Wyoming Fron tier Days Event Dates and Local Developments
Western Newspaper Union reports upcoming events in Cheyenne Sheridan and camp activities across Wyoming. notes include fairs at Riverton Deerkett Park Cody and Douglas, road work in Laramie, a planned church in Guernsey, mining and industrial projects, labor meetings, and a concentration of civic efforts.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Riverto
Urn Deerkett
Park County
Rept
Big Horn
Cody
Douglas
Blackmail Attempt Claimed At Cheyenne Chinese Proprietor
Ah Dor, a wealthy Chinese restaurant owner in Cheyenne, alleges an attempted blackmail by a husband, wife, and their daughter. He says the elder woman invited him inside, the 13 year old locked the door, and after detention a confrontation occurred outside when the husband pressed a revolver to his abdomen demanding payment for an alleged home invasion. Police will decide on prosecution.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ah Dor
T M Patterson Dead Noted Editor and Leader Dies at Home
T M Patterson, prominent editor, lawyer, and political figure, dies after a week of illness at his Denver home. His career spanned journalism, law, and public service with influence in state politics and local press circles.
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Denver
Drawing the Line in marital politics discussion
An interview excerpt probes whether a husband encourages his wife to discuss current politics. The respondent says yes with limits, excluding campaign epithets that intermittently intrude on the conversation’s focus and tone.
Quick Relief for Itching Skin Problems with Cuticura
An advertising snippet promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for itchy skin conditions with a free sample offer by mail and a Boston address. A short anecdote references a matinee of Uncle Tom's Cabin where a child ponders Eva's death and heaven. A cameo ad for Bed Come 3 Blue promises a lighter, whiter complexion.
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Dept. L
Boston
Settlers Take Quarter Million Acres in Douglas District
Officials report in Douglas land office data for the past fiscal year ending June 30. Over 250000 acres transferred from Uncle Sam to settlers in four county land district. Public domain remains large with over six million acres left. Entries of all kinds totaled 1328 covering 283086.35 acres, reducing vacant land in the Platte land district by 190668.94 acres to 6248699.06 acres.
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Guernsey
Uintah
Casper
Lovell
Worland
United Mines
Cheyenne
Collis
Timberlake
Basin
Company H
Star Valley
Camp Kendrick
Dan Wilson
Metéerse
Piney
Fish Hatchery
Good Cheer
Douglas
Congress
Newcastle
Wyoming Pharmaceutical Association
Register Reid
Douglas Land Office
Uncole Sam
Platte Land District
Frontier Nights Feature of Carnival at Cheyenne
Frontier nights and frontier days will run July 26 27 28 in Cheyenne with Wild West championship contests as the main events. Automobiles will parade along Capitol avenue in a lighted display described as the Wests best street show, featuring 3000 decorated cars in a four abreast, three mile procession lasting about thirty minutes past the reviewing stands.
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Cheyenne
Capitol Avenue
Condemned Slayer Gets Reprieve
The Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Clerk William Kelley received a Supreme Court ruling that no jurisdiction exists in Oscar W. White's appeal for the murder of Anderson Coffee near Casper on August 12, 1913. White will have at least six weeks more of life as the court reconvenes September 11 and cannot fix an execution date yet.
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Cheyenne
United States Supreme Court
Oscar W. White
Anderson Coffee
Casper
William Kelley
Wyoming Supreme Court
White
Suffrage Union Expands Across Wyoming Statewide
With the Park county branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage organized, the union is now established throughout Wyoming.
Threats Over Engagement End Marriage Plan in Big Piney
Judson Kitchen was arrested by Deputy W. B. Mills on charges of threatening Lilian Curtis daughter of John B. Curtis over a refused marriage. The couple had been engaged that fall but the girl's parents opposed due to Kitchen’s existing marriage. Kitchen had spent winter at Rock Springs and obtained a divorce, returning to marry the girl. she balked and the dispute centered on the threat that if he could not have her no one else would.
