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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
3
Dated timetable fragment shows trains arriving and departing with times such as 10.40 pm 11.20 pm and 7.46 am listed for several routes including East Bound Overland Limited and California Express. The text is incomplete with scattered numbers and partial names.
Daily and weekly rail departures and arrivals listed for Cheyenne including No 164 Accom No 156 Stock Express No 153 daily services. Also mixed trains No 65 No 66 and mail routes for U P B M D P C M along with connections to Fort Russell Little Bear La Grange Little Horse Creek and South Bend at 7 am.
Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 AF and AM meets in the Masonic hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month. Visitors are examined at 7 30 PM.
The Indians begin their second starring tour as various local items unfold. Ed Stahle travels for survey work, officials depart on business, and reunions and receptions are planned. Twenty three western sheep pass through town en route east. a new church cost $2500. electric plant improvements advance Cheyenne. conventions, dances, and civic meetings fill the week.
Hugh and Nora play ping pong with laughter and a comical table game using salt and pepper shakers as goals. They set rules for points and aim the ball through each other's "goals" while puffing cheeks and keeping tally. An old countess remark closes the scene.
The report notes a hot dry week with minimal rainfall across Wyoming. Haying progressed rapidly, alfalfa first cut Western regions complete, second crop advancing Eastern areas. water supplies diminishing, Big Horn County with likely crop failures. Oats harvest begun in Orin Junction. grain and gardens doing well where irrigated. livestock and bees doing well. native hay yields below average in central and eastern sections.
A Union Pacific advertising commission, carrying 100000 dollars, tours the western coast toward Chicago to study local needs and assets. It aims to stimulate trade and attract settlers, aiding local businesses and aligning with broader prosperity efforts. The team includes G. M. McKinnel, A. R. Holmes, A. H. Townsend, I. N. Conkin, and W. H. Burke.
San Francisco hosts the Knights of Pythias biennial gathering on August 11 with round trip rate 40 dollars. Tickets go on sale through August 9 with final return cutoff September 20. Agent J F Barron. City matters note many help wanted ads and sale listings follow.
For Rent five room tenements on South Side 10 a month in good repair apply to N. R. Davis 21146 Ferguson street. For Rent four room house inquire of Dr. Conway Opera House block. For Rent nicely furnished rooms in brick blocks electric light janitor service 5 dollars a month upward also dwelling houses large and small inquire Warren Emporium.
Lost package of baby clothes on Ferguson street dated August 2 with return to BK W Whitcomb at 2223 Ferguson street. Cut flowers and designs for weddings parties and funerals advertised at Chaffin's greenhouse on the corner of Eighteenth and Central avenue. Hot and cold baths advertised at Padgett's Barber Shop on Sixteenth Street for 15 cents.
Reports from Laramie Moore Mandel Patten Red Bank Sunshine and other towns describe dry, hot, and windy conditions. Some areas report good haying weather and crops, while others note scarce irrigation water, low creek levels, poor grain yields, and ongoing forest fires impacting timber.
A Lake Shore railroad fare dispute after passes were rejected on express runs sparked a long lasting feud between John Newell and D W Caldwell. A misread clerk note led to a misdirected pass inscription and fueled enmity until Newell's death.
Department of the Interior Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming announces two notices for publication. Martin Breither files for final proof August 13 1902 for Lots 3 4 BE 1 2 SW 1 4 Sec 30 T15N R63W with witnesses Keenan Thomas Meanea Perry. Also Soren Yensen with preemption declaratory statement 6769 for Sac 22 T18N R69W Granite Canon witnesses Yen sen Strong Christensen Boyce.
More than two thirds of the capital stock voted to dissolve the Citizens' Old and Gas Company under Wyoming law. The dissolution becomes effective after required newspaper publication and filing with state and county offices. Dated June 3, 100% with President L. C. Paddock and Secretary John A. Hall. publication dates listed through August.
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