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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
4
A 1908 letter describes a morning trip to the grocery with a large basket. The writer lists purchases including sugar tea coffee new potatoes green vegetables fruit and notes carrying salt home in his arm before signing as your friend Jacobe.
The Cheyenne Industrial club agreed to back Laramie in urging the War Department to detrain supplies for 5,000 troops at Laramie during August maneuvers in Crow Creek National Forest. Laramie appeals after Islay and Dale Creek were proposed. industrial leaders in Cheyenne will press Albany County's city to gain favor.
Schedule notes for Union Pacific and Denver Pacific lines listing westbound and eastbound trains with arrival and departure times. Includes Overland Limited No 1 and No 9 Fast Mail, California and Oregon Exchanges, Eastern and Atlantic Express trains, disembarking times, plus Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Colorado and Southern timetables with rough effective dates and ad hoc city names.
Local notices list numerous residents and visitors: M. J. Barry returns from Lar amie. Dr. G. C. Rafter from Laramie. Mrs. Cyrus Beard from Evanston. Mrs. Catlin of Hartville in city on business. C. L. Patchell of Lar ame Boomerang in town. A. D. Cook, state superintendent, at Douglas. Mrs. Wanamaker of Rock Springs Rocket travels home from Denver. J. K. Jeffery, ex Cheyenne, en route from Dillon to Denver. Col. H. E. Wadsworth on Shoshone reservation business. Dr. Rohrbaugh from Casper attends medical board meeting. Mrs. B. B. Brooks and children head to V V ranch near Casper for summer. Mrs. John Astle en route to Hamilton Canada and other eastern cities. Mrs. C. B. Peterson of East Sixteenth street recovering from appendectomy at St. John's hospital and will visit St. Paul Neb. after recovery.
The Atlast last night housed large audiences with a dancing heavy bill. The Five Musical Hawaiians perform native songs and dances while Maude Kramer showcases Buck and Wing dancing with live piano accompaniment. Maude and Maud Kramer present a funny two act sketch Flap Jack Sol. Eddie Powers offers a comedy turn with moving pictures and songs. Tonight closes the first half as the program will change for tomorrow’s matinee.
H D Schoonmaker of Troy New York a financier active in the Seminole district Wyoming visited Cheyenne yesterday with his sister Miss Schoonmaker. They were met by J C Coslett foreman of the Dumbell Cattle company and will go to the Sun ranch headquarters.
General Firmin, a leading figure in the Haitian revolution and a wealthy statesman, arrived in New York aboard the steamship Carolina. He may undertake an extended tour of the United States.
Oklahoma City reports William White a farmer killed as four tornadoes swept toward Wa tonga causing extensive farm and property damage. Eiler's big show slated for June 11.
E Amoretti known as the father of Lander, stops in Cheyenne en route from Florida. The Wyoming pioneer, ninety, tall and strong, predicts Lander will become a metropolis in a great industrial district with rich natural resources. He is a banker holding chief stock in several First National banks and owns seven blocks of Cheyenne real estate. He and Mrs Amoretti plan to return to Lander, visiting Glenrock on the way.
Troops at Fort Russell received payment yesterday and many soldiers spilled into the city last night. Several fights occurred but police did not arrest anyone.
R E Carr of St Louis representing Campbell and Reid and Western Sale Stables arrives in the city seeking high quality Wyoming horses for one of the nation’s largest horse buying concerns.
Fire in Ennis Texas destroyed Bedford's restaurant Thomas-Walker Shoe company Independent Telephone company and the F C Vickery grocery establishment. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
Mrs Margaret Raster widow of Herman Raster former editor in chief of the Illinois Staats Zeitung drowned in Lake Michigan at Winne t aka suburb where she was patient at a health resort.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt travels from Washington to New Jersey to serve as bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Georgiana Harding Farr and Mr. Fletcher Harper Sibley in West Orange.
B. M. Thompson of Cheyenne has been appointed by Senator F. E. Warren as a cadet at the United States Naval Academy and will depart for Annapolis tomorrow morning.
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