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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
3
The Radlor newspaper lists B A Slack as radiator and proprietor, Robert Mickel as business manager, George H Evans as city editor, with the city editor noted among the staff.
Short notes report births in Cheyenne and Sheridan, visits by B M O Riley and Prof Knight, a Denver Express play coming to town, and various residents from Douglas Wheatland Laramie and Fort Laramie. Other items cover a Cheyenne labor flow, federal building plans, Elks decisions, a murder information against Tom Horn, a child’s drowning funeral, and a 6 pm closing movement in Laramie.
C F Yeager passed through Florence en route from Canon City to Denver, directing work on the Florence city directory. The Florence State Bank reports the Peerless Directory Company of Denver delivered a first class product and provided satisfactory service to subscribers.
The young Indianapolis figure shown as Mabel Dundas in a John T. Jorton image is identified as Miss Florence Vaughn of Richmond Virginia. Her wealthy family and social prominence are noted, with her hobby of replying to correspondents through matrimonial bureaus aiding Norton in obtaining and distributing the photograph.
The Cheyenne Federation of Labor hosted a smoker last night at Woodman hall with several addresses delivered. Linguid refreshments were served and attendees enjoyed a pleasant evening.
Acacia Lodge No 11 A FY and A M conducts an all day session initiating eleven candidates for the Master Mason degree ten novitiates are started this morning two more to be initiated this afternoon and the work will be exemplified by master masons tonight a grand banquet at 9 30 with the Ladies of the Eastern Star. Outside members attend Will Reid of the Rawlins Journal reports misfortune with a fire at his office and two fires at his house in quick succession all minor losses.
It appears Grand Island will not join the Union Pacific League while Minden is likely to sign on this week. Only one of the two team managers was located and he favored joining. his associate's stance remains to be seen. Gehrens expresses confidence Minden will enter, giving five teams to form a sturdy league with future expansion planned. A rumor of Thad Sowder’s death originated in a New York sister’s letter but is believed to be incorrect.
Mrs. Leonora Austin Hamlin spoke on the commercial value of civic beauty at the Grand theater in Salt Lake City. W A Nelden introduced her and she urged planning a beautiful city with clean streets, parks, and improved real estate appeal, noting franchise income could fund improvements.
Frank Bond, president of the Wyoming Audubon Society, urges readers to support bird protection laws and moral, esthetic, and economic reasons for preserving insectivorous birds. He notes Wyoming's 1901 bird law, the society’s growth to 1,499 members, and calls for public cooperation to protect nests, discourage plumage hunting, and promote birds in dooryards. Local forecast follows.
Vreeland and Gregory advertise a full summer underwear line at 1617 Ferguson Street. The copy urges inspection and reflects a thrift era ethos encouraging upright living and moral conduct.
The conference committee approved a larger appropriation for the irrigation investigations office, with this year’s funding rising from 50,009 to 65,010 dollars. A new provision allows the office to study drainage as well, countering reports that Cheyenne’s office would move to Washington.
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