Cheyenne Leader Dispatches and Opinion Snippets
A compact 1901 preview of items from the Cheyenne Chevette Leader, including subscription note, a June 24, 1901 issue, and assorted editorials. Mentions Pennsylvania ballot reform debate, a disruptively broken window during a crown prince viewing, Wood’s war department report on Cuban satisfaction with Platt amendment, and various notes on wool trade, irrigation praise for Elwood Mead, Texas lawyer shortages, and a Boston Herald silver argument anecdote.
Farmers Thrive Amid Meat Price Outlook Encouraged by Wilson
The Chicago Tribune notes farmers in the Mississippi Valley cheer high beef and hog prices predicted to persist for years, while city consumers face costly meat. Secretary Wilson’s forecast suggests continued prosperity for farmers, easing gains in cattle and corn markets and boosting overall national welfare as long as farm profits stay strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Wilson
Missouri
Chicago Tribune
Quips and quirks mark a kaleidoscopic press roundup
A mosaic of public foibles and social sketches from various papers. Observations range from private philanthropy versus public monuments to political manias and fashion gossip. Snappy jibes touch on term limits, wartime sentiment, prohibition, science, and seaside society trends.
Denver’s Public Spirit Buys First Colorado Silver Brick
Ex Governor Grant donated the first silver brick cast in Colorado to the State Historical Society, a gesture seen as a sign of renewed public spirit in Denver. The piece costs little but carries broad significance for civic pride and communal investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
State Historical Society
Colorado
Denver
Startling Feat of Legare At Laramie Elks Fair
Lionel Legare, inventor of a famed stunt, will perform daily at the Elks street fair in Laramie. He descends a 60 foot spiral tower on a revolving globe, then on his hands, then on one hand on a hand rail. The tower will glow with colored lights at night, creating a remarkable spectacle that has astonished Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Lggare
Laramie
Legare
Not A Criminal Killed Deputy In Wyoming Case
Evanston Wyoming June 23 George Ecker, a 21 year old man, wounded after killing Deputy Sheriff Charles Holden near Big Piney on June 16 is in prison with a leg wound. He had settled damages from a raised check, but the killing is not justified. Holden believed the matter had been dropped. Also notes Denver Overland Park Races with excursion fares to California and related sale dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
George Ecker
Charles Holden
Big Piney
Bis Place
Becker
Holden
Giant oil firms form Fossil Consolidated to sink wells
Representatives from Wyoming Utah Oil Ogden Fossil Oil and other companies met in Ogden with G J Shelley to organize the Fossil Consolidated Oil company. The fund will support per acre assessments across member firms and initial subscriptions exceed five thousand dollars as the board of directors sets policy and starts sinking wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Quealy
Wyoming Elds
G. J. Shelley
Ogden
Fossil Consolidated Oil Company
Consolidated Company
Wyoming-Utah Oil Company
3. S. Smith
Ogden-Fossil Oil Company
George J. Kelley
Kemmerer Oil and Development Company
Frank Pfeiffer
Utah-Wyoming Oil Company
Edward McCormick
Phelps Association of California
M. D. Les Senger
Pocatello Oil Company
Frank Ball
C. 8. Kinney Company
Edward McCarrick
George Kelley
C. S. Kinney
I. M. Lights
8. S. Smith
M. D. Lessenger
Prominent Nebraska Party Tours Guernsey For Mines Study
A Guernsey Gazette report notes a party of public men, capitalists, prospectors, and promoters from Nebraska led by Geo. D. Meikeljohn, visiting Guernsey and Lavante Peak for a ten day outing to study mineral deposits on the Whalen canyon ridge east side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Nebraska
Guernsey Gazette
Geo. D. Meikeljohn
Fullerton
H. E. Knapp
Theo. C. Koch
Fullerton First National Bank
And
L. Harris
Holdridge
G. H. True
GC. V. Manatt
Pairbank Fishin
Lavante Peak
Whalen Canon Ridge
Merkelsoin
Moving Train Motion Pictures Shown For Ads
A moving train No 5 was photographed at Dale Creek near Rock of Gibraltar by an artist with a moving picture machine. The footage will be shown for advertising in Buffalo and eastern cities. Train crew opened side windows and passengers waved hats as the train ran at top safe speed to maximize motion for the negatives. Dining car windows were open with passengers seated as if dining. The undertaking reportedly succeeded. Quote from Philadelphia Times about a city garbage burning law. Notices announce annual meetings for Republic Mining Cheyenne Wy July 1 1901 and Gold Exploiting Company and Hartville Iron Company seeking trustees and general business.
