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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
2
The snippet names SB A Slack as editor and proprietor, Robert Mickel as business manager, and George H Evans as city editor in the newspaper’s masthead. It lists key staff figures without additional context or events.
Short items report sprinters and crowds at Fort Russell and opera house shows. Yale key found on Capitol avenue awaits owner. Local sports keep score for National League standings. The state board of charities travels to inspect Wyoming institutions. A draftsmen exam in the ordnance department is set for June in Cheyenne.
Yesterday the Audubon society gathered at Cheyenne high school with 112 members. Frank Bond was named president and Mrs. J. A. Riner vice president. Mrs. N. R. Davis became secretary and Prof. Churchill treasurer. The group aims to lobby senators for Alaska bird protection laws and will publish a state wide report. The society now numbers about 1,800 members in one year and seeks donations for Audubon buttons via Mrs. J. A. Riner or Mrs. N. R. Davis.
Salvation Army arrives in Cheyenne and displaces Pentacostal Mission. Goods moved to freight office. An express bill led to a scuffle before the debt was settled and the missionaries allowed to depart. Also notes a School District No 1 electors meeting in Laramie County on May 5 2002 at 10 a.m. for trustees and business.
Sheriff Smalley checks a stock yard carload for Warren Live Stock company. Wheatland's P McFarlane sent five coyote pelts to the county clerk. A thermometer theft at the courthouse is blamed on small boys. April county fees may fall short of March totals. Industrial book copies sell fast at the courthouse. Chicago visitors John C Michaels and wife and H C Bartlett and wife toured the courthouse and new Masonic temple. Elk watch charm from Kansas City comes via Deputy Snoweleo and Captain Proctor. Marriage license issued to Nicholas Folly and Miss Hannah Hoppe of Denver. Proctor returns from Kansas City. few divorce cases in district court this year.
The Boilermakers and Machinists unions have formed district lodges in this city with jurisdiction over the entire Union Pacific system. The Machinists lodge organized March 20 and the Boilermakers lodge April 20. Regular meetings will be held to address grievances and matters for the unions.
Fort Russell prepares to host a troop of the Fourteenth Cavalry arriving from Fort Logan Colorado for six weeks to two months of target practice. The practice site lies west of the post with a second troop to follow, keeping an extra cavalry presence all summer in camps near the range.
A Turner hall event hosted by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen drew a full crowd for a lively night of dancing and dining. A 1,400 pound locomotive front display, Nagel's Orchestra, and an annex supper by the ladies auxiliary highlighted the evening, which ran past midnight and left guests satisfied.
A notice in Rawlins announces a creditors' meeting in the city on May 0th. Referee Frank Clark of Cheyenne will oversee the bankruptcy on Sterling Balsford stock. Ole Nelson of Grenville files for divorce on grounds of adultery. L Pouvie remains from California to Lander for burial.
Indiana State Geologist Blatchley warns the seventeen year locust plague will strike Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Ohio this summer with Indiana likely posting the largest damage. Eastern Ulinals will be affected and farmers reduce fruit trees in response. Subscribe for The Leader, 60 cents a month.
Pettibone recounts a Thornville hotel stay disrupted by a mysterious roommate Colonel Travers who vanishes. beds are swapped, pockets emptied, and a watch remains intact while a ghostly moonlit room hints at a hidden presence. The clerk blurts Travers disappeared long ago and never checked in, leaving the narrator baffled by the strange events.
A Detroit woman Ade line Sage, grieving the death of her 1 year old from scarlet fever on March 19, poured kerosene over herself and set it aflame. Her husband and neighbors failed to save her before a physician could arrive as the flames died out on her charred body. In Mississippi, Jackson teachers arrive for the state convention, opening with a large welcome meeting as sessions begin.
Mrs. Mame Kemp and Mrs. Rob ert Walker fought four rounds under Queensbury rules at the Cameron Athletic club, ending in a draw. The bout centered on healing a feud over John Ames and his pending marriage to Mrs. Kemp, with Mrs. Walker opposing the match.
FOR SALE Excellent two seated top carriage in good repair Union Mercantile Company FOR SALE Household furniture at 507 East Eighteenth street FOR SALE Fresh milch cow In quire 2619 Thames street FOR SALE 450 plano for 300 cash Inquire at Leader office FOR SALE Four lots in good location Inquire at this office Real Estate for Sale Eight residence lots well situated in east part of town on Maxwell and Twenty first and Twenty second street Inquire of Albert Chapman real estate agent Three lots on Twelfth street near Thames Inquire of Albert Chapman real estate agent Cut flowers Mrs Glafcke phone 646 FOR RENT Nicely furnished room Call at 306 West Sixteenth street TO RENT Furnished rooms 2017 Evans street FOR RENT Nicely furnished rooms in brick blocks electric light Janitor service 54 month upward Inquire Warren Emporium.
Florist shop at Chaffin's greenhouse corner of Eighteenth and Central Avenue offers arrangements for weddings parties and funerals with graceful designs and flexible service.
West bound trainmen report a sheepherder was shot at Mc Phee’s ranch near Rock Springs Wyoming. Sheriff Swan went to Green River after a telegram but details are unclear. The incident may be murder or justifiable killing. A separate note mentions Union Pacific graves and updated maps for western rail routes.
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