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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
4
The fragment notes a price line indicating a cost but it lacks full details, making a complete item hard to determine. It hints at a sale or offer with a low price but no clear product, date, or seller.
The Frontier committee votes to build a fireproof steel and concrete grandstand for the park with 3 600 seating, two staircases on the first level and three on the second, at an estimated total cost of 18 000 to 19 000. They plan to borrow 5 000 and seek 20 more notes of 250 each endorsed by citizens. The fencing will switch to woven wire, cheaper and durable. Construction may start within ninety days of contract letting.
Andy Matson, Cheyenne district superintendent, exhibited a five-pound brook trout from Lake Mahepaelutah taken Sunday afternoon. The fish, caught on a worm baited set line, fought tame as it was hauled in. The trout drew admiration but was noted as lighter than a recent native king caught by Donald VouKennel.
Atlas presents an elite program led by Miss Gaynell Everet a premier buck dancer Colby and Garton perform The Jockey and the Tout Paul Stephens the one legged acrobat offers astonishing hymnastic feats Williams Thompson and Cope land deliver a crowd pleasing burlesque Hasaway Williams sings The Holy City with moving pictures from the Holy Land and classic projections from a lensoscope.
Fred W. Foxton of Glenda and William McDonald of Iron Mountain are in the city. Fred H. Sturdevant returns from Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Vaughn visit from Hanna. Charles Kitzmiller back to Grand Junction Colorado. Eugene McKnight left for Denver. Eli Bolln visits the city. Lawyers Rigdon and Hopkins back to Wheatland. Louis Manewal Sr. to depart for Nevada and the Pacific coast. County Commissioner Gray returns home to Wheatland. Mrs. C. Dorons and son travel to Los Angeles for a several week visit. Judge R. N. Matson and T. Paul Wilcox expected to return from Douglas tonight or tomorrow.
A large wood yard near Fort Russell waterworks at Crow Creek bottoms was burned, destroying about 300 cords of stacked timber and causing an estimated 2500 loss to the war department. Firefighters from Fort Russell and Cheyenne, plus the Durant company, battled the blaze before it was contained.
A Crystal theater program features the Dieppe famous auto race footage shown this evening and afternoon, described as highly exciting with a big racing car overturned at a dangerous curve. The program also includes a comic reel and a Man Zan Pile Remedy ad selling for 50 cents at Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
A Salvation Army service is announced at the Methodist Church this evening at 7 45. The notice states two babies will be given away and invites everyone to attend.
D. Miller of 1708 Ferguscea street appears in a brief item about a watch repair listing. The note reads as a short reader entry with name and address.
Harriet Knight, Cheyenne High School faculty member and daughter of the late Chief Justice Jesse Knight, resigns from the University of Wyoming board of trustees. She calls for a nonpartisan board and broad alumni representation to restore public confidence in the university. Her letter is dated April 12, 1908 and addressed to Governor Bryant B. Brooks.
The notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as an effective cough and cold treatment claiming it stops coughing, heals the lungs, prevents pneumonia and consumption, and contains no opiates. It warns to refuse substitutes and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package under A. E. Roedel.
Private Jim Harman of Company K Eleventh Infantry attempted to ride off Deputy Sheriff Nelson Perry’s bicycle near Fort Russell. Perry arrested him on the spot for petit larceny, marking a rare instant capture of a stealing soldier.
Dr. Sweatt has been located in Cheyenne for four years with a modern office and affordable rates. He offered a large price reduction initially and has continued to keep prices low, contrasting with eastern prices. Consider patronizing him.
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