Cheyenne Welcomes Elk Delegations With Parade and Bands
Elks owned the city as hundreds gathered to greet visiting Elks from Denver Albuquerque Omaha and Baltimore plus Gaylord and Gaylord drill team bands. The Denver and Omaha trains led a parade through Cheyenne with local Elk escorts and crowds at the depot. Additional trains from the east arrived overnight drawing joyous receptions and musical displays.
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Cheyenne
The
Elke
Salt Lake
Denver Lodge
Albuquerque
N.M
Quien Sabe Drill Club
Fort Russell
Hoffman Building
Fifteenth Street
Denver
Omaha
Sioux City
Lincoln, Neb
Gaylord’s
Elk
Bond Band
York Neb
Elks
Eighteenth Infantry Band
Inter Ocean
Kabia
Market
Baltimore
Far East
Elk Arrests Spur Feud Over Pinto Bill Prank
Spot Moore alias Pinto Bill of Albuquerque Lodge No 461 was arrested for carrying concealed weapons and fined 17 dollars plus costs. The incident, described as a joke on Pinto Bill, was to have the money returned after he reaches Salt Lake City.
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Spot” Moore
Pinto Bill
Albuquerque
Moore
Pinto Bil
Salt Lake
Cheyenne Lodge Initiates Six in Antlered Class
A Cheyenne Lodge No. 660 meeting Saturday night initiated six candidates into Elkhom mysteries. Five outsiders joined from town to attend a Salt Lake Carnival trip today. The class included Henry G. Hay and Dr. F. C. Rugg of Cheyenne, John P. McMahon and John E. Higgins of Glenrock, William Hines of Casper, and Richard Latham of Iron Mountain.
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Cheyenne Lodge No. 660
Elkhom
Salt Lake
Henry G. Hay
Cheyenne
F. C. Rugg
John P. McMahon
John E. Higgins
Glenrock
William (Misson) Hines
Casper
Richard Latham
Iron Mountain
Cheyenne Frontier Show Declares Preeminent Exhibition
Promoters of the Denver Festival of Mountain and Plain claim to offer the real frontier show but observers say Cheyenne provides the genuine article. The champions will be decided by contests here with top riders and wild horses from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show competing, and fifty entries are expected before the celebration.
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Denver
Cheyenne
Buffalo Bill
C. B. Richardson
Frontier Committee
West
Mrs Frances R Brown Marries Lyman F Lane in Kansas City
Mrs Frances R Brown widow of George Brown a former local jeweler wed Lyman F Lane assistant disburning agent of Indian Territory based in Muskogee. The couple will reside in Muskogee and Mrs Brown remains well known in Cheyenne.
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Frances R. Brown
George Brown
Kansas City
Lyman F. Lane
Indian Territory
Muskogee
Brown
Cheyenne
Bonds to Leave Tomorrow for Washington D C
Frank Bond and his wife and son plan to depart by afternoon train for Washington D C to assume duties as Illustrator in the office of Prof Elwood Mead and to oversee rice investigations in the Carolinas Texas and Louisiana They will visit relatives in Lake View Minnesota Davenport Iowa Cheyenne friends regret their departure after many years here Also a Cheyenne man on vacation spent a weekend in Denver and vicinity then returned home Sunday morning asking a friend for a loan of a shirt and two bits to buy breakfast He isn t an Elk but ought to be
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Frank Bond
Washington, D. C
Mr. Bond
Lake View
Minn
Denver
Rawlins Elks Delegation Heads to Salt Lake
Rawlins delegation of Elks left for Salt Lake City led by Morgan M. Maghee representative to the grand lodge with Judge Homer Merrill district deputy and members George Wren Ed Wallace H B Jennings Charles Reid and others.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Elks
Salt Lake
Morgan M. Maghee
Grand Lodge
Homer Merrill
George Wren
Ed. Wallace
H. B. Jennings
Charles Reid
Indians Abandon Game Due to Bad Weather
The Indians did not play today in Grand Island Nebraska as the game was abandoned because of inclement weather. They will play at Kearney tomorrow.
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Grand Island
Neb
Kearney
Reverend Armington Delivers Quiet Sermon in Sabetha
Rev. G. F. Armington of Sabetha Kansas preached at the East church on probation to a modest audience. He pleased his listeners with his eloquence and was described as an able speaker.
