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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
7
A December 3 1907 letter urges buying fresh nuts from a store with many varieties. It advertises English walnuts Peccans almonds and filberts at prices from 20 to 26 cents per pound and mentions a large bag purchased downtown by the writer Jacobe Pete.
Union Pacific traffic departments project large rolling stock orders for next year. They already ordered 1,500 pressed steel cars and 25 locomotives, and expect to place about 2,500 more freight cars and 600 passenger cars. The line is modernizing its fleet, retiring old stock as new cars arrive. Burlington and Chicago offices also seek 1908 estimates, likely not exceeding prior years.
A carpenter named E Stine was badly bruised and knocked down when a touring car from the Dinneen stables struck him from behind while he and a companion rode bicycles to Fort Russell. Stine was taken to town. injuries are not serious. The car stopped and was not found at fault.
James Wilson visiting in Lara mie. Mrs W C Hoskins confined at home by sickness. Mrs LeRoy Grant Sr recovering from severe illness. Marty Keller Luther ranch man in the city yesterday. Joseph Bush recovering from pneumonia. County Commissioner I W Gray to return to Wheatland. Mr and Mrs H W Bartlett back from Pittsfield Massachusetts. George Stanley Little Horse Creek rancher in city for business. Miss Flora Kimball Douglas accepts nurse position in a Cheyenne hospital. George Irvine and Mrs C B Peterson visit with their father James Irvine of St Paul Nebraska. Jr and Mrs John L Storrie Flat Creek visiting in Denver. Judge Willis VanDevanter and family to return soon from St Paul Minnesota. Emil Sandberg depart to Bristol Tennessee to operate the Bristol Herald press. Albert Bartlett Bartlett Bros go north to Glenda and Hartville for weeks engineering work. J M Newman returns from Denver. Mrs Newman en route to Los Angeles for winter visit.
A five cent souvenir matinee for children at the Atlas today offers three acts including Three Phases of the Honeymoon and The Falls of the Rhine. The Fire Bugs last showing, a German scenery interlude, The Dog Came Back comedy, and the song Flowers Outside the Cafe complete the bill. An entire change of program occurs Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Wyo MING Consistory No 1 calls a special meeting at the Masonic Temple in Cheyenne for Saturday evening December 7 at 7 40 pm to ballot on candidates. Secretary Joan Schuneman attests the notice. The report includes a county jail anecdote from Sheriff Smalley about a prisoner’s remark on ham and something missing.
Eighteen Casperites arrived in Cheyenne for a special Cheyenne lodge meeting of Elks. Twelve candidates enter initiation tonight, six Cheyenne members join to observe. A second class of twenty residents is to be initiated next Monday, with Douglas sending twenty more.
Fire damaged the P. O. Barn near Eighteenth and O'Neil streets used by E. S. Johnston as a hay and grain warehouse. Fire and water damage totaled several hundred dollars but prompt fire department work prevented total destruction.
Information for land seekers notes copies of F H Newell authored Hand book on Reclamation Act printed by Union Pacific Passenger Dept have been left at the L eader office for free distribution. DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve offered by A EB Roedel for piles.
A high school dance planned after an athletic event was altered due to scheduling issues and school guidelines. Students were informed of the change, with organizers citing venue availability and safety considerations.
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