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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
3
Barry Bros requested cancellation of their agency agreement for Fort Russell Cheyenne and Laramie due to dissatisfaction with the Oliver Typewriter methods. The note encourages readers to consult Barry about all types of machines and low prices and suggests they understand the typewriter market curves.
In Denver January 30 the Union Pacific filed in United States district court to recover possession of the townsite of Byers Colorado and seeks damages of 22500 for alleged railroad property rights violations. The defendants include city representatives and local business owners. The filing also contemplates removing the town’s post office and postmaster.
C. V. Hibbard, national Y M C A secretary, told a Chicago audience that Japan seeks U S friendship as it expands influence in Korea and Manchuria. He credited American intervention for the peace treaty that ceded territory to Japan.
Union Pacific will harvest less than 10 000 tons of ice in Omaha this year due to warm weather. The company ships fine blue ice eighteen inches thick from Laramie Gothenburg Cheyenne and Sidney. One thousand cars store ice houses from Council Bluffs to Rawlins, totaling about 250 000 tons. Two large Omaha ice houses are filled with Laramie Ice and all houses will be full within two weeks.
An old health warning describes kidney trouble as insidious and potentially fatal before symptoms appear. It advises taking Foley's Kidney Cure at first signs to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes, sold by E Roedel.
The item announces the world famed carnival Mardi Gras in New Orleans on February 25 with a low winter tourist rate via Colorado and Southern. An illustrated booklet is available on request from T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
Omaha dispatch reports the government is preparing to mobilize troops for Pacific coast defense as Rear Admiral Evans’ fleet sails west. Fort Crook and Fort Leavenworth units, plus Fort Russell artillery, are to move to Seattle and the Presidio by spring, with railroads urged to handle rapid troop transport. The issue heightens sensational press fears of war with Japan.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat kidney and nervous system trouble with Williams Kidney Pills. It claims cures for back and groin pains and frequent urination, offering free samples by mail and 60 cent price from Williams Manufacturing Co in Cleveland, Ohio, via A E Roodel.
The advertisement promotes crown work by Dr. Sweatt at 1617 Ferguson Street offering to restore badly damaged teeth to their original size shape and color. It stresses that modern methods are easy economical and healthy and offers a holiday reduction with contact info 380 B.
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