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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
7
The Cheverine Leader notes Charles Thompson as publisher and WM A Bartlett as owner with city editor T Joe Cahill and a city circulation staff listed in the masthead.
Union Pack reports mounted buffalo heads fetch 400 to 1200 dollars depending on size and condition. A 2500 pound 27 year old buffalo bull once toured Kansas City, valued at 1200 by Frank Rockefeller, and a Kansas Pacific railroad display head could fetch about 1000. A Texas Panhandle survivor killed in 1899 showed extraordinary tenacity before dying.
A Cheyenne brief lists upcoming events including Fourth of July a week away and the Democratic National Convention in Denver ten days off. Local society items mention a Young Men's Literary club meeting, carload Buick shipment to Dinneen & Priest, and several marriages licenses. Reports cover fishing at Sloan's Lake, warm city lakes for swimming, property transfers, a half dozen anglers heading out, and the Warren reservoir filling for irrigation. The Third Wyoming National Guard plans mobilization July 30 for Crow Creek maneuvers.
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana describes severe lung disease years earlier with multiple hemorrhages. After trial of various doctors he began Foley's Honey and Tar and claims his lungs are now sound. The product is recommended to stop coughs and heal lungs, preventing serious cold outcomes.
L P House relocates his phono graph and records salesroom to 423 West Seventeenth street Cheyenne offering the only complete set of cylindrical records in the city. For stomach relief readers are advised to take Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion, sold by A B Roedel.
First class furniture repairing and upholstering offered by Cheyenne Upholstering Works located at 406 West Seventeenth Street with phone 629. Also promotes Black Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for all ages to relieve coughs croup hoarseness and whooping cough with gentle laxative effect. Sold by Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
Private in class sessions provided by Ida G. Hammersley at 2015 Central Avenue. Advertisement urges readers to quit worrying and seek peace through a leadership program.
The article notes Jucky F a Nebraska figure in talks with Bryan and Omaha Mayor James C Dahlman set to present the platform. It mentions Dahlman as a Bryan ally with potential as national committee chairman as discussions frame the vice presidential race narrowing to three contenders led by Lewis Stuves ant Chandler, New York lieutenant governor, and former Governor William.
The article discusses potential vice presidential contenders Douglas Chanler and Johnson with Bryan support. Douglas, a shoemaker-turned-millionaire, is praised for honesty and workingman appeal. Chanler is popular in New York and could weaken Republican strength if nominated. Bell and Taggart are noted as influential figures tied to Bryan’s campaign.
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