Melbourne a Pretender In Grand Patent Publicity Case
A dramatic inditement text arrives from Horew Stockton detailing a patent attempt for rain making. The letter, addressed to Governor Barber, claims a worldwide effort to secure rights and endow widows and orphans, noting a supposed error by an examiner and urging legal action against Melbourne and Dyrenforth. The governor refers it to the attorney general for opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Wyoming
State Department
Washington
Sidney
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Dyrenforth
Cheyenne
Micnaga Camitt
Barber
Cahill
Potter
Melbourne to Idaho and a deadly arsenic mystery
Rodent rains from Salt Lake to Melbourne are noted while Melbourne plans irrigation showers in Idaho. A Kansas City diver case unfolds with Ly Boyle reporting Mrs J M Juvenal and her husband, a poisoning incident linked to arsenic, ending in her death and a surrounding mystery as officials detain suspects.
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Melbourne
Idaho
Nampa
Salt Lake
Kansas City
Ly Boyle
J. M. Juvenal
Uvenal
Margaret Russell
Kan
Anne
Cosmopolitan Magazine Turns Woman’s Number With Noted Arts
The piece notes Cosmopolitan Magazine this month is a Woman's issue with most contributions by women. Men illustrate the stories, only Kate Greatorex among artists is named. It recalls Ruskin's fame and a quote on spirit, work, and virtue as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan
Kate Greatorex
Inventor Urged to Turn Coal into Fuel Gas
The article laments dwindling natural gas from wells in the Midwest and notes Indianapolis must pipe gas from 40 miles away as pressures drop. It argues an inventor could transform abundant coal into fuel gas, predicting cities still burning soft coal could be cleaned up like Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
West
Boston
Mutual Insurance Societies Offer Old Age Pensions
European governments study plans letting workers save small yearly sums for pensions in old age. Mutual insurance, modeled on building and loan associations, would avoid government control and costly overhead. Teachers in cities have started such societies to fund modest incomes for retirees and disabled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Great Britain
Great Ocean Thoroughfares Describing World Steamship Routes
Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt outlines the four main global steamship routes via Atlantic, Pacific, and Cape routes. He notes about 11,000 vessels along these lines and provides cost and time figures for prominent world cruises including a 16,500 mile route and an 81 day round trip of 25,150 miles with prices around 1000 to 4000 dollars.
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Ridgely Hunt
Navy
Scribner's Magazine
Atlantic
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Jodla
China
Austria
Africa
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Avetnadia
Athantic Ocean
South America
Cape Horn
East
United States
Lieutenant Hunt
Boston
Hong Kong
Hunt
New York
Plymouth
England
Sues Canal
India
San Francisco
Cape of Good Hope
Australia
Wellington
New Zealand
Cattle market shows strong range prices and steady demand
Rosenbaum Bros. & Co report weekly cattle receipts at about 79,500 head, down from last week and year. Range cattle prices rose about one tenth, top steers at 5.12, most rang ers 4 to 4.50, Texas cows 1.50 to 2.25, steers 2.25 to 3.50, natives to 6.40. Wyoming firms listed include Keeline, Carlisle, Walcott, Union, Standard, and more.
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Tre Lux
Chicago
Rosenbaum Bros. & Co
Seipts
Texas
Wyoming
Keeline
Vigo Company
Carlisle Company
Frank Walcott
Union Company
Standard Company
Clay & Forrest
Western Union Company
Teschemacher & de Billier
Laramie River Company
Suffolk Company
Home Company
Derby colt and race horse dealings at Denver trip
J D Hardin sent east a fine yearling trotter by Baronstein dam Belvoir. T W Brooks gave trainer John McCormick a half interest in Gamin. Johnny went to Denver with the colt and Gamin may run in the sweep stakes against Guido. Sorrel John stays with Charlie Sutton. Richardson Bros. nearly traded for Blue J Wye. Ned Biddle and Tom Dolan also traveled to Denver yesterday.
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J.D. Hardin
John Thomas
Baronstein
Belvoir
T. W. Brooks
John McCormick
Gamin
Johnny
Denver
Guido
Sorrel John
Charlie Sutton
Richardson Bros
Blue J Wye
Tom Dolan
Ned Biddle
Big Horn Valley railroad plan eyed for Wyoming route
The Big Horn Railroad company, Wyoming Montana, headquartered in the Pacific building Washington DC, seeks to build a line from Casper or southeastern Wyoming up the Big Horn river to Montana. It aims to gain state support and keep Omaha citizens informed of potential direct rail access with Wyoming and Montana. Senator Warren of Wyoming supports a north south Wyoming interior line as a promising venture.
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The
Bee
Big Horn Railroad Company
Wyoming
Montana
Pacific
Washington, D.C
Casper
Big Horn
Omaha
Senator Warren
Big Horn Valley Railroad
Gold Clean Ups At Atlantic Sluices Reported
Emile Granier conducts a hydraulic works cleanup at Atlantic and reports the sluices have yielded 100 ounces of gold. At Gold Wil the avastra of Arundel & Co yields fourteen to sixteen ounces from the cleanup.
