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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
3
A regional notice from the Long Distance Te Om ee Telephone House listing office staff roles and proprietors including editor proprietor W A Slack, business manager Robert Mickel, and city rolator George H Evans.
Numerous figures and interests fill the day as the Republican State Central Committee meets in town. Hon C F Fishback of Rawlins and Otto Gramm arrive for the proceedings while federal jurors depart for home after sessions.
He left the Philippines and doubts he will regain his naval vigor. He views the climate as favorable for producing capable soldiers.
Wyoming Supreme Court upholds second degree murder verdict for Alfred Gustavenson who killed Louis Larson near Laramie on October 15, 1900. Court rules intoxication does not exonerate but prevents first degree premeditation, affirming a manslaughter or second degree murder conviction.
The Wyoming board of charities and reform met in the capitol to authorize drawing plans for a nurse dormitory at Rock Springs state hospital and a public bath house at Thermopolis. Budgets range from 1500 to 2000 dollars for Thermopolis and 2500 to 3000 dollars for Rock Springs with bids to follow upon plan completion. Both projects are slated for completion within the year.
A large attentive audience welcomed temperance speaker John G. Woolley at the Methodist church last night. W. B. Ross presided as Law and Order League head and Kipling’s Recessional was sung by Mr. Titus. The lecture, on Ame rica its possibilities and dangers from incorrupt politics and liquor, impressed with earnestness wit and humor.
A group of local lovers of baseball formed the Rowling Base Ball Association at the Ferris hotel. Robert Freedman was elected president J C Gunning secretary treasurer H I Raub manager. A fundraising ball and ground selection committees were appointed with plans to field a team capable of winning the state championship.
An advertisement touts a past master of occult sciences who removes evil influences reunites separated couples locates lost articles and missing friends locates minerals and ores and offers psychological readings of ores and teaches the great oriental secret claiming power to control.
A Kansas carpenter famed for scarce meat due to beef trust overindulges on a giant sirloin and dies from internal bleeding. John G Woolley delivers a sarcastic panegyric on liquor traffic at an event led by William B Ross of the Law and Order League. The Christian Citizen is mocked as Woolley’s verbal target throughout the performance.
A literary note on Ellen Glasgow's The Battleground praising its realism and hero, plus brief mentions of forthcoming titles by Dickens, Gorky, Hopper, Carnegie, and Litney, with publishers Stokes and Co and the Harper’s imprint. The piece highlights youthful authors, international works, and planned editions.
All creditors and others interested in the estate of Lawrence Malloy deceased will take notice that the undersigned as administratrix of said estate intends to make final settlement at the May term A D 1902 of the district court within and for the county of Laramie state of Wyoming Sarah M Malloy Administratrix Joan W Lacey Attorney for Administratrixes
Classified note advertises a four bedroom rental with fast response in the region. Mentions prompt contact and available units. Includes basic location hint and contact method.
Secretary Root outlines Tafts Rome mission as a businesslike step to separate church and state in the islands, arrange tentative friars land purchases, and settle property rights and government lands used for religious purposes. Taft will be fully empowered, report to Congress may set future relations, and negotiations remain tentative until action. Eight residence lots in east town are offered by Albert Chapman, real estate agent.
Three Jots on Twelfth Street near Thames are referenced with an inquiry directed to Albert Chapman a real estate agent. The note provides no additional details on ownership terms location or contact beyond the agent’s name.
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