Category: Newspapers

Newspaper Summaries for 1905 News about County Residents (Grouped by Year) Taken from the “Local and Personal Columns” in Early Newspapers. To SEARCH this page press Ctrl-F, to search the entire site, “Return to Home Page”   Cheyenne Star/Sunbeam, January 6, 1905 Saturday about 4 p.m. the body of W.H. Stewart was found hanging to…

Newspaper Summaries for 1904 News about County Residents (Grouped by Year) Taken from the “Local and Personal Columns” in Early Newspapers. To SEARCH this page press Ctrl-F   JANUARY 1, 1904 A box supper was given at the Sandstone School House Thurs. Night December 17, 1903 for the benefit of the Christmas Tree to be held…

Newspaper Summaries for 1903 News about County Residents (Grouped by Year) Taken from the “Local and Personal Columns” in Early Newspapers. To SEARCH this page press Ctrl-F, to search the entire site, “Return to Home Page”   Cheyenne Sunbeam Jan. 2, 1903 EDITORIAL:   A warrior J.P. Johnson, Deputy District Clerk at Cheyenne, Roger Mills County…

Newspaper Summaries for 1902 News about County Residents (Grouped by Year) Taken from the “Local and Personal Columns” in Early Newspapers. To SEARCH this page press Ctrl-F, to search the entire site, “Return to Home Page”   Cheyenne Sunbeam Jan. 3, 1902 Senator John B. Harrison of Cheyenne, a member of the last legislature assembly…

News about County Residents (Grouped by Year) Taken from the “Local and Personal Columns” in Early Newspapers. To SEARCH this page press Ctrl-F, to search the entire site, “Return to Home Page”   March 1, 1901 NEWS ABOUT TOWN: Mrs. Mary Rogers is visiting friends. C.E. Williams of this county was married to Orpha Pollock…

Cheyenne Star Jan. 6, 1916 On account of lack of attention, Cheyenne Cemetery and streets are almost to a disgraceful point. Weeks and grass have grown so high that it is difficult to locate some of the graves where no monuments have been erected. We would like to suggest that the citizens who are most…

Cheyenne Star, Jan. 7, 1915 Sen. E.L. Mitchell of Roger Mills Co. will serve as President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the 5th Legislature. The Order of the Eagles installed their officers: WP Guy Eakins, VP- T.L. Turner, Sec Charles McClain, Trea. Roy Graves, Chaplain Judson Cunningham, Past WP R.L. Mitchell, Trustees: George Prestridge,…

Cheyenne Star, Jan. 1, 1914 T.R. Meeks, who lives 5.5 miles south and ¼ east of Durham and five miles northwest of Hamburg, will hold a public auction at his farm on Jan. 2. Among the town visitors this week: Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Morris, J.P. Johnson of Roll, Rufus Ivy is visiting his brother…

Cheyenne Star, Jan 23, 1913 John Goodspeed shot to death by Mrs. Lee Bezell after being ordered out of the house. The killing seems to have grown out of a trip that Mr. Goodspeed took last summer accompanied by a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bezell. According to reports sometime ago, John Goodspeed and Miss…