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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
4
A March 23, 1908 letter shares breakfast oranges, noting a sour orange turning sweet, and urges fruit consumption at home for health. It lists prices per dozen from 15 to 50 cents and ends with a friendly sign off from Jacobe Pete.
General Manager Mohler credits block signal systems for Union Pacific safety record and discusses recent safety upgrades. He notes January engine miles near 1.5 million and train accident costs around 1083 dollars per mile, stressing interlocking and electric signaling reduce risks.
Cascasweet is for babies and children and is especially good for the ills so common in cold weather. Look for the ingredients on the bottle. Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
A ten dollar reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing papers from doors and gates after delivery by city circulators. Also includes notices for cold cure and watch repair services with local names and prices.
A stream of dignitaries and locals arrive or return from the west. Van Phillipa reaches from Denver while H P Robinson and Colonel J H Fullerton return from the west. LeRoy Grant and C H Solier also arrive from Denver or in city for state affairs with others named including Judge Kuykendall, George Hiat and Deputy Sheriff Emil Thierkelson.
G W Carroll a 77 year old beggar was fined 60 dollars and given 30 days in jail in Cheyenne for vagrancy after he declared he would join the Mormons. He paid the fine in gold and departed for Salt Lake City noting his intention to join Brigham Young followers.
Final day shows for Cheyenne auto race with upcoming Atlas events. Acts include The Three Broadway Girls, Devon Bros with dogs, Marquis and Lyman burleaguers, Miss Louise Mann, Hammond and Forester comedians, The Fishers contortionists, Jay Bogent, Da Van and Hill, and motion pictures.
An advertising brief notes Man Zan Pile Remedy comes in a collapsible tube with a nozzle. One application soothes heals reduces inflammation relieves soreness and itching. Price 60c from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
The Colorado and Southern will sell one way El Paso to Mexico City tickets from March 5 to April 30 at a notably low rate. Advertisements urge Pinealve Carbolized for skin care from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co. and Cheyenne Upholstering Works offers furniture repair. Also promotes liver pills for the family and fishing tackle from Hopper Bartley.
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