Frontier day reforms meet broad support in Cheyenne
The Cheyenne Leader reports committee support for major Frontier day changes. Suggestions include funding to add features, moving indoor venues, and fireworks with camp life scenes. Discussions cover park purchase, weather precautions, and enhanced visitor facilities to boost attendance and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliday
Kelley
Frontier Park
John A. Martin
Mr. Holliday
Henry Altman
Altman Favors
J. L. Murray
Capitol Museum
Fort
D. A. Russell
Frontier Day
Altman
Frontier Fund
Warren Richardson
Cheyenne Church Services Across Denominational Lineup
Cheyenne churches present a full Sunday schedule with readings by Rev H H McQuilkin Rev Allen McNeil of Ridgefield N J and Rev A M Eb as well as ministers George Gates C M Smith H Wind Rev George G C Rafter and Right Rev Lenihan. A mission talk by Harvey F Tyler and wife plus varied masses and Sunday schools mark the day for many congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Eighteenth and
Ferguson Streets
H. H. McQuilkin
Allen McNeil
Ridgefield
N. J
Christian Endeavor
First Congregational Church
Capitol Avenue
Nineteenth Street
George A. Gates
New Jersey
A. M. EB
Thames and
Eighteenth Streets
C .M. Smith
W. M. Ashford
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Central Avenue
George GC. Rafter
Casper Sees Rapid Building Boom Drives Town Growth
Casper is enjoying a thriving construction surge with over twenty buildings completed this year and another similar number under way. The value of these structures runs into thousands of dollars as the city rapidly develops, leaving no vacant houses and a demand that outpaces supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Oklahoma men seek Cheyenne site for wholesale grocery
Three businessmen from Oklahoma visited Cheyenne to select a location for a wholesale grocery house. They were favorably impressed, have returned east, and plan to come back soon to establish the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cheyenne
East
Giant canal planned in Big Horn County for 46 miles
Articles of incorporation filed for the Big Horn County Canal Company to build a 46 mile long canal to reclaim 25 000 acres near Basin Wyoming. The non profit project lists ranchers Otto Mater J H Lawson W S Collins Henry Westenburg Karl Lay Th Albertson W J Broth J A Hess and John Bihr as incorporators. The project aims to flood 25 000 acres to provide homes and ranches for about a hundred families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn
Big Horn River
Otto Mater
J. H. Lawson
W. 8. Collins
Henry Westenburg
Karl Lay
Tl. Albertson
W. J. Broth
J. A. Hess
John Bihr
Big Horn County
Divorce suit follows Cheyenne elopement incident
Edward Downey files for divorce from Ella Downey alleging desertion after a mutual friend eloped with her. Downey, once employed in the city, learns of the affair. the seducer fled to Denver with Ella. Also notes Labor Day store closures by Cheyenne merchants and Union Pacific shops. The Cheyenne Leader comments on Geo Maxwell irrigation schemes in the Douglas Budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Downey
Ella Downey
The
Leader Will Remember
Downey
Silver Crown
Cheyenne
Denver
Fred Bond
Geo. H. Maxwell
Maxwell
Douglas
Fortunes from Oklahoma land boom draw El Reno money surge
The El Reno boom drew about 176,000 arrivals who spent an estimated one million dollars plus, with travelers depositing vast sums in banks while law and order struggled early on. Money was escorted to St. Louis by soldiers and the Bank of El Reno groaned under deposits before withdrawals began as buyers lined up to purchase lands.
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United States
Treasury Department
Washington
Great Britain
el Reno
EBC
Credit
Oklahoma
Reno
Sub-Treasury
St. Louis
Lawton
Lenihan Named Bishop for New Sioux City Diocese
A Rome dispatch reports Bishop Lenihan of Cheyenne Wyoming is chosen as bishop of the new Sioux City diocese. Cheyenne will be attached to Denver or made a vicarate with no separate appointment to a vacant see. Opposition noted but church officials deem enough Catholics to support a bishop in the new jurisdiction.
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Denver Post
Washington, D. C
Propaganda
Rome
Lenihan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sioux City
Town
Denver
Catholic University
Washington
May Save the Eye Judge Brown Undergoes Eye Surgery
Judge M C Brown underwent successful removal of a two year fungus growth from an eye at St Josephs hospital in Denver. The operation saved sight and possibly his life by stopping pressure on the retina from a hardened inner eye tissue. Brown, formerly of Laramie Wyoming, presides over the U S court for the southern district of Alaska and came to Denver for Bar Association business and eye treatment.
