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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
7
The Che Cheyenne Leader is issued by The Leader Publishing Co with William A. Bartlett as publisher and Charles Thompson serving as city editor.
Session notes cover district court, state sheep and equalization boards, county commissioners, and local government. Cheyenne observers report Union Pacific layoffs, retirements, and pay rolls. Salvation Army event. a deserter notice for Charles F. Smith. births, fire company meetings, and horse-drawn hose teams. We also note incorporation filings for Shedd Investment and a mistreatment case ending in a $250 peace bond for Albert Haggstrom.
A Palace Pharmacy Drug Co notice advertises Pineul's pills claiming to stop back pain stiffness and rheumatic symptoms. It offers 30 days of treatment for $1.00 with a single dose at bedtime and urges readers to obtain them now.
The junior program at the high school will stage The Courtship of Miles Standish in the assembly room tomorrow at 7:30 PM. The performance features student actors from the school. An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar claims to cure obstinate coughs and expel colds, sold by A. B. Roedel in a yellow package.
Union Pacific Coal company announces Mine No 7 at Rock Springs with about 200 workers is closed for an indefinite period. The notice notes the temporary shutdown and impact on labor at the mine. Cascasweet, a remedy for babies and children, advertises quick relief with ingredients printed on the bottle and claims to contain no opiates, sold by A. E. Roedel.
Hugh J. Callahan, one of eight watchmen for the Chayenne Detective bureau, is seriously ill at his home at 521 West Nineteenth street. Funeral of John Campbell to be held at St. Mary's Cathedral this morning at nine.
The Natrona county quarantine follows the import of diseased bucks from Canada by J LeRoy Davis. The board mandates double dipping of all sheep and bucks entering Wyoming in lime and sulphur tobacco and sulphur or nicotine solutions to kill seab mites. Federal and state authorities pursue Davis for the importation.
A home remedy claim uses Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to flush kidneys and relieve frequent urination backache and rheumatic symptoms. It promises relief within days and cites a local druggist as authority for one week showing good results.
After a deep cold snap Fort D. A. Russell is thawing gradually. Water froze in the plumbing of twenty six buildings and several officers quarters. pipes burst causing floods. Plumbers have been working all week to repair damage and thaw pipes. exposure left Fort Russell more affected than Cheyenne.
Greeley H. meets C. H. for the northern Colorado high schools basketball championship scheduled Saturday February 10, 1908.
The board heard arguments from coal company representatives on tax levels for coal output for the year. Present were C W Burdick of Colorado Fuel & Iron, Griggs and Walley of Cambria, Scott of Sheridan, exhibitor Hart of Union Pacific Coal, Griffin and Talliaferro of Central Coal & Coke, Sneddon of Diamondville, Pat zold Glefrack Quealey Kemmerer Manly Superior among others.
Tom Brooks twenty, a machinist helper at Union Pacific shops, was seriously injured yesterday when his clothing was caught in a fast spinning machine. His ear was nearly ground off and he suffered other injuries. He was taken to John’s hospital. He is the son of John Brooks.
Judge R N Matson grants Phil Crutchfield a decree of divorce from Belinda Crutchfield yesterday in district court. The filing cited desertion and cruelty as the grounds for divorce.
The piece notes congress increasing pensions and aid for Union veterans and widows, with municipal governments recognizing heroic service. It mentions rising attendance at the Alerts' dance and a cough syrup product marketed for children with claimed quick relief and gentle laxative effects. Palace Pharmacy Co.
F. W. Gooding, newly elected president of the National Wool Growers Association, arrived from Shoshone Idaho to confer with Secretary G. B. Walker. He succeeds Senator Francis B. Warren of Wyoming as head of the national sheepmen group.
Francis Perry Elliott editor of the Great Southwest magazine, formerly of Frank Lesalle's, is in the city conferring with Western Vice-President J. M. Wilson and Secretary G. Walker of the state board of sheep commissioners.
An 19th century advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as cures for grippe coughs and pneumonia prevention. It asserts genuineness and is sold by A. B. Roedel in the yellow pages.
Deputy State Treasurer and Mrs Fr B Sheldon left for Fairhaven Vermont after receiving a telegram about the critical illness of Mrs Sheldon’s mother. The departure followed a family emergency and reflects the officials’ immediate travel.
Torrington faces its first city election next Saturday with two slates for municipal offices. The contest heats up as Held and Krona campaigns clash over control and policy directions in a narrow race.
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