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Wyoming Press Association
Cody
Yellowstone National Park
Burlington
Worland
Union Pacific
Superior
Rock Springs
Samuel A. Smoke
el Paso
Fort Russell
State Federation of Labor
Casper
Yoming
Wilson
Camp Kendrick
Alcal
Federal Park
Big Piney
Judson Kitchen
W. WB. Mills
Lilian Curtis
John B. Curtis
Kitchen
Miss Curtis
Thomas M Patterson Civil War Public Service Leader
Thomas M Patterson born in Ireland November 4 1839 came to America in 1849 moved to Crawfordsville Indiana enlisted 1861 as a student at Asbury Green Castle then Wabash College studied law admitted to bar 1867 moved to Denver 1872 served as city attorney 1873 74 elected territorial delegate 1874 helped Colorado gain admission to the Union 1875 78 Colorado in 45th Congress ran for Governor 1888 delegate to National Democratic Convention 1892 bought Rocky Mountain News later Denver Times 1896 National Populist Convention delegate 1900 chairman party convention ran for U S Senate 1914 defeated.
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Ireland
America
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Asbury
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Wabash College
Denver
Congress
Kile
Colorado
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Times
United States
Patterson Mourned as Former Senator Dies at Home
Denver mourns the sudden death of Thomas M. Patterson longtime Colorado senator editor and lawyer from apoplexy suffered in his bed at 1075 Pennsylvania Street shortly after 1 p m Sunday July 23 He leaves daughter Mrs Richard Crawford Campbell son in law Richard Crawford Campbell two grandsons Katherine Campbell and granddaughter Katherine Campbell a sister Mrs Malin V Johnson and several nieces nephews and relatives The Rev Dr John H Houghton officiated at the funeral with interment at Fairmount cemetery
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Denver
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Colorado
Pennsylvania Stret
Richard Crawford Campbell
Grand Lake
Patterson
Katherine Grafton Patterson
James Patterson
Mary G. Patterson
Thomas MacDonald Patterson
County of
Carlow
Ireland
James
Margaret (Mountjoy) Patterson
Dartmouth College
Thomas Patterson Campbell
Exeter Academy
Katherine Campbell
Malin V. Johnson
Williams Street
Fred P. Johnson
Arthur C. Johnson
P. M. Pease
Rye
N. Y
Frances Porter
Byers, Cole
Samuel Grafton
John H. Houghton
St. Mark's
Fairmount Cemetery
James Whitcomb Riley Dies at 68 in Indianapolis Home
James Whitcomb Riley, aged 68, died in his Indianapolis home while only his nurse Mise Clementia Prough was awake. He had suffered his first violent attack of paralysis on July 10, 1910.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James Whitcomb Riley
Tempting Fate at the Barn Storming Troupe
Behind the scenes of a touring theatre company a performer named Macbeth Parlow shows stage fright though he has long experience. The cast debates the unusual bill of presenting two nights in one town, suggesting nerves at the spotlight despite prior success.
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Macbeth Parlow
Baker's Dozen Riddle At Home
Charlie asks what a baker's dozen means while mumbling about a neighbor's quip. The Brown family joke leads to counting children and realizing the house holds fewer than thirteen.
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Charlie
Mr. Moore
Mamma
Willing Worker in Belgian Occupied District
A Belgian man in a German controlled area offers to work for potatoes and declares he is ready to sign the declaration. When asked his trade he calmly replies I am a grave digger. The anecdote appears in London Everyman and ends with a remark on how some keep religion locked away most days.
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Belgium
London
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief for Nervous Trouble
A testimonial from Mrs. Dewitt Lincelbaugh of West Danby New York describes relief from nervousness irritability backache and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the tonic benefits of herbs and roots and urges women to try the remedy.
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Ieee
Pinkham
Dewitt Lincebaugh
West Danby
N. Y
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Patents Sesetsorstst Rubber Stampe and Load Tale
An Irish worker in New York after a lumber job story ends with Pat the Irish driver on a hill. The boss asks if the horses suffer enough from hauling him up. Pat responds with a quip about a ship carrying its captain, closing the anecdote.
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New York
Pat
Enterprising Visitor Tries to Sell Car to Dizzy Motorist
A witty exchange unfolds in a courtroom as a visitor asks to view a motorist brought in an hour earlier. The nurse notes the man hasn’t regained consciousness, while the visitor quips about selling him another car.
Man Makes Woman Happy In Courtship Easier Than After Marriage
A proverb notes that securing happiness in courtship is simpler for a man than achieving lasting contentment post marriage, highlighting the greater challenge of sustaining harmony in married life.
Liberty's Price: Fee for a Smart Lawyer
A concise reflection notes that securing freedom or rights often incurs high legal costs. It frames access to skilled counsel as essential yet expensive, highlighting the tension between liberty and price in legal battles.
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