Cheyenne County Race Program 1915
Race program listing events from Thursday to Saturday September 1915 with free for all purses, Ponies, and distances. Notable races include quarter mile and three-eighths mile sprints, half mile events, relay, motor cycle, and automobile races with top prizes ranging from 2.50 to 50 dollars. Cheyenne County ponies restricted to horses under 14 hands two miles.
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Cosses
Cheyenne County
Ace
Saeveveee
Premium Livestock and Produce Show at Cheyenne County
A historic fair list outlines premiums for livestock and produce. Best Pure Bred Stallion, Mare, and Colt ranks for various breeds. cattle and hog divisions award top bulls cows boars and sows. Chickens, driving teams, draft teams, and mules compete for prizes with specified cash awards. Fruit display awards offer 100 for first and 50 for second per fruit kind.
Indiana Politician Thomas Taggart to Stand Trial
Former Indiana politician Thomas Taggart faces trial on charges tied to election fraud. Prosecutors allege irregularities in campaign finance and ballot handling. The case centers on organized efforts influencing votes and improper recordkeeping.
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Indiana
A. C. Jameson Airman Injured in Eagle Parachute Failure
A. C. Jameson of Council Bluffs suffered serious injuries after an ascent at Eagle. After rising 2000 feet he released his first parachute safely but his second failed, causing a 150 foot fall. He remains in a local hospital with dislocated ribs and spinal injuries.
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A. C. Jameson
Council Bluffs
Eagle
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Union Stock Yards South Omaha August 18 cattle receipts about 5 000 with steady to slightly changed prices for yearlings beef and feeder cattle. Hogs about 9 000 with market down 5 to 10 cents and typical ranges for packers shippers and butchers. Sheep and lamb receipts 13 000 with lambs selling around 8.25 to 8.40 and water content affecting costs. ewes and yearlings shown with mixed demand.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Generally Encouraging Prospects Noted
Bradstreet reports enlargements in house trade and optimistic national mood with smarter metal manufacturing activity. Higher pig iron prices, excellent crop news, war orders boosting plants, stronger collections, and increased crop movement financing are noted. Western rail freight relief and foreign exchange support accompany rising stock market interest as warm weather aids summer sales. fall outlook remains strong. Weekly bank clearings 3,291,662,000.
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Bradstreet’s
Federal Inspector Clarifies Plover and Dove Protections
Federal Inspector Holland visiting the game warden clarified federal protection for plover birds while noting doves fall under state law. He referenced a Washington biological survey letter by W F Bancroft correcting a claim from an unreliable source that plovers were unprotected.
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Holland
Washington
W. F. Bancroft
Biological Survey Department
Zeppelins Strike English Coast In Incendiary Raid
Official report details two Zeppelins attacking the east coast of England. Four men and two women were killed, three men eleven women and nine children injured. Fourteen houses damaged. Zeppelins engaged by aircraft but escaped. one likely damaged by mobile anti aircraft section.
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England
Omaha Jitney Men Charge Bad Faith
Omaha jitney drivers accuse City Solicitor Fleharty of bad faith for allowing the jitney ordinance to pass. Attorney Sutton vows action to recall city commissioners and to seek a referendum on the measure despite its emergency clause.
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Omaha
Sutton
Fleharty
Frontier Days and Carnival at Silver Creek Neb
Silver Creek Nebraska on the Union Pacific line will host Frontier Days and a carnival on September 1 2 and 3. Cash prizes will be awarded for riding and roping with Idaho Bill Texas Jack and Champion steer bull dogger among the attendees. Riders will be especially welcome. P H Bell Secretary.
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Silver Creek
Neb
Union Pacific
Idaho Bill
P. H. Bell
Roosevelt compared to Bismarck in Albany warning
William Barnes Jr warned the New York constitutional convention in session at Albany that failing to curb what he called socialistic or class legislation would lead to an autocratic state akin to Germany. He likened Theodore Roosevelt to Bismarck and claimed the Progressive party pursues the same policies that helped push Germany’s Socialist party to prominence in the Reichstag.
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William Barnes, Jr
New York
Albany
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Nismarck
Progressive Party
Socialist Party
Reichstag
Prisoner of War Dress in Stevenson Novel Cited
A London Standard note recalls Rh I Stevenson in St yes describing a Napoleonic era Edinburgh castle prison prisoner attire. The quoted dialogue mocks a yellow jacket waistcoat and blue striped shirt as a revealing, mass branded uniform for captives and even charity children.
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Rh. I. Stevenson
Jondon
Smugglers of Cornwall and a Vicar’s Confession
A fragment from the London Express recounts the Cornwall coast’s wrecks and smugglers. Rev R S Wawker recalls Tristram Pentire as the last smuggler, who confessed that their earlier lives were sinful, marked by drunken nights and violent, criminal acts. The ad notes threshing belts from C EB Harper.
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Cornwall
England
R. S. Wawker
Tristram Pentire
London Express
Special Prices on Tires thin Week
Tire sale highlights limited week offers with reduced prices. Andy Brott promotes discounts on popular tire models at local shop, urging customers to hurry for best selection and savings.
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Andy
Ogden Gateway rate case ends passenger interchange dispute
The Interstate Commerce Commission settled a major rate controversy in the Ogden Gateway decision. It held the Union Pacific could terminate interchanges with the Denver and Rio Grande, citing shorter mileage and faster service, while noting the D and RG had invested nothing in Oregon Short Line territory and stressing the impracticality of forcing continued parity.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ogden Gateway
Union Pacific System
Ogden
Oregon
Harlan
Commission
Union Pacific
Omaha
Denver and
Rio Grande
New Ferry Across Missouri Opened Near Bellevue
A new ferry across the Missouri River near Bellevue began operation last week. Wire was strung to test current, enabling direct access to the Nebraska shore at Bellevue. The project marks improved regional river transport.
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Missouri River
Bellevue
Nebraska
Bellvue
Zavitsanos Elected Greek Parliament President by Vote
K Zavitsanos a member of the war party was elected president of the Greek chamber of deputies by a vote of 182 to 93. His election reflects the political division and the strength of the war faction within the chamber.
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Shaid Unity
Peer Sete Ceesee
Aos Eneounee
Cecs
Inter Cabbage
S. Radcliffe
Thomas Taggart
American Press Association
Aeronaut Jameson
Sidney Drug Co
Sidney
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Brian
Ee Brewinc Co
T. R
Bismarck
Barnes
C. EB. Harper
Sires A Bank Ac
Wall
Sabo
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