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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
3
An old bank advertisement states no bank account required and promises courteous service, ending with the signature B. Hord. It emphasizes prudent banking practices and customer-friendly assurances in a period-appropriate tone.
Special to The Lovell Wyoming February 25 oil excitement hits Lovell after a vast reservoir of the Lovell Irrigation company fails to freeze despite thirty degrees below zero. The lake surface shows oil a gas bubbling from the center. Oil flows from the bottom, prompting claims on thousands of acres near the lake as news spreads.
Questioning symptoms of kidney and nervous system strain are listed. An advertisement claims Williams' Kidney Pills cure these issues and offers a free sample by mail for 60 cents, from Williams' Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, sold locally by A. E. Roedel.
Report notes a snow free 500 mile Wyoming leg for New York to Paris drivers and predicts 300 miles per day if weather holds. A Memphis Times editor endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and lung trouble, urging genuineness and the yellow package.
D A Camfield and team return from Eden valley Wyoming where the Eden valley ditch will extend 150 miles to irrigate 170 000 acres. The project will source water from the Big and Little Sandy rivers with tunnels for outlets. First colonists from Kansas to arrive this spring.
In Buena Vista Colorado nine snowslides, one sixty feet wide and one hundred feet long, covered the Colorado & Southern tracks. Twenty workers clearing the line narrowly escaped death as another slide trapped a passenger train bound for Gunnison, believed stalled between slides.
Denver Union Stock Yards reports liberal cattle offerings and strong demand as prices rose early in the week then retreated. Beef steers sold around 4.90 to 5.00, with cows 3.40 to 3.90 and veal calves at 6.50 top. Hogs and sheep showed steady to higher demand, with fat wethers 5.25 and ewes 4.60 to 4.75. 2,000 head received.
Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not regulated under the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and sold by A. E B. Ruedei.
Mrs James B Eustis portrayed Salambo with a six foot snake around her neck during a tableaux vivante at the Hotel Plaza directed by Mrs Waldorf Astor to aid Virginia mountaineers. The stunt drew gasps and electric applause despite the surprise reveal. An advertisement for ManZan piles treatment follows.
Mrs C B Wanamaker widow of C Lou Wanamaker the Rocket editor who died two weeks ago announces she will continue the weekly publication. She will be the only woman editor in Wyoming and will run the paper in Rock Springs.
La Grippe ana Pneumonia Foley's Honey and Tar cures grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow package. Sold by A EB Roede Geo G Sampson and David Boswell agents for Loveria Browne & Co wholesale grocer Chicago Atlas Block City.
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