Cheyenne Ranch Race Meet Renowned As Final Day
The Wyoming meeting closed with a grand polo match won by Sand Creek 6 to 2. Bessie M led a fast roadster heat showing, while Adam edged Hark in a dramatic half mile. Irene dominated the 2 year old sprint and Rambler nearly clinched the two mile, then Master Kildare surged to victory.
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Wyoming
Sand Creek Club
Bessie M
Tom
Mrs. Savage
Stoker
Charlie
Charlie Lin
Califos
Adam
Hark
Judge
Eneneed
Irene
Mary Hall
Chiquita
Frank Sanders
Hall
Rambler
Mr. Woodruff
Fizzle
T. W. Brooks
Joker
Mr. Stokes
Master Kildare
Mr. Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Mas Kildare
Izale
Kildare
Sand Creek
Capt
Chapman
Sam Johnson
W. A. Weaver
George Mead
Woodruff
Cheyenne
Brooks
Hoyt
Battersby
Week in Society Vanity Fair 1891 Wyoming social whirl
A look at a week of Spokane and Wyoming society with Derby events and fashion notes. T. W. Brooks rises as Wyoming’s top horseman while club life and visits from notable families fill the social calendar. Delights include gowned visitors, card parties, Kaffee Klatch, and a mining convention.
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Vanity Fair
T. W. Brooks
Wyoming
G. B. Goodell
Miss Whitehouse
Oxford Ranch
Courtright
Washington
John Hunton
E. Mason Smith
Geo. W. Baxter
Gibson Clark
Second View
Harry Egbert
E. A. Slack
Roel
Esther Morris
Baird
Gutterman
Hayford
Laramie
McCallum
World’s Fair Lady Managers Report from Chicago
Frances E. Hare writes from Cacao on September 9 1891 about the World’s Fair lady managers meeting in Chicago. Mrs Palmer’s leadership draws praise while the group debates Sunday closing and tours the fair grounds and nearby theaters and hotels.
City Schools See Enrollment Jump as New Building Opens
Public school enrollment rose to 823 last Friday, up 79 from the same week a year ago. Extra pupils are expected in the high school and upper grades next week due to the fair. To ease West Side and central fourth and fifth grades, a new school was organized and Thames street boundary moved to the center. One more class will move to the new building this week. Enrollment by buildings and rooms is listed.
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West Side
Central
Thames Street
Ono More
New Officers Elected by Wyoming W C T U State Session
At Rawlins last Thursday the Wyoming W C T U elected officers for the coming year. Presidents include Miss L A Northrup Ree See, Miss Louise Eye Cor See, Miss F P A Jones Green River and Mrs E S Boyd Laramie. Supts include Enna Paget Manville juvenile work, Mattie Quinn Evanston scientific instruction, Mrs Wotring Rawlins Sabbath, Theresa Jenkins Cheyenne franchise, M C Brown Laramie legislation, E S Boyd Laramie prison work, Mrs Bristol Cheyenne temperance literature, F E Warren Cheyenne Columbian exposition, E S Barren Laramie railroad work, Ella Bullock Sarlow Sarawowa temple work.
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Rawlins
L. A. Northrup
Ree. See
Louise Eye
Cor. See
FP. A. Jones
Green River
Treas
Boyd
Laramie
Anna Maris
New Castle
Nottie Gregory
Manville
Dept. of Work
Enna
Paget Manville
Mattie Quinn
Evanston
Wotring
Theresa Jenkins
Cheyenne
M.C. Brown
E35. Boyd
Union Signal and Temperance
Bristol
F. E. Warren
Barren
Temple
Ella Bullock
Sarwlowa
County court saga from Casper to Laramie rails against jurors
Judge Blake faces chaos as Casper prisoner is sent to Laramie for twenty five years in the Tidwell murder case. Mentions of Conway, Wright, and Hodge case juror interference. Caspar liveryman Buckman fined 350 for attempting to influence jurors. bond set at 33,000.
