03 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1902
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a proverb about patience and endurance. The line suggests a wise woman remarking that waiting and testing reveal true strength, though the fragment ends mid thought and lacks clear attributions or context.
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in St Louis amid massive crowds and police restraint. Mayor Wells and officials greeted him as he rode through the city in a cavalcade to the St Louis Club for breakfast, where he received the freedom of the city in a gold and silver casket. His southern tour drew cheers and visits to Lookout Mountain and Nashville before continuing toward Indianapolis and St Louis.
Nashville news reports Mis. James Irwin aged 10, of Centerville, has wed a 45 year old man. The ceremony marks the youngest marriage in the country, drawing attention to a striking age gap and rural family life in Tennessee.
Washington notes indicate broad support for the irrigation bill to reclaim arid western lands. After Senate passage with no amendments and minimal debate, House members are now leaning toward swift adoption before potential changes.
Charles Broadway Rouas, a blind millionaire merchant, died of pneumonia. He had offered a standing reward of one million dollars to anyone who could restore his sight, and he once employed blind substitutes for experiments, drawing wide attention to his quest.
Matrimonial licenses pending with no new filings since February 27. The board of county commissioners begins a two day session to review February fees, audit books, and approve plans for an auxiliary hospital. County officials will settle accounts as February closes and consider two new iron bridges to span the Platte and the Laramie River, prepared at Pueblo.
Edgar Bolee sold to Le K Bresnahan a two story brick block on Ferguson street between sixteenth and seventeenth, occupied by the Wyoming Development Company, for 6600 dollars. Bresnahan owns the adjacent south property and uses the block, with Faller's shop in the basement, Development Company offices on the main floor, and rented rooms on the second floor, a solid paying business block.
Citizens discuss street widening projects in Cleveland with local dealer statements about road work. Quotes reveal plans to widen one street by two inches and ongoing municipal improvements.
Rome March 2 A vast mass at St Peters concluded the pope jubilee ceremonies. About 80 000 filled Piazza and 30 000 entered the church while papal guards kept order. A pope in red white and gold rode aloft amid trumpets and electric lights. The crowd sang Long Live the pope and the king as he blessed St Peters tomb.
Snow slides wreck camps and sheds at Camp Bird and Revenue mines near Ouray and Pandora mill near Telluride. Rescue work at Liberty Bell hampered by weather. At least three deaths reported. bodies found of Gus Vontel and Paul Dalpra. Curfews and armed guards prevent access to slide sites.
March 3 report details property losses over 12 million dollars across New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Twenty five lives lost and four thousand families homeless as rail lines crippled. Northern New York suffers worst flood since 1865 with trains stalled between New York and Rochester. Paterson New Jersey endures severe inundation rivaling the recent eight million dollar fire. Four more lives lost as Saddler river floods Paterson area. four men and two women swept away while lumber workers attempted to salvage goods.
In a clipped exchange the subject Joakemith is described as married and keeping house. The dialogue hints at his many jokes about a servant girl and suggests experience, while another voice dismisses that claim as nonsense. Bubscribe for The Leader.
Green River Wyoming March 2 prominent Union Pacific officials visited Friday afternoon and decided on several projects to boost the town. The shops at the place will be enlarged with many more men added to the payroll. A new depot will be erected to match the city’s size as a division point. The opera house will be leased and converted into a club house for railroad employees with reading rooms billiard and card tables. Green River is set to remain the largest district terminal and key shop center on the Wyoming division aside from Cheyenne.
Whitelaw Reid ex ambassador to the court of St James and editor of the New York Tribune, with D C Mills, passed through Cheyenne in a private car attached to No 1 en route to the Pacific coast. They arrived in Omaha too late for No 101, and President Burt broke the rule against private cars on the line.
Burglars entered the private bank of Kearby Harrison & Co at Elwood and stole $41,600 Sunday, Joliet, Illinois reports.
The first shipment of Rawlins stone for Cheyenne's new public building will arrive this week and the stone saw mill is expected to operate again before Saturday. Stone masons and mechanics will begin working next week as construction accelerates, with quarry fires starting Friday and shipments to begin Wednesday. An additional large contract bid is hoped, including a Teanian Pacific spur project from Rawlins to the quarries.
Popp and Noble proprietors of the Senate saloon on Sixteenth and Ferguson Streets tried to operate openly under a county license. They brought out a roulette wheel and poker tables and began games. deputies shut the establishment down after sheriff’s information. No resistance from the owners occurred as authorities intervened.
Names and places appear in a string of personal updates. Anderson is in Denver. John Charles Thompson came from Denver yesterday. Rutledge is home from Hot Springs Arkansas. President Amiley of the state university has returned to Laramie. D. Gherist, superintendent of the ronsanee at Burkee, went north this morning. Murdock the Temple architect returned to Omaha. Robert Harrie formerly Edna Nash has returned to Denver after visiting here. Hayley Gruner, previously with Davis & Kelley, heads north to work on a ranch at Horse Creek. Bo Hoyton reports from Cooney Hill noting developments.
March 3 report from Green River Wyoming shows manager William S Hodges advancing construction of the new soda company plant. The main building rises while boilers and machinery are being installed on site.
William Stricking known as Coyote Bill is hospitalized in Green River Wyoming after a fall from the high roof of a new soda plant. He suffers three broken ribs and a sprained back in what witnesses call an unavoidable accident.
Margaret McDermaid daughter of the city marshal was assaulted by a large Finnish man in Diamondville Wyoming last week while returning home with her two brothers. The victim fought back as bystanders pursued and overwhelmed the assailant who was finally captured after a rescuer suffered a knife cut.
The Capitols returned from Denver after a 228 point loss to the Centennials on unfamiliar lanes. Ed Schmitt and teammates scored in the 140s to 170s daily while Centennials starred with high totals from Yates Sopris Schmidt Meyer Wheeler. Total scores were Capitols 5 638 Centennials 3 966.
State auditor pays 360 in war rants for wolf bounties from county clerks. Governor's Guards receive Krag rifles and practice at the armory. State board of charities and reform meets. Dr. Reed reappointed state librarian of Pennsylvania. New oil and mining company incorporations listed in Cheyenne and Denver with varied capital stocks, including Mes a County Gas and Oil, and Richmond Boulder Oil.
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