Swisher Buys Quinn Store In Cheyenne Optical Jewelery Firm
Ben Swisher purchases the Quinn Store from H pine and takes over as Swisher Jewelry and Optical Company. The business will be modernized with a new optical department run by Swisher while Quinn remains to oversee the watch department. Swisher also becomes Union Pacific watch inspector for the fourth, fifth and sixth districts, with a long record as a noted optician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con F. Swisher
Chey, Yone Optometrial
Optician
Jewep
Peaterday
H. ©. Pine
Bebotm & Akin
Atone
West Siventerntowt
Ne Swisher Jewelry and Optical
Swisher
Union Pacific Watch
Jacobs
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Mir
Quinn
Confederate envoy to Britain dies in house fire
Shreveport report recalls Judge J. C. Moncure, 89, fatally burned while night clothes caught fire at an open grate during his final hours. The Confederate officer, who visited France and Great Britain in the Civil War era, sought financial aid with two others when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shhreveport
J. C. Moncure
Monure
France
Great Britain
Ceth
Forced Off Train, Gets Sick: $15,250 Award
The Texas and Pacific railroad must pay $15,250 to the heirs of J. T. Higger of San Antonio Texas for health damage after being put off a train in a rainstorm at Longview Texas, per a Supreme Court decision. The notice also contains an unrelated wanted line for clean cotton rags.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
Texas & Phoffic Railroad
J. T. ‘Igger
San Antonio
Texas
Eli
Longview
Real Worth of Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder
An advertisement argues that Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder made from cream of tartar is superior to cheaper substitutes like alum or lime phosphate. It claims safety and purity, stating substitutes are used mainly to cut costs and harm food quality.
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Dr. Price
Knights Templer Elect Officers At Annual Meeting
At the Wye ming Commandry No 1 annual meeting officers were elected and installed for the upcoming year. Elected were W. C. Bond eminent commander H C Weffman generalissimo H G Watson captain general Pr George Carter prelate J L Freeborn treasurer J W Gill recorder M A Kiine senior warden HH E Crain senior warden J A Kirkpatrick standard bearer C E Lane sword bearer B O Neil warden Samuel Carson A J Parshall and J A Riner trustees. Desides the election of officers only routine business was before the meeting.
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Wyeming Commandry
Knights Templer
W. C. Bond
H. C. Weffman
H. G. Watson
George Carter
J. L Freeborn
J. W. Gill
M. A. Kiine
HH. E. Crain
C. E. Lane
B. &. O'Neil
Samuel Carson
A.J. Parshall
J. A. Riner
Rich placer of gold unearthed near Newcastle Wyoming
Dov. J C O Baker reports a new gold strike in the Harrigan district thirty five miles north of Newcastle. Nuggets valued at 82 each are shown, with pay dirt averaging unknown. Baker warns of a possible rush but says ground is scarce and land is taken. He plans residence in Newcastle to organize operations with wife and partners, while Newcastle stockholders in the Sun Oil property express excitement.
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Newcastle
J.C. O. Baker
Sun Oil Company
Harrigan
Mir
Kaker
Withesom
Newedade
Hinebe
Newcastile
New Bank Incorporation Filed in Greyball Wyoming
The secretary of state's office records a new bank charter for Greyball Wyoming with capital stock of 20000. Incorporators include noted Cheyenne bankers Harry B Henderson C C McEndres RB W Burke Sylvan Leon and Arthur A Lee.
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Wyoming
Dishwashing suspect named in Portland murder case
Police traced a murder suspect described as William Smythe to Chicago after a Portland circular. He was found at the Inter Ocean hotel working as a ditch washer and confessed to recent travel from the west. A trunked murder body was dumped in a river last November. A £560 reward is offered. authorities seek more details to locate him.
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Portland
Ore
Wm. Smythe
Peddinge
Ficer Peterson
Inter Ocean
Questoning
On Trial and Other Stage News in Chicago and New York
Review notes highlight Elmer Reizenstein's backward storytelling play On Trial with a heavy 50-person cast touring from Oakland. Also previews Kalem feature The Glory of Youth and Strange Marmon, plus vaudeville acts at Lyre and Capitol, and a four part drama The Alternative at American Film Company.
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Chicago
New York
Elmer
Relvenstein
Reizenstein
Capitol Avenive Theatre
Daggnee Corsa
Jungs
Cheyenne
Oakland
Cal
Lwo Hye
Peraiad
Unwinda
Alee
The
American Film Company
Shay
Hue
Hiaself
Steen
Calved
Arume
Porter Hueree
Poker Tobie
Harmony
Paramount News
Picetwres
Wyoming Poultry and Stock Show Opens Fifty-Third Year
The Wyoming Poultry and Stock Association opened its fifty third annual exhibit on Went Seventeenth Street. More entries this year than all previous years, including competitors from Colorado and western Nebraska. The exhibit runs from noon to 1 am with association members on hand to guide visitors through the displays.
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Wyoming Poultry and Teat Stock
Psrlation Vestering
Colorado
Nebraska
Cheyenne Girl College Guest Attends Winter Party
Miss Louise Stimson of Cheyenne attends a Christmas party at Lawrence College hosted by the Steam Phi Gyallon fraternity. The event features a large tree gifts and evergreen decorations, games, refreshments, and a fraternity quartet performing.
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Appleton
Wis
Mies Louise Stimson
Cheyenne
Steam Phi Gyallon Fraternity
Lawreence
Herman Smith
Theodore Sloat
William Eddy
Dan Preston
Louise Stimson
J. Ke, Stimson
Delia Gamma Sorority
Exceptional Bill At the Atlas
Vaudeville opened yesterday at the Atlas with one of its largest prerinee houses in years. Clayton and trio delivered dancing and songs while Brown and Collins performed a novelty act. The four young ladies sang with strong voices and skilled dancing in Thru Five Countries in Twenty Minutes. The Atlas orchestra provided a rich musical backdrop to the high class program.
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Atlas
Meabager Sleaney
Clayton
Ierio
Danoe
Atlan
Remarkable film version of Damaged Goods at Lyric II
The film adaptation of the drama Damaged Goods premieres at Lyric II with Richard Bennett leading the cast. The same actors who staged the play in Santa Barbara reappear in their original roles for this American Film Company production released as a Mutual feature.
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Ia Tely
Richard Bennett
Vant
American Film Company
Santa Barbara
Mutual Film Corporation
Henry Lent Sought for Abandonment Warrants Placed
Requisition papers were presented to Governor Kendrick for the return to Minnesota of Henry EK Lent, wanted on a charge of abandoning a child. Sheriff William S Dalios of Brown County reported the offers for approval and Lent was to be moved to Lovell Big Horn County for extradition.
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Kendrick
Minnesota
Henry EK
Lent
William
Dalios
Brown County
Minnesolt
Lovell
Horn County
Trave
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Vantaut
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Greyhoh
Capitol Avenue
Lyole
At the Athos
Colling
Billy Ritchie
Cheyenne Girl College
Tiet the Hale
Constance Crawley
Rarity
Irene Fenwick
Wuphey
the Circus
Todd
Horlick
West Side Coal & Junk Yard
Lowky
Joese
Atlas Orchestra
Hilhie Ritchie
t—Clayton & Russell
Tostra
Weptal
t—Ittown & Collins
the & Rennes
Tly
Halland
Beype
Nagtimel
Miss Hassette Ienme
Eennie
Eva Star
Leathog
Capital Avenue Theatre
Cohan G Harris
Abeacndd
Souls On Sale
the Twisters
Boyd’s
Cigar Stores
Premium Depot
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