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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1887
Page
3
A busy city page reports a large Methodist Lyceum Society audience, a Fort Russell assault trial ongoing, and varied local sights. Edgy humor, circus ads, railroad notes, births, marriages, and police chatter fill the scene with colorful, era-typical detail.
Articles filed show F. W. Melcher, W. R B. Homan, Wendelli Menson, J. O H Bowman and others unite to form Oil Mountain Petroleum to buy coal oil and minerals, drill for natural gas, refine and transport petroleum with $10,000 capital. Office at Omaha but operations in Wyoming Garbom County and region. Lander Lumber also incorporates with $10,000 capital and five year plan.
A large Cheyenne gathering at City Hall appoints Geo A Draper and Robert Morris as temporary chair and secretary for a proposed board of trade. Delegates sign a pledge to join with $5 dues and plan a constitution and by laws at a forthcoming session.
Geo A Draper sells to Union Mercantile Co. stock is being inventoried and moved to the new location. Draper will focus on hardware with Draper Organ & Kally. The Union Mercantile site has had a grocery store since 1869 and traces its ownership through Whipple, Hay, Nagle, Rhodes & Troxell.
Cheyenne Wyoming city offers sealed proposals to tap all water wains in the city, furnish service pipes to streets, and supply all materials and labor per contract. Bids due July 5 at 2 pm in the city clerk's office. bid must include long and short taps separately. bonds required. council may reject any or all bids.
Real estate investments are safer than stocks and Kelley additions continue at reasonable prices with monthly payments. Cheyenne Carriage Co advertises reduced prices and Ranch wagons. Ferris moves houses at 206 Fifteenth Street. A touted safe medicine for infantile disorders without opium or morphine is sold for 25 cents. Carpenters builders offered building stock and lumber at reduced prices due to market changes. Myers advertises a dress pattern giveaway with purchases of 3.00 or more.
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