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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
5
Train 184 departs Cheyenne 3 30 p m for Sterling arriving 9 80 p m with Cheyenne and Sterling stops. Train 162 departs Sterling 6 00 a m. Train 168 arrives Cheyenne 12 00 noon daily except Sunday. Subscriptions requested.
Puccini’s famous Madam Butterfly arrives after revival success in New York inspired by Long’s tragic story and Belasco’s adaptation. Mr. Savage hires Japanese artists to design the production and imports costumes props and some instruments. Beat sale opens tomorrow at 9 and box office hours run daily except Sunday 9 am to 7 pm.
Joy Milagh of Denver attends the funeral of his mother Miss Lillie Adams who underwent an appendicitis operation and was reported to be recovering. H F Varnum travels to Rock Springs to supervise plastering of the new hospital. Mrs George Rabou visits her parents Mr and Mrs J W Piper and returns home near Albin. A surprise party at the J W Piper home features cards music dancing and a luncheon with guests including the Grunden Davies Albertson Sloan Bretton Brown and many Pipers.
Advertisement for furniture packing by Cheyenne Upholstering Works located at 504 West Seventeenth Street with contact phone. Includes a promotion asking readers if they bought their dollar dinner ticket.
An advertisement touts Citizens Et Bank as an infallible bookkeeper with no salary. It promises easy access to funds, paying all bills by check without registration, and states a cancelled check serves as a receipt. Replacement checks are free.
A. Loggen recalls a Rochester barber turned Cheyenne amateur detective who ends up in Rawlins state penitentiary. Deputy Perry relates Ray H. Pressler’s return to the broom factory after abusing special privileges and a theft spree that led to a fall from kitchen to common convict duties.
The Metropolis hotel in Cheyenne opens a new Turkish bath with marble fixtures and formal steam and shampoo rooms. Proprietor W. J. Morris leads a staff ready to serve, charging 100 dollars for a bath and night bed with barber shop and cleaning services available.
The State Federation of Women's Clubs executive board met with president Mrs Perkins at Inter Ocean hotel to plan federation work. They set October 21 to 23 for the next meeting in Newcastle and decided on the Federation Bulletin as official magazine, with subscriptions at 50 cents a year.
A highly anticipated high school basketball game pits Cheyenne High against Greeley High, last year's Northern Colorado champions. Early ticket demand indicates a large crowd, with a dance to follow. King Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup marketed by A. E. Roedel featured in the page.
February 26 event note announces Mardi Gras in New Orleans with a low winter tourist rate via Colorado and Southern. A supetrat booklet is sent on request by T. B. Pibher, General Passenger Agent, Denver. Ray's Orchestra offers music for any occasion. Local note and old papers advertised.
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