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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
7
Piano and Edison phonograph with records offered for sale. Call 920 W Pind Street. Phone 1370-11-12-15-17.
A weather bureau forecast predicts a zero degree day in Wyoming after a thaw. Strong north winds are expected as temperatures slip to freezing or below, following yesterday's highs around the mid thirties and below freezing overnight.
Trains run behind schedule and are being held up at Virginia stations waiting for track clearance. No clear timelines given as authorities work to restore normal service.
The ministry of munitions offers 250000 civilian suits surplus from military clothing stock. Demobilized soldiers could choose a quilted outfit or $12 in cash. The sale aims to liquidate large quantities of MUFTI clothing after demobilization.
Judge W H Edwards presided over a burglary case involving P J Clark and Walter Bader with co defendants B Van Tassel and Charles A Murnan. Testimony detailed two barrels valued at $660 moved from a home to a cellar under Van Tassell Coal Co to hide in a warehouse area. Witnesses described floor removal and reburial, with barrel numbers 62157 and 62158 cited and disputed by defense as to burglary charge under Wyoming law. Attorneys A D Walton and M A Kiine represented Clark and Rader.
George Morgan, a working collier from Uses Place in Herbert Wales, has been notified by the government that his claim to ownership of 1,000,000 tons of coal in Deag Forest is established. He once “peunged out” the claim of common land forty years ago.
Coal mining in Wyoming faces delays as heavy snow blocks trucks and rail movements. Fort D A Russell official notes likely full operation tomorrow as crews clear switches and prepare coal shipments. Union Pacific reports miners back at Hamma and local mines, with national orders guiding restarts. transport constraints risk prolonging shortages. Weather worsens transport, echoes the century’s worst hurricane from October 1780 in Barbadoes.
Weather Bureau notes 24 hour forecast with high 45 degrees at 9 10 am and low 32 at 5 15 am. West wind 54 mph at 8 22 pm. Precipitation since January 1st 3 66 inches, normal 19 40 inches. Early Caddock and Joy Steeher clash over wrestling championship.
A readable catalog of businesses includes May be Purchased Charley Wong Restaurant and Plains Pharmacy Plains Cigar Stand along with Olson's Grocery Pioneer Grocery Peashorty's Grocery Devin's Grocerteria Mc Cferry Grocery Logea Book Store Wyoming Book Store Mrs Collier's Art Store Mohart's Grocery Klein Harris Book Store Kelley Merranfile Labor Journal Office.
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