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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
3
A vintage advertisement urges shoppers to buy holiday clothing and accessories at cash prices. It highlights gowns hats boots shoes and suitcases with emphasis on up to date goods and affordable rates. The tone mirrors a period retail promotion.
Paul Bailey and W C Deming visit Denver on business while the district court sits briefly. The Tin Horns plan Christmas entertainments as D A R meets. Snow coats ground and ice on Lake Minnehaha, with thaw hoped for. Local figures include Mrs. Peter Paulson returning home, Jett Nash watching Cheyenne football, and Senator E W Stone returning from the east.
Late yesterday the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the George Nicholas vn Forster Smith case, awarding $69 damages on a $1,138 claim. Nicholas was injured last year when he rode a bicycle into a guy rope stretched across a street near a public building.
Last night the Young Men's Athletic Association football squad traveled to Laramie where this afternoon they meet the state university second eleven. A large crowd of supporters accompanied the team.
The body of Bon Homme, a French sheep herder killed near Thermopolis last year, was exhumed and a bullet hole found in the back. John Emanuel was arrested and charged with the crime.
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Warren bill to add a fourth judge to the Eighth Circuit which includes Wyoming. A further hearing is set for next Tuesday with Congressman Mondell presenting the bill.
Fragmented OCR notes mention agents, transport routes, and required certificates for teachers and students. Also references to furnishings for rent, clothing items, and advertisement blurbs from Ww. F. Daiser & Bro. Furnished rooms and apparel promotions appear amid the jumbled text.
Cheyenne prepares for a week of cultural events led by public benevolence. On Monday the Carnegie library hosts an art exhibit funded for public schools, with pieces loaned by a Boston firm and organized by local clubs and students. The Tuesday concert by the Saturday Musicale and the women’s chorus, directed by Mrs. Brewster, aims to raise funds and possibly bring an outside artist to the city.
Notice is given for the annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Cheyenne to elect directors and handle other proper business. The meeting will be held at the bank on Tuesday January 18 at 10 o clock a m. Cheyenne Wyo December 18, 1903.
Dwyer a former Erie Railroad detective from Hoboken under an alias faced a Hackensack jury verdict on perjury charges. He aided a scheme accusing Hoboken residents of brass journal theft, later causing a false imprisonment suit that earned Erie Railroad a $10,000 judgment. He disappeared abroad then resurfaced here, with a wife and family in Hoboken.
WANTED A trustworthy gentle man or lady in each county to manage business for an old established house of solid financial standing. A straight bona fide weekly salary of $18.00 paid by check each Wednesday with all expenses direct from headquarters. Money advanced for expenses. Manager, 360 Caxton Building. Chicago. WANTED TO RENT Furnished house for the winter. State where it is. Box 197 City.
Various real estate and rental notices including four low lots on Twelfth near Thames listed by Albert Chapman, legal blanks at Leader office, two room house on West 25th Street, houses for rent on West Seventeenth and West Twenty third, Al Chapman's real estate office at 1714 Fergusson, furnished rooms in brick blocks with electric light and janitor service plus larger dwellings available.
Miscellaneous cut flowers and dressings for weddings, parties and funerals offered by Chaffin’s Green House located at the corner of Eighteenth and Central Avenue.
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