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2015.180.11.104Scope and Content
Miscellaneous Newspaper Notes
BAKER COLLECTION
Miscellaneous Notes from the Carbon County Journal and the Rawlins Republican
Time Period as Noted
Baby Grif Maghee died 2/9/1901, source not listed
CCJ 9/28/1895 pg. 3-Snake River Stage late; herder George Gray
CCJ 8/5/1906 Jost/Phelen kids throwing dynamite; information on various stage coaches, including Sam Green
CCJ 11/2/1895 Pg. 3-Milton McAnally shot by Smith on Pass Creek some weeks ago article; Benjamin F. Northington obituary.
CCJ 11/10/1906-Front, Frank Blake obituary.
CCJ 11/17/1906- Front, Frank Blake death notice
Bill Carlisle citizenship restored in 1947, no source given
Frank Tillman, railroad conductor, buys Weightmens Meat Market; Dorothea Zingsheim wed George Henry Beckman, 1876?
CCJ 1/30/1886-reference to Thornburg window in the Episcopal Church;
CCJ 2/27/1886-Malachi Dillon and Nellie Fagan wed
RRep. Political ad, 3/29/1912, pg. 4-Rubie Rivera
RRep. 3/2/1912 front-Turpin begins survey for Transcontinental Highway working Rawlins to Sweetwater line first.
CCJ 4/22/1899 Pg. 3-Captain Morgan Maghee went to Cheyenne for funerals article.
CCJ 11/9/1895 Pg. 3-The Miller building occupied by Frank Keefe as grocery article; C. R. Jones, manager of Pass Creek Sheep Co. took Milton McAnally to Denver-(not expected to live). Charles Smith, and accessory Frank M. Barton, to stay in jail, etc.
CCJ 11/21//1903 Pg. 3-complete page about Tom Horn case.
CCJ 3/26/1904-Mark Edwards, Jr. weds Pearl Lewis.
RRep. 4/9/1902Pg. 3-Mrs. Maggie (Jones) Davis/ Daves? formerly of Carbon shot April 18th at Fort Steele, Dr. Finney treated her in Rawlins.
CCJ 4/12/1902 Pg. 4-Account of the shooting of Mrs. Maggie Jones Davis.
An entry from the 1900 Census on John and Margaret Jones, and Joe and Margaret Davis and their two children
CCJ, 3/7/1903- Warden Hehn, Dr. Finney and Will Herbert article.
Notes from Progressive Men of Wyoming, pg. 610. Charles Edward Blydenburgh article
CCJ 1/12/1907 Pg. 6 Rumph & Nicholas have disposed of their saloon (Elk Horn) at Medicine Bow and will open one on Front Street.
CCJ 3/2/1907 Pg. 2 Manager Krueger states Knox and Tanner to add on to shop
CCJ 3/16/1907 Front –Dr. Morgan Maghee article; M. F. Jukes
CCJ 3/30/1907-Pg. 2 & 3-Elk Mountain to build a stone church, “Elk Mountain Peoples Church;” E. A. Slack article; information about newspapers
CCJ 4/6/1907-Pg. 4-U. S. Marshal, Louis G. Davis took the job of retiring Marshal Frank Hadsell
CCJ 4/13/1907-Pg. 4-The Republican charges that A. McMicken with saying “it was time the Swedes quit running the town” Chris Mathison is alleged to have said, “after the next election there will not be an Irishman left in office who will be there, but Swedes”
CCJ 4/20/1907-Pg. 2, “First Fruits” Brothel granted liquor license, article; Weightman Brothers Meat Market and fixtures for sale
CCJ 5/4/1907-Pg. 2- Anderson appointments: Marshal-C.B. Glunz; Police-James Lavin, Fred Hilderbrand, C. P. Miller; Pump man-J. Mahe & C. Bengson?
