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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
4
A letter from 1908 notes a family change in coffee taste as Mamma discovers Adonis coffee, priced at 25 cents a pound, praised by the papa who now savors each morning sip. The note promises access to best grades of coffee.
Secretary G. Walker of the National and Wyoming Wool Growers associations to testify before U S House and Senate public lands committees in Washington opposing the Burkett bill and any public land leasing. Delegates from Idaho Montana Nevada Utah Oregon Washington California Colorado New Mexico Arizona and South Dakota accompany him. Walker plans a visit to his Massachusetts home before returning to Cheyenne.
More than 3,000 buyers and merchants from across the country have arrived in New York with orders for spring and summer goods. Merchants see the influx as a sign of renewed confidence after a weak autumn, with hotels crowded and optimism rising for a strong season.
Go to Knight's for costumes for the Alert masquerade. Finest and most complete line of fancy costumes ever displayed in Cheyenne at reasonable prices.
T Nagato aged 38 with five years as a railroad trackman passed a first rate examination for section foreman before Trainmaster Letts. He is the first Japanese examined in the territory, with many Japanese foremen in the Rawline Green River district and Utah division. Nagato is assigned to Lookout near Laramie.
A handsome office directory hangs in the corridor of the First National Bank building listing each occupant and room number for convenient business access. Also noted are varied local ads for Foley's Honey and Tar, A. E. Roedel, Antetta M. Scharritts parlor services, and Leverin Browne & Co. wholesale grocers agents in Chicago.
M. HM Hartung returned from Des Moines. General Hugo Donzelman visited near Casper. C. L. Rigdon of Wheatland toured nearby. Governor B. B. Brooks visited the V V ranch near Casper. Faxton Park spent days in Denver with his mother. Richard Whalen came from the northern county. Col Jack Hunton of Fort L amie attends to business in the city. Mr and Mrs W M Wade, married in Cheyenne, returned to Denver. State Treasurer Gillette departs for Sheridan via Denver. Mrs A Peters leaves for Laramie to visit Mrs Corey and Mrs Gilman. Mrs W P Bronson and Mrs A J Alton go to Greeley to see a sick friend.
Fort Morgan Colorado February 13 The coroner's jury on the case of a baby found near the Wiggins railroad tracks last week reports the mother Lotte Berrett of Denver confessed the child was hers and she dropped it from a car window The jury cannot decide if the act was felonious or careless The mother is jailed with transfer to Denver pending further disposition
The New York to Paris automobile race entrants will likely pass through Cheyenne next week. The Ogden to Denver horse race set for April will also cross Cheyenne, serving as a registration point for competitors.
Excavation for the Northern Colorado Power steam heating system runs well above estimate as frozen ground drives costs past one dollar per cubic yard. The original 70 cent rate proves inadequate with the solidly frozen soil.
A Casper Mountain Asbestos Development Company prospectus declares asbestos deposits on Casper Mountain Natrona County with details and a well printed publication. The text notes the firm is incorporated under Arizona law to develop the deposits and mentions a fine against Pectus for unspecified reason.
Notice notes a bake sale hosted by Baptist ladies at Johnston's store on a Saturday. The piece also laments train shortages in Union Pacific yards, describing sparse through freight and offering a view of the shop from the north yard side.
Henry Hoffman relocates his light back service from Hynd's bar to the Senate bar at Sixteenth and Ferguson streets with phone numbers 15 and 375 for Call carriages Metropole Delights of the Sea. The Colorado and Southern advertises low rates and fast trips to the Mexican Gulf. Fisher, Denver General Passenger Agent, promotes the Leader publication at 60 cents monthly.
The body of John Warramount, Cheyenne pioneer carpenter, arrived from Casper to Cheyenne with Mr and Mrs Tim Daley. Peter Warramount traveled from Green River to attend his brother Peters funeral and learned his mother Lou was critically ill. The community extends sympathy as the Warlaount family endures double sorrow with both passing.
The Catholic church ladies announce a masquerade supper at Alerts Ball offering meals at 36 cents per plate. Proceeds support church activities.
An 8:50 last evening alarm from box 24 sent the fire department to the Union Pacific depot where a kitchen fire in the restaurant was extinguished before arrival with no damage of consequence.
Friends and relatives announce the arrival of a ten pound boy for Mr. and Mrs. Tim O'Keefe formerly of this city now living in North Platte. Mrs. O'Keefe is Mayme O'Hare.
A new stock of wallpaper arrives at Collenburgs located at 406 West Seventeenth Street near Cfy Hall. The shop showcases this year’s patterns.
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