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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
2
An advertising note extols Photographic Supplies inviting readers to own a camera. It touts the camera as a popular and affordable item for sports and leisure, urging visits to discuss options and take snapshots at picnics and crowd scenes.
The fragment lists B A Slack as master and proprietor with Robert Mickel as business manager and Gehoroe H Evans as city editor.
The Denver train was delayed by a boiler leak while crews were paid to resume service and stores citywide reopen after 7. Militia drilling under Captain Heaney continues. Fred Starr faces second degree murder charges in Wyoming in the past three weeks. Mrs. Atwell, employment agent, was in the city on business. Ranch sale: M. C. Fitzmorris sold 250 acres near Laramie to Bar cattle company for 3000 dollars and plans move to California. Niagara mine work at Tie Siding progresses. shaft down 30 feet, ore plentiful. General Auditor Erastus Young of Harriman Lines returned from inspection across company lines. Nellie Hodgkinson, 2, recovering from burned hand and wrist after hot candy incident. Rock Springs bowling team may accept challenge to play miners in Cheyenne. New Denver printer arrives to replace Ed Taylor, who resigns for Colorado. Albany county water case attorneys meet in Laramie on April 2 to seek agreement. Jack Moran accepts Kid Gilsey’s challenge for Wyoming title at 143 pounds, possible Cheyenne venue.
Expert Frank Bond of the office of irrigation investigations will depart for Louisiana and Texas next month to resume rice culture studies. He will be away two to three months and plans another fall trip, with a voluminous report guiding irrigation research. Other experts will also conduct field work in different western areas.
A prominent city carpenter reports that within a week several unions including carpenters and plumbers will unite to demand an eight hour workday from employers. He believes success likely as government jobs at Fort Russell and in the city already observe eight hours. If granted, independent contractors may also shift to eight hours for their workers.
John A Canbell, one of four men arrested in Laramie for holding up a tramp and robbing a Union Pacific freight car, is convicted and faces a term in the state prison. The other two accused await separate trials as the case against the four unfolds.
Fragmentary dialogue from Philadelphia indicates a plan to adjust an alarm clock timing. The text mentions taking it down to ear level and implies a focus on morning routine adjustments.
Cheyenne city council, in a crowded session, weighs a Colorado dam inspection visit and dam data, considers returning misdated Crow Creek site funds, and authorizes sewer and water work. Also discusses resort licenses, street name changes, tax collection, and a coal contract.
A bill to sue the city for 5000 dollars arises from a smallpox outbreak at Mrs. Borenwon’s boarding house in the Whitehead block. Health officials quarantined. Mrs Thorenson resisted disinfecting and was arrested. City paid 26 dollars for bedding loss. Mrs Sorenson seeks 6000 damages claiming loathsome disease contracted in jail. City council wary of the case.
District court sessions passed without notable actions. No marriage licenses have been issued since March 11. Elizabeth Hawes, county superintendent, appeared regarding her department. Slorif Case from Boulder retrieved a boy, Elmer Biddle, from Cheyenne officers after a home runaway. Officials discuss future city maps and a county trip north to inspect roads and bridges. Tax letters from the treasurer’s office were returned due to noncollection.
Omaha investors flock to the Bonanza District in the Big Horn basin as Wyoming bank examiner Harry B. Henderson predicts wide crude oil potential with a 15 mile by 40 mile off belt and wells likely within 2000 feet. He notes springs showing crude oil and many claim seekers arriving to begin drilling while agriculture and grazing land promise strong settlement opportunities.
The jury found William G. Churchill guilty of stealing six horses in Laramie. Judge Bramewill sentenced him to a wed penitentiary term. Sheriff McDaniels attended and would have arrested Churchill in Carbon county if acquitted. Churchill claims relation to the Marlborough family in England. Local Cheyenne forecast notes partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with a broad high pressure area east of the Mississippi. Maximum 69, minimum 29, no precipitation in 44 hours. Baltimore News quote about Marconi and a joke about marriage follows.
Wyoming Cheyenne office certifies that Alliance Assurance Company of London is authorized to transact fire insurance in this state for the current year. Bureau verifies compliance with state insurance law. Witness printed by the auditor and ex-officio Insurance Commissioner Leroy Grant with seal.
The Indurance Commisager’s Office in Cheyenne Wyoming certifies that the Pan to tale Insurance Company Limited of London England as the Kingdom of Great Britain is authorized to transact fire insurance in Wyoming for the current year. Witness LH Roy Grant Auditor and ex officio Insurance Commissioner with deputy Nirwander. The Convention of Federated Women’s Club will meet at Los Angeles in May. The rate from Cheyenne will be 49.
General Live Stock Agent Eyler says surveyors are mapping lines from Garland to Daly Meeteetee Basin City Bonanza Thermopolis and more but no decision has been made on extensions this year. He notes no truth to sensational claims of new trackage and says Toluca Cody branch closure marks Burlington work end in Big Horn county for now.
City notices advertise free three ads for situations wanted with address options. Listings include first class banner labor, private family board, modern cottage rental, barber college recruitment, and local real estate including iron bed and stove for sale and multiple vacant lots. contact details refer to Box numbers and Albert Chapman Real Estate.
A dialogic texture features witty barbs about upper and under dogs and a jab at phil anthropists. The crowd recalls American girls with large feet and American boys with small hats amid a satirical critique of east coast tastes and the notion of sweat shop brands, ending with a nudge to subscribe to The Leader.
A set of classified notices advertising furnished houses and rooms for rent. Locations include 2018 Maxwell Street 210 West 18th Street 411 East Twelfth Street and Warren Emporium. Listings emphasize housekeeping facilities and cheap monthly rates.
Found a wallet with a Modern Woodmen Insurance policy for Theodore Hansen of Hartland Minnesota and other papers. Owner may claim at the Leader office after paying for ad. Also a lost small pocket book and card case with money and identifying papers. return to 1615 Central avenue with liberal reward. Also cut flowers and designs offered at Chaffin's greenhouse corner of 18th and Central.
A local ad urges readers to buy lumber and building materials in any quantity. It promotes a complete line of supplies and promises prompt, careful attention to mail inquiries from Black & Clark.
A fragment lists locales including Mexico City, Monterey and Guadalajara in Mexico, plus Florida cities Jacksonville and St. Augustine. The item reads like a transportation or jurisdiction note listing places without context or actions.
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