Cheyenne News Briefs Highlight Local Attractions and Opinions
Photographer Stimpson makes colored photos for Mr. A Darlow of the Union Pacific. Lt Pratt and army officers toured town on August 28 viewing Midway Plainc e. Board of Trade meets Tuesday. reservoir work should hasten. Ex Sheriff Craig notes Cheyenne’s improvements and shade trees. Cheyenne dailies stand by the city and urging responsible advertising. The piece extols press duty to inform truthfully and guide legislation toward prosperity.
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Stimpson
Mr. A. Darlow
The
Union Pacific
Craig
Cheyenne
Husbands as Legacies and the Peril to Personal Property
A New York obituary notes a widow bequeathed her husband to another woman who accepted the legacy and died happily. The piece questions whether such transfers should become common and warns that defining personal property rights is prudent if relationships were strained or unstable.
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New York
Public Sale Question Sparks Gender Inheritance Debate
A Chicago Tribune excerpt discusses transferring control of property in marriage from husband to wife, pondering if men should regain rights to dispose of wives as wives do with possessions. The piece warns of potential abuse by a malicious widow and argues the fairness of bequest rights for husbands.
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Chicago Tribune
Kidd placer jig brings vast gold potential to Sheridan region
R. R. Selway and Robert Holland of Little Big Horn Gold Mining announce tests of the Kidd placer jig are entirely satisfactory and that the company has purchased the machine. The Kidd process promises savings of six dollars per ton and, with cyanide tanks, could recover all values. The Sheridan area near the mountain is said to hold hundreds of millions in free gold, risking fortunes in past failed efforts.
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R. R. Selway
Robert Holland
Little Big Horn Gold Mining Company
Sheridan
Horn Case Photographs Venture to Iron Mountain
County Attorney Stoll and photographer William Walker traveled north to Iron Mountain this morning to capture images to be used in the Tom Horn cattle detective trial.
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Horn
Stoll
William Walker
Iron Mountain
Tom Horn
Battery Will Shoot Near Fort Russell in Practice March
The thirteenth light artillery battery stationed at Fort Russell will depart around September 20 for an overland march about thirty miles to a site twelve miles south of Laramie. A pack train will accompany the unit for a two to three week practice shoot on the range. Capt. Foster, holder of command, has a broken leg and may not lead the battery during the trip.
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Fort Russell
Laramie
Foster
Fort McKenzie to gain four new buildings
Contracting quartermaster Capt. Thomas Swode orders plans and bids for four new Fort McKenzie structures. A $175,000 appropriation funds a double set of captains quarters, double lieutenants quarters, a 160 man barracks, and a bakery, enabling Fort McKenzie to become a four company post. No permanent stables planned yet.
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Thomas Swode
Fort McKenzie
Sheridan Post
Fort MacKenzie
Saloon to Open After Sheriff Sale of Hofmann Property
This morning at 9:30 o clock the Hofmann property on Fifteenth Street was sold at sheriff’s sale in front of the courthouse and bought by Fred Neef of Neef Brothers Brewing Company of Denver for $10,000. Two bidders attended. Neef Brothers plan to open a saloon in the two story brick building formerly used by Hofmann Brothers and the adjoining west houses. The property was previously bought about a year ago by Hellbeck and Guenther for $22.00.
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Hofmann
Fifteenth Street
Sheriff See
Court House
Fred Neef
Neef Brothers Brewing Company
Denver
Neef Brothers
Hofmann Brothers
Hellbeck & Guenther
Kelley Named Deputy for Wyoming Elks District
Yesterday A. D. Kelley was appointed by Grand Exalted Ruler George Cronk as district deputy grand exalted ruler for Wyoming succeeding Homer Merrill of Rawlins. Kelley will visit all lodges and assist in creating new ones while representing the grand ruler in state affairs.
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A. D. Kelley
George Cronk
The
Elks
Yoming
Homer Merrill
Rawlins
Kelley
Crank
Wyoming
Cheyenne Area Weather Forecast Reads Warmer Sunday
Local forecast for Cheyenne and nearby areas calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday with a warmer day on Sunday. The high pressure system moving from the Pacific coast centers over Wyoming guiding conditions west of the Mississippi while the Canadian boundary nudges eastward. Temperatures cool across the western country while the east shows a general rise. Montana remains above seasonal averages while New England sees cooler readings.
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Cheyenne
Lake Region
Lawrence Valley
Canadian
North
Pacific
Wyoming
Miselasippi River
Mississippi
New England
Montana
Church Notices for Cheyenne Gurdhhes Column
Community church listings invite worship at Keefe hall Trinity Lutheran and St. Mark five churches welcome parishioners with services Sunday mornings and evenings. Local pastors include Rev. Walker Rev. Rafter Rev. Beecher-Gray Rev. Johnson Rev. Knopf Rev. McQuilkin and Rev. Walsh with Sunday schools prayer meetings and youth groups at various times.
