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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
4
A 1907 letter explains bread woes and how Mamma switched to Royal and Snow Flake flour costing $1.50 a sack. The writer notes they keep all the best brands of flour at home.
A local retailer highlights a full line of Silver and Cut Glass to help customers serve their New Year’s tea with style and elegance.
Cora Brown was convicted in Cheyenne police court of engaging in disreputable living with limits set by police. She was fined 60 dollars plus costs, appeals planned, and released on bond while she pursues higher court review. The case sparked a heated legal battle between City Attorney Riner and defense attorney Frank Clark. Police described her residence near Bent and Eighteenth streets and alleged prior run with a Boulder house of ill repute. Also noted: Pete Karabas fined for disturbing acts in an alley.
Charles Kitzmiller has returned to Denver. Mrs R P Fuller is recovering from a serious sickness. L Patchell, business manager of the Laramie Boomerang, is attending to business in the city. Maude Glenn has returned from Fine Bluffs where she was a guest at her parents home. Master Mechanic William Niland of the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific has returned from the west. Judge R N Matson, who was to have held court in Sheridan this week, has postponed his trip to that city until next month.
Special to The Leader Casper Wyoming January 17 two separate incidents are reported. George Williams an 18 year old from Denver wandered five days over Teapot range and was hospitalized with severe frostbite likely losing a foot. Peter Yager a Pathfinder teamster was killed by a horse kick fracturing his skull and died within thirty minutes. Yager’s funeral held at Pathfinder.
News of the death of Mrs. Hazel Dickson Bolling formerly of Cheyenne reached here. She died January 11 at her home in McAlister Oklahoma. Eldest daughter of Col. Dickson she resided in Cheyenne until six years ago. She is survived by her parents husband one sister and two children.
The American torpedo fleet passed Cape Frio forty-two miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro this morning and is expected to arrive within a few hours. The flotilla departed Pernambuco on January 19. The report notes the arrival timeline and location.
The Cheyenne Industrial Club will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday evening to elect officers for the coming year. Palace Pharmacy Drug Co endorses King’s Liver Pills to cleanse the system and relieve biliousness and headaches.
The Denver Music Co sale in Cheyenne draws many buyers as pianos from Gee Steck Weber Smith Barnes Albrecht and other standard makers move to new homes. New Weber pianos arrive and the Themodist Pianola Piano sells for 600. Recitals on the instrument are scheduled for Monday evening.
A. L. Mohler of Union Pacific announces the main line will reach Craig Routt county by November first. Surveys near completion and grading prep are underway as the route runs south from Wamcutter toward the Yampa river, tapping coal fields and boosting the region. An independent firm plans an electric line from Rifle to Craig, aiming to connect Rio Grande with Routt and link with Union Pacific at Craig.
Crown work enables the skilled dentist to restore a decayed or broken tooth to its original size shape and color and preserve it for years. Modern methods make teeth comfortable durable and nearly indistinguishable from natural teeth. A clean mouth is a badge of gentility and Dr Sweatt at 16174 Ferguson Street offers guidance during holidays with phone 380 B.
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