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Dale Creek
Rock of Gibraltar
Buffalo
Dream Euchre That Ends In Death Vision
A man recalls a chilling euchre dream where friends Hughes Mason and Bunn appear as silent players at a ghostly table. The joker card signals death and the dream ends with the narrator waking in a sweat. The piece blends memory, superstition, and a warning not to dwell on nightmares.
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Hughes
Mason
Bunn
Aughes
Mason and Bunn
Tom
Wil
Hever
Public Lands Notices from Cheyenne Wyoming 1901
Notices announce final proof filings and timber land applications in Cheyenne. John Hohnholz of Iron Mountain and Nettie J. Jordan of Underwood provide witness lists and claim details for Lot and Section parcels and timber land in Wyoming with hearings set for July and September 1901.
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Department of the Interior Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyoming
United States Land Office
Wyo
John Hohnholz
Iron Mountain
N. R
John L. Jordan
John J. Underwood
James HE. Miller
William Clay
Diamond
W. I. Chaplin
Notice of Sale and Bids for Wyoming Bonds and Work
Sealed bids for state penitentiary construction and repairs at Rawlins Carbon County Wyoming are due by noon July 1901 at Cheyenne. A $200 bid bond is required. The board may reject all bids and a bond equal to twice the contract price will be required. Completion by September 15, 1901. Also a Meeteetse Big Horn bond sale bid due July 20 1901 for a schoolhouse in District No 22. Proposals must be sealed and addressed to the clerk of District 22 Meeteetse. The district reserves right to reject bids. Special stockholders meeting Union Oil and Refining company set for July 5 1901 at Inter Ocean hotel to elect trustees.
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State Board of Charities and Reform
Cheyenne
Wyoming
State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Carbon County
Meeteese
Wyo
Big Horn County
State of Wyoming
Basin
Meeteetse
Wryo
Board of Trustees
Union Oil and Refining Company
Inter Ocean Hotel
H. M. Streeter
Round Trip to Buffalo Ticket Offer Open From Cheyenne
Round Trip to Buffalo from June 1st to October 1901 offers tickets Cheyenne to Buffalo N Y and return valid thirty days at one fare plus $1. For full information contact GC W Sweet, Agent Union Pacific Railroad.
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Denver Overland Park
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Peoria
St .Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Callon
Sweet
Cheyenne
Buffalo
Union Pacific
N. Y
W. Sweet
Union Pacific Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sun-Leader
K. A. Slack, Poullisher
Cheyene, Wyo
Daily Leader
Pennsylvania
Omaha
Wood
War Department
Omaha Bee
Elwood Mead
Mead
Italy
Salt Lake Tribune
Texas
Boston Herald
Honduras
Denver Post
Boston
Russia
South Africa
Reconcentrado
Kansas
Kentucky
Dougl
Indiana
Neptune
New York
Ecker
C. W. Sweet
California
Uiita
Meiklejohn
Moving Pictures
Philadelphia Times
Republic Mining Company
Gold Exploiting Company
Hartville Iron Company
W—— Courier
William, Tooker
Tie
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Act of Congress
Oregon
Nevada
Washington ‘Territory
Nettie J. Jordan
Underwood
James E. Miller
William L. Clay
Underwood, Wye
W. Bi. Peirch
The
City Pharmacy
F. Jenkins
West Sixteenth Street
I. Greentree
Sixteenth St
Alex Turnbull
WM. DU Bois
Opera House Elk
Patton, Fisher & Miller, Architects
Normandil
Lepot
John Brown
Capitol Ave
Cheyenne, Wyo
R. A Pertzborn
West 20Th St
Burlington Ater
National Bank
United States Depository
Henry G. Hay
J. C. Whipple
J. D. Freeborn
Wmel
Whipple
Asset
First National Bank
T. B. Hicks
G. E. Abbott
J. H. Loomis
Asst
Caaliler
Sherman CO
Eddy St
Eddy &T
WcCormickh & Gilmore
17Th
P. S. Coox
IDEAL
W.W. W. Warner
Eddy Street
Otel
J. W. Griffin
Table Board
Cheyenne Sanitary CO
Ferguson Street
L. Kabis
Union Pacific Depot
Andrew McAdam
West 17Th St
BON Ton
J. M. Newman
Ud. F. Schmitt
Warren
Fort
Paris
Brewer & Wale
Nassau
N.Y
Paul Milatzo
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