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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
4
A dated letter from April 27, 1908, invites a friend to enjoy fresh vegetables. It lists asparagus celery radishes lettuce spinach beans peas tomatoes onions cabbage and potatoes available at the grocery. The note emphasizes obtaining the freshest produce.
A Cheyenne Wyoming firm promotes Brown Herb Tablets as a beat all around medicine guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Act. It offers sample package booklet and terms with opportunity to profit in handling the tablets through Continental Mercantile Co. 700 East Twenty fifth Street.
The November 10, 1907 timetable lists trains on the Union Pacific Main Line westbound. Train 154 departs Cheyenne at 3:30 p m, Train 164 arrives Sterling at 9:70 p m, Train 153 leaves Sterling at 6:00 a m, Train 163 arrives at 12:00 noon, daily except Sundays.
Train No 41 leaves at 7 10 a m in Colorado and Southermn schedule with arrival around 63 p m. The fragment notes departure time and rough destination timing.
Impressive rites were held at the Masonic temple for Truman B. Hicks a thirty third degree Mason and Knight Templar. Delegations from Rawlins Laramie Evans ton and other towns attended with Judge J A Riner leading services. Interment followed at Lakeview cemetery with pallbearers named.
A stream of residents and visitors are noted in Laramie and nearby towns. Louis Manewal Sr. is in San Francisco while Harry Langhelt returns to Laramie and William Daweons comes from Chugwater. Other travelers include Robert D. Carey from Careyhurst and Fenimore Chatterton from Riverton. Numerous officials and business figures travel through or residence in Wyoming, including W R Schnitger secretary of state, George Montgomery returning to Iron Mountain ranch, and Governor B B Brooks departing for Natrona county. Local notables report health, ranch activity, and engineering work across Grover, Wheatland, South Bend, and Pole Creek.
Reported losses from Carbon and Natrona counties describe over 800 sheep drowned west of Casper after a storm forced the flock into a flood filled ravine. Herders struggled waist deep to save about 900 head, while at Rock River the Toltec Live Stock Company lost 200 sheep after recent shearing.
Reliable reports say a single wool clip has been disposed of in Wyoming, the wool of Robert Crosswaite of Casper. He received ten cents in advance and consigned his wool as Casper and Rawlins buyers await instructions. Buyers show little activity and have only lightly examined clips.
Two cars arrive from the east for Tallmadge and Buntin colonization project. One is an Olds and the other a Rea-Lar amie Republican, to be delivered to company representatives today.
Acacia lodge No. 11 A F and A M schedules a special meeting tonight to exemplify the third degree. W M L B Dobyns and Secretary F Hobl sign the notice.
More than 100 residents have signed contracts with LaPrese Gas for fuel, signaling widespread uptake once the plant is installed. Driller Stroup has begun work on the first well near the gas field, with plans for several wells and a pipeline, aiming to bring gas to Douglas by early fall.
Weather Bureau director reports April as unusually warm with a 75 degree high on the 14th and 7 degree low. The month shows 0.26 inches of rain, 2.6 inches of snowfall, 9 clear days and 5 cloudy days, with 81 percent sunshine and a 43 degree daily temperature swing on the 3rd.
In San Francisco Abe Attell, the American featherweight champion, stopped Brookyln Tommy Sullivan of St. Louis in the fourth round after a quick exchange. Sullivan was knocked down twice more and counted out as an officer halted the bout. Bets were voided due to a last minute weight change allowing Sullivan to weigh 126 pounds.
Ad copy for Ring's Little Liver Pills from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co promoting liver stimulation and skin clearing. Claims relief for biliousness and sick headache at 25 cents.
The Misses Yaeger and King showcase domestic and imported corsets with French military influence in a fine line. Medium price. Goods fit to measurements. They invite visits after 7 pm at 318 West Twenty-second Street and will remain open until May 16, with phone 445red for inquiries.
The product Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as not constipating and as gently moving the bowels. It is sold by A. B. Roedel and is noted for being liked by children.
Tommy Burns offers to deposit 4000 dollars with the National Sporting Club to cover an equal amount Johnson has posted. Burns keeps his demand for thirty thousand dollars as his share, and says Johnson can arrange the side bet to suit himself.
The 16 year old Abe Schwartz who died at St John’s hospital is shipped to Denver for burial. He lived on Sixteenth Street near Bresnahan market and attended the high school where he was popular with fellow students.
An archival classifieds note advertises old papers at six cents per bundle from the loading office with limited readable details.
The Ingersoll store and the New York store will be closed and stock marked for a big sale. Mrs. Ingersoll’s stock of dry goods cloaks hats and millinery goes on sale Monday at 8 o'clock with experienced sales staff sought. The ad promises a monster stock at great reductions and urges shoppers to wait for tonight’s paper for details.
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