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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1908
Page
4
A letter notes dried fish for dinner with prices: codfish 15 to 20 cents per pound and mackerel 10 and 15 cents each. It mentions some fish are wet fish and ends with a signed casual closing.
A steady thirty six hour rainfall soaked Cheyenne and the Petra portion of Wyoming since Friday evening at 6 o clock. Ground absorption was rapid at first but by that evening water ran through gutters in large streams. Reports from dry farming districts claim rainfall equal to or greater than Cheyenne.
Manager Thomas Heaney at the Atlas presents Cheyenne audiences a lively program featuring Corcoran and Dixon acrobatic comedians Tuttle and May sketch artists and O'Neill's College Boys in a comedy singing and dancing turn. New motion pictures promise novelty and musical features will delight. The Atlas closes a highly successful week.
The baccalaureate service for the Gheyenne High School will be held at the First Congregational church this morning with Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald of the First Baptist church delivering a union sermon. Tonight a second union service at the same church features Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile court speaking on The Child and the State.
An advertisement for Kodel claims it digests all foods, targets stomach trouble, and does the work itself. The product is described as pleasant to take and is sold by A. E. Roedel.
John Morris arrives in the city from Silver Crown. M. J. Meyer leaves for Kansan City. Misa Verna Cotton is seriously ill at St. John's Hospital. Frank Sutzer and wife visit from Laramie. A. R. Whitley returns from the county’s northern part. Prof. F. F. Burchard returns from Chugwater this evening. Ed Lanes the Dale Creek fish warden returns home today. Governor Brooks attends to business at his Natrona county ranch. Mrs. McIvor Tyndall arrives from Denver to join husband Dr. Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall. Annie Downs of Lander comes for her father Michael Kinney's funeral. Mrs. Watson arrives from Canada to join her daughter Ina Watson. Judge R. N. Matson returns from Newcastle and Sundance after weeks of court duty.
Casper mayor W. 8S Kimball wrote to the Omaha trade excursion commission predicting no sleep for the visitors during the night of the 29th unless they evade police and flee to the cars. Douglas Florence Hardware president E. T. David urged extending the hour for Douglas to better entertain the visitors.
Announcement from Van Tassell and Draper and other Cheyenne coal dealers states starting June 1 all coal must be paid cash due to higher costs of credit sales. Firms listed include Wyoming Fuel & Feed Co Riner and Schnitger Cook Bros Co and J L Murray.
Twenty peasants from Yekaterinoslav district were hanged today by a court martial decree in Kherson, part of a peasant association aimed at driving out landed proprietors by burning estates. This marks a new harsher approach, replacing prior fogging and short imprisonments used in earlier disturbances.
The product does not constpate but uses laxative principles to gently move the bowels. Children like it. Sold by A. E. Roedel.
William H. Barney, Fort Russell caterer, has purchased the Kamerer bakery and lunch counter at 404 West Seventeenth Street and will operate it with his Fort Russell restaurant. Bonng Winds to chap tan freckle Use Pinesalve Carbolized for cuts and burns Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
Charles H. Edwards a settler of Cheyenne since 1867 and early rancher in Laramie county passed away at age 69. Survived by widow and three grown children including C H Edwards Jr, murdered in the line of duty fifteen months ago. Edwards served in the navy under Farragut and was among Cheyenne's first merchants with varied ventures. Funeral at the Elks Home.
Dr Alexander J Mclvyer Tyndall known as the psychist was arrested yesterday at the Inter Ocean hotel on a charge of practicing without a license He appeared in police court and was fined 25 dollars and costs His friends protested noting he did not know a license was required in Cheyenne and had not been notified to obtain one The report also mentions John Riba of Vining Iowa praising De Witts Kidney and Bladder Pills Sold by A E Roedel.
In a terse outburst, a manager scorns Faust as a failure and mocks Goethe’s posthumous fate, declaring he would confront the author if given the chance.
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