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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
16
Witnesses recall rail failure and derailment on a wrecked train near Wheatland. Engineers, firemen, and passengers escaped unharmed as crews freed cars and secured food for stranded travelers.
The article argues that trustees and party officials who will redeem platform pledges should help draft the party platform. It asserts a trustee’s role in the contract creating the trust and that voters accept a binding covenant when they approve the principles and promised legislation.
Santa Claus and his helpers present a 7 o'clock Christmas carnival at the Methodist church. The event greets Sunday school scholars, parents, and friends with a tableau and colored stereopticon pictures illustrating the childhood of Christ. St. Nicholas will meet children and hand out goodies from a sack.
The Wyoming Supreme Court adjourned until January after hearing Wm H. Kelsey v. district court in Wheatland. The case seeks a writ of revision over child custody of Margaret Kelsey, remanded to the Home of the Good Shepherd in Denver amid claims of ill treatment.
One of the engines that crushed Mte out of Wm E McNulty the engineer killed Monday in the wreck on the Colorado and Southern helped bear his body into Cheyenne. The engine left the track near Bordeaux 81 miles from Cheyenne. The burial is expected Friday or Saturday at the City cemetery. Undertaker Hearly oversees arrangements. A lodge delegation greeted the train’s Cheyenne arrival.
The Salvation Army of Cheyenne plans Christmas baskets today from 2 to 4 p.m. at headquarters 508 West Seventeenth Street. About 150 poor children will enjoy a Christmas entertainment at Eagles hall at 7:30 p.m. Santa Claus will hand out candies nuts oranges toys and clothing. Captain Chesham invites all donors to Eagles hall tonight.
The gathering celebrated the happiness created for 150 youths, acknowledging the volunteers and mentors who supported their growth. The ceremony highlighted shared achievement and community spirit fueling continued work.
A storage mail car bound Omaha to Portland caught fire near Opal by Green River and burned all parcels and letters. No residents of this city likely lost gifts, though hundreds of Oregon children and adults face disappointment.
Sammy Harris, manager for Kid Williams, accepts a 5000 guarantee for a bout against Eddie Campi of California in Los Angeles on February 12. Williams and Harris depart for the coast on January 10 while awaiting the London Sporting Club decision on a Williams versus Digger Stanley match.
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