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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
7
Advertisement touts Rordel's orange tooth powder as antiseptic to whiten teeth ease gum health and leave breath sweet and clean. It promises better oral hygiene and a whitening effect for daily use.
Acting Governor grants requisition for Earl Foree from Colorado. Foree, jailed for arson and murder in Wyoming, is accused of being an accomplice before the fact in the 1907 death of Guard Ed Samuelson at Rawlins State Prison. Foree held on horse stealing in Grand Junction, Colorado, while extradition proceeds.
Short items report Cheyenne district events as the Entre Nous club meets at A O U W hall. A pension of 15 dollars monthly is issued to Charles Leeder. New York to Paris racers near in about ten days. Young Men's Literary club convenes at Carnegie Library. A Tom’s Cabin presentation at Turner Hall tonight. A street parade by the company at noon. A son born to Captain Wicks of the Salvation Army. mother and child progressing satisfactorily. Judge Matson returns to city after Casper cases. Cheyenne youths build backyard basketball courts. Atlas crowds for last week’s bill performances. A son born to Mrs Menshall. mother and child progressing satisfactorily. Police business dull. Northern Colorado tower company continues stone heating extension on Seventeenth Street. work not yet reaching O’Neil Street.
Mrs Jane Piper a fifteen year Cheyenne resident died yesterday at noon after several months illness Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives from other cities She leaves a son Ambrose 18 and daughter Rose 14 and three brothers in Sycamore Illinois Ulmer Iowa and Crawford Nebraska She joined American Order of Protection and the Fraternal Union carrying $3000 insurance.
A. E. Roedel sells DeWitt's Carbonized Witch Hazel Salve noted as especially effective for piles. The ad highlights the product and the selling point without extra details.
Cheyenne merchants sign an agreement to shut shops at 6 30 p m and all Sundays except on Saturday nights and Union Pacific paydays. The measure starts Monday March 2 1908 and lists The Bon Shoe Clothing Co and others as signatories. A note promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Col lenburg's announces new wallpaper patterns at 400 West Seventeenth Street opposite City Hall.
Arrangements completed for piloting the American car in the New York to Pare race between Kimball Nebraska and Cheyenne. A Kimball motorist will drive the car to Beu ford where John Thomas will guide it the final leg to the destination. The note mentions messaging services and a dance event at A C U W hall.
Thermopolis Wyoming February 28 speculation runs high over a 160 acre Big Horn river tract opposite Thermopolis selling for 100 dollars an acre. Rumor says Lincoln Land and Town Site Co Burlington land department may plan a railroad townsite affecting Burlington Kirby extension and local property values.
An 19th century style ad for Pinesalve claims it acts as a poultice drawing out inflammation and poison. It promotes antiseptic healing for chapped hands, sores, cuts, and burns and lists Palace Pharmacy Drug Co as the supplier.
In Greybull Wyoming on February 28 a two story stone building they occupied collapsed. The Frost family narrowly escaped injury as walls crumbled and the structure sank into wreckage. The building had been completed recently. Casctasweet is noted as a remedy for babies and children with no opiates.
The ice on the lakes is thawing quickly due to mild weather and sun. A cold snap could reopen open water soon, signaling more rapid deterioration of the remaining ice.
Colonel H. L. Anderson, superintendent of the Wyaptaing division of the Union Pacific, has almost fully recovered from sickness and left Thursday on a division inspection trip. The earlier report of surgery in Omaha was incorrect.
Judge J A Riner schedules March 6 hearing in US district court on bankruptcy debtor B Predmestky proposing to settle debts at forty cents on the dollar. Denver and Cheyenne creditors support the forty percent offer. court authorization expected.
Advertising copy touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in a day. Glib claim credits a one day cure with a money back guarantee if it fails. E W Grove’s signature appears on each box, price 24 cents.
Sheridan Wyoming February 28 Mayor Tim Dalliman of Omaha travels to Sheridan county next April to visit William Spear and join a boar hunt in the Big Horn mountains as part of a Roosevelt stunt.
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