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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
4
A letter from February 9 1908 describes a family trial with coffee bitterness and praise for Adonis coffee priced at 25 cents per pound. The writer notes mamma has found where to buy it and mentions friend Jacobe Pete.
Thomas Meaney opened the Atlas theater confectionery and soda refreshment establishment amid crowds despite a storm. The Atlas vaudeville program drew capacity houses with acts from the Sullivan-Considine circuit. The Atlas arcade and confectionery department impressed patrons with mirrors, fountains, and a wide range of candies and amusements.
A long list of visitors and residents returning or staying in the city includes PERSONALL L. F. Robinson and A. H. Marble from Denver, Fred F. Wedemeyer from Rawlins, and Harry Farthing from Polo creek ranch. Other arrivals or stays include J. J. Cavanaugh of St. Louis, Ed. Chase from Denver, J. E. Chapman of a large Uinta county ranch, and Judge R. N. Matson returning from Rawlins where he officiated. Colonel H. L. Anderson of the Union Pacific Wyoming division is seriously ill in the Annex block. Mrs. L. Cervantes convalesces after grippe. Mrs. John Shingle departs San Francisco with R. G. Shingle accompanying to Green River.
Lost near D street in tol near Seventeenth and Eddy streets a gold watch and job are missing. Return to Leader office for reward.
In police court yesterday morning Leon Myers was fined 20 dollars for assaulting Mrs. Thomas McGuire Sunday afternoon. Myers, reportedly intoxicated, went to the McGuire home seeking trouble and grabbed Mrs. McGuire by the neck before being knocked down with a jaw swing and struck on the head with a tack hammer. The McGuire couple testified as Myers appeared in court in a visibly disheveled condition.
Matinee this afternoon at the Atlas offers doors at 2 15 and a 2 45 start for Why Me Re Forted and other acts. Ten cents admission for all in the house.
Attend a Woodmen of the World gathering on Thursday evening February 20 to honor George Washington with good speaking and singing. Includes a medicinal plug for Case's Little Liver Pills from Palsee Pharmacy Drug Co.
A Pittsburgh era tale centers on Mary E. Cochrane the Mysterious woman in black who allegedly swindled Lovejoy the Pittsburg magnate of 760 000 on a second mortgage while promising 1060 000 through a third party to relieve him. Charles M Schwab helped rescue Lovejoy. police search for Cochrane amid reports of numerous victims and a checkered career.
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