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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
4
Dear Friend letter from 1907 recalls Jacobe Pete planning to buy all groceries at one store next year to avoid mismatches with his mother and ensure better attention and reasonable prices. The writer notes a store’s promise of better service when customers give all their business.
A local ad promotes a full line of Silver and Cut Glass to enhance New Year's tea service, highlighting a range of serving pieces and tableware for festive entertaining.
James Walsh Sr. died suddenly at 2 pm while seated at his daughter Mrs. Patrick Maroney’s home in Cheyenne. He leaves two sons James Jr. and Thomas, survived by his daughter, and a friend who were present. coroners ruled heart failure and no inquest. Funeral set for St Mary’s Cathedral.
Millville New Jersey January report states H Shepherd despondent over not supporting his growing family. After a seventh child arrived this week he paced the floor all night and then shot himself, ending the strain he felt from caring for many children.
Ver non L. Nettleton, 48, a Coldwater hardware merchant, attacked his sister Ida in an insane fury early today. He shot at her missing, slashed her neck and then killed himself with a butcher knife. Ida Nettleton remains in critical condition.
The article extols crown work to restore badly decayed teeth to their original size shape and color for lasting comfort and durability. It argues timely treatment saves pain and money, notes modern methods ease care and present a refined appearance, and endorses Dr. S. H. Sweatt at 1617 Ferguson Street with phone 380-8 for guidance and holiday discounts.
Dr J V Delaney of Laramie calls on the town. R G Pitch visits from Laramie. Justice John Morgan in Cheyenne from Heela. C D Pletcher to Hartville today. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Powers in the city from Torrington. Mrs 8 BH Arnolds of Wheatland visits Cheyenne. Mrs Minnie Culver left for Ypailanti Michigan. Mr and Mrs R Pinga of Sibylle country visit Cheyenne. Deputy Sheriff D BE Brown of Guernsey attends city business. Mr and Mrs Mitch Merrill return from Omaha after their relatives funerals.
In district court Judge R N Matson denied motions to quash the informations charging gambling law violations filed by Public Prosecutor C M Watts. He gave the prosecutor time to amend the informations in specifics like names and places and ordered amendments to be made promptly.
Secretary G S Walker of the National and Wyoming Wool Growers associations received from Pocatello Idaho a telegram from settlers praising his stand against the Pinchot land leasing measure then pending in congress. Petitions against passage will be sent tomorrow.
Warren Beltz stamp clerk at the Laramie post office and son of Postmaster E. T. Beltz is critically ill from blood poisoning caused by handling mica covered postal cards. The infection started from a finger wound and spread to his arm and breast. such cards have been condemned by the Post Office Department though workers are sometimes required to handle them.
The Union Pacific has begun a mile-long spur to the Rock Springs Gibraltar mine in Black Buttes Wyoming. Completion expected by January 16. After that four to six carloads of coal daily to be shipped, with some output marketed at Cheyenne and Laramie.
At Gilcrest Lumber yards in West Cheyenne Policeman Thomas Adams faced two armed men led by the yard manager who fired a revolver and had an ax ready. The weapon misfired and Adams revealed his identity, averting tragedy as the prowler fled and no arrest reached.
A fierce storm along the English channel and the west coast of Europe and North Africa has caused heavy loss of life. A Tangier dispatch reports two native passenger boats foundered off El Arish Morocco with forty drowned including Europeans.
Sunset Express No. 10 on the Southern Pacific was wrecked south of San Jose at Rucker. The southbound train ran an hour late and early reports say five people were killed and about a dozen injured with details still scarce.
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