Dynamic Deal in Contention at Lake Patchago
A devastating explosion and fire at a lake construction crib near Seventy third Street kills fifty three and injures many more. The tunnel and crib were built by George W Jackson Company with fifty to ninety workers often housed on site. the blast likely originated from a powder house near the crib triggering a massive blaze that hid in ice and smoke. Authorities and rescuers worked through the night to identify victims and secure the wrecked site on the lake shore.
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Patcago
Lake Siebien
Crib
George W. Jackson Company
Maggie
Morford
Mall
Conway
Chicago
Wyoming Legislature Opens First Week With Key Bills
The Wyoming legislature completed its first week of a forty day session with three notable measures. A county local option bill is drawing interest in both houses though not yet reported back by committees. A repeal of death damage imitation in the Winkoman 96000 issue faces railroad lobby opposition amid debate on Big Horn county division and Park county creation.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Park Coun
Cleveland club figures as quirky cast in baseball lore
Narratives recall Clarke of Cleveland and brother Fred Pitaburg, playful streetwise anecdotes about Doc White, Charley Hickman, and bold baseball figures like Chris Von der Ahe and Joe Cantillon. Vivid vignettes describe Dentists, mules, and wild pitches by Rube Waddell, Zeke Wilson, and others in early baseball lore.
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Josh
Charley Hick
Ingland
Chicago
Clark Doc White
Charley
Docke
Clarke
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Kesnanate
Tom Ming
L. Quealy
Preatier, Wyoming
Kemmerer
F.R. Curtis
Kemmerer, Wyc
Ben Bagnell
Memmerer
Wrosen
Pete
Fersia
THE
Wyoming Legislature
Cordove Cigar Company
Denver
Chris von der Ahe
Napoleon
Marceline
Third Avenue
Bo Chris
Chris
Grand Central
New York
Arte Latham
Latham
Joe Cantilion
St. Louis
Hedeos
Browns
Cantillon
Cantilon
Walter Johnson
Rube” Waddell
Pennsylvania
Hutler
G. Edward
Waddell
Bulls
Grandstand
Rube
Wedelaean
Bier
Zeke” Wilson
Baltimore
Zeke
Tebean
Greenbaum Br
Louisville
Joe Gideon
Winghester
Winchester Gans
Winchester Repeating Armsco
New Haven
Conn
Bon Ton Restaurant
H. A. Koon and
L. G. Poy
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Glencoe Saloon Ogers
Joe Pagllasatti
John Croce
Glencoe
the Union Butcher Shop
Blaise & Dunn
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