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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
3
The excerpt shows times and routes for multiple trains including No 1 Overland Limited arriving at 8:45 pm and No 10 Vast Mail arriving at 9:20 pm with various departure times listed for Express and Southbound services. Prices or fares shown appear garbled.
Congress approves a measure creating federal support for schools of mines and metallurgy with up to 610000 per year to each state and territory, funding to aid construction and operation, and linking funds to established mining education programs. The plan argues mining wealth warrants national investment to boost education and industry.
Mercedes Woodford Newsom, once Miss Woodford of Denver, later Mrs. F A Newsom, is tied to the Joubert family through her Boers relations. Her mother Mrs. Woodford and two sons moved to Tucson after financial reverses. A San Francisco dispatch describes a dramatic misidentification at the Tivoli theatre involving a supposed husband, F A Newsom, and Miss Kroger, aka Mrs. Newsom.
A solitary farm tale on a desolate road recounts a young woman helping a wounded traveler who proves to be a wanted killer. The stranger pays with aid to her, saving her from danger while a hidden portrait of him surfaces in an illustrated paper. The man disappears at dawn, leaving behind a secret shielded forever by the narrator.
Miss Nettie Raymond, a skirt finisher at a fashionable dressmaking firm, resigns to become a second girl in a North Side family. She says she prefers sewing bindings over diaries and makeup, and notes she will save fare by staying at home. Friends fear social differences, while a postman brings gossip about mail from a lieutenant and rumors of Philippine service.
A small steamer bound for Dublin faced a crisis when Lord Roseberry’s dog leapt into the sea. The captain refused to stop unless a map fell overboard, prompting the lord to jump in to save the pet. The captain then stopped the steamer and both dog and master were rescued.
A contest notice from the Department of the Interior Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming cites Janette A Wurtzler as contestant against Pike Po Jones for a land claim. It alleges non service of papers and names the required appearance on June 31, 1900 to present evidence before the register and receiver.
United of the Interior issues a contest affidavit by John E. Burne against Ammon W. Armhurst for entry 3406 on land in T 25 NW, alleging abandonment and lack of cultivation or residence. Hearing set for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday June 6 at the Cheyenne land office to determine validity of the claim.
Notice announces sale of school district bonds totaling 11000 authorized by voters of School District No. 2 Johnson County Wyoming. Bonds bear 5 percent interest, mature in ten years, bids due June 14, 1900. Also mentions floral designs order and a court petition in Larimer County Colorado. John J. Fisher and J. T. Norton listed as attorneys.
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