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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
4
A letter from Jacobe Pe Se notes corn and tomatoes enjoyed at dinner, purchased at 8 13 cents per can for corn and 25 cents for two cans of tomatoes, illustrating early 1900s grocery pricing and home life.
The note promotes a complete range of Silver and Cut Glass items ideal for serving New Year tea, emphasizing quality and variety for entertaining guests.
Denver Music Co offers a large display of high grade pianos in Cheyenne with Weber and Pianola models including the Themodist feature. Demonstrations each evening during a temporary sale at the Emporium Millinery Store with sheet music free to all. Tickets available at Denver headquarters and prices compare with New York and Denver.
A Loysen, superintendent of Un Cheyenne Detective bureau, appeared in a handsome uniform modeled after special watchmen. The note mentions nearby businesses and services including drugstore brands and local bar relocations, with various addresses and phone numbers cited in the public notice style.
A. A. Spaugh returns to Manville while George Stirling shows improvement. B. C. Bufftum travels from Worland. Charles Kitemiller arrives from Denver. Gen. Leopold Kabin back. W. F. Pflueging returns from Laramie. Mrs. Clara Bond and son depart for Michigan. EB Rice leaves for Portland. William Gilcrest in from Denver. Mrs. Organ and Katherine depart for the east. W. E. Mullen returns from the west. Governor Brook’s private secretary Alvin J. Mather ill at home. Robert Carr leaves for Chicago. Lem Snow heads to Parkman on official business. Al Chapman back from Old Mexico and Texas. Matie Murray in Laramie as University of Wyoming student.
Dispatches report Leonard Mortan was killed by Morgan Lewis alias Louis Briley in the American hotel. Lewis, from Cheyenne, shot Mortan after a brass knuckle attack, then leapt from a top-floor window to flee. A coroner's jury ruled the killing justifiable, while authorities pursue Lewis's Wyoming record and identify.
In federal court John C. Leeper a government livestock inspector was convicted of falsifying an expense account by padding a $20 item to $43 he is remanded to the U S marshal awaiting sentencing by the court.
An early yesterday attempt to rob Lagalle bank in Madella, Minnesota, broke doors and vault outer door with explosives, robbers fled after a fight with citizens, leaving without a cent. Notices follow for Unity Lodge installation of officers on Wednesday night January 12.
The Colorado and Southern announces a private rail tour through Mexico departing from Denver on January 28. Early reservations are urged with T. BK. Fisher as the general agent in Denver.
An odd notice describes a private rail trip departing Denver on January 28 via Colorado & Southern with reservations urged. It mentions DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by A. ff.
Prosecuting Attorney C. M. Watts arranged a deal to drop gambling charges in exchange for the surrender and destruction of all gambling paraphernalia. About $1,000 in roulette wheels tables and related items were burned on a vacant lot at Ferguson and Nineteenth streets, witnessed by some 200 people, as defendants agreed to costs but not grand jury expenses.
Funeral services for Mrs Harry A Clarke were conducted Sunday at 2 30 pm by Rev W H Fitzgerald at Fitts Baptist church with a large attendance Floral tributes filled the room Interment followed at Lakeview cemetery Pallbearers named Frank Vreeland L B E Stone G M Gilmore J M Gilmore A P Hanson and Es Johnston Palace Pharmacy ad at end.
New stock of wallpaper in this year’s patterns available at Collenburg and Espersons located at 6 West Seventeenth Street opposite City Ball.
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