Cheyenne City News In Brief Highlights Diverse Local Happenings
A roundup of Cheyenne items notes Tice substitute on tables, Swan Land cattle losses 22000 sheep in blizzard, groceries delays, dairy excursions resume, dry farmers seeking wages, fashion opinions, warm spell with 50 degrees, soldiers' evenings in town, fishing trips planned, bad roads persist, hay hauling by Warren Livestock, Molt tractor moving bale hay, motor joy rides, Cordillo verdict, streetcars crowded for post traffic, nails on tires rising, first decent Saturday, city-county building stairs unsafe, city and county commissioners meet, old jail repurposed, police stop four in a card game, streams muddy, McGoy off to Presidio, cemetery snow melts hindering funeral processions, hawks leaving Cheyenne, restaurants deny shortages, worms plentiful for robins.
Jeweler's Clerk Arrested for Watch Theft and Sale
William H. Holbrook was arrested by Sheriff J. J. Smalley and jailed on charges of stealing a Bancard watch valued at 65 dollars from Swisher Jewelry & Optical, where he worked, then selling it to Carl Christensen in the Union Pacific area. Holbrook resigned from Swisher's and planned to leave town, allegedly undervaluing the loss. A warrant was issued by Judge Edwards earlier the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Holbrook
J. J. Smalley
Swisher Jewelry & Optical Company
Carl Christensen
Union Paffic
Holprook
Swisher's
Ile
Holrock
Storey
Christensen
Chrisensen
Taler
Edwards
Asys Drvis Alphonsus Wallace
Britishaval Medical ‘Service
John Fore
New York City
Eleanor Leighton Former Cheyenne Girl Dies in Denver
Eleanor Leighton, a former Cheyenne girl aged 49, died in Denver last week after influenza and pneumonia complications. She contracted influenza years ago and again this year, leading to a weakened condition. Burial occurred Thursday afternoon in Cheyenne, where many of her friends and the Williams family resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Leighton
Denver
Ford
Mercy Hos
Miss Iton
Igease
Gheyenne
Joe Williams
Chicago Renters Stage May Day Rent Strike Nationwide
In Chicago hundreds of tenants refused to vacate apartments amid high rents and housing shortages. Landlords faced delays as moving services were scarce and Dennis Bean, a municipal court bailiff, postponed evictions to allow tenants to relocate. One van company was fined for charging rates above city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Moyved
Dennis Bean
Baliff
Municipal Court
Douglilg firs te used on turpentine sp discovery
A new industry from turpentine extraction of Douglas firs is being developed on Vancouver Island. Mature trees yield sap whose distillation produces high grade turpentine, with royalty provisions to landowners. A company is formed to manage the venture, with returns tied to barrels of finished product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Randerson
Cortez Island
Teamsters Oppose City Daylight Saving Ordinance
The Cheyenne Teamsters union opposes the city council’s daylight saving ordinance. The weather forecast calls for rain or snow and colder conditions Sunday, followed by a Monday of fair skies with rising temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Cheyenne Teamsters’ Union
Mrs Leila Thompson Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs Leila Thompson widow of William Thompson of 210 West Eighteenth street died yesterday in a local hospital formerly Miss Leila McNutt of the city. She had lived in Denver after her marriage and a funeral is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Thompson
William Thompson
West Eighteenth Street
Leila McNutt
Denver
Cleaning Aids And Their Uses From Nebraska College Guide
House cleaning time tips list cleaning aids and their uses from the Nebraska College of Agriculture. Naphtha soap for woodwork and glassware white soap for furniture and china kerosene as outdoor disinfectant ammonia for washing windows and linoleum washing soda for drains and toilets gasoline for enameled fixtures turpentine for dusting waxed floors rottenstone for brass and copper polishing and other items like linseed oil and soap tones noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Collage of Agriculture
Baseball Batteries and Inning Darkness Ends Series
A game concludes after twenty six innings due to darkness with teams including Philadelphia and Brooklyn, listing batteries such as Adams Meador Haffner Ruether Wingo and Oeschger O Neil Gowdy Gadore Krieger Elliott. Other clubs feature players Rixey Wheal Barnes Douglas McCarthy Carter Martin Bailey Killifer O Farrell Jacobs Payne Dilhoefer.
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Dilcshule Ie
Sacks Sted Gini GiTinhti
Wreedes
Eee
Eed
Adams, Meador
Haffner
Ruether
Wingo
Rh. H. B. Philadelphia
ING
Stiree Tenon
Rixey
Wheal Barnes
Douglas and
McCarthy
R. WW
Brooklyn
Oeschger
O'Neil
Gowdy
Gadore
Krieger
Elliott
N. HH. E. Chigreon Cecco
Ceset
St. Louis
Carter
Martin
Bailey
Killifer
O'Farrell
Jacobs
Payne
Dilhoefer
Baseball A L Clubs Weekly Standings And Battery Lists
Baseball standings show New York Boston Washington Philadelphia St Louis Chicago Detroit Cleveland with listed battery pairs Shawkey Ruel Pennock Harper Fortune Walters Devine Zachary Charrity Kinney Perkins Vann Gilder Davis Burwell Billings Faber Kerr Schalk Phinke Okrie Cox Glasler Ainsmith Govaleskie ONeil across American League clubs and matchups.
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New York
Boslon
Shawkey
Ruel
Pennock
Harper
Fortune
Walters
Devine
Hk. H. 2
Washington
Philadelphia
Shaw, Zachary
Charrity
Kinney and Perkins
Rk. HE
St. Louis
Chicago
Sse
Vann Gilder
Davis
Burwell
Billings
Faber
Kerr
Glubs
Detroit
Cgleveland
Phinke
Okrie
Cox
Glasler
Ainsmith
Govaleskie
O'Neil
Last Rites Held for Earnest Drube
Funeral services for Earnest Drubbe were held yesterday afternoon from the Glyde Warly Bricker Brothers mortuary. Rev. Gf FP Wagner officiated. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Drubbe
Glyde Warly-Bricker Brothers Mortuary
Wagner
Lakeview Cemetery
Becker Hotel Leased by Sinon Becker
Sinon Frank, formerly of Pine Bluffs, has leased the Becker hotel on West Fifteenth street from Charles Becker and will take possession immediately. Smok er May 8 in Ft Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sinon
Pine Bluffs
Becker Hotel
West Fifteenth Street
Charles Becker
Geyser Laundry Office Set to Close Saturdays at Six
Beginning May 5th the Geyser Laundry office will close at 6 o clock on Saturdays.
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City News
Swan Land & Cattle Company
Gingham Brigade
Ormal
D. A. Russell
Cheyenne
Warren Livestock Company
Cordillo
Fort Nussell
Old City
Seyehleentry Street
Percy Smith
Hé City
T. J. McGoy
Wyoming
Presidio
California
Ri Fox A
Eetyalteaeriam H
Holbrook
Swisher Jewelry
Optic ‘Cal Company
Douglig
Hiram
Pere Eelaye Bae Ae Ee
National ‘League
Drube
Sinon
Ft. Russell
Sidney E. Bartlett
Mgr
Fremont Land Co
Housewives
J. W. Cook
Channels Chemical Co
Toronto
London
Paris
Sicia
Esak
Etsenath
Cas
Noedel
ARO
Pbyalligny
Ovbr
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