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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
7
The Cheyenne newspaper announces leadership changes with The Leader Publishing Company. W. C. Bond and H. A. Clarke listed in executive roles, Chas Thompson as president, and the positions of secretary and treasurer noted along with the city editor and circulator staff.
The list notes a mix of local happenings from school terms and graduations to court sessions and public events. It mentions the district court in session, sports and exams, a Lewis and Clark fair exhibit, a funeral at St Mary’s cathedral, a Cheyenne student return, and the Otto C Floro circus bill car touring the city with posters prominent on Masonic temple billboards.
An assembly room ceremony celebrated the high school promotion with pink and white decor, flowered stage, and a program featuring orations, recitations, drills, and musical pieces. Teachers presented certificates and an orchestra accompanied the students including Leah Astle, William Walsh, and Frank Cary.
A fragmentary notice advertises Deborah, a trance medium and clairvoyant palmist, as the greatest life reader among you. It claims she offers palm readings for 25 cents with hours listed and location at Ferguson Street Parlors.
The Kelley Mercantile received a single carload of 15 360 boxes of strawberries for Cheyenne. The 640 cases filled by two dozen boxes each arrived on a twelve car berry train via Union Pacific. Kelley reshipped 210 cases to nearby towns and will sell 430 cases locally, adding to a record set by the first unbroken carload of bananas in Wyoming.
The ad states the tablets give a natural agreeable laxative effect and notes sale by A. E. Roedel.
Clarence Riner and Donnell Miller depart Sunday morning for Missoula Montana to join the Carpenter survey on the Idaho Montana boundary. They will be away until October.
Chief Engineer H W Cowan and assistants from Colorado & Southern visited the Fort Collins area by car. Cowan said the trip holds no special significance now, but the presence of high-ranking officials fuels rumors of a line to connect Denver Fort Collins with Cheyenne Oregon Junction.
Sprained ankle stiff neck and lame shoulder are named as common aliments for which Chamberlains Pul Balm is valuable. Prompt application allegedly saves time money and suffering. Sold by A. Roedel and Son with a note about local newspaper reading and a Wyoming 10 cent cigar. Mitchell disclaimer limits Ellen Mitchell debts.
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