Furniture listings with assorted wooden pieces
Sideboards chiffoniers book cases iron beds couches and chairs offered for sale in a miscellaneous inventory. Items include a range of wood and metal furniture suitable for home use.
13 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1901
Page
1
Sideboards chiffoniers book cases iron beds couches and chairs offered for sale in a miscellaneous inventory. Items include a range of wood and metal furniture suitable for home use.
A Cheyenne drugstore promotes its prescription filling system as an absolute safeguard against errors. It highlights lightning analogy, claims highly trained clerks, and asserts the largest fresh stock. The note touts twenty years of success and dominance in toilet articles and drug sundries with attractive prices.
The lord mayor sheriffs and aldermen in mazarine gowns presented a royal address to King Edward at St James Palace. The king read his reply in a clear voice, expressing gratitude and commitment to the empire and London’s loyal devotion.
Saloon smashing erupted in Wichita and Winfield Kansas with crowds of men and boys overturning a saloon. The proprietor's brother was severely cut, liquor spilled, and small joints closed under threats. Temperance advocate Earnest Hahn was attacked the night before. Mayor calls a council meeting as raids and street fighting continue making the situation serious.
Reports from Cincinnati say the Jeffries Hudlin bout set for tomorrow is postponed indefinitely as the Athletic club obeys the governors ruling that no contest shall take place regardless of court action.
United States Senator Platts wife died this morning at home surrounded by her husband and sons. The death was due to a heart ailment after a long illness. She was regarded as having a lovable nature and a wide circle of friends worldwide.
The electoral college met and completed the formalities to declare McKinley president. Few absentees, all states represented, proceedings described as perfunctory.
The Herald reports President McKinley received a cablegram from Ambassa dor Choate declining the cabinet post. Choate wishes to remain in London and was offered the attorney general position to replace Mr Griggs. Senate confirms president's military appointments including brigadier generals and minor officers.
Utica N Y Feb 18 The state suffers a brutal blizzard from Lake Champlain to the Hudson River with a biting cold and gale driving snow in drifts. A New York Central freight collision kills a trainman and blocks the line while trains run hours late statewide.
A Shanghai dispatch reports forty Russians killed in an engagement at Kokacchio. The Russians refused allied assistance. The arrival of Sir Walter Hiller, a British advisor, is expected to hasten negotiations with the Chinese court and end fighting.
In Denver on February 13 Lee Fortune stabbed foreman Jesse Newman at Roberts' livery stable after Newman reprimanded him for arriving late. A confrontation followed and Newman is reported to die from the injuries.
The state camp convention in A O U W hall at 10 o clock elected temporary chairman A R Merritt and temporary secretary Joseph Johnson. Officers chosen include state consul A R Merritt, worthy adviser BE L Briton, banker I O Middaugh, clerk Joseph Johnson, escort P H McGlane, watchman D P Gates, and sentry G W Cresswell. Major society activities and local notices follow including a masquerade alert and a slow recovery update for Miss Margaret Grimes after a horse accident.
In Denver a gambler and former Cripple Creek marshal James Marshall shot P. D. Killem during an ejectment attempt. Killem died shortly after at the hospital. Marshall surrendered to police on murder charges.
Semi official reports say the Pacific Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western will form a direct coast to coast rail line opposing the Vanderbilt interests. The Gould roads connect Atlantic with the Clark scheme enabling Utah to Los Angeles transit. Mr Gould aims for prominence in trans continental railroad affairs alongside Harriman and Morgan.
Thomas Shaw, linked to James B. Conley of Omaha, says earthwork on the Wheatland reservoir on the Laramie river halted due to severe winter. Forty teams haul rock for rip rap. 100,000 yards of earth remain. Shaw expects to resume when weather permits, though profit is uncertain due to loose dirt from wagons.
A reflective column jokes about love versus marriage and character. It notes three types of people wills want can'ts and adds sly lines on publicity vanity and the idea that dreaming of a thousand dollar bill predicts waking without change.
The State Land Board explains its action in Rawlins, insisting the sale was lawful and addressing questions about legality and procedure. Officials state no illegal activity occurred and outline the board’s decision process.
A Wyoming state land board member cites Section 820 allowing the railroad Union Pacific to buy the Rawlins land at appraised value due to thousands in improvements. Although Section 821 requires the highest bid at public sale, the board justified favoring the railroad after twenty years possession and depot and stockyard works. Also notes ads for a burlesque, an anti-sceptic remedy, and dry goods deals.
The advertisement touts mutton of the choicest kind and pork of the very best quality. It promotes a first class market and directs readers to Central Meat Market at 3818 W Seventeenth Street run by David Nimmo.
From the finest barley and imported Bohemian hops the mixture has been examined by chemists from leading countries worldwide. Their evaluation confirms quality and suitability for production.
A mixed page of small ads and notices includes Mrs. Glafcke’s florist shop contact, bathhouse prices at Padgett’s barber shop, housing seeks and offers, furnished rooms with utilities from Warren Emporium, a Pittsburg typewriter listing at Bindley Hardware, a call for correspondents by The Bulletin Press Association, and a hotel sale or rental note for the Metropolitan with J. W. Griffin as contact. A U S Army recruiting notice in Cheyenne invites able bodied unmarried men ages 21 to 36. Valentines ad concludes with Lo gans offerings.
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