Cheyenne Post Office Entry and 1902 Subscription Rates
Subscriptions listed for daily and yearly delivery at the Cheyenne Wyoming post office. The note dated Thursday March 13 1902 records prices: daily and one year rates.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
2
Subscriptions listed for daily and yearly delivery at the Cheyenne Wyoming post office. The note dated Thursday March 13 1902 records prices: daily and one year rates.
Early discussion hints at future agenda including capitol site law, state institutions, senator election, a wolf bounty bill, and an exhibit plan for the St. Louis exposition. The article juxtaposes looming political matters with imagery of a New England parlor being emptied of relics as part of progress.
In Cheyenne winters hinder little, with major projects like the Masonic temple and Keafe hall progressing despite winter. Brick work and carpentry continue citywide, with many tradespeople reporting almost no lost days this season.
State Auditor Grant reports the new Wyoming penitentiary in Rawlins is fully functional with convicts at work. Water supply is ample, steam heating covers all buildings, and the institution stands as a model of complete execution, dispelling early doubters.
A Springfield Republican piece laments the parlor’s disappearance from New England homes, noting a move to living rooms and plain rooms in new houses. It argues the change signals a broader break with old Yankee domestic ideals and a loss of a sacred drawing-room space.
The piece notes Webster Davis declares alignment with the Kansas City platform and urges him to stand there. It mentions the ongoing Schley case, a Chicago government sign paint update, and queries about Charles H. Jones the St. Louis smoke inspector. It also references Governor Yates, Lord Kitchener, Prince Henry tours, and Bryan's remarks on talking.
A collection of humorous couplets on gender, behavior, and everyday life. Observations cover stereotypes about women and men, alcohol, honesty, and professional advice, delivered in a parlor style with playful irony. The piece reads as a sequence of short moral quips.
A series of aphoristic observations contrasting idealists and doers. It argues that plans remain dreams without execution and that character shows in how one seizes opportunities. It also notes social attitudes toward courtship and judgment by observers.
The article notes Britain's persistence in the South Africa war despite heavy losses. It cites The Daily Chronicle claiming the conflict is not for mere survival but for imperial idea and institutions, framed as a war against war and provoked by external pressures.
Congress postpones the senateship subsidy bill to the next session as members fear charts with voters. Alaska faces game conservation concerns as hunter access grows, with Representative Lacey proposing protection for deer moose caribou sheep bears and birds during breeding season and for young animals. The piece also comments on precedence for foreign ambassadors and domestic leaders at public functions, plus a light note on senator observations and a misheard East origin joke.
The acting governor F Chatterton issues an amended quarantine proclamation barring driving shipping or herding of domestic animals from Nebraska or Colorado into Wyoming during 1902 unless accompanied by a health certificate issued by the Wyoming state veterinarian after inspection in Nebraska or Colorado. Also notices timber land act publication for Henry Altman in Cheyenne with details of his land claim in Section 22 Township 18 N Range 70 W to appear May 7, 1902.
Notice is given that letters of administration were granted on February 0 1903 to Mary Astley for the estate of Lyman Astley. Creditors must exhibit claims with proper vouchers within six months or be barred from benefits. If not shown within one year from the letters, claims are forever barred. Mary Astley Administratrix. Dated February 94 1902.
Robert A. Walker, contestant, charges Edward Gillaspy abandoned homestead No. 3626 in SE 14 Sec 33 T26N R63W for over two years. Hearing set for April 23 1902 in Cheyenne after due service issues. Fort Laramie notice issued by United States Land Office Cheyenne and Denver Quartermaster notices closing March 14 1902 for forage and straw proposals.
Notice sets a March 4 1902 meeting of Gould Consolidated Mining stockholders at Cheyenne Wyoming to approve selling the Jennie Sample and Minnehaha lodes to a new Wyoming company with 4 500 000 shares capital. The deal includes stock issuance for acres of the ward Golden Wedge claim and related conditions.
Brief rail timetable notes show No 3 and No 4 trains departing south at 6:66 am and 2.30 pm respectively, with No 1 and No 3 trains from the south arriving at 10.20 pm and 12.30 pm. The readable items document simple trip times without routes or origins.
Mails close on indicated schedules with West Bound U P at 6 am and 6 pm, East Bound U P at 1.25 pm and 10 pm, North Bound C M at 6 am, with Fort Russell at 8 am and Little Bear La Grange Little Horse Creek and South Bend at 7 am.
Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 A F and A M holds meetings in the Masonic hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month with visitors examined at 7 30 p m.
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