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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
4
Dear Friend explains country eggs taste fresher than city eggs. The writer claims fresh eggs cost 20 cents per dozen, or 6 dozen for 1200, urging readers to buy direct from country hens and noting city hens do not say fresh eggs.
A compact timetable roundup lists Union Pacific main line Westbound and Eastbound trains with arrival and departure times including No. 1 Overland Lim No. 9 Fast Mall and No. 3 California Ex. It also covers No. 102 104 108 101 103 107 from Denver Pacific and Chicago Burlington & Quincy KR schedules with daily Cheyenne Sterling timings and Colorado & Southern No. 41 at 7 10 p.m.
Wesley P. Carroll a Civil War veteran, author, lecturer and longtime Cheyenne attorney, died at St. John’s hospital after a weeklong illness. He served as justice of the second Cheyenne precinct and district court commissioner, published historical works, taught at Carroll Lyceum, and wrote verse and newspaper pieces. The funeral will be held at First Presbyterian with Grand Army and local bench and bar in attendance.
A stream of visitors and residents return or arrive from Denver Luther Kimball Neb Medicine Bow Wendover Bend Natrona county and other places. Notables include Judge Matson and T Paul Wilcox departing for Douglas while officials Schnitzer Hinkle Cook and Mullen return from a fishing trip. A local theft at Ja Fe store ends with a robber donning new clothes and Barry's Brag cigarettes.
The Atlas hosts a weekend program with Heim Children and Juvenile comedians, Kretore the Mad Musician, Three Keltons, and a Moonlight on the Prairie song. Atlascope projections and an amusing comedy sketch by Williams Thompson and Copeland enhance matinees at 3 PM plus evening shows from 7:45 to 9:30. Matinee 10 cents. evening 10 25 35 50 cents.
In El Paso Texas two passenger hauling cars collided head on near Tobin to Fort Bliss injuring four men two seriously and two slightly. Driver Leathers unconscious after the crash and Colonel Joe F Huston of the Nineteenth Infantry suffered deep cuts and bruises.
Lisbon reports intense excitement after election protests by republicans claiming fraud. Crowds gathered at Pedro square and St. Dominique church as cavalry and infantry charged, stones flew, and troops fired. One observer described the streets as literally red with blood while casualty numbers await official figures.
A brief notice advertises old papers at six cents per bundle with pickup from nearby offices.
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