Local notes mix with theater and town events in August 1901
Cheyenne updates list cement deliveries water quality sermons at St Mark's and Methodist churches, train speed cautions, family visits, golf practice, Front Day rail fares, ranch sales, grasshopper damage, upcoming dances, governor pardon, railway clerks meeting, road grading, horse breaking, calf hairlessness, Caspar telephone work, water needs vs rains, Ward sisters release, Tudlans rumor, sheep clip estimate, timber and stone filings, library gifts, and local ads and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramite
J. L. Craig
Casper
St. Mark's Church
Bome
C. D. Oviatt
Laramie
Roy
Tarbill
Sam Asher
Camp Carlin
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Denver
Young Corbett
Young Dixon
Dwight H. Cole
Guthrie
Wyo
Hns
Thomas G. Bruner
Crawford
Turners
Press Association
Richards
Elmer Crum
Crum
W. G Bruce
National Railway Mail Clerks’ Association
Omaha
Ferguson Street
Capitol
Golden Corrals
McKeen
North Platte
Bob McCabe
Rawlins
Pearl Padgette
Ward Sisters
Fort Russell Town
Crack Pitcher
Glaze
Simmons
Tme
Snow
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Wyoming
T. S. Burke
H H. Pills
Alice Hebard
C. W. Burdick
Ella Furniss
Vreeland
Henry Conway
Frontier Days contracts let for wild horses and steer roping
Perry Williams wins the contract to furnish about 20 head of wild horses for Frontier Days roping and riding contests at the fair grounds paying 25 dollars per head. Charles Hirsig will supply about ten wild steers at 13 dollars per head for the steer roping event. Prizes for frontier costumes at the open air ball are planned with cash awards for best couple and most comic outfits. Clarence Richardson and Del Holliday will travel to Denver to secure additional vaudeville features for the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Committee
Murray
Fair Grounds
Perry Willams
Charles Hirsig
Frontier
Clarence Richardson
del Holliday
Denver
Episcopal church aid faces over $100,000 deficit
Albany August 17 Bishop Dean who chairs the board of missions of the Episcopal church reports a deficit exceeding $100,000 in the regular fund for the church's mission work this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dean
Board of Missions of the
Episcopal Church
Train collision halts service at Table Rock station
Train No. 101 collided with two light engines at Table Rock. One light engine derailed and crews were slightly injured. passengers shaken but unharmed. Track blocked and delays continued as a temporary track was built. Also notes a real estate sale and a pay car arrival in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Table Rock
Fred Garside
Blackwell
Neel
Leader's Representative Returns from State Trip
Charles W. Taylor, leader representative, comes back from extensive state tour to gather material for the upcoming big Leader special edition. In Saratoga he fished with William J. Bryan, remarking that the Great Commoner is an excellent angler. Mesick's announces a great slaughter of prices all next week. Hires Root Beer advertised at Knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Taylor
Saratoga
Taylor
William J. Bryan
Messick’s
Cheyenne Center Expected to See Big Rail Shop Expansion
A Union Pacific official passing through Cheyenne predicts that within a year the shops here will employ no fewer than 1500 men. He says work from other points will be centralized at Cheyenne, prompting enlargements to the shops and a new round house, plus a new machine shop. Surveys for additional shops south of the machine and blacksmith shops are planned, with improvements to be made at this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Frontier Day to Feature Cheyenne Band Shirts and Caps
Leader Nagel of the Cheyenne City band ordered new uniforms from a Chicago firm for Frontier Day. The 18 piece band will wear white trousers black satin shirt waists and white caps for their first appearance in the celebration this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagel
Cheyenne City
Chicago
Divorce Actions Placed In District Court
Yesterday in district court Jenny Geason sought a divorce from Sam Geason with alimony pendente lite at 60 dollars monthly and 100 dollars attorney fees. The couple has remarried after each decree. Frederick Sommer filed for legal separation from Helena Sommer on grounds of incconstancy and habitual drunkenness. Nagel's orchestra and the Turners present a concert and dance at Turner hall on Wednesday August 21 with Rose Brady, Will Dillman, and Henry Nagel performing. Admission 85 cents. The Presbyterian Synod of Colorado Wyoming and Colorado will meet at First Presbyterian church in October 1 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Brady
Will Dillman
Nagel’s Orchestra
Turners
Jennie Geason
Sam Geason
Presbyterian Synod of Colorado
Wyoming
Colorado
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Nagel
Turner Hall
Kreuger Receives Part of German Estate
