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Newspaper

Cheyenne Daily Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1901

Page

4

Long Distance Weather and Local Notices From Cheyenne

Snow slows skating on lakes as Cheyenne reports various civic items. Joe Deitrick arrives in New York and heads home soon. Acacia lodge and Woman's Foreign Missionary society meet. Mills becomes Guernsey postmaster. zero point thermometer marks first winter freeze.

Joe Deitrick New York Acacia Lodge No Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Tomorow Miss Wolerd Charles S. Mills Iron Gazette Guernsey J. A. Riner Carroll Lyceum Methodist Church Thomas Hartney Goslin State Supreme Court W. W. Bower Laramie Asenath B. Jones Marie Buchanan Chicago Tin Horns BHA Bingham New York Herald Baptist Church Knight Aspen Jesse Knight Wilbur GC Doctor Jack- Pot Mining Company Colorado Cheyenne Ladies’ Aid Society First Congregational Church

Woman Frozen to Death in Storm Near City

A poor old woman, about 50, was found frozen stiff in the morgue fifty feet from where she was last seen. Discovered yesterday by Fred Edland four miles south on the road to the Valley ranch, her identity remains a mystery despite crowds at the morgue and reports of sightings in Cheyenne. Police plan to hold the body while hoping someone recognizes her.

Fred P. Edland Telephone Company Wdland Officer McNeil Idland Snow William Murray Edland Cheyenne Fred Edland Johnston Dairy

Wyoming Industrial Convention Sets Permanent Exhibit Plan

The Wyoming Industrial Convention adopts a Fishback resolution to build and maintain a permanent Cheyenne exhibit of the state's resources. A county committee will draft a plan to represent Wyoming at the St Louis exposition and fund a lasting display at the capital. The plan envisions showcasing mineral and agricultural wealth to attract investors and visitors, with a fall convention to finalize exhibition details.

Wyoming ST. Louis Fair Cheyenne Laramie Wyo Charles F. Fishback Rawlins Albany County W. H. Holliday J. M. Carey Carbon Will Reid Sweetwater O. A. Hamilton Uinta G. N. Griffen Natrona B. U. Brooks Converse DeForest Richards Weston A. L. Putnam Grook A. J

Speeches at Wyoming Industrial Convention Featured

The Leader prints three convention speeches by J. A. Van Orsdel J. M. Carey and C. B. Richardson. Carey's address on the Wheatland System and its results was delivered yesterday afternoon, Richardson spoke last evening on Present Conditions in Wyoming, and Van Orsdel spoke today on Our Laws as Applied to the Upbuilding of the Commonwealth.

Cheyenne St. Louis Commonwealth J. A. van Orsdel C. F. Fishback B. E. Smiley State University Laramie J. M. Carey C. B. Richardson Carey Wyoming

Blizzard Delays Union Pacific Trains Across Line

A severe blizzard grips the Union Pacific line with the Seventh district hardest hit. Trains run late with No 5 reaching at 2 PM, No 4 over two hours late, and No 2 finally arriving at 1 PM. If the storm lasts another day traffic may be blocked through the mountains.

Union Pacific Seventh

Convict Transfer Sends Fifty Long Termers West to Rawlins

Special to Leader Laramie Wy Dec 12 Convicts from the state penitentiary, including ten life termers, are moved in two open hay racks guarded by twenty armed guards to the new Rawlins prison. Weathered by a blizzard, they travel without coats. A second batch will follow, with some prisoners later returned to Laramie to relieve congestion.

Laramie Wyo Rawlins Union Pacific

Tivoli Union to Clash With Cheyenne Bowling Team

Tivoli Union of Denver travels to Cheyenne on December 22 for a bowling match against the Cheyenne team. Denver’s group is touted as the city’s strongest bowling unit and locals expect Cheyenne to test them, aided by home alleys familiarity. The Cheyenne lineup includes Schmitt brothers John McAlvan Lem Bilis William Stevenson and W H Schenbeck Rudolph and Adolph. A new musical farce Rudolph and Adolph by Mason and Mason plays at the opera house Monday with Dan Mason as Rudolph Dinkenspiel and Charles A Mason as Adolph Dinkenspiel in a comical plot involving horse talk and fashion ventures. General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific arrived in the city in No 3 private car, accompanied by officials Buckingham Higgins and Master Mechanic McKeen. Modern Woodmen of America reports a monthly membership increase of 11 6382 in November, surpassing several insurers.

