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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
4
Roedel's drug store guarantees stock for technical and general use and prescriptions. If an item is unavailable they will notify customers. No substitution offered. The ad emphasizes Roedel's large inventory and reliability in maintaining stock.
Cheyenne prepares for the twelfth Frontier Days with Hawaiians led by Eben R Lowe and Joseph Kini arriving to contest riding and roping. U S troops, Sioux Indians, and mountain artillery join drills. new horses and tough steers hint at high spectacle.
Five days remain until Frontier Days as county offices close at noon for the event. Cheyenne boosts depart for Denver while locals tidy streets, install wires, cement walks and telephones, and prepare press facilities. Other notes include trout fishing in Crow Creek, Young Men's Literary club meeting, and exhibits at Frontier Park with the Rocky Mountain Bell and Northern Colorado Power involved.
In Sheridan County, McPhillamey Holbrook and Longabaugh were convicted in July 1907 of violating laws on coal land securing. They face an appeal to the United States court of appeals in Denver, with District Attorney Timothy M. Burke representing Wyoming. Fines already imposed total 23,000 dollars.
A lineup at the Star Theatre includes Pathe Freres Paris comic subjects The Little Magician and The Water Cure. Selig drama The Road to Ruin with strong acting and a moral lesson. Bert Prince performs The Lily and the Sunbeam. Frontier week specials emphasize a stellar bill.
G. F. Murchison a farmer near Greeley and brother of Cheyenne jeweler R. Murchison is in critical condition after a horse kicked him in the abdomen Wednesday. An operation was performed Thursday and doctors hope for recovery.
Judge C N Potter has arrived from Rock Springs and reports his daughter Mrs. Dunton is much improved and out of danger though he expects a long recovery to regain her strength.
An old advertisement urges readers with kidney and bladder trouble to use Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming it cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases and urging purchase from E. Roe el.
Tony Pastor, famed theatrical manager, was reported near death yesterday at his Elmhurst home but is now resting easier and out of immediate danger. The item notes endorsements for Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup and Hewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, both sold by A. E. Roedel, and mentions Frontier ties at Richard & Raphael's window display.
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