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G. F. Armington
Sabetha
Kans
East Church
Local Births and Wishes Arrive in the City
Albert Bekdall a young ranchman and father of a baby boy born yesterday. Mr and Mrs Bekdall are in the city. R Beebe of Hear Creek ranch is the father of a seven pound girl. Barney McCaffrey connected with the Encampment enterprises visits the city. Work on the serial tramway progresses and the line will open soon.
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Albert Bekdall
Mra. Bokdall
R. Beebe
Hear Creek
Barney McCaffrey
Sowder to Defend Diamond Championship Belt
Sowder states plans to defend his title as Rough Rider of the World in Denver on October 7 and 8 riding against all competitors for the diamond championship belt won that fall. The belt requires three consecutive wins to claim property, and Sowder must defeat challengers for two more years to secure it permanently.
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Sowder
Denver
Heir to $60,000 Fortune Linked to Wyoming Residents
Oscar Anderson of Cheyenne is named heir to $60,000 in a Scottish estate. David Chapman of Frontier, Wyoming, also inherits 6,000 pounds sterling and $30,000 in Edinburgh property after the death of a relative. Mrs Chapman plans a trip to Scotland this week.
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Wyoming
Oscar Anderson
David Chapman
Frontier
Wyo
Edinburgh
Chapman
Scotland
Infanticide Investigated in Laramie
Authorities probe a fatal infanticide in Laramie Wyoming after discovering a newborn under a South Third Street sidewalk with a paper stuffed in its mouth. The case emerged Saturday night and is under police and coroner review. Today Judge Becker presided over the marriage of Richard Welton and Miss Mabel Evans of Denver, who wed before departing on the afternoon train.
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Laramie
Wyo
South Third Street
Judge Becker
Richard Welton
Mabel Evans
Denver
Colo
Elopement Shocks Cody as Couple Flees on Horseback
Word reaches Cody Wyoming that Jesse Jones and Miss Terrill of Burlington eloped and ride away on horse from pursing father to seek a minister. Union Pacific issues large Frontier Day cards featuring a Cowboys and Indian camp scene as part of the celebration ad.
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Cody
Wyo
Jesse Jones
Miss Terrill
Burlington
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Official Heads West to Check Service
Union Pacific Superintendent W L Park travelled in his private car to Evanston to ensure good service for Colonel Cody on the Wild West show tour. In Rawlins Rev E B Giffen was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church with Rev Kirkwood Brundage and Bainton officiating. J W McManus, a ranchman, drowned in the Big Horn river and his body was recovered ten miles below the scene of the accident. Clarence Mickel, 10, was injured by an ice wagon in an incident at noon. The Indians defeated Shelton 11 to 1 in a five game set, Shelton avoiding a shutout by a miracle. Five big forest fires rage in southern Carbon county threatening timber. a fire brigade will be organized.
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W. L. Park
Union Pacific
Evanston
Colonel Cody
Rawlins
Wyo
E. BE. Giffen
Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
Brundage
Bainton
Giffenin
la Salle
Colo
J. W. McManus
Big Horn
Cody
Corbon County
Funeral for John Healey at St Marys Cathedral
Funeral this morning from St Marys Cathedral with Father Delahanty officiating attended by Modern Woodmen and many friends. Tom Costello, a car shop clerk, is father of a baby girl born Sunday. mother and child are well. Switchman Ben McPhee of Diamondville injured with two frostbitten feet after being run over by a car last week.
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John Healey
St. Mary's Cathedral
Father Delahanty
Tom Costello
Ben MeoPhee
Diamondville
Vast Laramie Plains irrigation project eyed by financiers
A Denver News dispatch reports engineers plan a network of about fifty reservoirs in Albany County Wyoming to reclaim thousands of arid acres. Backed by eastern and Colorado capital, the scheme targets 100000 acres of irrigated land, with eastern farmers invited to settle. Chittenden of the U.S. government endorses the venture as highly feasible.