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Emile Granier
Atlantic
Avastra of Arundel & Co
Converse Exhibit At Fair Grounds Gathers Local Produce
Postmaster Hamilton of Douglas collected grains and vegetables shown at the Converse Exhibit at the fair grounds last week. Samples came from farms of H. L. Brunning Peter George and Bishop Kellogg. The Douglas Graphic recently published an able article on irrigation in that section.
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Converse
Converse County
Fair Grounds
Hamilton
Douglas
Chas
H. L. Brunning
Peter George
Bishop & Kellogg
Douglas Graphic
Shooting Match Between Cheyenne and Greyley Toms
A shooting match between Cheyenne and Greyley trap toms is arranged with four or five men per side. Cheyenne challenges based on a hint from the Colorado town.
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Cheyenne
Greyley
Colorado
Denver man in Bald mountain placer fields nets gold
Had the Gold, W D Terriberry, a Denver man in the company placing an amalgamator in the Bald mountain placer fields, was here yesterday. He had half a teaspoon full of gold secured by washing out four shovels of dirt.
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W.d. Terriberry
Denver
Bald Mountain Placer
Estray horses taken up in Cheyenne
Taken up Sept 4 by F F Cone of Cheyenne Wyoming two branded gray horses described as a six year old lug horse about 1400 pounds with a brand on the left shoulder and a ten year old sorrel horse about 1250 pounds branded on the left shoulder with the same brand reversed on the left hip.
British Move Seizes Sigri Island in the Aegean
Telegraphic dispatches from Athens report thirteen British men of war landing troops and guns at Sigri near the Dardanelles. The action, tied to British diplomacy and the sultans stance, is presented as a dramatic demonstration with conflicting official notices and speculation on motive and permanence.
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Sigri
Lowpox
Athens
Mitylene
St Smyrna
Lord Salisbury
London
Foreign Office
St. James
Inter
Dardenelles
Vienna
Berlin
William White
Constantinople
Tendos
Besika
Admiralty
Cyrus
Admiral Hoskins
Mediterranean
Tryon
Nile
Portsmouth
Gibratar
Daily News and Chronicle
Barnaceda Escapes Enemies and Sails Under U S Flag
A Valparaiso cablegram reports Barnaceda has escaped pursuers and is now at sea under U S protection. The Sept dispatch notes the escape and safety of the individual aboard a vessel flying the United States flag.
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United States
Miss Ava
Halmaceda
New York
Sept
Herald
Valparaiso
Barnaceda
Miss Ava Receives Charity From Chicago Group
Miss Ava has gained friends through the Woman's Christian Teapers union in Cincinnati. An member delivered clothing after Chicago society confirmed her prior contributions there. She agreed to lecture for funds to be sent back to Chicago and will undergo a medical exam to assess her sanity.
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Cincinnati
Ava
Woman's
Christian Teaperyee Union
Chicago
Miss Ava
Adies
Chiago
St In
Prussian Mortgage Insurance Bookkeeper Arrested in Quarantine
Ernest Book, bookkeeper for the Prussian Mortgage Insurance company of Berlin, arrested today at Quarantine on the Benner Saale after embezzling 80,000 marks and fleeing from Berlin. The incident occurred with investigations ongoing as of September.
Land Office Shows Record Patent Increase Under Carter
Washington reports the land office under Commissioner Carter vastly increased patent issuances. Over two years, preemption certificates rose from 26 442 to 149 515 and homestead patents from 0 to 69 009, with timber culture up to 5 346. Mineral division work grew about 50 percent. Salt Lake notes Irrigation Congress preparations with 800 delegates and broad business support.
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Washington
Carter
Judge Groff
Nebraska
Montana
Cleve
Cleveland
Gold Hill As It Is
The Carbon Black Diamond quotes Mr. Lewis stating miners in Gold Hill overreach by staking many claims. Col. Downey visited for a week and offered to finance a mill, but the miners refused to meet halfway, so the project appears abandoned.
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Lewis
Gold Hill
Col. Downey
Manger
Russell Wins Sheriff Nomination In Turbulent Convention
In Jevessore Colorado on September 12 ex-sheriff W H Wallace and J H Russell sought the Republican nomination. Russell secured the bid and later exchanged blows with Wallace kicking him in the stomach. Wallace’s condition is reported critical with much town excitement.
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Jevessore
Colo
W. H. Wallace
J. H. Russell
Russel
Wallace
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Conway
Loramie
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Ruskin
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Great Ocean
Alea von Valuoor
Toho Veaools
Belt
Tel Vos LD
Une
ALOR
Ban Syne
Russia
Horse News
Balmaceda
Miss Avia
Utah
Irrigation Congress
Exposition Building
Walter A.wood
Deering
J. S. Case & Oliver Plows
Mt. Pleasant
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