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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
3
Local notes report warming weather and a division inspection tour by Superintendent Park. Inquests proceed, social events planned, and various community updates including bids, court cases, and staff changes across Cheyenne and surrounding towns.
The North American Copper Co built the 16 mile aerial tramway from Ferris Haggarty mine to reduction works in Grand Encampment Wyoming. It crosses the Continental Divide and uses 270 towers 293 275 feet of cable with 840 buckets. Construction employed 200 men from Feb 1902 to Oct 1902.
Lieutenant George Markel Appel of the Thirteenth Battery field artillery stationed at Fort D. A. Russell wed Miss Maphema Mills Nelson at the bride's parents home in Albuquerque New Mexico. After a short honeymoon they will return to Fort Russell. The bride's family is well regarded in Albuquerque and Appel is known in Cheyenne with many friends wishing him happiness.
A sweeping summary notes hundreds of lives lost and millions in property destroyed as floods fires tornadoes and other disasters unfold across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Georgia and beyond. It cites continuous rains inland seas shifting rail lines ruined farms and failed crops with further calamities tied to volcanic activity and severe storms through January to May.
The Philadelphia Press reports on Kishenet massacre details and argues for firm immigration policy. It cites Secretary Hay and Jacob Gimbel, warning that emigration is forced exile, not choice, and calls for international protection standards to prevent further displacement and economic strain.
A brief note reviews the book One Free Life at Time by McCormick and Gilmore. The piece promotes the work as valuable reading, reflecting on its themes and potential impact for readers seeking insight.
Advertisements list various help and service notices including a 1D girl for general house work at the corner of Twenty second Street and Capitol Avenue and carpet cleaning and laying work at 1606 Biddy atroat with Union Dye Works.
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