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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
4
A letter dated December 28 1907 from Jacobe Pete outlines a plan to limit grocery shopping to a single store. He notes his mother’s approval, aims to avoid rent, and claims better prices when all business goes to one grocer.
The notice pledges to provide items found in a drug store with high standards of parity and excellence. It thanks customers for past favors and promises to work harder to treat friends and customers as they would like to be treated and to value community approval. It wishes a Happy New Year.
Wyoming wool growers announce a special Union Pacific train from Cheyenne to Laramie on January 10 to aid delegates attending the annual convention January 10 and 11. Fare set at 2.35 round trip, return by January 20.
In Rock Springs Wyoming on January 6 Francis Doke and Areil Cameron two coal miners were hospitalized with knife wounds after a rival duel over a girl at Mine No 4 Union Pacific Coal company. Both men suffered multiple dangerous injuries before other miners intervened.
L Luehte offers a fine stock of Alfred Peata wallpaper with hanging services at low rates. Call 98 black or apply in person at 622 West Eighteenth Street for estimates and installation.
O K Nickerson of Lander visits Cheyenne. Mr and Mrs F M Matthews visit Boulder. R D Jamison vacationing in Portland. George M Winkleman banker in the city. B J Emery of Rock Springs guest of Solon Emery. J T Kingdon Casper city engineer in Cheyenne. Dr L P Desmond called to Nunn Colo. J T Williams state senator Converse county doing business. Dr Margaret Beeler of Denver visiting at Henry C Beeler home. John Rutledge James Murray Little Horse Creek ranchmen in town. A S McPherrin Denver takes Ingersoll Stores management, Petrie moving to Shard in.
Frank E. McMillan former Cheyenne banker clerk and railway clerk rises to chief inspector of post offices for the United States. He previously served as district inspector in the east and as Boston postmaster’s assistant reorganizing that office. BE L McKee succeeds McMillan in Cheyenne. John R. Harrison moves to Washington.
A Dolson automobile from Auto Service & Motor Co. set what is believed to be the record run on the Silver Crown road. Driven by an unnamed party to Rambler mine, thirty-one miles west of the city, the trip took one hour and fifty minutes. The return trip was completed in exactly fifty-five minutes.
Funeral services for Mrs Beeler mother of State Geologist Henry Beeler were held at St Louis Cathedral Denver with Dear Hart officiating. The body was placed in a vault awaiting transfer to the east. Palace Pharmacy advertises King’s Little Liver Pills for biliousness and headaches at 2 cents.
The Union Pacific offers a private train pleasure trip Denver to Cheyenne and Laramie for the Wyoming Wool Growers Association from January 6th to Lith with a round trip rate of 2.35 dollars. G P A Fisher Denver notes make berth and drawing room renovations available.
New stock of wallpapers arrives featuring this year’s patterns. Available at Collendurgs, 406 West Seventeenth Street, Opposite City Hall site.
Wyoming Track Sander company of Cheyenne will outfit Union Pacific locomotives with new principle sanders invented by engineer F. L. Robinson. An initial order for 24 sanders covers six per division, signaling broader adoption and a Cheyenne industry. Robinson will source materials in Denver and then test on Southern Pacific lines in California.
E T Payton of Aripooish arrives in Cheyenne with Ed Byers, released from the state asylum after thirteen years. Payton lectures across the state to raise funds to help Byers get on his feet. The Cheyenne venue will be announced in this evening's paper.
Special notice states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is safe for children and adults. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
Wyoming Consistory No 1 held last evening election and named officers including Master of Kadosh E W Stone, prior R H Scott, preceptor W B Palmer, chancellor L C Hinkle, orator F L Moore, hospitailer C T Johnston, registrar John Schuneman, treasurer J D Breeborn. Installation and a smoker planned for next Saturday evening.
George Johnson a mail contractor known as the Little Horse fell to his death in a mine shaft while traveling to Cripple Creek Colorado. His brother Homer Johnson was killed a day earlier in the same mine. The body will be brought to Cheyenne for interment. Lafayette Johnaga, another brother, is a noted ranchman.
Governor Brooks will soon receive from the general land office a patent to 4,000 acres in townships 32 and 23, range 108. The land, reclaimed by the Boulder canal under the Carey arid land act, highlights a notable public land grant. Kodol is advertised as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion, sold by A. B. Roedel.
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