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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
4
A brief reader note lists various baked items available, suggesting a bakery or shop offers a wide selection. No further details on locations, prices, or hours are provided.
Passengers recount a near disaster when a forward drive wheel burst on the engine of Union Pacific train No 2 while crossing the Fort Steele North Platte river bridge. The wheel broke into three pieces but did not derail the train, which halted after about 400 yards. Train crew braked and stopped safely with no loss of life.
Reports from Chile describe government forces using machine guns against striking nitrate workers in Iquique. About 2,500 people were killed or wounded as soldiers fired on crowds in the city and at the beds, with large disruption to business and daily life.
Commencing March 1908 the price for electric service will be 12 cents per Kilo Watt hour for stores and offices and 15 cents per Kilo Watt hour for residences. A 6 percent discount applies to bills up to $10.00 and 0 percent on bills over $10.00 if paid by the 5th of the following month. Power prices upon application. Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Shultz Volker’s residence on Weet Seventeenth Street around 7:15 PM. The house was gutted and contents destroyed with estimated losses between $600 and $800. A misleading medicine ad fragment also appears in the text.
Nell Clark returned forne creek. George BE Pexton of vaneton fy in the city. John Morton a Cheyenne Visitor from Douglas. Mendelson State Examiner returned from Douglas. C H Edwards improving after illness. R P Allen Iron Mountain ranchman in city business. M Schwartz and family arrived from Denver to reside in Cheyenne. Mr and Mrs B F Ball departed for the Pacific coast. Mrs E Matthews guests Mr and Mrs R Wills depart for Chicago. Mr and Mrs BE Jordan return to Wheatland. Captain A A Underwood returned from Paxton Nebraska with Italian colony greeting to dust car crew.
Denver Hotel and Restaurant Keepers association met at the Adame hotel to discuss a year long rate schedule for 1909 conventions. They aim to curb public price boosts during large gatherings and combat bad advertising about Denver hotels. F K Lewis spoke on Model Hotel Kitchens as part of the program.
A Japanese man named Shoushi received a fifty day jail term after confessing he started a prairie fire ten miles northwest of the city that burned more than 6000 acres. He left the fire burning beside the road and later admitted responsibility under a Wyoming misdemeanor statute.
An anonymous letter threatens to destroy the federal building and city hall in Denver unless the unemployment crisis is relieved within 48 hours. Governor Buchtel orders heightened security at the capitol and other public buildings while the sender signs as a Republican voter.
The next trial of the “million dollar” suit of James Doyle against James F. Burns will be held in Glenwood Mills County after Judge Thornell granted a change of venue. Burns moved that Pottawatomie County prejudice would prevent a fair hearing.
A St Patrick Day dance at Turner Hall is noted along with a prize walta by a five piece orchestra. Cincinnati reports Mayor Leopold Markbreit faced protests from women after ordering police to bar women chauffeurs following a fatal auto accident. Public reaction spurred by Susan B Anthony club led to widespread objections from women automobile owners and many non owners alike.
Mrs Beatrice Thomas Metcalf formerly of Denver was committed to the general hospital for the insane after attempting to shoot Attorney G R Hammill during the John R Walsh trial in Chicago. She had made two prior tries at self harm.
A Colorado School of Mines basketball game against C. H. B. is set for Keefe Hall. Haneschka's orchestra will accompany the event while The Atlas showcases vaudeville acts that week, drawing audiences with high quality performances.
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