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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
A dated 1908 note describes a trip to the grocery with a large basket. The writer lists items bought including sugar tea coffee new potatoes green vegetables fruit and mentions carrying the salt home in the arm. The message closes with friendship.
Bartlett Bros. awarded the contract to survey the Cheyenne Electric Street Railway main line from Fifteenth Street and Capitol Avenue north to Twenty fourth Street near the state capitol. Real estate in northern areas rises as the project spurs activity. H Hastings of the Capital Electric Company will direct the electrical work. H P Livermore of Denver departs, not linked to construction.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan releases a travel book The Old World and Its Ways with 261 engravings from photographs. The work, supervised by Bryan, reflects his observations of nations and peoples, focusing on government education religion and society without political argument. Published by Thompson Publishing of St Louis sold by subscription.
Local note card lists numerous residents and visitors with moves and plans. J C Fulton and M J Barry back from Laramie, Jobh McDermott in from Douglas, Ruth Holliday homeward bound from Laramie, Judge Matson traveling from Douglas to Casper, F E Warren en route to Sheridan, plus Griffin Cochran ill at home. Also noted are John Rice guest of Harry Patton, D R Preston in city on business, C E Cady returning from Laramie, M G Yates en route from Montana to Missouri, O O Orr visiting Cheyenne, A M Brooks from Douglas staying through the Fourth, and a Woodmen of the World social at Fraternal hall July 2.
President Charles Hansel of the Wyoming and Southwestern Railway denies reports it is backed by Penn Wyoming Copper. He says the only link is a ore hauling contract from Battle Basin to the Encampment smelter, with no equity or financial backing disclosed.
Manager Heaney hosts a popular vaudeville program with Tracy and Carter performing singing and dancing. The Waltons debut their realistic In Camp sketch with special scenery. The Grace Tempest trio entertain and Mr Marshall sings, while new moving pictures close the program.
Tutaily July 1 Captain Parker U S N arrived on the Annapolis on the 18th and formally took over duties as governor on May 21 relieving Captain C B T Moore U S N who had administered island affairs for some time past.
Lorenzo Dow Harvey PhD superintendent of the Stout Training school of Me nomine Wis was elected president of the National Educational association at a special session today in Cleveland Ohio July 1.
The Broatch group versus Boysen and others has been on trial in US court for two days. The case centers on title to mineral land in Fremont County.
Butte Mont July 1 The Montana state democratic convention at Bozeman instructed the Montana delegation to the national convention in Denver to vote for Bryan. Social dance at Turner Hall Wednesday evening. Haneschka s Orchestra. Waterman fountain pens insult every hand Murchison Jewelry company
Walter Jordan, charged with the murder of Albert Carnell near Lusk on June 16, is moved to Laramie County jail in Cheyenne for safety and to prevent coordination with alleged accomplice Dan Daly. Daly remains in Douglas jail. authorities fear a plotted escape or false testimony if they meet before district court in Douglas. Jordan denies killing Carnell and claims aliases including Miller and Montana Slim.
The Weather Bureau reports Cheyenne had 2.52 inches of rain in June, 0.94 inches above the 38 year average. The month’s average temperature ran three degrees below the long term mean. Winds predominated from the south totaling 6716 miles, with eight cloudy days and twenty two days of some cloud.
Six young college graduates affiliated with the Young Men’s Christian Association sail today in steerage on the Rotterdam for a year of study in Europe. Upon return they pledge five years of work with foreigners in the anthracite coal regions and manufacturing centers of the United States.
Funeral services for Frank Joslin were conducted yesterday morning at the residence with a large gathering of friends attending. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery.
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