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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1907
Page
4
A shopper note touts Pete A Store for always giving personal attention when customers buy goods. The fragment pledges continued purchases and loyalty without a clear ending.
The funeral for Alexander J. Perry a Civil War veteran and pioneer citizen was held at the First Methodist church in Cheyenne. Rev. B H Jordan led the service with the Grand Army present and burial at Lakeview cemetery. Perry born March 6 1847 in Clinton county Missouri enlisted in 1862 as a young Union soldier. He and his wife Cynthia Moss raised twelve children before Elton Perry’s death last September.
Card thanks friends for sympathy and help after the death of husband and father A J Perry. Family expresses appreciation for support during bereavement.
Mrs A B Yorge fixes schedule as Victor Good returns from Denver. Bartlett and Hunt families are seen arriving from Hartville and Laramie. Phelps and Walker households visit the city while Boffum attends to business. Gauff returns from St Johns Hospital after illness en route to Rawlins via Colorado Springs. Percy Geiger of Cheyenne passes through.
The full vested choir directed by Miss Blackburn with organ and violin present a program including Prelude, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, male quartettes, several anthems, solo pieces, a hymn, a cantata and recessional.
John J. Healy a 48 year old Chicago post office employee and father of ten was arrested for stealing a letter containing 4 dollars. He stated the theft was to feed his brood as inspectors found a cold damp home with little food. The bureau of charities was notified and Healy, unable to post bond, was jailed. He earned 1100 dollars yearly.
A. Judah, Grand Opera House proprietor and Sunday closing opponent, announced his theater would close tomorrow. The closing law, cited as seventy years old, drives the action amid prosecutions of theaters. Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised as healing and soothing for piles, sold by A. B. Roedel.
Thomas Fitzgerald general manager of the BH and O R R resigns after forty years of service citing trouble with a superior officer. In Duncan Oklahoma a railway wreck on No 23 injures clerks and messengers. Henry White, an engineer, killed. Otto Rooney, assistant baggage man, may die.
Wyoming Supreme Court orders the release of Edward Byers from the Evanston asylum after a prolonged legal challenge led by E T Payton. Byers is deemed not a subject for hospital treatment and will be taken to Arapooish to start a homestead with work at Payton’s ranch.
Goldfield Nev Dec 28 Capt W L Cox reports Governor Sparks is seeking public sentiment on calling an extra Nevada legislature session. He will be guided by indications of public mood. Mine owners are jubilant while miners appear indifferent to the potential move.
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