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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1903
Page
2
The piece argues that large government storage basins at river sources will reduce flood risk on the Missouri and lower Mississippi. It notes broad political support as irrigation advocates seek national benefits beyond local arid-region relief and urges backing the measure despite some opposition.
The column critiques Denver’s persistent public affairs chaos while noting reader fatigue in Cheyenne. It cites President Roosevelt’s response to the Kishineff massacres, expressing horror and urging Russia to punish perpetrators and prevent repeats.
Uncertainty grows as Colombian Congress prepares to meet on June 20 to decide whether to accept the Panama Canal treaty ratified by the US Senate. Reported rumors of rejection swirl, but no definite stance is known, with European powers and railroad interests identified as opponents.
Judge Grinnan in Richmond chancery court issued an injunction stopping Lieuts Theiss and Groesdeck from launching the cruiser Galveston at Trigg yards. The order blocks government officials and others from interfering with Trigg property under receiver Lilburn T. Moyers. Navy aims to press launch next Monday despite the injunction.
The Leader reports an interview with W R Cehnltger who doubts a real estate boom, hoping booms do not arrive yet notes some activity and many properties changing hands. The piece follows with a collage of humorous city column items from The Sunday Chronicle and other papers.
Cheyenne society pages detail summer travel plans for Mrs. Hrewater and others, club meetings with Mrs. Gutprest and Mrs. Irvine, and visits to Gunnison Colorado. Reports cover literary programs at the Young Men's club, Woodmen Circle musical evening, student graduations in Laramie and Chicago, and local social visits, with mentions of property leases and forthcoming church events.
Cheyenne churches publish Sunday schedules for multiple congregations including Christian Scientists First Baptist German Evangelical First Presbyterian St Marks Episcopal and more. Notices invite public attendance with service times Sunday school and youth programs across various streets and corners. Also included is a stockholders meeting notice for Aurora Gold Mining with liquidation and dissolution plans.
Department of the Interior contest notice by John Burns against homestead entry No. 4414 for lots 1 2 3 and sections 13 18 and 18 14 T 25 N R 65 W and 26 N Hough J Allen conteste. Alleged abandonment and absence for over a year not due to military service. hearing set for 10 am July 16, 1908 before the register and receiver at Cheyenne. Publication authorized where personal service is impracticable.
Chicago and North Western routes between Omaha and Chicago boast double tracking, heavy rails, and high maintenance. Daily through trains connect Denver Ogden Salt Lake Cheyenne San Francisco Portland and Omaha to Chicago. Deals for eastbound travel run July 1–10 and Boston trips June 20–July 4 with special fares and round trips. Commercial agents Preston and Aldridge advertise tickets from Denver.
Travel feature touts a leisurely Colorado and Southern itinerary through Mexico with a luxury Pullman train. It highlights wide vestibule cars drawing rooms parlor library music room and the largest dining car plus the open top car Chililitly observed as a true observation car. It promises three Circle Tours in the Tropics and visits to ruined southern Mexican cities.
A notice in Cheyenne Wyoming marks a land contest regarding unappropriated tracts not settled or cultivated by the claimant as required by law. The contestant claims absence from the land due to military service and seeks to present evidence at a July 15 1903 hearing, with service and publication of notice ordered by the land office.
Notice details a timber land entry by Dugald R Whitaker of Cheyenne Wyoming with sworn statement No. 256 for land in sections and dates of August 1902. It also advertises sealed proposals by the Office Chief Quartermaster Denver for sixteen cavalry horses to Fort Mackenzie with bid instructions and deadlines. The Overland Limited train route via Chicago and Cheyenne is promoted with service features and ticketing details.
A garbled railway timetable lists train names such as Overland Limited and Pacific Express with departures and arrivals at various points like East Mall and Portland. The OCR yields multiple misreadings and meaningless fragments, reflecting a damaged historical transit schedule snippet.
Mixed trains depart and arrive times listed with routes including West Bound and East Bound service. Fort Hassell and Little Bear lines appear with Morning departures and connection notes, reflecting a 19th century railroad timetable.
The Ohmyenn Lodge introduced by A and A M holds meetings in the Masonic ball on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Visitors are examined at 7 34 PM.
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