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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
4
A May 19 note suggests dried fish for dinner and lists prices for codfish at 15 to 20 cents per pound and mackerel at 10 and 15 cents. The writer invites the reader to compare varieties and costs, signing as Jacobe.
The Golden Prairie Herald reports Pioneer Telephone of Luther filed incorporation papers and will build lines linking Hillsdale Luther Egbert Pine Bluffs Carpenter, plus rural lines serving settlers from Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas. Promoters include George N. Bandy M J Wrage S D Schuetz and Henry B Colburn. Bandy plans Cheyenne visit to seek extension.
An advertisement urges readers to take Kodol when food seems nauseating and promises restoration after a few weeks. It states the product is sold by A. E. Roede.
Strawberries featured daily at Palmer's Restaurant located at 219 West Sixteenth Street. Patrons are invited to enjoy fresh berry offerings as part of the daily menu.
Ed. Catber visits east. Congriff returns from Denver. Walton attends to business in Denver. Walker departs for Denver. O C Brownlee in unpromising condition. Toll and Duck return from Denver. LeRoy Grant Jr. returns to his Laramie ranch. Major Glafcke departs for Thermopolis. Ed Lane fish warden visits city. Whitley returns from northern county. Auditor Grant returns from Rock Springs. Mahar and daughter return from Fort Collins. Rev Jordan departs for Washington to nurse his ailing mother. Brooks and Cook visit Allen ranch near Iron Mountain. Mrs Hart returns from Denver deciding to make Cheyenne home. Vegge returns from Denver shopping milinery. Hill Wells Fargo agent back after two months south and east trip. Bill visits relatives in Texas and New York.
The J M Newman real estate agency reports three transfers yesterday. A H Williams and wife sell the south 44 feet of lots 1 and 2 block 259 at 2414 Maxwell for 2650 with a five room cottage. N C McMurray of Denver sells lot 6 block 109 at Twenty fifth and Central for 525 with a cottage. Mary J Adams of Spokane sells north 44 feet of lot 1 block 270 at 2022 ONeil for 2300 with a five room cottage.
Patrick Nolan returned from a two week state tour visiting Douglas Casper Shoshoni Riverton Hudson and Lander. He inspected new coal mines including one led by his son in law L C Douse and found a vein eleven feet wide of high quality coal. He noted central Wyoming is solid while Cheyenne also impresses him.
The pioneer ranchman Frank Ketchum was laid to rest Thursday at St Mark's Episcopal church at 2:30 pm with Rev G C Rafter officiating. Many floral offerings showed friends’ affection from the city and country, and several traveled long distances. Interment followed at Lakeview cemetery.
Mr. John Riha of Vining Iowa testifies that he has sold De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for about a year and they give better satisfaction than any pill he has sold. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
Dave Lee and a cowboy from Bridgeport Nebraska arrived in the city en route to Evanston to begin a Denver Post endurance horse race from Evanston to Denver. Lee travelled overland with his horse and will stay in Cheyenne until other contestants join before shipping their horses from there.
A brief notice urges applying Pinesalve Carbolized as a poultice for cuts sores and chapped skin. Mentions Palace Pharmacy Drug Co as the source. Battered wording reflects a patent medicine style common to old ads.
Social activities in the Fraternal ball schedule highlight a social dance next Saturday night inviting members to participate. The event emphasizes community gathering and evening entertainment.
A Cheyenne woman protests the Atlas theater as a bother to her husband who laughs in his sleep after Atlas shows. Manager Heaney and performers like Polk and Martella draw cheers, with authorities considering quarantine due to public amusement. The piece notes the theater’s week as a highly successful run.
Accurate adjusting and watch repair ing D Miller 1700 Ferguson street. King's Little Liver Pills wake up lazy livers clean the system and clear the skin. Try them for bilious ness and sick headache. Price 25c Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
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