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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
4
The Cheyenne Leader issue from August 14 1900 lists B A Slack as editor and proprietor with K W De Belle as business manager and A Richardson as city editor.
Misses Ada and Ethel Mills hosted several young friends at Darty yesterday. Jay Hartman sent Max Myer from Battle Lake a fine lion specimen. The Daniels & Fisher nine from Denver with Webster and McCausland visit this weekend. Cheyenne Rifle Club to join Colorado association shoot on September 3 and 4. Eddy and Seventeenth Streets to be opened soon by two well known youths.
A long list of residents and visitors activity fills the Cheyenne page. Names from Omaha Denver Salt Lake and Germany appear as Mrs Richards Governor Richards and J De Forest Richards visit Cheyenne while others return home from the north east or abroad. Local officials and travelers including Judge Carey Tom Jay Tom Lyons and James Murphy are noted with travel plans and health as hints of a busy social season.
The neighborhood on Wet Fifteenth Street discusses a desertion involving Sam Bergman and his wife Mrs Ed Beisher. Their two year old child is cared for by a 14 year old sister while the couple’s whereabouts and the wife’s intentions remain unclear after she left Monday night with a man named Pauson. Residents say the mother may be headed toward Denver or visiting relatives as authorities and locals await further word.
Special to Leader Battle Lake reports a major copper strike three miles south of Battle Lake. Ore runs about 60 percent copper with fourteen inches of solid ore at four feet depth. Harry Wellman notes the find as a district milestone. Frontier Day in Cheyenne draws lodging complaints as hotels raise rates, though other spotters deny price gouging. Committees promise fair lodging for visitors.
E George, brother of J W George the bicycle man, arrived yesterday to visit his ailing sibling but found the heart too weak to endure the altitude and left today after a brief stay.
Union Pacific offers a North Platte street pair excursion from September 4 to September 10 with round trip rate 0.80. Tickets go on sale September 8 through September 9 inclusive. Return by September 10. W. Sweet is the agent for The Leader.
A party of prominent young people departs tomorrow for a camp located 1x miles north of Sherman for a ten day outing. Mr and Mrs La Fontaine will supervise as chaperones. The group travels in four vehicles and includes Mrs Robert La Fontaine Miss Celia O Hoyle Sadie La Fontaine Nan Corn Clara Beard Maud Bradley Clara Underwood Mabel La Fontaine Bradley Kari Snyder Howard Snyder Homer Underwood Gus Buechner and Fred Peterson.
Harry Witt predicts Luzon will become a noted gold producer as mining men from America arrive to open properties. A typhoon battered the voyage to Manila with 12 of 400 mules landing. Will Fisher earned praise for coolness and now serves under Capitan Perry, formerly Lieutenant Perry of Fort Russell.
Engineer Marr relocates today to a new Evans street residence between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets. Mrs. Marr and baby return from North Platte after a six week visit. Joe Daly moves into a cottage he bought at Central avenue and Twenty first street, and plans to be at home there by next week. Mr Reynolds, a commercial traveler, will occupy the Richardson house opposite the High school, with his family arriving from California around September 1.
Last Friday night Nightning caused havoc in Hart creek country. Pete Summers found eleven head of dead antelope and two horses on Brush creek belonging to Sam Beaman after a lightning strike. E Partridge lost a cow and a yearling steer two miles from his ranch. Sloan Shaver's ranch worker lost 90 in bills and other valuables in the blaze. Philip Shaver saw flames from a milk wagon returning from town as the barn caught fire.
Alex McGregor a census trader of livestock for Carbon Ulita and Sweetwater counties visited Battle Lake this week and purchased a Main street lot to start a mercantile business. A fire at Sloan and Shaver’s ranch destroyed three buildings. the new ranch house was saved. Loss about one thousand dollars, partly insured.
James Cox, a noted boiler maker, is appointed traveling boiler maker for Union Pacific and will begin duties on schedule dates. He inspects boilers and arranges repairs. The notice also reports Pat McGil will be adjudged insane tomorrow and sent to the asylum after a sap stroke left him delirious.
The body of Susie Mullen two months old, child of Mr and Mrs John Mullen of Wheatland, arrived this morning and was buried from the Terobull Undertaking Parlors. Father joined in the rites.
A horse fell into a yard well while grazing at Mrs. Apperson’s. neighbors proposed a trench and bucket plan, a two hour rescue ensued. A dog and cat dispute on Twenty-second Street led to a heated quarrel as bystanders watched. A gossip sermon inquiry and a gunman targeting barking dogs sparked local curiosity amid traffic near the lake.
From Sterman comes word of a tunnel blast where an electric spark triggered a rumble as rock and earth hurled into the air. Firefighters and crews faced exposure in rain and sun, leading to grievance board attention and an order to fit engines 1560 and 1700 with a light steel hood over cabs. Cheyenne shops have begun modifications, with more to follow.
Mr and Mrs D H Brees and their son return from San Francisco to bid farewell to Lieutenant Herbert Drees. He is ordered to the Orient with the Ninth Cavalry, delayed by an outbreak of glanders that killed over a hundred horses and destroyed tack. The exact embarkation day is not yet known. Members of the First Baptist Church are asked to attend a business meeting after the prayer meeting on Wednesday.
A Be care to note Thomas Longhurst funeral director, located at S14 West 16th Street, is highlighted for reliable service in honoring honest endeavors by the Ban Franklin organization.
City items list meals at the Sterling and baths at Padgett's barber shop with hot and cold services priced at 15 cents. A help-wanted notice seeks a girl for general house work at 2015 Ferguson Street.
Sale offers two hacks two horses and one set double harness at a cheap price in Cheyenne. Inquiries directed to J. W. Griffin at 123 W 19th. Also advertised is The Metropolitan hotel with modern improvements including hot water steam heat gas electric light baths barber shop parlor and first class amenities per terms of the sale.
Wartime era notice offers furnished rooms and electric light in houses owned by Warren Emporium. Locations available at various times. inquire for arrangements.
The author denounces the Tribune’s drunken operator interviews and urges readers to trust railroad officials over intoxicated staff. The piece defends officials claiming drunken workers cannot delay trains for long, while criticizing sensational columns.
Mrs William Modgeman entertained friends at a formal musicale honoring Misa Pransu Hayford last evening. The eighteenth event featured vocal and instrumental performances by local musicians presented by Alles Mayford. A cake walk was a highlighted activity of the evening.
The funeral took place this morning from the home on Kiddy street. Rev Rafter pronounced the Episcopal burial service.
Police arrested two men today after a street fight sparked by a lingering dispute. An owner and a tenant clashed over money matters, drawing a crowd and prompting calls for restraint as officers intervened.
The Scalabla family and Mr and Mrs N A Andyua host a church benefit tonight at their home for the Firet Methodist Eunicopal church. A dress cutting class and tailored garments are offered with half price for pupils. Madam Doty and Mrs Bishop coordinate with Davy block.
Unclear text describes Governor and staff attending a launch in San Francisco with plans affecting Cheyanne on September 4. Mentions the Molter Wyoming and possible chartering or maritime movements, but the fragmentary wording obscures concrete actions or outcomes.
A report describes Mrs Williams, wife of a machinist, opening a bottle when it shattered and cut her right wrist badly. The item notes a job seeking tutor with years of experience.
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