Breakfast fruit note from 1908 Dear Friend letter
A dated 1908 letter describes breakfast with sour and sweet oranges and advocates eating fruit for health. It lists fruit prices per dozen and ends with a friendly sign off from Jacobe Pe.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
4
A dated 1908 letter describes breakfast with sour and sweet oranges and advocates eating fruit for health. It lists fruit prices per dozen and ends with a friendly sign off from Jacobe Pe.
Emil Dion a Cheyenne resident for twenty years and noted real estate agent died of pneumonia at St Johns hospital after a six week illness. He was 46 and unmarried. Funeral plans include services at St Marys Cathedral and the Elks Home with Elks arranging the final rites.
A. A. Spangh of Manville tn and James Dolan je are in the city from Pine Bluffs. Mr and Mrs F T Cummings visit Casper. Henry Sweet returns from Leadville. William Sturgis heads to Denver on business. Andrew Wilkinson visits from Pine Bluffs ranch. John Wilkinson from Pine Bluffs attends to city business. Mrs Thomas Meldrum and Henry and Clarence Lane depart for Ogden after telegraph on mother’s illness. Charles B McLaughlin Union Pacific firemen returns from Omaha after talks with railroad officials.
Cheyenne Industrial club directors urge improved postal service with four daily mail deliveries and seven city box collections, plus better street paving in the business district. They plan to lobby the Wyoming congressional delegation and seek city council support, noting growth outpacing current service and the dust problem harming local businesses. New members welcomed include C. C. Brownlee and J. E. Stimpson among others.
The Elks announce the funeral for Emile Dion will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Elks' Home. All Elks are urged to attend. Roderick N. Matson E. R. Attest T. Blake Kennedy Secretary.
In district court Court Commissioner W P Carroll presiding Boris Predmestky proprietor of the New York store was granted a temporary injunction restraining L R Bresnahen owner of the building from compelling removal of the store or entering the establishment without Predmestky’s permission.
Kenedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts promptly on the bowels to force the cold from the system and allay inflammation. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
In Laramie Wyoming Frank Keefe seeks dismissal of the first degree murder charge for the Tom King killing at Rawlins as two court terms passed without a trial. He had also killed Baxter in the same period and was convicted and released last November. The Wyoming Supreme Court issued a prohibition blocking Rawlins district court from proceeding. Judge Carpenter set March 31 for arguments on the motion.
Ten dollar reward for the person who finds a band box on Capitol avenue between Depot and Twenty-fourth street containing a black fur hat trimmed with black plumes and flowers plus a ladies waist and extra flowers. Return to 2011 Central avenue for reward.
Eleanor Eadie aged 19, recently out of high school and previously unknown, won the competition for Bayonne’s proposed soldiers and sailors monument. Her design was selected over several New York sculptors at a Bayonne Patriotic Monument Association meeting.
At the Cheyenne Railway Employer's Building and Loan association monthly meeting loans were sold at premiums: 2000 at 20 percent, 6000 at 20 percent, 800 at 20 percent, and 1000 at 21 percent.
Palace Pharmacy Drug Co promotes Man Zan Pile Remedy priced at 50 with guaranteed relief. Ready to use, this product promises prompt relief and soothing healing for any form of piles with one application.
James Dunn of Homestake Mining, after a saying here goes nothing, shot his tongue with a revolver. He survived the self-inflicted wound though doctors warned he might never speak again. Friends stopped him on a second attempt at ending his life.
From Magdalena reports San Diego March 25 nine ships have completed target practice under Rear Admiral Evans. The Maine Alabama Illinois Georgia Louisiana Minnesota Ohio Kentucky and Kearsarge finished work at 1600 yards. Practice used stationary targets and may change range or target type for the rest of the exercise.
Mrs Catherine Thompson mother of George and Charlie Thompson pioneer resident of Cheyenne is critically sick at her home on West Seventeenth Street with little hope for recovery. Her daughter Mrs Jameson of Portland Oregon is en route to Cheyenne.
Paso Ointment promises a 6 to 14 day cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles or a full refund. The ad emphasizes rapid relief and guarantees satisfaction with money back.
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