29 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Laramie Boomerang
Location
Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
1
The Laramie Aerie Eagles will manage the Monarch shows from July 10 to July 15, organizing a week of festival events and performances featuring the monarch themed acts and community gatherings.
Promoters announce the Monarch shows with George C Jolson in Laramie for a six day festival during July. The act features a 60 foot dive, whirling eye apparatus and multiple named acts. They plan wagon front tents, 226 staff, 16 touring cars, and excursions from Cheyenne Rock Springs and beyond. The event aims to draw eight to ten thousand visitors, with two bands and extensive fireworks each evening. The festival title Latamia Pestival is planned as a major publicity push.
Members of the Wholesale Grocers Association of the United States gathered in Milwaukee for their annual convention on June 20. The two day meeting will pursue steps to expand membership and influence while discussing issues of importance to the trade.
The annual regatta gathers numerous American yachts and notable vessels from Europe in Kiel. Among participants are the Emperor's ships and yachts like the NorStar of Cornelis Vanderbilt, Mrs. Robert Goelet's Naimale, Charlemagne Tower, and the Ambadendor. The event ends with the Emperor hosting a banquet aboard the Imperial yacht, attended by many Americans.
The Western Golf Association began its annual Open Championship at the Linke course of the Ocvolana Golf Club. Entries include top amateurs and pros, signaling a strong field and high hopes for an exciting event.
Battleships Kentucky and Kearsarge the cruiser Minneapolis and other vessels recently overhauled at the New York navy yard departed for four days of maneuvers off Provincetown Massachusetts. The battleships Alabama Amphix and others, forming the Second Division of the North Atlantic fleet, will participate.
The Deep Seas event begins in New York with a fleet of yachts fitted for swift sea travel racing down the coast to Hampton Roads. Upon arrival at the Reds the yachts join an annual competition with entrants including Worthington Chesapeake May Baltimore and Philadelphia Yacht Club teams.
A railroad plan seeks stockholder approval to adjust ownership and unite several lines. The proposal would create a new holding structure to manage the Chicago network and coordinate expenditures, with a focus on expanding and modernizing traction across major routes.
A local bank in Indiana shuts its doors following a bank run. Officials report liquidity concerns tied to a rumored federal leak and a drop in deposits. No injuries reported. customers are advised to seek alternative branches and consult state banking authorities for guidance.
The wedding of Mr. Krank Cook and Miss Blanche Beaudoin took place at the bride’s brother's home on Park and Eight streets. Rev A C Hogbin officiated before relatives and friends. The bride wore white silk mull, with Miss Mayme Doyle as bridesmaid and Howard Beaudoin as best man. A wedding supper followed and the couple plan to live at 2 North Second Street.
Portland reports the thirty seventh annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association opening with Rev. Anna Howard Shaw presiding. Delegates from all states attend in the First Congregational Church, amid a decorated hall and a notable woman’s flag. Shaw cites slow Congression progress but optimism for future gains, especially in the West, as talks emphasize equal governance and broader civic rights. </note>
Delegates to the state convention of young people's societies of Christian Endeavor of Ohio began arriving in Dayton from across the state. By week's end two to six hundred members are expected. The program features national prominence and multiple meetings conducted by noted workers.
Cornell wins the varsity race with Syracuse second and Wisconsin third as reported from the event. The match highlights the top finishing crews in a tightly contested competition.
Memphis June 29 members of the Southern Cotton Growers association held a imperial meeting to consider the alleged leak of information from the War Department in Washington The assembly seeks to fix responsibility for the leak and to address the alleged acceptance of a declassification.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a deadly incident tied to the steamboat General Soon with reports of numerous bodies found along Twenty-ninth Street area and witness remarks about the grim scene.
Stockholm June 28 a special committee of both houses elected Herr Lundeberg as chairman and Herr Pebron as deputy chairman to pursue a settlement with Norway. Debates condemned the Norwegian jobbing and criticized the Swedish cabinet signaling a peaceful settlement now unlikely. Judge Borg argued force should not be used to sustain the union and Sweden must safeguard itself through cabinet actions.
The Knight, Donnelly and Co brokerage firm failed weeks earlier. Receiver Potter’s ongoing examination estimates liabilities around 2.5 million but could change as the audit proceeds. Senior partner Newell Entant has just returned from Colorado and met with the receiver and auditors’ lawyers.
The ongoing horse sale at the stockyards draws traders from across the United States and Canada, with prices strong and 29 carloads sold by noon. Auctioneer William Holland and local breeders report brisk trade, including unbroken colts and yearlings, and plan for a possible annual sale that could boost Lara time’s profile and Wyoming horse industry.
American consul in Qdeess reports the Russian warship Kniaz Potomkinie and a torpedo boat arrived. Officers murdered at sea, bodies thrown overboard. Sailors threaten bombardment if interfered with. Black Sea fleet expected. mutiny cited aboard Kolaz Potomkine for poor rations and poor leadership.
Loveland Colorado June 20 labor shortage hits farms and sugar factories. Farmers seek workers everywhere as sugar plants suffer. Builders hire laborers stone masons bricklayers machinists and carpenters for new building work including the Steffins process facility.
Six forest assistants will depart Washington on July 1 for the Medicine Bow forest reserve in Wyoming. Their task is to survey and map timber areas to meet reserve demands, aid forest health, and improve conditions for timber supply. The work, directed by TH Sherrand, chief of forest management, aims to identify suitable timber reserves and begin projects to enhance the forest area.
Fragmentary account describes alterations at a burial ground near the city cemetery. A group is said to have found remains from the previous week, with two other graves nearby and authorities investigating the site.
Willam Zullig son of A Zullig a wealthy ranchman from Big Horn drowned in a reservoir near his Sheridan home twelve miles away Yesterday afternoon He and friends swam dove from a spring board and grew exhausted crying for help A rope fell short and he sank to the bottom after the reservoir had to be drained to recover the body He was brother of Herbert Zulia secretary treasurer of the State Loan and Trust company at Sheridan
Norwegian domestic Christiana Dae vie walked about 600 miles on foot to Denver, crossing Wyoming along the Union Pacific route after leaving Salt Lake City. She wished to return to Denver but had no ride, and undertook the arduous trek on foot. The Denver pipers report the arc solid that city.
Mim. Paul Poseoo reported in the city today a quantity of handsome furniture for a ranch home named The Valls, and described it as nearly renovated with refurnished items to suit a comfortable ranch home.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Ora Haley leaving for Ravwliuw and De Vo Coole forming an experiment in the city. OM Wie OF Cheyenne will depart Labvornmw to drive over a large group of heroes purchased today.
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