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Judge Blake
Davilson
Stoll
Mr McDonald
John Kelley
Rice
Patton
Conway
Casper
Laramie
Jack Tidwell
Blake
Supreme Court
Oroaha
C. C. Wright
Corway
Wright
Davidson
Butler
Buckman
Hodge
Gold ore grades at Acme and Lakeside lodes eyed
W H Green pounded ore from the Acme and Lakeside Gold Hill lodes at the capitol yesterday and in each of three pans had hundreds of colors. It was mostly flour gold with a few grains nearly as big as pin heads. The ore runs $84 and a stamp mill is expected before winter.
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W. H. Green
Acme
Lakeside
Death of Charles Lane in Swiss mountains at age twenty
A letter received yesterday reports the death of Charles Lane in Switzerland from a fall in the mountains on the Sch inst. He was 20, son of W C Lane formerly of this city. Charles Lane was remembered as a bright lighthearted boy of great promise.
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Charles Lane
Switzerland
W.C. Lane
Wyoming Delegation to Salt Lake Grows with Appointments
Governor's office announced additional appointments for Wyoming delegates heading to Salt Lake. Several named officials from towns including Rock Springs Laramie Rawlins Cheyenne Douglas and others will join the delegation. Senator Warren and Colby of Denver are also noted in transit and registration lines.
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Wyoming
Salt Lake
Grout
Geo
BF. Danis
Saratoga
C.C. Hamlin
Rock Springs
R. E. Fitch
Laramie
A. T. Corlet
Rawlins
J.C. Argesheimer
Cheyene
Col. DeForrest Richards
Douglas Enroute
B. A. Slack
Senator Warren
A Spook in Camp At No 4 Mine House Haunts Locals
The Rock Springs Independent reports strange manifestations at a house near No 4 mine. Two families vacated, dishes moved, doors opened, chairs overturned, cupboards opened, tin ware scattered and later neatly stacked. Light footsteps and ghostly drafts accompany unaccounted noises, with investigators unable to explain the events.
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No. 4
Mine
Rock Springs
Polk Predicts Southern Farmers May Boost Third Party
The Kansas City Star reports Col. Polk national president of the Alliance and Frank McGrath Kansas president say Southern farmers could drive the People’s party to win every Southern State. Polk notes the Alliance could quickly become a political party and warns Democrats must concede to St. Louis demands or lose the South.
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Kansas City
the Star
Topeka
Col. Polk
The
Alliance
Frank McGrath
Kansas
Holton
Polk
People’s Party
South
Treasury
Supreme Council
St. Louis
Melbourne weather maker Melbourne moves to western arid regions
Foster, the weather prophet, comments on Melbourne the Australian weather maker moving to western arid regions. He questions practicality of rainfall by explosions or gas discharge, noting lack of public information and urging Melbourne to prove his theories.
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Foster
Nelbourne
St. Jostrn
Melbourne
Tenn
Democratic Campaigners Begin Northwest Tour
A delegation of prominent Democrats led by Senator Paulk ner and Bou Black will tour the Pacific coast starting tomorrow. They aim to attend the Washington Democratic societies convention in Spokane and then campaign through the northwest and west before a week in Iowa. The party includes Bynum ex representative McAdoo James M Joe and Lawrence Gardner, officials of Democratic clubs.
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Wastinatox
Pacific Coast
Democratic Societies
Washington
Spokane
Northwest
Far West
Iowa
Baltimore
Ohio
St. Paul
Paulkner
Bou Black
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Bynum
McAdoo
James M. Joe
Philadelphia
Lawrence Gardner
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T. F. Dolan
Ned Biddle
Mrs. Hale
Slack
Chicago
Ladies Commission
Col. Shepherd
New York Mail
Bmpress
Frances Willard
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Mrs. Palmer
Hyde Park Hotel
Dickinson
MeVicker
MeVicker's Theater
Keone
Auditorium Hotel
Lake Michigan
Frances E. Hare
Coa
Miss Johnson
Walker Tru iTeatheire
Miss Palmer
Miss Stillman
Miss Gaskill
Miss Snow
Moore
Hebard
Central School
South Side
Natrona
County District Court
H. Colby
Denver
Ocean Register
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