CCJ 9/21/1907-Front-Club Saloon porter arrested on charge of bringing into city & offering for sale “Dr. Birney’s catarrh cure”
CCJ 10/19/1907-Pg. 3-Episcopal Bishop
CCJ 11/9/1907-Pg. 2-Mrs. Van Dayton and the death of Nellie Gertrude Van Dayton article
CCJ 4/4/1908-Pg. 3-Andy Comstock arrested in Billings for horse theft, Sheriff Horton brought him back; Carpenters remodeled 1st floor of Elk Building
CCJ 4/11/1908-Pg. 2-Keefe trial to go to the State Supreme Court
CCJ 4/25/1908-Front-Keefe secures bond, released from Laramie Jail, returns to Rawlins
CCJ 5/7/1908-Front-Keefe to reside near Denver, leased a fruit farm
7/11/1908-Front-Alma M. Kirk to get $12.00 month for husband Henry A. Kirk, a former private in Co. K, 185 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
CCJ 8/8/1908-Front-Obituary George Henry Beckman, born 2/30/1837, came to U. S. 1868.
CCJ 8/22/1908-Front-C. W. Young, “wanted to be an Indian” joined a tour of Indians and walked out of the penitentiary, considered dangerous.
CCJ 10/24/1908-Pg. 4-F. C. Luskei article
CCJ 9/121908-Front-James Dickinson (colored), Ranchman from Pass Creek, treated unfairly by the police article
CCJ 3/4/1910-Front-Photo and history of the Masonic Temple
CCJ-12/23/1910-Front-City Marshall Will Hayes resigns, replaced by C. A. Payette replaced him
CCJ-1/ 6/ 1911-Front-Mark M. Coad shot by sheepherder (happened in Cheyenne)
CCJ-1/13/1911-Front-Union Pacific Cop, J. C. Rose, shot and seriously wounded Austrian Joseph Melicharck while he was walking down the track article
RRep 1/27/1909-Front-Article on John Mahoney
RRep 2/20/1909-Front-Dr. T. G. Maghee back from Lander will open his old office here again (next to Wyoming Drug); H. K. Bennett building at 403 West Spruce
RRep 4/10/1909-Front-Stone reference, unclear
RRep 5/22/1909-Front-Hanna going dry, saloons closed, article
RRep 6/5/1909-Front-All births and deaths must be registered, Doctor’s names given
RRep 9/25/1909-Front-Fred Jukes and George Barber buy studio in Salt Lake City
RRep 10/23/1909-Baggs to go dry when F. Jebens license expires. State legislature passed law that saloons cannot be in unincorporated towns.
RRep 1/1/1910-Pg. 7, This edition of the newspaper has many photographs of early day buildings and people, Ferris Mansion, J. A. Bennett Hardware, Sheep Wagon all on page 7; Pg. 3-“old I.O.O. F. building;” Cottage Hotel, Blake House, Stockgrowers National Bank; Front page-Birdseye view of Rawlins photo with article; other photos Elks Club and Masonic Lodge.
CCJ 1/26/1911-J. C. Rose shot a colored man for trying to hop a
train. Citizens claim cold-blooded affair and want him disarmed; preliminary hearing for J. C. Ross before Justice Friend.
CCJ 2/10/1911-J. G. Jost and son article; Bert E. Nix, Evanston machinist, to enter airplane in aviation contest? In Salt Lake City
CCJ 2/24/1911-Mrs. James Rankin, sister of Postmaster Perry Smith died at Kingman, AZ. Husband James recently went to Soldier’s Home in Buffalo, WY.
CCJ 3/3/1911-Front- Dr. Birney’s catarrh cure is illegal in Rawlins (see 1907). “Users are robbed of senses, blindness, and insanity, affects the heart and extremely addictive.”
CCJ 3/17/1911-Front-More on Dr. Birney’s catarrh cure; pg. 2-Hogback Lake; Mrs. M. F. Jukes wintered in SLC, back in Rawlins
CCJ 5/5/1911-Front-Effie Murchison died;
CCJ 6/2/1911-Pg. 6-Bascon Skaggs found guilty of the murder of William Harris , claimed was a duel.
