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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
4
A letter dated June 1, 1908 describes a shopper carrying a heavy basket home from the grocery. The list includes sugar, tea, coffee, new potatoes, many green vegetables and fruit, reflecting a simple domestic purchase and the writer’s punchy note about salt not fitting in the basket.
City council approves a Cosgriff street car franchise and a $9,000 damages appropriation for Randall Avenue from condemned land. Other actions include denying a Sedbury license rebate, considering closing the Senate saloon, and delaying Sunday theater ordinance specifics as routine matters proceed.
Cheyenne’s famed young musician Mise Marie Buchanan is due back in July from the east where she performed recital work during winter. Her mother may accompany her.
J W Hammond attends to business in Denver while Sidney E Bartlett returns from Iron Mountain. Photog S N Leek visits Jackson and John McGill departs for California. John Clay of Stock Growers Bank was in from Chicago, and Dr J M Wilson with W F Hamilton head to Douglas via Sidney. Mrs Frank Sutzer returns to Laramie after a Cheyenne visit. Mattie Murray returns to the University of Wyoming. Misa Kearney, National Wool Growers stenographer, visits Washington before returning home. Dr W F Pflaeging and Dr Flocken depart for Arvada to probe sheep killings.
Miss Gertrude Dodd and Company present The Great Northwest at the Atlas theater drawing large nightly crowds. Tomorrow a new sketch The Country Kids replaces the show with Emil Chevrier’s violin tricks and Billy Martin and Charles Crouch in Stop. Also featured are Atlascope moving pictures and a strong illustrated song finale.
Adjutant General P A Gatchell and Colonel R N LaFountaine returned from Evans ton where they organized Company H of the Third Wyoming National Guard. Officers named include Captain William F Bowerman First Lieutenant Arthur V Quinn and Second Lieutenant Joseph H Booth. Enrollment stands at fifty four.
The text promotes Kodel as a universal digestant that will both diagnose and treat all food types. It claims the product acts quickly and is pleasant to take, with A. E. Roedel as the seller.
Notice from Chas H Mallin secretary alerts members of a regular meeting of the alert hose company to be held tonight. Also an advertisement touts Pinesalve Carbolized for cuts burns and chapped skin from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
An old ad promotes Dade Little Liver Pills claimed to cleanse the stomach ease headaches and digestive issues. Bold Oy Palece Pharmacy Drug Co advertises the product as prompt relief for the family with nautical phrasing and misspelled lines.
The Kansas receiver who wound up the affairs of a bankrupt concern at an expense of $250 is a shining candidate for a Carnegie hero medal.
Local advertising note highlights De Witt's Little Early Risers safe gentle pills available at A. B. Roedel. The compact promotion emphasizes reliability and easy use in a period urban shop context.
Report describes a severe tornado corridor through Hillsdale country leaving scattered wreckage. Neuman couple survives being hurled 100 feet, while their house and outbuildings are obliterated. Beers nearby also destroyed. Rail lines damaged, Colorado & Southern line washed out, five feet of track flooded in Chug Water valley, stranding Cheyenne anglers amid wreckage.
Local ad urges use of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles. Product promoted as especially effective and available through E Roedel.
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