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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
3
In Rock Springs Wyoming on August 3, Ed Ryan W D Hearty and Angus McDonald, hoboes, were sentenced to fifty days in county jail for holding up six local men following a drunken brawl. The tramps tried to steal five dollars but failed. locals then beat them with help from a further dozen residents.
Walter Russell of Green Mountain is injured when his team ran away and he was thrown from a wagon losing consciousness for sixty hours. A lightning strike then destroyed his home, with family members rescuing him at the last moment.
Special to The Leader from Encampment Wyoming notes an invitation will be issued for Willis George Emerson of Los Angeles to attend the railroad celebration on August 13 14 and 16. Emerson backed projects in Encampment including financing the North American Copper company building the Southern Wyoming tramway and other ventures once mocked but now seen as bona fide.
Indefinite shutdowns at Union Pacific Coal mines No and No 10 in Rock Springs due to unsecured transport for product. Hundreds of workers lose jobs as operations halt amid transport constraints. Sheridan, Wyo Aug 23. Special. William of Pennsylvania revisits buried whiskey claim from 28 years past seeking value. Evanston Wyo Aug 3. Special. J Anderson coal miner at Almy bound for trial on sodomy charges with a second party involved locally.
Casper Wyoming August 3 special report describes Frank Heath and Ad Irwin confined on arson charges escaping last night by sawing cell bars and cutting a wall hole. A posse has hunted them since early morning with authorities in pursuit. Cumberland and Hivanson Wyoming also report cultural and industrial notes.
Moorcroft Wyoming August 3 The smallest horse in Wyoming a Shetland pony one week old stands 22 inches high and weighs 29 pounds at the ranch of E W Whitcomb near Moorcroft In other notes Mrs George Terry a Shoshonin Indian is dead after her husband was murdered for tribal stance and she was briefly jailed then released
In Cheyenne the Cameraphone company declares ladies admitted free tonight when accompanied by an escort with a Capitol Avenue theater ticket. Alternatively two ladies may enter on one ticket.
Public health notice claims nations fight the white plague and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough and cold remedy. It warns against unknown preparations and mentions the genuine product in a yellow package by A. B. Roedel.
A column mixes frontier humor about Alec Shinstein losing an eyebrow and a toothbrush graft, talks of a red headed fall teacher from Nebraska, Mamie Brice's wedding claims, Butch McGuire’s race loss due to a wart, and Mrs. Young returning a new Soul Kiss hat after a reception, all note local quirks and gossip with light irony.
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin reports only four doses of DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills proved more effective than any other medicine. The pills are sold by A. E. Roedel.
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