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M. GC. Brown
St. Joseph's Hospital
Denver Republican
Brown
Laramie
Wyo
United States Court For
Southern District of
Alaska
Denver
American Bar Association
Best roper at Frontier celebration highlighted by youth
Hugh Clark, a 15 year old from Horse Creek, dominated roping and wild horse riding events at the Frontier celebration at the fair grounds. Despite two years of practice and parental approval issues, he consistently captured steers and escaping horses, reflecting strong hereditary talent from D. Clark.
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Fair Grounds
Hugh Clark
D. Clark
Horse Creek
7 L
Laramie Plains
Young Clark
New Lara mie to Hahn's Peak Railroad Grading Under Way
Today the Van Horn syndicate began dirt throwing on the Lara mie Hahn's Peak and Pacific railroad from Laramie to mining districts. A large force is at work and spending will be directed to hasten completion. Last night syndicate members were banqueted by local business men at the Thornburg hotel in a successful event. New Duchess Mining Milling and Smelting Company files articles with $100000 capital in Albany county, Cheyenne incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
van Horn Syndicate
Hahn's Peak
Pacific
Thornburg Hotel
New Mining Company
Duchess Mining, Milling and Smelting Company
Albany County
Examinations at Laramie County Institute Today
Teachers in Laramie County attend examinations to qualify for next year’s positions supervised by county superintendent Mrs Elizabeth Hawes. Results will be published in a few days. Cheyenne federation of Labor merchants agree to extend shop hours to 7 pm from 6 pm and maintain other terms until May 1 1902 unless notified. All merchants close on Labor Day September 2.
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Laramie County
Teachers’ Institute
Elizabeth Hawes
Cheyenne Federation of Labor
Christopher O’brien
Christopher O'Brien
District Court of the First Judicial District of
Wyoming
Notice of final proof and land filings at Cheyenne
Notices from the Department of the Interior Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming dated July 31 1901 announce final proof hearings for Hugene McSweeney and John Mihan with witnesses listed and dates September 5 and 19 1901. The notices detail land parcels in townships 18 north 66 west and 21 north 61 west and invite protests within sixty days. Additional notices concern Union Pacific lands in Wyoming township 13 north range 70 west with 161.96 acres and a public posting. a notice from the executor of Christopher O Brien and bid for quality printing by The Leader remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Cheyenne
Wyoming
United States Land Office
Hugene McSweeney
Wyo
H. B
Daniel McAlvan
James Boyle
John Astle
Fred. Bohnstedt
W. D. Chaplin
Register
John Mihan
W. Fie
William M. Gilcrest
Charles W. Riner
Barnard Smith
William McGifford
la Grange
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Township
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
W. B. Chaplin
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Cheyene
Daily Leader
Scandinavian Lutheran Church
Trinity German Lutheran Church
H. Wind
First Baptist Church
Warren Avenue
C. Davis
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fighteenth Street
Benjamin Young
Epworth League
Harvey F. Tyler
Penticostal Mission Aid Training School
Slem
Oregon
Sixteenth and
Eddy Streets
John
Mrs. Tyler
Pacific Coast
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Nineteenth
M. Lenihan
George J. Bryant
Rey
M. P. Golden
Union Pacific
M. C. Brown
Laramie County Institute
Goito Hartleroad & Dinneon
Ferguson Street
Leader
Stife
Reagan Bros
Golo
Warren
Wm. Murphy
Rock Springs
HANNA
BON Ton
W. E. Dinneen
F. Jenkins
West Sixteenth Street
Hote
J. W. Griffin
Table Board
the City Pharmacy
I. Grhentree
United States Depository
Henry G. Hay
GC. Whipple
J. D. Freeborn
Cashler
WM. L. Whipple
Asst
Cashle
First National Bank
T. B. Hicks
G. E. Abbott
J. H. Loomis
Asst. Cashier
East Sixteenth Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming
P. S. Cook
IDEAL
W.W. Crook
M.D. Burlington
Alex Turnbull
Colege Graduate
Mortigian
WM. DU Bois
Opera House
Bik
Patton, Fisher & Miller, Architects
Chicago
John Brown
Capitol Ave
Cheyenne, Wyo
Vauly
Cheyenne Sanitary CO
Kabis
Unley Pacific Depot
Andrew, McAdam
West 17Th
Wm. Myers
Cheyenne Business College
D. C. Royer
Prin
Thos. Longhurst
Cheye
Oscar Braun
Nike
W. W. Warner
Eddy Street
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