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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
2
Orson Grimmett of Riverton and Lander owns the mounted mountain sheep head from a well known arms maker. Billy Halter, Wind River guide, secured it. Grimmett has been offered $1 000 for the head, which hangs in Grimmett's Lander saloon.
Paro Ointment promises a cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money refund if not healed. The advertisement lists a price of 60 cents.
George R. Caldwell editor of the Riverton News reports a careful investigation showing wormwood and the western sage are almost identical and that absinthe could be manufactured from sage more cheaply than from wormwood in Riverton Wyoming.
Remember Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds. Use the genuine product in a yellow package from A. Eb. Roedel for reliable relief.
A March 16 fire in Shoshoni Wyoming started in Edward Burkes paloon at 4 45 in the morning. High winds and limited water confined the blaze to a single block, destroying twelve wood structures in the business district. Loss estimated 25000 to 30000 with partial insurance coverage. Buildings burned include the Telephone office Wind River National Bank Davidson building Famous clothing store Williams saloon Burke saloon Hargrove pool hall Reamey barber shop Hotel Marie Johnson saloon Ballard hide house Ballard Beck restaurant.
February snow was deficient across nearly all regions with early meltout leaving ground levels below January. Eastern Big Horn slopes show broader shortfall, though most watersheds lacked average snow. The report notes well packed, early-season snow in mountains, in good condition to be kept until late summer. Deafness cure claim touts Hall's Catarrh Cure. ads promise $1000 for noncurable cases.
The town of Gillette Wyoming plans a municipal cemetery after residents grow tired of graves along streets and sidewalks. A plot has been set aside and all town burials will be moved to the new site. burials will be prohibited in former locations.
New York March 16 Raymond Hitchcock was acquitted after witnesses declared themselves perjurers. Justice Hianchard halted the session and ordered a verdict of acquittal. Flora Whiston known as Flora Faith testified she lied before the grand jury under instructions from agents of the Cherry Wood society.
Rock Springs Wyoming reports Mine No 7 will resume production April 1 with about 200 men hired as demand for coal rises amid easing cold. Union Pacific Coal Co. lines up efforts to bring the mine back into operation.
Sundance Wyoming March 16 The champion 1908 Wyoming lamb crop is produced by ten imported Hampshire ewes owned by W F Bramel. Two ewes gave birth to triplets six to twins and two to singles for a 200 percent increase. Casca sweet for babies and children marketed for cold weather with no harmful drugs sold by A B Roedel.
Social dance at Turner hall begins at 9 p m with a five piece orchestra. Ladies receive Shamrocks as prizes. The note on rail service highlights the Colorado and Southern line offering low rates and quick access to the Mexican Gulf. T E Fisher is named as General Passenger Agent in Denver.
An old advertisement promotes a custom hair mattress from Cheyenne Upholstering Works at 604 West Seventeenth Street with a contact at Black 18. It also pitches fishing gear from Hopper Bartley at 210 West Sixteenth Street and lists Geo G. Sampson and David Boswell as agents for Leverin Browne & Co., wholesale grocers in Chicago.
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