Tivoli Union Denver Cheyenne Schmitt Brothers John McAlvan Lem Bilis Willam Stevenson W. H. Schenbeck Rudolph Adolph Mason and Mason Opera House Rudolph Dinkenspiel Dan Mason Adolph Dinkenspiel Charles A. Mason Dickinson Union Pacific Buckingham Higgins McKeen

Elderly Mrs Briggs Found Nearly Frozen in Laramie

Early yesterday morning Mrs Briggs 70 an old time Union Pacific engineer's wife was found on the streets of Laramie numb with cold and nearly frozen. She was in a demented condition and had wandered the streets all night. She claimed a $30 000 deposit in a Laramie bank and was sent back to Denver to be cared for by friends.

Briggs Union Pacific Laramie Oman

TWO MARRIAGES IN COLORADO BY JUDGE BECKER

Judge Becker presided yesterday afternoon over two Colorado weddings. George H. Whitesell and Mrs Leno ra V. Jones of Denver wed, as did James H. P. Rodda and Mrs Aman da R. MecLyman of Georgetown.

Becker Colorado George H. Whitesell Lenora V. Jones Denver James H. P. Rodda Amanda R. MecLyman Georgetown Colo

New Literary Society at Cheyenne Business College

The Cheyenne Business College hosts a lively program for its first literary society meeting featuring roll call quotations from standard authors papers by Eugene Wilkerson and Eva Glenn a reading by Miss Hansen an original story by Eugene Wilkerson a recitation by Mrs Roger and graphophone selections by Misa O Connell between numbers The Cheyenne High School Athletic Club will hold its third annual hop at Turner Hall on December 23 with proceeds funding athletic equipment for the club.

Cheyenne Business College Hansen Eugene Wilkerson Eva Glenn Roger Business College Journal Misa O'Connell Cheyenne ‘High School Turner Hall

Stone Missionary Safe Amid Bandit Travel Perils

Miss Stone the missionary and her companion are reportedly treated kindly by bandits in Constantinople with promises of Christian comforts and a doctor available for aid. The bandits complain the missionary seeks to convert them. Local Cheyenne forecast notes snow, very cold nights, and broad western storm activity with subzero readings and light precipitation.

Constantinople Miss Stone Cheyenne British Columbia Rocky Mountain Wyoming Colorado Wisconsin Illinois Montana North Dakota Utah W. S. Palmer

Teachers Examination Dates And Geyser Laundry Ad

The teachers examination will be held January 8 and 4 at 316 West Nineteenth Street with a note on the shift from December to January. Geyser Laundry lists 169 A as a contact phone. Also a for rent ad offers nicely furnished rooms in brick blocks with electric light and janitor service from $5.00 a month, inquire Warren Wmporium.

Knight Campbell Music Go West Sixteenth Street Inter Ocean Hotel Knight-Campbell Music CO West Nineteenth Street Warren Wmporiom

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B. A. Slack Henry Sweet George H. Evans New Mining Company Crystal Lake Gold and Copper Mining and Smelting Company Laramies County A. D. Kelley George Nagle N. R. Davis General David Samuel J. Groo Otto Big Horn County Iron Mountain Kels Nickell J. N. Sheik Miller Harrigan Company G Eighteenth Infantry Modern Woodmen of America Flitton Steam Dye Works Eddy Street Burlington Riner United States Cout Methodist Episcopal Church ABLE Life West Woodmen of America West Sixteenth ST Manewal Sam Becker John Black NEW Literary Society The Cowhick Dry Goods Company Tilk Messi Dry Goods Company E People’s Store Messige Dry Goods Weather Report Harry Hynds Louis Manewal Go, H Nagld Union Chas, BH. Miller Keystone Holiday Foods Astle & Lavander Golden Beer Hall Logan's HMB Sixteenth Street West 17Th St HAWKS Florsheim Fine Jaros Hygenic Health Underwear John Harrington West 17Th Street Aberald Bros West Seventeenth Street Cheyenne, Wyoming Elizabeth Haws Geyser Laundry A. Underwood Isis Ferguson Street Buhchner & Son Diamond Setters
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