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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
9
A travely memorandum extols California as a winter haven with varied hotels, mission style architecture, and hospitable climate. It highlights affordable furnished cottages in Pasadena and the province of seasonal charm, urging readers to consider California as a permanent or repeated destination for recreation and relaxation.
The Overland Limited Pacific Limited Pacific Limited and others promise up-to-date equipment and a pleasant journey. Trains feature the latest comfort devices and steel-wired safety, with excellent roadbed and equipment ensuring a delightful trip from boarding onward.
Public notice directs readers to contact L A Broderick for full information on fares train service and automatic electric block safety signals. Literature will be furnished upon request.
The note lists a jumble of figures with dates and temperature highs and lows, mentioning Sears and Fetremes. Values include a high of 66 and low of -15, plus last year's highs and lows of 34 and 21, respectively, with unclear date references.
In Minneapolis on December 23 a 16 foot fir was raised at Gateway Park for the municipal festival. Mayor Nye and the Center Improvement Association organized the project with volunteers from the Master Builders' Association and Tri-State Telephone. The platform, lighting, and nine scheduled programs will unfold from Christmas Eve through the holiday week.
The Yorkshire Observer reports the first wireless SOS from the Arctic ship Laenvald Jarl. The message instructed to "wait and listen" and confirmed the ship went ashore on the Lofoten islands 600 miles north of Bergen. Further news of the accident was not available.
The funeral of Wm E B McNulty will be held from St Marys Cathedral on Saturday morning. He will be buried in the City Cemetery by the Elks order. McNulty, a longtime railroad employee in Cheyenne, died aged 45 in an engine overturn near Nordeaux on the Colorado Southern line. A large procession, including Cheyenne Elks and Denver Colorado Southern officials, will honor his memory. He leaves a widow from July last and a daughter from a previous marriage, living at 915 West 25th Street.
Burglars entered South Presbyterian Church in Syracuse New York late today and stripped a large Christmas tree of toys and candies. They also forced into the pastor's study and stole a diary with outlines of 20 sermons and several handwritten sermons.
Washington society note highlights Misa Genevieve Champ Clark daughter of the speaker managing the Clark home on Massachusetts avenue amid debutante activities. Miss Margaret McChord daughter of the Interstate Commerce Commission chairman also runs the McChord home on Connecticut avenue and plans a December 27 dessert in honor of Miss Lucy Hoke Smith.
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts as a cheap, harmless remedy to flush clogged kidneys and reduce bladder and back pain. It claims the tonic dissolves acids from grapes and lemon and Lithia, neutralizing urine and stimulating kidney activity. A local druggist is quoted selling Jad Salts widely to believers in kidney cure.
Copenhagen reports Iceland has enforced a strict liquor import ban since 1912 with no legal alcohol entering the country since. only smugglers have breached it, and no strong drink sales will be allowed after January 1, 1915. Prices rise as beer becomes unavailable and the abstinence movement supports the State Leader.
In Reykjavik alcohol sales face strict limits with few licensed venues despite pervasive opposition to prohibition. Meanwhile in Kansas City, decayed horses dubbed "down and out" will receive Christmas dinners from volunteers Mrs Bornbrook and Mrs Prima Rob until January 1, including oats and corn chop per animal.
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