Mrs. L. A. Kreuger of Rawlins Wyoming has fallen heir to a share of a German estate and filed papers for her portion. The town notes depot work with a slate roof and new steel rails on the main line, and a concert with Henry Nagel at Turner Hall on August 21 with 35 cent admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
L. A. Kreuger
Germany
Cheyenne barber shop dispute ends with arrest and release
Charles Hamilton, partner in Normandie Barber Shop, was arrested in Rawlins on charges of selling shop fixtures not his. He offered partial repayment and then left for Portland. later settlement led to release. Louis Schamp disclosed ownership, and an officer may pursue Hamilton if needed. Mrs. McKeen debuted in a new automobile, demonstrating expert driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Charles Hamilton
Normandie
Wyo
Laramie County
Chas. Hamilton
Enos Laughlin
Sidney
Neb
Hamilton
Portland
Louis Schamp
Schamp
Mrs Knight Dies. Judge Jesse Knight Mourns
Mrs Mary L Knight wife of Judge Jesse Knight of the state supreme court died at her home after a prolonged illness. She was born March 26 1852 in Gustavus Ohio and had been an invalid for a year. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the residence with private interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Knight
Jesse Knight
State Supreme Court
Nineteenth Street
Central Avenue
Knight
Gustavus Ohio
Judge Knight
Rawlins Brick Firm Denies Cheyenne Contract Claim
Rawlins Pressed Brick Company official states they will not accept the Cheyenne public building contract as offered since they cannot fill it. The firm already handles many local orders and forecasts full capacity for some time amid ongoing city construction. Also advertised: cattle for sale and milch cows. livery rigs available at IXL stables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Rawlins Pressed Brick
Cheyenne
Somnambulist Boy Survives Train Walk Near Dale Creek
A 13 year old boy named Pater Chino wandered from a sleeping car on Union Pacific No 102 near Dale Creek station while the train traveled east. The vestibule was left open and the boy rolled down an embankment but escaped unharmed. he was found by his brother and a detective after a two hour search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Dale Creek Station
Matt Chino
Park City
Utah
Italy
Pater Chino
Daly Creek
Wheeling
Secret Service
Dale Creek
First Issue of the Labor News Published
The Labor News, a new Labor union paper edited by H. A. Brookhart and F. Houseman, debuts with extensive information for organized labor. The issue introduces the publication and outlines its focus on labor interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Labor
Isue
The
Labor News
Organized Labor
H. A. Brookhart
F. Houseman
Pressed Brick Front for Keefe Hall New Wall
Pressed brick has arrived for the front wall of Keefe hall and will likely become a modern plate glass front store room two stories high. For rent three rooms at 2022 Snyder Street. Our bargain counter is arranged to suit pay day purses with summer shoes and slippers at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keefe Hall
Snyder Street
J. F. Jenkins
Horse thieves caught and pursued across states
Special to the Leader reports Fremont county Sheriff Stough en route to Idaho to examine horses seized in Pocatello believed linked to a Fremont county theft. He plans to chase another thief to Red Lodge Montana after a jail detention in that city. Also notes actor John McCabe returning from New York to join Otis Skinner company around January 1. Train No 2 delayed due to wreck on Oregon Short Line. Various local ads and events listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Charles Stough
Fremont County
Uo Pocatello
Idaho
Stough
Pocatello Io Red Lodge
Montana
John McCabe
New York
Otis Skinner Company
Oregon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Chevenny
A. Slack
K W. DE Belle
George H. Evans
J. J. Jenkins
Perry Williams
Episcopal Church At Large
William Norse
Lena G. Leeken
Thames and Eddy
Nebraska Division
Wyoming Division
Knights
Mrs. Knight
Mbessick’s
Rawlins Pressed Brick Company
Yor Salh
H. G. Enders
Go Ito Harcleroad & Dinneen
Nellie Gunston
Thomas Gunston
Will
Mesaick’s
W. B. Wood
Connaught
Ohio
Union Pacific Operators
H. R. Harris
Silver Moon
West Sixteenth Street
M. L. House
Ferguson ST
Cowhick Dry Goods Company
Painless Dental CO
Tim
Noor
U. Thl
Offich
Messick Dry Goods CO
Ile
Ade
the Messick Dry Goops Co
People’s Store
Bebe
Jey Rony
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Hofmanns
Anheuser-Busch Branch
Hofmann Bros
Black and Whith
B. S. Karchmer
Cheyenne Business College and
D. C. Royer
Prin
Dinnbens Bro
17Th and Eddy Sts
OLD Hofmann House
Helebeck & Gunther
Fifteenth Street
Eddy
Vreeland & Stone
Gho, H. Nagsh
Chas
Miller
Corson
Treas
Union, Mercantile, Co
Hhrguson
Chhyhnnd
Sunbonnet
Passepartour
Warren Mercantile CO
Qhenstein Brothers
General Grocers
Schilling
Arabia
Eddy Stret
Wm. Myers & Co
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