported 434 bushels. The Fort Collins piece notes Wyoming’s advantage in small potatoes and cites military officers assigned to Fort Russell.
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Denver
Fort Collins
Harris Stratton
Ingersoll
State Agricultural College
American Agriculturalist
Isham
Sun
Wyoming
Owas
Larimer County
Mr. Stratton
Stratton
Mr. Isham
Notice of Final Proof Filings in Wyoming Land Office
Notice lists Geer e Gerian Ak and William J. Garian among claimants filing final proof at Cheyenne Wyoming land office. Dates set for November 1549 with hearings before the county registrar. Witnesses Kanros and others to establish residence and cultivation on listed tracts in Tps Ni and Wyo. areas.
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U. 6
Cheyenne
Hhereby
Seliiere
Toglator
Evel Ver
Choyanne
Wye
Geer
Gerian
Gailey Y
J. Garian
Fatal Incline Plane Crash Shocks Cincinnati
An early 20th century Cincinnati incline plane disaster outsized a river city scene. Nine passengers rode the ascending car as cables snapped and the car plunged sixty feet to the street below. Two died at the scene, including Mrs. Caleb Ives and Miss Lillian Gstame, with several others severely injured. Judge William Dickinson among the wounded died soon after, a noted attorney and Lincoln era figure connected to Rosecrans. The crash prompted morgue intake and varying accounts of a faulty stopping mechanism.
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Cincinnati
Mount Auburn
Main Street
Isley
Ives
Lillian Oskamp
Dickson
Lincoln
General Rosecranz
Rosecranz
William Dickinson
Caleb Ives
Lillian Gstame
Michael Kneiss
Even Hochstetter
Charles McFadden
Joseph McFadden
Hochstetter
Charles Goebel
Howard Werden
Ames Opposes the Santa Fe Bond Scheme
Governor Oliver Ames voices opposition to the Atchison reorganization plan arguing it harms bondholders. He cites bond offers and proposes replacing coupons with interest bearing script plus cash, aiming to protect all interests. George O. Shattuck favors the stockholders plan over mortgage holders.
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Ames
Santa Fe
Bostos
Oliver Ames
Atchison
Topeka
Chicago, Kansas and Western
Gulf, Colorado
Eac
George O. Shattuck
Alliance Troops Seize Dothen Ala to Resist License Tax
Rioting erupts as an alliance of men takes control of Dothen Alabama. Two leading figures killed, two town officers mortally wounded, about a dozen others seriously hurt in the clashes reported from Atlanta.
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Boston
Atlanta
Dothen
Ala
Wool Market Report From Boston and Philadelphia
The Wool Market notes a steady market with firm demand for both domestic and foreign wools. Oregon and other unwashed wools sold on scoured bushes at 60c for fine and 56c for mediums. Pennsylvania reports quiet prices with Montana fine at 19 and medium at 32 to 36c, coarse around 26c.
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Boston
Territorial
Oregon
Paladelmmia
Montana
Democratic Negroes Seek Unity Amid Southern Racial Tensions
The Democratic Negroes committee adopted resolutions criticizing Republican leaders in the North for incendiary rhetoric they say misrepresents the two races in the South. The document asserts that colored people nationwide suffer from such divisive statements and calls for solidarity.
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Tenn
Oettie
Negro Democratic Committee
North
South
Southern Negroes Shifting Tactics Rethinking War Policy
The remark notes a division over the Negro vote with educated Black voters in the South performing better than those in the North. It argues the best move for Southern Blacks may be to cease aggressive actions toward white neighbors, suggesting a strategic shift.
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South
North
London engineer Sir Daniel Gooch dies
London reports Sir Daniel Gooch an eminent engineer has died. Other dispatches note Cronin trial jurors not secured yesterday and the Cronin veniremen examination resuming this morning.
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London
Daniel Gooch
Lisbon
South Dakota
Yesday
Millette
Constantinople
William
Straits of Dandanelles
Boston
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Atchison
Cuiiaco
Veniremen
Cronin
Chickasaw Legislature Con ReG Faces Seat Disputes
From Fishomingo the Chickasaw legislature convened amid tension as the progressive faction seeks to overturn a Chickasaw supreme court ruling disqualifying whites who married squaws. Interior Department support strengthens the court decision and prompts a possible abdication crisis at the capitol.
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St. Louis
Chickasaw
Fishomingo
Progressive Party
Chickasaw Supreme Court
Panola County
Secretary of the Interior
Capitol
Supreme Court
Akron rule debate shapes Lutheran council action
In PittssurnG on October 15 a general council discussed the Akron Ohio decision. The Akron rule limiting Lutheran pulpits to ministers and altars to Lutheran communicants was left in force as no earlier declaration was annulled or reconsidered.
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Pittssurng
Lutheran Evangelical Church
General Council
Akron
Ohio
Tanita Takes Second at Lexington Track Meet
In Lexington Kentucky on October 14 a large crowd watched a cool evening. Repetition won the special stake for four year olds with Tanita taking second and George Stanford third. Jack led the $5,000 stakes ahead of Geneva 5S and Norval with Alervon fourth. Best time was 2:15 though a4 class unfinished due to darkness.
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Tanita
Lexington
George Stanford
Jack
Geneva
Norval
Alervon
Brooklyn Wins The Association Pennant In Dramatic Finish
The St. Louis Browns were defeated by Cincinnati, sealing the season and preventing any chance at the championship. Brooklyn claims the pennant as the season closes with the club welcomed home by an enthusiastic crowd in New York.
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New York
St. Louis Browns
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen Convened in St Paul
The Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen opened its convention in St Paul on October 15. Only routine business was completed, with the key item being a constitutional revision. The session is expected to last about ten days.
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St. Paul
Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen
Obstruction of Navigation Case Ends with Rope Test
William Baring claims title to lots cut by the ship canal eighteen years ago and used for shipping. To test his claim he stretched a rope across the channel. Police cut it once. vessels broke it when replaced, and the issue ended.
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Dututh
William Baring
Baring
Sullivan Seeks Return Fight Opponent Soon
John L. Sullivan declares readiness to fight again and aims for a quick match. He hopes to face Jem Smith next, with Charlie Mitchell as a second choice, but will meet any challenger.
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Sullivan
New York
John L. Sullivan
Jem Smith
Charlie Mitchell
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