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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1902
Page
2
The Cheyenne Leader announces its new status as successor to the Sun Leader with the May 7 1902 edition dated Wednesday. The notice signals a change in publication leadership and branding for the local newspaper.
The piece reviews a memorial volume for Cheyenne Carnegie Library edited by Robert C. Morris. It praises Morris for securing the building and outlines ideals for the library as a people's clubhouse, with annual entertainments and future goals including a manual training school. It notes related state libraries and local debate on publishing city ordinances and commentary on rising meat prices and economic pressures in Boston and beyond.
Discussion in Wyoming centers on three possible solutions to the Rawlins prison overcrowding. Options include a convict parole system, a reform school or house of correction for less morally serious offenders, and reactivating the Laramie City penitentiary. Observers note sentencing disparities for forgery and urge standardization to avoid unnecessarily long terms.
The Chicago Tribune notes twelve cars of dressed beef arriving in Boston over Friday and Saturday, fewer than the previous year by seven cars. It suggests Bostonians are buying more from home butchers who slaughter their own meat and patronizing the beef trust less.
A.G. McGregor in charge of a fourteen man crew extends the boulevard tree planting eastward eight blocks to the cemetery. Nearly 350 more cottonwood trees have been ordered from Wheatland to supplement the original 400, all wind resistant and set with ground anchors. Completion expected by Saturday night, weather permitting.
Promoters announce the great Pan-American shows will perform in Cheyenne on Tuesday May 20 with a morning street parade. The program features the Royal Rom an Hippodrome the monster Bovalapus horse Rajah the Jumbo the Lord of Beasts and a 150 act circus presented by 100 stars. The three hour spectacle includes a diverse menagerie and a recreation of ancient Rome.
The Leader announces a monthly subscription price of fifty cents. The notice emphasizes access to the newspaper’s full slate of local and regional news for readers paying the rate.
A column urges trusting your grocer as a health partner and warns against those who value profit over health. It argues for selling healthy food, charging fair prices, and making healthy, satisfied customers.
Notice from the County Treasurer of Cheyenne Wyoming dated April 90 1902 announces a tax sale of real estate on June 6 between 9 am and 6 pm at the courthouse. The sale continues daily until all property is sold and includes taxes penalties interest and costs due. The properties to be offered are described below.
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