Wyoming Day Proclaimed for Lewis and Clark Exposition
A Wyoming state proclamation sets Monday July 10 1905 as Wyoming day at the Lewis and Clark exposition and designates July 10 to 15 as Wyoming Cities week with full state representation. Other items note Conductor Goff’s 35th birthday surprise in Cheyenne, sheep losses from crude oil dipping in Pratt, and a Casper to Wind River railway contract awarded to Kilpatrick Brothers for 75000. Mrs. Lillian McConnell seeks divorce on desertion and non support grounds.
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Claverior
Lawra End
Clarks
Portland
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Wyoming
Great Northwest
Lillian McConnell
District Court
R. J. McConnell
McConnell
Laramie County Times Advertising Tagline
A promotional line from the Laramie County Times touts value with a yearly subscription price of $1.50, claiming the publication is worth the cost.
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Laramie County Times
Wyoming Farmers Embrace Irrigated Farming On Laramie Plains
A Denver dispatch reports Wyoming ranches shifting from grazing to farming aided by government experiments. Crops like field peas oats and alfalfa expand under improved irrigation and scientific methods. Plans for large scale storage on the Big and Little Laramie rivers could open 200 000 acres to cultivation and attract settlers next spring.
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Daramie
Denver News
Laramie Plains
Rinehinen
Colorado
Laramie
Big
Little Laramie
North Platte
Chithendon
Reclamation Service
Plains
Wyoming Development Company
Wheatland Flats
Centennial Notes Highlight Pioneer Day At Fair
June 15 marked Pioneer Day with a large crowd of old settlers at the Fair. The Hash couple from Newberg Oregon, Uncle John age 79 and Aunt Mary 80, are the oldest visitors noted. A special train brought over 200 Nebraska lumbermen last Saturday to be hosted by Oregon lumber manufacturers. The Masons have built a new building for entertainment and provided lounging and sick rooms beside reception areas. Read the times.
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John Hash
Mary Hash
Newberg
Ore
John
Plains
Ist
Nebraska
Oregon
Masonic Order
Bunco Steerers in Denver Nabbed by Boosters Guides
A Nebraska farmer visiting Denver was duped by two guides from the Boosters committee who led him to spend money and meet others before disappearing with the cash. The incident ends with the victim realizing he had been buncoed in a crude city scam.
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Nebraska
Denver
Boosters’ Committee
Young burglars released on habeas corpus writs
Five youths sentenced to the penitentiary for breaking into a box car on the Union Vieille have been discharged by writs of habeas corpus. The lads, from good families, included the son of United States Attorney McMillan of Jaws and another son of a prominent Iowa attorney. They admitted burglary after entering the car believed to hold stolen goods, which had already been looted, as they planned to flee to the Portland fair.
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Union Vieille
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Goff
Cheyenne
Times Office
Mys Ranch
Sturgeon’s Gulch
I. D. Freeman
Northwestern Railway
Casper
Wind River Indian Reservation
Kilpatrick Brothers
the Times
Bunco Steerers
Wheavn.and Servy Co
I. W. Gray
Hoys
Alexander Rowie Pnennenr
Shiek
State Bank
Surpeleem
Sute
D. W. Brice
D. B. Rigdon
Wheatland
H. E. Tisch
Attorneys-At-Law
Notarius Public
Asp Conveyancing
C. W. Goodrich
Nan
Kenney’s
Banking House OF
General Banking
OLD Line Life and Fire Insurance
Stan
Oliver
THE
Oliver TypewrIter CO
Omaha
Bud Waitman
Uss
Scientific American
WN & Co
New York
Good & CO
Allens
SHEIE
M, M, Gibbons
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