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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
5
An elderly man died of heart trouble aboard belated Train No. 7 as it reached Rawlins yards. He was 72, traveling with an invalid wife and daughter from Minnesota to California for Mrs Huntoon’s health. Undertaker Rasmussen prepared the body for shipment. remains to be buried in Minnesota next spring after vault placement in California.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kirkland of Denver are Yuletide guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. BE. W. Stone. Kirkland is noted as Denver’s leading photographer and an artist of wide reputation. He and Eugene Colwell in Cheyenne invented an improved paper for fine portrait printing later sold to Eastman Kodak, a deal that would have earned them substantial cash or stock. Colwell is paymaster of the United States Senate in Washington. The Kirklands plan to stay in Cheyenne briefly and will meet friends during their visit.
A parade of visitors and travelers fills holiday notes with names and places. Jack Dumphey returns from Honolulu on furlough while Harold of Texas stays at the Nelgon home. Several families from Pine Bluffs Evanston Denver and Laramie visit relatives in town. Noted illnesses include pneumonia and other illnesses with several heads confined at home.
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