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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
Sampson Thompsett and G C Hudson prepare for a 24 hour endurance race starting at 9 pm at Park Roller Skating Rink. Red Thompsett holds the reigning record and leads in betting, as spectators from Denver and beyond expect a large crowd tonight and tomorrow.
Fort Russell nears 1500 garrison strength amid rumors of 960 recruits to relieve crowding. Senator Warren to receive a $500 loving cup from soldiers for pay raise support. The Third Battalion of Eleventh Infantry will march to Cheyenne for the ceremony and the garrison handles quarantine lifts, duty returns, and preparations for the Philippines movement.
The annual Wyoming State Teachers Association convention begins in Laramie this morning. Deputy state superintendent Ira B. Fee departed for Laramie yesterday to participate in events surrounding the gathering.
Governor B. B. Brooks signed pardons for George O. Renner who faced a twenty year manslaughter sentence, and for Harry Brady and Hayden Cooper who were confined at the Colorado reform school on Wyoming charges.
Cheyenne resident for 25 years and longtime Union Pacific stationary engine supervisor dies after a liver-related illness. Survived by widow and seven children. funeral arrangements not announced. Notable local figure with many friends in South Cheyenne.
Holiday delivery hours run from dawn to midnight with prompt service. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup offers gentle bowel movement relief without opiates. Frederick Coal sold at $4.25 per ton. The Leader subscription and local business notices listed.
Patrick Nolan of Cheyenne, father of Mrs. C L Howse, arrived Monday night to spend holidays with his daughter in Hudson. He recalls the town’s rapid growth since last May and notes his earlier service with Gen. Crook and at the Custer massacre era, including leading an Indian fight near the Rosebud.
The Civil Service commission announces three additional examinations for federal positions in Cheyenne. January 20 dates include press feeder, female, 26 cents per hour. pressman at 4 dollars per day. and a January 2021 printer position offering 60 cents per hour.
In a Swedish Danish war tale a Danish soldier, wounded, offers water to a dying Swedish foe. The Swede shoots, grazing the Dane, who then scorns ingratitude and vows to spare him. The narrative closes with a prompt to subscribe to the Leader.
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