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South Side Congregational Church
Annette Beecher-Gray
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Nineteenth Street
Central Avenue
George C. Rafter
Minister Wu Ting Fang plans two books on America after return
The Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang, recalled to China to oversee law revision and codification, vows to write two books about the United States. His remarks recount a humorous episode with Carl Schurz when both men spoke at a university, where misheard names caused students to chant shirts.
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Wu Ting-fang
America
China
United States
Carl Schurs
Schurz
Daily Picture Puzzle Clue Seeks John in Wall Image
Yesterday's puzzle hints that the right side serves as base and John may be found in the lower center formed in the wall. The description suggests a hidden figure within the pictured wall design and urges solvers to locate the named person.
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John
Buell Hampton praised by a popular novelist
A prominent writer lauds Willis Emerson’s Buell Hampton, praising its truth and craft. The review highlights Major Hampton as a delightful character and commends the author’s universal appeal, vivid scenes, and camera-like descriptions across Lake Geneva, Chicago, and Kansas plains. Opie Read signs the piece.
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Opie
Emerson
Buell Hampton
Willis George Emerson
Forbes & Co
Boston
Millionaire Clark tale reveals barber bill wager
A New York Times anecdote portrays W A Clark negotiating a barber’s bill in which Charley secretly accepts five dollars from the senator, noting Charley’s rich favors. The tale contrasts Clark’s wealth with the barber’s straightforward charge and his response.
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New York Times
United States
W. A. Clark
Charles W
Charley
Knox blamed for assault claim amid distrust rumor
The article notes Attorney General Knox cannot win trust magnates with his alleged assault claim in Atlantic City, suggesting his hostility to trusts is not strong enough to provoke support. It cites a dinner dispute as a probable trigger and mocks officials’ reactions to his position.
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Knox
Atlantic City
Contest filed over timber culture entry No 2696 in Wyoming
Joseph C. Underwood files a contest affidavit against Hartwig Martens timber culture entry 2696 in Cheyenne Wyoming. The contest alleges no plowing sowing or planting on the land and seeks testimony on October 17, 1902. Due to failed personal service, notice is to be given by publication.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph C. Underwood
Section
Township 18
Range
Hartwig Martens
Stockholders Meeting in Cheyenne Wyoming 1902
The regular annual stockholders meeting of the Consolidated Oil Leasing and Developing Company will be held at Room 22 Inter Ocean hotel Chavez Wyoming on Monday at 10 o'clock a m for election of directors and other matters. Reward offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of parties connected with burning property of Wilkinson Livestock Co. Elegant map of Colorado and Southern lines loaned by Land and Railway Passenger Dept for 0.0. send 0.0 to obtain up to date maps. Real estate for sale east town Maxwell end Twentysecond street.
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T. W. Berquest
Woodman Hall
K. of P. Block
West Seventeenth Street
Eddy and
Ferguson
Macptana Copper and Gold Mining Company
Wyomilag
J. A. van Oredel
Kent Block
Cheyenne
Wyo
Seyap
North Platte Canal and Colonization
Fort Laramie
Ernest G. Miller
North Platte Canal and Colonisation Company
Consolidated Oll
Inter Ocean Hotel
Chavez Wyo
Consolidated Odl
CGO
William W. Degoe
Wilkinson Livestock Company
Galveston
Texas
Ogden
Utah
Department of the Land & Bellway
T. B. Gen
Gate
Lota
Maxwell End
Bert Ouapaan Ol Ee
Wyoming notices and bids mix with foreclosures and pardons
A sweeping page carries legal notices and public bids from Wyoming and nearby places. Foreclosure sale details for Laramie County, a pardon application for Lewis Trammell, military contract proposals for Fort Russell, and various railroad rate notices populate the docket.
Disrupted Schedule Notes For Northbound and Local Stops
Fragmented timetable details list mixed arrival and departure times for several destinations including North Bound Little Bear La Grange Little Hod Creek and Bouth Bend. References to exclusions Sundays and specific gates or lines appear with unclear abbreviations and partial times.
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North Bound
Little Bear
la Grange
Little Hod Creek
Bouth Bend
Acacia Lodge Notice Reminds Members of Meeting Schedule
Secret society entry lists Acacia Lodge No. 11 4A and M chapters to hold at the Masonic hall. It calls for second and fourth Thursdays of each month for oath ceremonies and visitor examinations by secretary John Robert Gill.
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Masonic Hall
Acacia Lover
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