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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
3
timetable fragments show varying arrival and departure times for multiple trains and stations. mentions daily except Sunday service and mixed or limited trains, with unclear destinations and numbers.
Readable fragments show departures and arrivals for Denver and Cheyenne with no clear dates. Mentions No. 4 train at 4:45 am and 8:40 pm and a screen mall route with 7:30 am and 11:30 dm times, lacking full context.
The notice lists mall closures in Cheyenne with a timetable for east and west bound trains. East bound trains 4 6 2 close at specified times including 1:46 pm 12:00 pm and 6:00 am. West bound trains close at 7:15 am 4:30 pm with a 1:45 pm reference unclear.
In Hanna Wyoming on December 21 readers learn of a copper strike near Peeereout basin led by Charles Coulter Peter Pomypell and Walter Filland with ore assays and shipments to smelters. A second claim by J T Lathway Morgan Gilbert and Bob Groves reports copper and gold values. Coal miners strike settled after one day. Two local weddings announced: David Brown with Josephine Dipson and Robert Cardwell with Anna Bostwick, both noted prominent townspeople.
Brown's Park in Routt County near Hayden endures a year of outrages including murders of Matt Rush and Dart, with threats against settlers like Rash Bassett and Davenport. Citizens fear a conspiracy to drive out ranchers and may form a vigilance committee as officials lag. The region, rumored as a thief haven, faces calls for action amid offered bounties totaling $1,100.
Dispatch from Omaha reports William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill travels to Buffalo New York to attend a meeting of the Shoshone irrigation company of which he is chief promoter. He describes a proposed storage reservoir ten miles long and two wide with average depth at least thirty feet. He notes the Burlington railroad is finishing the Toluca Cody extension and along with irrigation works will unlock a large unsettled region for settlement.
Cheyenne faces an ice famine as daily scarcity grows. Residents report all local ice supplies exhausted and dealers hiring men at Sloan's Lake to cut a thin ice layer just inches thick. With a warm spell the supply could vanish, affecting customers citywide.
A Washington report notes Land Commissioner Hermann ruled against declaratory statements withdrawing lands from entry under the reservoir act. The decision aims to curb land grabbing in western states and open lands to general entry to curb abuses. Senator Warren seeks pay for Carbon county fire fighters. Mondell bills favor Wyoming residents timber and stone access in neighboring states to aid barren lands.
Union Pacific issues a circular signed by President Burt announcing a plan to cover one quarter to one third of accident insurance premiums for conductors baggagemen brakemen locomotive engineers firemen yard foremen switchmen and carpenters and one fourth for other employees. The policy is with Aetna of Hartford under an exclusive contract. Payments will be deducted from wages monthly, and acceptance is voluntary.
Department of the Interior notices contest by John Barnes against homestead entry No. 3600 by John W. Mallison in Cheyenne Wyoming. Mallison allegedly abandoned the land, never built or cultivated, with no compliance since filing. Hearing set for February 12 1901 at U.S. Land Office Cheyenne. public notice to appear January 29 1901.
Leone Rizal a 14 year old messenger at the depot slipped while attempting to board a flying freight in the switchyard and was crushed by the wheel dying within an hour. His parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Rizal of this place mourn the loss and the community offers sympathy.
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports Lincoln J. Carter’s The Fast Mall opens a week at the Lyceum, with summer improvements adding sensational scenery and stronger appeal. Also a Notice for Publication from Cheyenne Land Office lists Sidney O. Clark as filing for land in Phillips and surroundings, with witnesses named for proof of residence and cultivation.
A jumble of city notices and classifieds lists services and ads. Items include a florist at 224 Ferguson Street, Padgett's barber shop bath prices, Sterling dining, watch repair, live-in care job, furnished rooms, Warren Emporium plumbing goods, a local lawyer, Metropolitan Hotel features, and Cheyenne Cigar Factory Christmas gifts.
United States Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming October 22 1900 notice that James E Miller of Iron Mountain Laramie Wyoming filed sworn statement No 12 for the purchase of Northwest Quarter Section 34 Township 20 North Range 70 West and will prove timber or stone value over agricultural use before January 4 1901 at Cheyenne. Witnesses listed. Adverse claimants must file by January 4 1901.
Notice to prove up claim for SW quarter and NW quarter in sections 14 and 19. Vie Nelson Patten of Little Bear Wyoming named title claims and witnesses Samuel Green Howard A. Rivenberg Dugald R. Whitaker to establish continuous occupancy and cultivation. Jan 10 1901.
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