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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
5
Local notices report repairs services and shops in Denver and Cheyenne. Multiple civil entries include notaries public, land entries, and incorporations with details on locations and parties. State officials announce appointments and resignations, and a hospital addition and land offers are noted.
Professor Karl B. Wright arrives to direct the Parish House club along the YMCA lines after graduating from the University of Colorado. An informal smoker at the Parish House tonight at 8 o'clock features music from the 11th Infantry Band, with buffet lunch and a cordial reception for club members and city men.
Passengers on the Laramie Hahn's Peak and Pacific train faced a fire beneath a car floor caused by engine sparks. a box car also burned on the same train but both blazes were quickly controlled. Reports say high water problems on the Laramie Plains line are not expected this spring as snow melts, reducing overflow risk. Construction gangs increase as more laborers head to Colorado Southern work. U P and other railroad officials travel through Cheyenne. Local notices invite attendance at a ten cent bazaar hosted by the Win One Class at the M E B Church parlor on Friday.
The Frontier Committee seeks visitors for the 16th annual wild west frontier day in August. It appeals to Supreme Representatives of the Knights of Pythias in Denver to attend, citing round trip Denver fares of 2.00 to 3.25 and hotel price stability during the celebration. Roosevelt and Taft are quoted praising the event and the committee earns praise for early outreach and dedication to promoting the show as the world’s only genuine wild west spectacle.
A German shoemaker left a lit gun in his shop overnight. A massive explosion blew him through the door toward the street, yet he walked away unhurt after a passerby helped. He quipped that he got out short in time as his shop burned slower than expected. Mrs Ligler's Beauty Parlors advertised at 411 W 19th with phone 817-W.
A fragmented note outlines interpretation of displays numbered 1 through 8. It describes fair weather with stationary temperature for No 1 and No 3, rain or snow with No 2, and local rain or snow with No 8. Combinations of displays suggest shifts to warmer or colder conditions and the presence of precipitation.
A conference with Denver officials and Northern Colorado Power representatives confirms the street car concern will not yield to terms deemed reasonable by the power company. The dispute centers on control and rates for local transit services.
A reader joke from the Baltimore American shows an employee asking for a day off to answer visiting children’s questions. The foreman jokes about home sickness and the family visit prompting a pause in work.
In a brief note from the city, gossip columns report a Philadelphia banker presented his bride with a 500000 pearl necklace recently. The record herald notes the stylish gift as a high society highlight of the day.
In a winter tale a Swede girl Lena is sent to bed with an iron to stay warm when the furnace fails. Her mistress asks how the improvised heater works and Lena replies with a cautious, hopeful phrase about the iron warming by morning.
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