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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1912
Page
13
A Cheyenne section lists local items from torn notices. Handy ads offer piano lessons, a factory trunk sale, and a Maxwell Street address while police report a motorcycle theft and a court/justice update. Community notes cover visits, arrests, charity work, and weather-related delays.
A fragment of household tips covers roasting turkey with butter on chopping knives and stuffing with sweet potatoes. It also suggests using seasoned bread crumbs fried sausage and cereal coffee with molasses for flavor and cost savings.
A Niagara celebration film shows Canadian Boldlera and soldiers at Niagara Falls. It follows Leach as he enters a barrel and descends the Falls with the weasel companion. An airship, carrier pigeons, Maid of the Mist views, and a bridge scene accompany the event. Song Phoebe Jane.
At the Atlas, the bill closes tonight featuring Cowley and Demare in robes and a child act, Attaway and Green at the Circus, and Hugo the strong man performing with cannon balls and a torpedo. The program includes good pictures and a small orchestra to accompany the show, promising a pleasant evening.
A Capitol Avenue theatre invites audiences tonight with a program of moving pictures and good music. The event promises a varied screening and live accompaniment by a local ensemble for an evening of entertainment.
This afternoon at Capitol Avenue Theatre you can enjoy a program of moving pictures and a fine orchestra performance. The event promises entertainment with a curated film program and live musical accompaniment.
Drugstore ad promises refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. Includes price 50c. Mentions Beatrice Kitty and Beatrice-Kitty's term and a line about Lillian and Jack with money issues.
Cheyenne schools reopened January 8 after vacation with six teachers on leave. Miss Bartlett of Central School in California for a month, replaced by regular supply head Ford. Corlett and Churchill schools faced frozen pipes. thawing resumed classes Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Turned Art Exhibit planned January 25 26 27 in the Gym with proceeds funding school art purchases. PBEO ladies oversee the exhibit. January Lariat issued. Cheyenne High Cadet Scouts organized January 5 under Lieut Steever with five squads led by Keating Heavey Harris Dade Jones. new drill visuals and growing interest. High School shifted to forty five minute recitations and three thirty study period. exams scheduled this week. penmanship samples from Salim’s School Minas Eddleman’s School to Ayres at Russell Sage Foundation. Wilhelmina Miller, previously with Goodman School, elected to fill a vacancy at Thermopolis and resigns in Cheyenne.
Reports from the city reservoir area indicate a strong water outlook for next summer. W J Hakes notes heavy winter snows in the watershed, with snow banks in canyons and hills higher than in many years, suggesting an abundant supply for Fort Laramie and Cheyenne.
Judge PD H Craig of the Third District presided in the Gunston case charged with statutory rape. The court deferred a conginuanes of the cane and work of selecting jurors. The trial began yesterday afternoon and adjourned without completion, with a new venue of six to report this morning. Gen Thompson and W Kinkead represented the defendant.
The article states annual passes will be issued soon while old 1911 passes remain valid until month end. It notes two U P switchmen Earl Peterson and BH Humphries resigned from Cheyenne yards and left for the west after three days on the job.
Visiting friends in Greeley and a short Denver visit by Conductor Wheel don are noted. Weather on C 2S and VW P roads improves after days of trouble. U P reports near completion of deep drifts near Medicine Row and reduced work hours. The Union Pacific cuts shop staff and shifts to eight hours five days a week, aligning with a winter retrenchment pattern after a recent layoff of 150 workers.
Conductor 7 J Cannaughy secures a month’s leave and travels to Tift to visit Brekeman. H N Stewart also secures a leave and departs for Granger. Brakeman J E Kelso visits friends in Kansas City.
Railroad workers in Cheyenne await the regular monthly payday set for Friday January 19. Checks will be smaller this month due to night business on all lines, affecting earnings across crews.
The following property was sold during the past week by N. C. Moe Murray real estate broker. New four room house for Mrs. Agnes Manley to H. W. Parsons. Two lots for J. W. Bruner in Carr Colorado. Two lots for H. W. Parsons.
Clerks in the U P offices yesterday stored a large batch of new stationery for all departments. The shipment includes writing paper for reports and regular correspondence. Storage is in the new rooms over the baggage room in the depot building, recently fitted with locked apartments for each service.
Over the past week the city police force reallocated officers Merrill and Christiansen. Merrill, formerly patrolling the Red Light district, moves downtown while Christiansen shifts from downtown to the restricted district.
Two of the 500 class engines in service by the EP division have been sent to the general shops at Omaha for thorough overhauling and rebuilding after long use in the whops.
A sufferer reports severe kidney and liver trouble with poor health and exhausted by doctors. After using Wic Kilmer's Swamp-Root he claims a miraculous improvement and says he is now fully cured and back to good health.
Have Quit Joba, operator EB. G. Kraiser, has been working in Laramie for the I. P. ban realigned lila poattion and was in the city yesterday en route to Oamulla for a lengthy visit. Brakemas Chas. Fellows buat also reargned and will go to Denver and Colorado Springs.
A dated testimonial from M H McCoy of Van Wert Ohio promotes Swamp Root as the great remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. The notice urges readers to request a sample bottle from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and to mention the Cheyenne Daily Leader in correspondence.
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