This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1901
Page
1
Cheyenne offers a downtown summer resort experience at The Palace featuring Palace Soda with cream and fruit flavors. The fountain and mineral waters rival spa prestige as Frontier Days draws Wyoming visitors, with cigars candies stationery bric a brac curios and movelties advertised as Buffalo Pan-American quality.
Pittsburg reports no major shift in the strike. Chicago workers are expected to join. Milwaukee and Chicago wavering, but unionist stance holds. Amid clashes, Painter mills and Duquesne furnace run with mixed union presence. several accidents and volatile break events noted.
Seattle crowds rush Queen with survivors of the Islander wreck off Douglas Island after hitting an iceberg. Reports describe lifeboats lost, rafts saving 114, including prominent Seattle residents. Some claim dozens died while others predict more survivors as details unfold.
Cumberland Maryland August 19 One thousand coal miners strike today over reduced pay. Many more workers expected to walk out as the pay reduction sparks widespread action and uncertainty in the mining community.
Chicago August 19 a saloon keeper Powell Phlacepka fired into a noisy crowd of boys on West Twenty First street wounding three and causing two deaths. He has been arrested.
Washington reports the presence of the French cruiser Suchet near the Colombian disturbance zone is unwelcome to the administration. Officials fear orders may hasten ships to the Panama isthmus to protect European and American interests in Colombia. Rent note about furnished rooms appears amid misc. classifieds.
King Edward of England visits Hamburg for baths and rest. He appears ill and careworn, needing a lengthy period of recovery while staying abroad.
The battleship Iowa departed from San Francisco on August 19 to protect American interests in Panama. The warship is heavily armed and carries a crew of nearly four hundred aboard.
A major fire in Richmond today destroyed the Wright plant owned by the Continental Tobacco company. The fire caused extensive damage with the exact loss still undetermined and no injuries reported.
August 19 New York reports alarming Kaiser health news conveyed to London by courier to avoid telegraph wires. The item notes printing needs and advertises The Leader Job Department, with market listings and a ball game tomorrow Indians versus North Platte highlighted as the best of the season.
London reports from the Mark Lane Gazette give authoritative estimates of the northwestern European wheat crop. France the Netherlands and Great Britain total 400 million bushels while needs approach 700 million. America’s crop may exceed 700 million, but only 400 million are needed domestically, potentially feeding northwestern Europe.
Colorado Springs August 19 A grisly accident at Williams Canyon near Manitou. Nelson H Gates of Nebraska, 64, fell from a cliff beside the Cave of Winds, crushing his body and killing him instantly as his wife stood nearby.
George Buckins alias Frank Haines, wanted at Saguache Colorado for jumping bail, was arrested in Livingston Montana last night. Colorado authorities are en route to take custody, with the local sheriff to receive a capture reward. McKinley Visits Utopians in Canton Ohio.
Secretary Long backs a gesture to honor Admiral Cervera for kindness to Lieutenant Hobson and his men at Santiago. Hobson's name tops the cup subscribers list. Also, races between the Columbia and the Constitution were canceled due to bad weather and fog at Larchmont.
Birmingham report states an important announcement will be made next month, in London or Washington, regarding the Nicaragua canal and Anglo American relations.
President Kruger rejects a privateering proposal but asserts the right to deploy armed cruisers if British forces shoot Boer prisoners after the fifteenth. The report appears in the Ohio State Journal and Chicago editions.
Eastern capitalists back two new firms in the Silver Crown area. Felix group of claims will expand a mill from fifteen to fifty tons per day. Maurice Gardner of New York heads a second firm near Fairview and Comstock with Roy Gardner of Boston as vice president. Henry Schwartz serves as secretary treasurer and general manager. Local weather and other notes follow, including a fireman stealing fifty dollars from his engineer at Buford station after a wreck in the gravel pits.
Claude Draper and Miss Herron head to Denver this afternoon while Miss Vina Wyman returns from the city. Riley brothers return from their ranch near Arcola and Mrs J M Newman arrives from Cherokee Park. Mrs Ward and Mrs Baird with children return from New York state visit. Others include Mrs H B Henderson and Miss Louise Frantz heading to Denver and Charles Bocking leaving Canon City for the west with Mrs C Buechner. Estes Park outing guests listed.
Secretary Hay leaves for Canton to confer with the president on unsettled South American conditions. An advertising aside extols quality printing at The Leader on Ferguson Street as a lasting business index and comfort while absent.
WD Riordan a Union Pacific switchman at Green River broke a rib this morning when alighting from a switching car and was treated locally. A small bridge two miles east of Fort Steele burned yesterday delaying trains but causing no other damage. Hermosa received a mail crane formerly Tie Siding. Kilpatrick Brothers Construction brought nine cars of narrow gauge engines and other gear, storing them in the old shops with about a dozen locomotives among the lot.
George Johnson a Centennial valley ranchman in Laramie Wyoming accidentally shot himself in the left side just below the heart yesterday afternoon. He stood the butt of his gun on a stone when it slipped and discharged into his body. A physician was summoned by telephone from Laramie but the line between Wood's Landing and Laramie was out. his recovery status was not known.
Advertises a sleep cure for rheumatism catarrh hay fever stomach troubles and women’s diseases with Cheyenne testimonials at the office and agents wanted in Wyoming. invites readers to write for a booklet at 208 East Eighteenth Street P O box 20.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.