New Year Eve Activities and Local Happenings
Long list of town events with dates and places as 1900 ends. Bowling scores 217 and 207 noted. Cold weather 17 below zero. Map cell social club and Elk lodge plans.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
3
Long list of town events with dates and places as 1900 ends. Bowling scores 217 and 207 noted. Cold weather 17 below zero. Map cell social club and Elk lodge plans.
A historical church bulletin summarizes sermons on The Coming of the Kingdom with texts from Matthew and reflections on internal and external forms of Christ’s reign. It notes the absence of services at the Episcopal church due to Dr. Rafter’s absence and comments on year end reflections from Father Sasse at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
An elderly prospector Lewis, found frozen in his cabin, may have died from a stroke and exposure. Coroner Pagett investigates after Middlestedt reported the scene, with the cabin left open and coyotes possibly returning to the body. Pagett plans an inquest and interment in Cheyenne.
Austin Baird remains in his East Twentieth Street room at the George residence with pneumonia. He is not yet in critical condition. A social at the Oney Enge Dancing academy is scheduled for tomorrow night. Home-made cigars are available for Christmas presents.
Bert Nowlan, a waiter recently back from Omaha, was brought to the pest house today after an amalipox attack. Dr. Clandy oversees the case.
A Watch night service at First Methodist tonight starts at 9 30 with a Lord's supper at 12 30. A Reading Circle meets at the Methodist to study Trevelyan American Revolution and Sky Pilot by Ralph Connor. Also reports of pensions, a finger amputation for Al Leslie, and a Presbyterian pastor reception.
The Cheyenne Alert organization staged an entertaining evening featuring Judge Potter's wit, a rag time duet, and vocal encores by Richard MacAuliff. Guests included Tom Mulqueen from Denver and local officials who toasted The Alerts and the Fire Department.
Phin Lentar notes the wild career of Harold Robinson whose escapades led to police telegrams across towns along the Union Pacific west. He fled town with questionable money obtained under false pretenses, a felony under state law, and faces return to Cheyenne.
A late Saturday brawl in a city gambling resort left a young man tossed from the front door and trampled by a team of horses in front of the building. The injured youth suffered scalp lacerations but is not believed to be critically hurt. Meanwhile Hermann, famed illusionist, billed as the era’s expert in magic, promises a sensational Friday performance.
A new mining company offers F75 000 stock. Trustees listed include Hi, McQuffrey, E Wallower, William Eméreon, D C Hoover and H A Frambach. The item references The Silver Moon and Century as the opportunity.
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