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Laramie
Denver News Today
Albany County
Estern
Colorado
Lafe Pence
Federal Land Office
Washington, D. C
Medicine Bow
Rock Creek
Libby Creek
French Creek
North
Carey
Wyoming
Inter-Mountain
Chittenden
United States
Uncle Sam
Laramie Plains
Generations Gather at Donovan Home Guests from Rock Island
Mrs McCabe and Mrs Ross of Rock Island Irc are visiting Mrs Sarah Donovan. The Donovan home hosts four generations of the family.
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McCabe
Ross
Rock Island
Irc
City
Sarah Donovan
Donovan
Cody Receives Special Mormon Recital Invitation
A letter from Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, dated August 8 1902 in Salt Lake City, congratulates Col W F Cody for publicizing Utah and its pioneer life and invites the Wild West show to a special organ recital and concert in the tabernacle on Thursday morning the 14th.
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Col. W. F. Cody
Joseph F. Smith
The
Mormon Church
Salt Lake
Utah
W. F. Cody
Salt Lake City
Tabernacle
Frontier Rates For Union Pacific Celebration
Special rates issued for the Frontier celebration in Denver on August 27 and 28. A $3 round trip from Denver, tickets on sale August 26 and 27 and morning of the 28th, good through August 29. A $2 one day rate for August 28. Colorado and Southern arranging a special train from Boulder Loveland Longmont and Fort Collins on the 28th morning. Three main events Bucking and pitching steer roping and ladies riding with the world saddle on display in Denver.
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Union Pacific
Denver
Colorado and Southern
Boulder
Loveland
Longmont
Fort Collina
Burglar Sought After Twenty Fourth and Evans Robbery
Police cannot locate clues in a burglary on Twenty fourth and Evans last Saturday with about 100 dollars in value stolen. Believed to be committed by a circus roustabout. On August 18 W P Carroll to lecture at M B church on how a thunderstorm changed world destiny.
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Twenty-fourth
Evans Street
W. P. Carroll
M. EB. Church
Methodist mission head dedicates Guernsey church in Wyoming
Superintendent E. E. Tarbill dedicated the two year old church at Guernsey as part of Methodist missions in Wyoming. Separately, Joe Roberts Tim Williams and A M Clark left for a two week fishing trip to the Big Laramie in North Park Colorado. Laura Cowhick leaves for a three month Atlantic coast visit to Boston and New York with other seaboard stops. Miss Ludell and Miss Bessie Kelley visit Mrs H G Hoel at 107 East Eighteenth Street. Found pin reported. call Leader office.
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E. E. Tarbill
Methodist Missions
Wyoming
Guernsey
Joe Roberts
Tim Williams
A. M. Clark
Big Laramie
North Park
Colo
Atlantic Coast
Laura Cowhick
Boston
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Man named Greenwald arrested for forging checks in Kemmerer
A man identified as Greenwald was arrested in Kemmerer for forging checks drawn on HU Brothers sheepmen and passed at the Wilk Hotel Geologiat Home. State Geologist Beeler returned home from Douglas after inspecting mining prospects in the area and noted several excellent claims in the locality. A Rent or Want ad in The Leader yields quick results.
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Greenwald
Kemmerer
HU Brothers
Aheepmen
Wilk Hotel
Douglas
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DR. G. E. Glaze
A. D. Robinson
Capitol Avenue
Germany
France
A. E. Roedel
Pharmagy
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Knight's
West Sixteenth St
S. Drobacz
Seventeenth Street
Eddy
A. D. Mahaffay, M.D
D. 0
Osteopath
Grainger Cycle Co
Gaylord
Geo. Brown
Rawlins Elks
Cowhick Dry GoodsCo
Masonic Temple
McCaffrey
Judge
Frontier Advertising
Park
Clarence
Fred Mickel
Shelton
Indians
Immanss
Laramie Plaine
Frontier Rates
Daily Leader
Eerveig
Firat
Misses Ludell
Bessie Kelley
Mra
H. G. Hoel
East Eighteenth Street
GEO. W. Sneider
Alem
Logan
Denver “Horse Show
C.F. Martin
Denver, Colorado
Forger
Bae
Wm.myers & Co
John Harrington
Geo. H. Nagle
Chase. Miller
Corbon
Union Mercantile Co
Ferguson Street
Union
Howe
Han
Easant
Union Mercantile Company
Miller
Jovery
David Miller
Fef. S. Johnston
Grocer
W. 17Th St
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