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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
6
Dinneen family hosts Christmas at Mission apartments while local workers travel to spend the holiday. Residents and visitors from Denver and Casper arrive or depart for Christmas visits, with church groups and Y W C A cafeteria events drawing crowds.
A Dodge belonging to Roxana Petroleum, driven 244 miles, was recovered Sunday night just ninety minutes after being reported stolen from the Union Pacific station. The car was found abandoned on East Sixteenth Street in the 800 block after a swift sheriff’s office search.
A Cheyenne hardware store tale recalls a savvy boy who doubts Santa Claus yet fears his suspicions might anger the toymaker. The salesman warns that Santa hears thoughts and may withhold gifts if disbelief persists, just before Christmas.
A Chicago commission selected two square blocks between the Northwestern Railroad station and the Union passenger station for the new post office planned to be the world's largest. The proposed building on the west side of the Chicago river will provide 1,200,000 square feet of floor space and cost about $6,000,000.
James F. Shields of 2223 Thames Street died Monday morning at St. John’s Hospital after an illness of over four weeks. Born February 5 1868 in Breman Nebraska he lived in the city for 19 years and worked as foreman of the Gulf Southern roundhouse. He belonged to Knights of Columbus Modern Woodmen and the M B A and is survived by his mother three brothers and two sisters. Funeral at St Mary’s Cathedral Friday at 9 a m with Requiem High Mass by Rev James A Hartmann. Interment Willow Island Nebraska rays the W W Dumm Mortuary listed as the point of contact.
On December 1 the Cheyenne Messenger Service raised 10 cents on all messenger and side car trips for destinations more than six blocks from 17th and Carey Ave in Des Moines. The increase applies from December 13 to 25.
A missing western land civilization is revived as a new aqueduct to Winnipeg spurs settlement east of the city. The Birch River valley becomes a boom area with 400 families, several villages, churches, and schools, plus lumber mills and granite deposits drawing industry and a prison farm site is acquired.
A Christmas tree in City Park will be decorated and lit for Christmas Eve and kept in regalia through New Year. Community Service, Inc. arranged the event using a tree from the group, though the largest sent was indoor only. D Daniels leads the outdoor display with a public illumination ceremony.
A fragmented advertisement urges sending a slip with name and address to Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago to receive four trial products including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds. It also touts Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets for various ailments with a note about Christmas cards at Cheyenne Printery 114 West 17th Street.
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