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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
3
Special reported a small boy and a cigarette started a fire under the floor of the Chicago and Northwestern depot at Lusk Wyoming. Firemen saved the building and investigators found matches tobacco and cigarette papers hidden under the floor.
From Saratoga Wyoming on August 22 the Observer notes the Independence mine smelter is nearing full operation by September 1 after steady work. A party of five eastern investors finds the outlook brighter than advertised, boosting confidence in local holdings. A separate report details a damaging hailstorm at La Bonte in Douglas on August 22, destroying hay and grain.
A Riverton Republicon item notes Mrs Evans hosting a watermelon party then scolding Mrs Hoskins for butter on melon. Tom Doyle rumored for town marshal, Ed Morrison preps for fall campaign on a soap box. Major Young offers to donate ashes for sidewalks if funds approved. Also mentions kidney cure and larceny tales with local ads.
A distorted plea from a founder and self styled healer in Cheyenne promises life advice and “Inner Secrets of Life” while urging troubled readers to seek health and happiness through psychic insights, mystic senses, and the laws of health. The note hints at imminent departure within thirty days and offers read and teach sessions before then.
A fragment warns of a weekly Friday night meeting at 512 West Nineteenth Street. Admission is 25 cents. The notice invites readers to act now as the "Voice" speaks.
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