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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1902
Page
2
Photographer Stimson captures a popular Frontier day souvenir going like hot cakes as gifts for Christmas. Amid national coal shortages, Roosevelt urged coal companies to resume work to avert suffering, while Cheyenne footballers faced tough foes at Lara mie and a bold giants in the field attempt was met with heavy resistance.
The Union Pacific with Harriman seeks to settle the boiler makers dispute without dragging in machinists. The lead er favors concessions to the boiler makers and believes a fair settlement could have benefited the railroad. Harriman aims to prevent Southern Pacific entanglement and will meet only with boiler makers union officers.
The piece recalls the death of Mrs U S Grant, describing her strong character influence on General Grant and their children. It cites Gen E D David of Cheyenne as a source, noting his ties to Grant when the General was a tanner in Galena.
A discussion of Venezuela owing about 15 million dollars to England and Germany amid its revolutions. England and Germany press demands aboard warships, provoking potential Monroe Doctrine challenges and calls for cautious U.S. reaction.
In the coming months four stamp envelope styles will be issued with distinct shapes for one two four and five cents. The current eliptical end on stamps will give way to rectangular, round, elliptical, and square formats. De taille and designs are not fixed yet but each style will be clearly different to avoid confusion.
Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce predicts a marked shift in congressional attitude toward President Roosevelt. He notes Roosevelt has gained influence, won universal popularity, and maintained harmony while defending essential points, earning respect from politicians and independents alike.
Officials in both nations study President Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine interpretation from his first message to Congress at the 57th session. The doctrine is seen as safeguarding commercial independence, not guaranteeing exclusive deals or shielding misdeeds if territory is not acquired by non American powers.
A Detroit Free Press note describes a horse’s strong sense of smell guiding its choices. It notes a horse avoiding water with offensive odors, recognizing familiar feeds, and a mare proving ownership through nasal proof. Blind horses show anger toward strangers and navigate by scent to familiar exits.
In the Philadelphia Record a Roxborough man’s family Bile reveals medical rules written over seventy years ago by the great grandmother of the present owner. Remedies include brimstone in pocket for cramps, onion in the ear for earache, and a palmful of nuts before bed for consumption.
A shard of quotations from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Washington Star suggests a wry exchange on superstition and fate tied to a Friday wedding date, with brief references to gender and courage, preserving a period voice.
The south southeast and California are served by the Colorado and Southern railway and the new Dab hort Paso Route through Fort Worth and Memphis. Routes offer low round trip fares, with some fares quoted as final and others to be announced.
Young Thomas A Edison Jr claims to have invented the Magno Electric Vitalizer a powerful curative force. He says it can treat nerves blood diseases lung digestion and heart conditions and will be sold only through his own company at cost. He pledges to avoid commercial exploitation and to guide distribution directly from No 4 Stone Street New York.
A writer names Scheveningen’s old fishing village as a place to savor breakfast of sweet rye bread and fresh butter with herring, then a Dutch lunch of rye bread and cheese and milk. The milk’s associations include dog carts and brass barrels used in daily chores. The piece notes Lully the conductor’s baton invention and its origins, plus a fox encounter on icy river ice observed by a Beetro…
Rail updates report Engine 1681 derailed at Bitter Creek and lifted back with a truck aid. Salt Wells depot moved, and passing track being straightened for visibility. Purifier at Point of Rocks rebuilt iron, lime treatment cuts boiler repairs costs. Snow plow engine 685 sent to Laramie for snow control. Rawlins residents use sleds and cutters amid heavy winter. Sam Smith named master mechanic at Lima Montana, with Cheyenne ties. Leader ad content notes subscriptions and a map promotion for Colorado and Southern routes.
U S invites proposals for two brick brick buildings one double barrack and one bakery to be completed by November 1 1903 Plans and specifications available at depot quartermasters offices in Chicago St Paul St Louis Omaha or at the constructing quartermaster in charge Proposals may be accepted or rejected in whole or part and must be endorsed Proposals for Public Buildings addressed to Captain Thos Swode Philadelphia
A compilation of notices from 1902 1908 includes reader notices on paper delivery changes the Colorado and Southern railway announces a new daily train between Denver and Fort Worth and a sleeper route to Memphis plus a Wyoming bond bid call for Big Horn school district 1 with bid deadline December 31 1962 and a Douglas Bridge bid request with plans on file and stockholders meeting notice for Neosho Valley Oil Gas and Mineral Company with date January 20 1908 plus a divorce petition notice for Kate Manicome Gregersen and a court action in Cheyenne Wyoming.
A garbled travel note hints at winter routes to California via Memphis and a new movie map. It mentions low round trip rates and booking or reservation ideas, but exact details and destinations are unclear.
OCR fragment shows mixed route times and places including Fort Russell Little Beat La Grange Creek and Goath Bend. Mentions mail closings and bound directions with pm timings. No clear event outcome, only timetable fragments and place names.
The Society meets in the Masonic hall with arrivals noted at 7.00. Visitors are invited. The schedule indicates regular gatherings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
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