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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
5
The Atlas presents complete change on Mondays and Thursdays with vaudeville headliners motion pictures and popular songs of the day. Includes artistic effects and stage presentations with matinée and evening performances except Sundays. Tickets in lobby during the day phone 484 10c 25c 35c boxes 50c.
Mr and Mrs Harry Ruff host a social evening as Mrs Pitt Covert leads the Five Hundred club. The Young Ladies Sodality meets Mrs Genevieve Griffin. Rev Davis is due at month end to visit his daughter Mrs Paul Lavarents. Miss Ida Gilland hosts an informal gathering for Mrs Hobart Martin of Chicago. Miss Edith Bond returns from New Jersey. The American Revolution Club meets at Carnegie Library Friday Oct 16 at 4 pm. Mrs G P Johnston leads the Woman's Club on Wednesday with Hauptmann The Sunken Dell. Mrs B B Brooks hosts the Sunergae members Thursday, and Mrs Fleming and Mrs Byrd host Methodist Aid Thursday at 600 East Seventeenth. The Baptist Sunday School teachers meet at superintendent W L Whipple’s Thursday evening. W C T U holds its monthly meeting this afternoon at 3 at Congregational parlor with Miss Stickhey and Miss Stuart speaking. Marjorie Masi to Lieut Martyn Hall Shute planned for Oct 28 at Ft Russell. Alpha Club studies United States with notes on Connecticut. Mrs Dobbins will discuss Colorado. Mrs J F Rossman and teachers host pupils and mothers at her home next Saturday afternoon. Master George Gilland hosted a party for cousin Miss Vivian Martin with several young guests. Fraternal Ball hosts freshmen from the high school with Hane schka orchestra and reception by faculty and class presidents. Jewelers' ad promotes Foley’s Kidney Remedy and Cheyenne beauty parlor. Troops back home: a Second U S Field Artillery battery expected to return from a 200 mile practice march.
A packed Cheyenne house praised The Devil for its strong acting and provocative ideas. Critics note the play’s clever humor, Goethean devil, and European origins, while American audiences showed mixed reactions with a preference for lighter fare after the experience.
R. E. McNalley a Rex saloon porter on Fifteenth street was found dead in the basement Sunday morning. Coroner Murray ruled natural causes after an investigation.
The remains of Miss Imelda Warlaumont lie at her sister Mrs. H. McHugh’s home. A funeral is planned at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Wednesday at 9 a.m. The notice also references local ads and a postponement of a dance due to the death.
From the Riverton Republican comes a harsh collection of editorial stunts and insults. The piece mocks local figures including Tommy Byrne who injured himself in a cellar mishap and Tom Appleton who died after irrigation ditch exposure. It ridicules Maj or Young and Johnny Burns while recounting threats and a biting incident as comic brutality.
The Atlas opened the week with an entertaining program headlined by Jimmy Pierce of London. The Comedy Four performed Troubles in School, and Carl Herbert the man of mystery impressed alongside Miss Jetson. Projections by Professor Dunn on the Atlascope showcased Bright pictures and clever by plays. Featured acts included The Simpleton Father is Late Go Bring Him Home The Chauffeur's Nightmare Miraculous Flowers and Follow Your Leader. Shows at 3 7 45 and 9 15 with prices 10 25 35 and 50 cents.
Union Pacific train crews lack information on Atho-Bertie cut-off operation and speculate on its impact on freight runs Cheyenne to Laramie and Denver to Cheyenne and on passenger service. Also notes Kodol digestive aid and its claim of digesting all foods sold by A. E. Roedel.
The 4 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Farthing of Iron Mountain is improving after a serious runaway injury last week and will soon be fit to return to the ranch. Rural health ad and pharmacy notices included.
The city finished a large building at the North Cheyenne pump house designated for storing water works improvements and supplies including water pipes.
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