CCJ 6/30/1911-Prisoner F. Garrigo, killer of Mark Ca__? Attempted suicide
CCJ 8/11/1911-Mrs. Bailey having Boiler annex put in for hot and cold water in every room (200 blk of 6th)
CCJ 10/6/1911-Front-Robert Temple trial before Judge R. K. Matson
CCJ 10/13/1911-Front-Robert Temple guilty of manslaughter article
CCJ 10/27/1911-Front-Hogback Lake
CCJ 12/29/1911-Mrs. Sam Green notes
CCJ 1/14/1912-Front-Bob Meldrum kills Chick Bowen article
CCJ 1/26/1912-Front-Bob Meldrum arrested article
CCJ 2/9/1912-Front-James Ferguson, President of Ferguson Mercantile Store, death and lengthy obituary in the actual newspaper
Rawlins Republican 11/17/1900-A. A. Brown and self-running bicycle invention article and other family information
Carbon County Journal 4/28/1888-Masonic Fraternity update their hall
Carbon County Journal 7/28/1888-H. Ball, Malachi Dillon have been working on a new railroad car brake, patent applied for.
Carbon County Journal 8/25/1888-Pg. 3, col. 4-error corrected-not J. R. Dixon who accompanied Malachi Dillon to Wendover, but Thomas Hanks went with Dillon; Denver train robbers
Carbon County Journal 9/1/1888- Orlando McSwain arrested, Justice Dodge dismissed
Carbon County Journal 11/10/1888-Malachi Dillon rents building for saloon, to lower building to street level
Carbon County Journal 2/16/1889- Notes on age and voting
Carbon County Journal 2/23/1889-Pg. 3, Col. 1-Thornburg window to be dedicated at Episcopal Church; Carbon County rejects the creation of Natrona County
Carbon County Journal 8/10/1889-Pg. 3, col. 3-H. A. Chapman and John Foote incident
Carbon County Journal 4/5 & 12/1889-Pg. 3, Col 1-Rawlins Lime Company (J. C. Friend, William McCarty, J. C. Davis officers
Carbon County Journal 5/17/1890-Pg. 3, Funeral of Frank Ernest, organizer of Sand Creek Land and Cattle Company
Carbon County Journal 2/6/1892-Pg. 3, Col. 4-Black Diamond disputes Journal story saying Pete Pampel lost 900 head of sheep in storm. He said sheep are fine.
(on the back of this sheet is an article about the French racing car drivers being feted at the Union Pacific restaurant, probably 1908. There is no reference)
1920 Sanborn Map, old “Blickfeldt Blacksmith Shop,” Lot 8822, West Cedar, S.E. corner of 9th and Cedar (miscellaneous note without a reference)
Carbon County Journal 5/17/1890-Pg. 3, Col. 4-C. L. Wagner and pit incident
Carbon County Journal 5/24/1890-Pg. 3, Col. 4-George Webb, doing well, prosperous, on his way to Washington with complete outfit.
Carbon County Journal 10/18/1890-Pg. 2, Col 3-4-Litho & biography of Dr. J. H. Finfrock
Carbon County Journal 2/5/1898-Front, Col. 3- Thomas A. Edison Jr. has a solution to aerial navigation problem article
Carbon County Journal 7/2/1898-A 14 room house for rent suitable for hotel, Lyde (Lydia) Willis , Rawlins
Carbon County Journal 6/26/1909-Front, Col. 5-Deputy Sheriff Taylor from Saratoga arrested Bert Stickney for stealing cattle, others involved: Oscar Oberg, Bob Webster. Includes other information.
Carbon County Journal undated notation about the death and funeral of James Ferguson
Carbon County Journal 4/5/1912-Pg. 4, Col. 3- W. E. Bible and Co. to occupy Charles J. Johnson’s Stone Livery Barn, will convert same to auto garage for their auto sales.
Carbon County Journal 4/12/1912-Local photographer M. F.
Jukes is sick, article
Carbon County Journal 6/7/1912-Pg. ?, Col. 3-Dr. T. G. Maghee made Superintendent of Wyoming School in Lander, his hometown
Carbon County Journal 7/12/1912-Pg. ?, Col. 3-Mark Cond’s killer, L. Garielo aka F. Carriela suicide at Pen.Collection
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