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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
5
Week commencing July 13 at Atlas Vaudeville House features Atlas Orchestra and acts including Mrs Peter Maher Queen of Irish Melody and Song Del More and Darrell sketch team and other performances. Matinees and evening shows at 3, 8, and 9 16 p m with new program for rest of week. ads note refreshments and products from local merchants.
The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth features Josephs Coat the African mandrill, Agnes the hippo, a rhinoceros, giraffes, wart hogs, baby tigers, a polar bear, and nearly all elephants. European trained acts, clowns, and a new Autos That Pass in the Air parade headline a season of record appeal with one afternoon show on August 1.
Union Pacific land department says from April 1898 to May 1908 it sold 9 104 149 61 acres mostly in Wyoming and issued deeds for 4 646 096 82 acres under ten year contracts. Laramie valley tracts added to homestead holdings with several hundred thousand acres sold for farming. Pine kidneys tonic advertises with 30 days trial and money back guarantee via Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
Factory rebuilt Smith Premier typewriters available from The Central City Typewriter Exchange located at 127 W Fayette Street Byracuse NY. Fully guaranteed service and quality assurances accompany each purchase.
Rev W H Dunham died Tuesday and his body will lie in state at Gleason chapel from 8 to 10 o clock this morning. The funeral is scheduled at the First Congregational church at 7 30 o clock. Strawberries daily at Palmer's Restaurant 210 West Sixteenth Street.
The Laramie county W C T U completed a permanent organization after a two day session in Wheatland. Mrs Jessen of Wheatland elected president and Dr Ellen J Werlaufer of Cheyenne treasurer. Hazel Rowland won a gold medal in an oratorical contest and Virling Hart received praise for his recital The Stray Sunbeam. The shirt waist dance scheduled for Thursday was postponed to next Wednesday due to Miss Jessie Lyons death.
Miss Jessie Lyons daughter of Mrs Sallie Lyons died of diphtheria at her Cheyenne home after returning from Knox College. Funeral private at 8 this morning with services at Odd Fellows cemetery conducted by Rev Leon C Hills. Survived by mother a sister Mrs T B Kennedy and brother Frank M Lyons.
Miss Bessie Robinson and Tom Dermott eloped from Bear Creek to Cheyenne to marry. They were arrested on arrival, stayed in the county jail Tuesday night, and Miss Robinson was taken into custody by her father William Robinson, a prominent ranchman, who drove in from his ranch. Dermott was released an hour later.
A C N Cornell of Roding Georgia writes of stomach and bowels ailment cured in spring 1902 after buying a bottle of Kohol from BE DeWitt & Co Chicago. He compliments the remedy and wishes long life to the supplier. August 27 1906. Sold by A B Roedel.
Frontier Stationery advertised colorful frontier themed materials for business and social correspondence to promote Cheyenne’s annual celebration. It urged orders through Leader office and included mention of Kodo tonics claimed to aid stomach disorders sold by A. EB Roedal.
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