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Thursday March 27 1902 edition list shows editors Slack Mickel and Robert Mickel as business manager Evans and city editor H. Evans. No article content readable beyond staff and issue metadata.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
2
Thursday March 27 1902 edition list shows editors Slack Mickel and Robert Mickel as business manager Evans and city editor H. Evans. No article content readable beyond staff and issue metadata.
Short items report resumed construction in the city and minor changes in staff. Acacia Lodge plans a Masonic degree work while the encampment forms a fire department and orders equipment. A lynching watch is noted for Casper, Maundy Thursday events planned by Rose Croix and Masons, and various local social and civic updates.
Oscar Deltrick age 17 died at 11 30 p m last night at his parents East Sixteenth street home from organic heart trouble super induced by pneumonia. He was a popular local youth and brother of Lieut Leonard L Deitrick who is visiting due to the illness. Another brother Joe Deitrick in California may return for the funeral set likely for Saturday.
Rev H H McQuilkin of the Presbyterian church leads the YMCA at Fort Russell. He has mobilized 186 soldiers as members and begun a circulating library funded by member contributions. A planned grant supports YMCA buildings on the post.
A Cheyenne basketball event involving the business girls and youngsters has been postponed. The Greeley team will now visit in April to play at the rescheduled date.
Special correspondence from Hecla Wyoming notes several strong companies formed to work Silver Crown properties this spring. Prominent miners Horace E. Adams and John C. Morgan oversee rich copper gold and silver ore while railroads Union Pacific and C and N provide ready shipping outlets. The camp, 22 miles west of Cheyenne, reports water abundance, mild winters, and plans for a bustling season with multiple mills and lines of investment.
Daniel Sully stars as Father Whalen in the Pariah Priest and proves his skill at clean, instructive entertainment. Nip and Tuck, a comedy drama with Harry Webber as Nip, will follow at the opera house on Saturday evening with popular prices.
Within a week the Carbon mining camp will close as miners are relocated to Rock Springs Cumberland and Hanna. The large plant at Carbon, once a major producer, will shut down permanently as operations shift to other mines and equipment is moved to Cumberland.
The article tours landmark private dining rooms in Washington homes. It highlights Corcoran House under Chauncey Depew and the Hay residence with La Farge stained glass. It notes the Cameron and Hanna houses, Hobart era plate fortune, and Foraker and Elkins rooms with distinctive woodwork, colors, and large entertaining spaces.
Sheriff Smalley will not witness Woodard’s hanging in Casper but may visit on his way north. County warrants will not be cashed due to temporary funds shortage. No district court this week as Judge Scott is absent. A form for county commissioners deeds is prepared with many blanks printed. Nora Simpson shows improvement from critical condition. Marriage licenses issued to Edward Oakley and Anna J Jensen of Denver and to David W Rosser and Nellie M Karr of Fort Russell.
At the Wyoming State House few visitors gathered as Rev. Dr. Gray prepared a Wyoming resources article for the National Board of Missions. State officials planned to hear Hon. Charles F. Fishback at the Methodist church next Monday evening. State Examiner Henderson, invited by Buffalo business interests, drafted rules for a local building and loan group. Incorporation filings included A. M. Nichols Supply Co in Newcastle with 2000 capital, Eastern Standard Oil Co and Charter Oak Oil Co in Cheyenne and Denver with 15000 each, and the Union Mutual Benefit and Life Insurance Association.
Wanted girl for cooking and house work with good wages. Mrs A E Baker, 1616 Central avenue. Wanted men to learn barber trade with free clinic and diplomas from Moler Barber College Minneapolis. Wanted energetic agents to sell accident and sick benefit insurance in Wyoming. Apply Delaware block Cheyenne. For sale first class land scrip by D W Gill. Four lots for sale in east town. Real estate eight residence lots on Maxwell Twenty first and Twenty second streets. Albert Chapman real estate agent.
Short notices advertise furnished rooms with housekeeping on 210 West 18th Street and 41 East Twelfth Street. Other blocks offer nicely furnished brick rooms with electric light and janitor service from $5 a month, with inquiries through Warren Emporium or at 411 East Twelfth.
Advertisement notes flowers and designs for weddings parties and funerals at Chaffin's greenhouse at the corner of Eighteenth and Central avenue. Also lists hot and cold baths for 15 cents at Padgett's Barber Shop on Sixteenth Street.
Albert Pike Chapter of Rose Croix to hold Maundy Thursday ceremony in the Masonic Temple with the Mystic Banquet and extinguishing of lights. Easter Sunday meeting planned with lights relit. Also notes Federated Women’s Clubs convention in Los Angeles and Union Pacific excursion rates for homeseekers to California with specific sale dates and travel limits.
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