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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
11
Consistory week in Cheyenne brings a packed social calendar with an acquaintance luncheon at the temple and a grand ball Friday night. Visiting Masons and Fort Russell officers attend, while the G A R Ladies consider surrendering their charter at Friday’s meeting.
The city schools will close December 17 for holiday vacation and reopen January 3, 1910. Teachers plan to leave town and students go home. A Friday evening social at the High School featured entertainment and a musical program. The December Lariat issue is out with football team items, the coach, and prize short stories.
The Gates and Kline music firm, Baldwin piano agents for the state, will open at 1815 Ferguson Street tomorrow. They moved stock into the building and invite the public to visit on opening day, with Twilight Congo souvenir copies for guests. Gates and Kling are local businessmen with prior experience in Sheridan and this city.
President and Mrs. Taft arrived from Washington and toured Fifth Avenue in a heavy downpour to buy Christmas gifts for the White House family. The president will travel to New Haven for a Yale corporation meeting. A chicken shoot event is listed at Target Gallery on 404 W. 17th Street.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a universal cure for kidney and bladder woes. It claims rapid improvement in inactive kidneys, backache, rheumatic twinges, and urinary issues after a fifty cent course. The Bee Hive Store also notes extended evening hours through Christmas.
Murchison cut glass shop and Bill Barrow author of Sagebrush Philosophy attend to city business. Florist offers choice cut flowers. Hamilton, Douglas capitalist and large stockholder in North Platte Valley Irrigation, visits. Walker, Wool Growers secretary, returns from Chicago and Wyoming. C. H. McWhinnie of Douglas among Converse county residents in town. Joseph Wilde and Hartville Mayor Anthony Wilde in city on court business. Black of Rock Springs prominent coal official in Cheyenne. Thomas Rutledge, Pine Bluffs financier, in Cheyenne. Waterfront wear sale at Wasserman's. Greenbaum-Mosher Shoe and Clothing and Cokeville Sheep incorporate. Fire destroys a one room house at Ninth and Bu yder streets. Basinito resident injured on West Sixteenth Street. New baby born to Mrs Bert on Avenue and Twenty-first Street. Freeones manager resigns.
Advertising notice for a shop window display featuring a variety of consintory items and charms. Promotes a free viewing in the storefront with the quirky misspellings typical of the era.
Washington reports that Chairman Hamilton of the committee on territories expects the house to pass the statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona quickly. The measure aligns with the president’s recommendations and follows executive guidance issued earlier.
Ban Johnson warns that electing John M Ward as National League president would trigger war with the American League. He accuses Charles W Murphy of opposing efforts to grow baseball and names Ward as a rival to be dictatorial in the sport. The piece notes Johnson arrived to comment on the dispute.
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