Vast U S Rail System Measured Against Egyptian Pyramid
A 1901 transportation feature translates U S rail stats into concrete terms by comparing track length locomotives cars and total value to the Great Pyramid and Washington Monument. It notes nearly 200 000 miles of track 39 729 locomotives 1 409 478 freight cars and a system value of 12 208 029 082 dollars with imaginative scale figures. A closing note advertises men's gloves at Woodruffe and Terry.
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Davemper
Aly
Smo
Valle
United States
Ttn
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain
British India
Scientific American
Middle States
Great Pyramid
Egypt
Arive
Washington Monument
Nile Desert
Gizeh
Nile
Cheops
Tts
Eiffel Tower
Brooklyn Bridge
Ita Pleza
Ita Towers
New York
San Francisco
Nebraska Cattlemen Fail to Gain Support for Public Land Leasing Bill
Delegation from the Nebraska Cattle Men’s Association fails to win backing from Nebraska congressmen for a public land leasing bill. A planned White House meeting is canceled as lawmakers refuse to endorse the measure, citing fences and land conflicts in Nebraska. The group meets Interior officials but leaves without public gains on the leasing issue.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Capitol
House Committee On Public Lands
Nebraska
Public Land Committee
Bartlett Richards
Cattlemen
Associaton
White House
Lanis
Mr. Richards
W. G. Comstock
Daniel Hill
Sad Death on the West Side
The Mikkelsen family mourns as Margrethe Mikkelsen dies at 17 from typhoid fever after nursing her mother who recovered. A younger sister also had the illness but recovered. Magretha known as Gertie was a popular West Side resident and worked as a waitress at Johnson cafe. Funeral at Sheridan and Coder streets on Friday at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev H P Hanson.
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Jens
Hanaine Mikkelsen
Margrethe
Johnson Cafe
Miss Magretha
Leasers Win Out over Sheep Trespass on Railroad Lands
Wyoming fatal trespass case ends with Joe Sellers fined $100 and costs for malicious trespassing after Beckstead's attempt to drive nine droves of sheep over Union Pacific leased land. State Inspector James placed Beckstead's herd under quarantine. Settlement directs removal west of the line and adherence to lease boundaries, easing tension with other growers.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Frank Beckstead
Utah
Wort
Sweetwater Range Company
Union Pacific Railway
Joe Sellers
Beckstead
Justice Dibble
Green River
Thomas
James
Colorado Desert
Wyoming & Black Hills Railway organized by Twin City investors
The Metal Miner reports a new Wyoming & Black Hills Railway company formed by Twin City businessmen to develop coal and mineral lands in northwestern Wyoming. Coal described as fine bituminous. minerals include iron, lead, gypsum, marble, and onyx across about 6400 acres. Notable members named are E. G. Potter president, with A. E. Johnson, J. C. Twombly, Cart L. Wallace, and Phelps S. Harris among participants.
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Twin City
Wyoming
Black Hills
Twin Cities
E. G. Potter
A. E. Johnson
J. C. Twombly
Cart L. Wallace
Phelps
Casper Prosecutor Seeks Fisher in Kassahn Killing Case
Prosecuting Attorney Alex Butler has recommended Allen G Fisher of Chadron to assist in the prosecution of EH B Murphy and others next month for the killing of Fritz Kassahn. Butler will be succeeded Jan 1 by another attorney who plans not to allow Fisher to assist, signaling more legal friction. Murphy, the sheepman, recently stood trial for Kassabn and Mrs Murphy left for Pennsylvania for three weeks. Murphy will return for retrial Jan 13. President P M Shannon of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Co. arrived to inspect Casper refinery and Salt Creek wells as a massive pump arrives to be sent to the fields.
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Casper
Wyo
Alex Butler
Allen G. Fisher
Chadron
Murphy
Frits Kassahn
Butler
Fisher
Fritz Kassabn
McMwan Returns to Laramie on Crutches After Injury
T G McMwan, the young man who lost a leg in the railroad yards recently, has recovered enough to walk on crutches. He arrived in Laramie last night to the surprise of his friends.
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T. G. McMwan
Laramie
Agricultural exhibit appropriation looks likely for World’s Fair
Congress is expected to approve a $100,000 grant to fund complete displays from all government agricultural colleges for the St Louis Exposition. Officials say advances in chemistry soils cross breeding and cereals will yield a record exhibit. Colleges and stations plan to assist without extra pay, with costs covering shipping and installation.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
America
Chicago
St. Louis
Paris
American Association of Agricultural Stations and Colleges
Exposition Corporation
St Louis
American Association of Agricultual Stations and Colleges
Fair Weather Forecast and Local Events in Cheyenne
Cheyenne forecast fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer readings inland. Denver notes Wyoming expects fair skies and warmer conditions. Announcement lists masq uere ball tickets for December 18 at Cardiners and Paul Bath's Scandinavian Dancing Club.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Welniy
Denver
Wyoming
Gale
A. TH. Cardiners
Paul Bath
Dee
Glass works may restart after twelve years in Laramie
Prospect of reviving the old glass plant Excites locals. Investors consider outside capital as the only path to restart the operation. The plant used to produce a clear elastic glass shipped nationwide. Building remains as a roomy stone structure with furnaces intact, though new machinery is needed.
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Irwine
Ginwa
Laramie
Top of the season notes on Cass county feeder wethers
C P Gilbert shipped a Cass county feeder flock of wethers averaging 121 pounds, selling at 4.40. He fed them in a corn field planted with tape, they arrived in fine flesh. Gilbert expects to gain about 00 more on feed and corn in Cass county yields are high.
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C. P. Gilbert
Cass County
Omaha
A New Commercial Block Suggested Between Government and Bank
Rumor says Jease Converse plans a handsome two to three story block on Thornburgh street between the First National Bank and the Public Building site. Converse denies the rumor, but the property offers advantages and a paying investment. The proposed block would improve the town’s appearance and provide stores with offices above.
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Jease Converse
Thornburgh Street
First National Bank
Converse
Debates Over Venezuelan Crisis Reach Navy Dispatches
Washington reports show state and navy officials agreeing to rendezvous ships in ports near Venezuela but avoiding La Guayra to prevent alarming powers. Admiral Dewey to follow orders, with Moody coordinating, as Hay presses ambassadors in London Berlin and Rome for early opinions on arbitration.
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Washington
State
Navy Department
la Guayra
Ned
Castro
Dewey
Navy
State Department
Admiral Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Venezuela
Venezzuelan
Department
Moody
Cailing
Europe
Bowen
Hay
United States
London
Berlin
Rome
Harlin
Deer
Miner Charles Wallen Leaves for Arizona Strike Hope
Charles Wallen, who has mined in this district for twenty years, departed last night for Arizona hoping to find a rich strike in the hot sands of the American desert region.
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Charles Wallen
Arizona
American Desert
Bartlett and Lovejoys Offer Holiday Gift Items
A garbled sale note lists Bartlett at 3rd and Grand offering shirts hats caps silk and monu bankerchief for Christmas and Weed raft Terry Ping pong sets priced at 1.00 at Lovejoys.
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Bartlett's
Monu
Lovejoy's
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RA. Systen
Woodruffe and
Terry
Gertie Mikkelsen
NEW Railroad
Casper News
Chicago Fair
Lovejoy
Cans County
Federal Building
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