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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
2
Roedel’s drug store proclaims it carries rare and common drugs for technical and general use and for prescriptions. If something is out of stock they will notify and no substitutions are offered. The message emphasizes Roedel’s broad inventory and reliability.
John Erickson, intoxicated and blaming Oscar Louma for stealing his hat, shot him in the Diamondville saloon. The victim, both men recently arrived from Finland to work in the mines, died instantly. A posse has pursued the killer, who fled and is feared to face lynching if captured.
Washington announces several new forest service appointments across national forests. A. J. Converse and Willie E. Billings become forest guards on the Custer and Flathead in Montana. Others named include W. O. Blackman Pacd d Oreille James E. Morris Pocatello Samuel W. Stoddard Targhee Idaho Fred Stanley Crater Oregon John S. Bennett Ashley Utah Thomas C. Parkinson Hayden Wyoming J F Russell Magdalena New Mexico.
An advertisement claims deafness, mainly from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It cites catarrh as a primary cause, offers a $100 reward for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes other products from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Murchison Jewelry Company of Cheyenne offers a complete line of silver tea spoons in every pattern. De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for piles and sold by A. B. Rodel.
Chicago reports growing demand for campaign speakers including Bryan Kern Parker Bell Clark and others. Augustus Thomas will tour Springfield St Louis Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Buffalo Rochester Albany New Haven ending Sept 15. Other speakers include Dunn Gore Haskell Copeland Gompers Thompson Weaver Glenn Mahoney and more.
Denver reports twenty five thousand attendees at the Colorado Inter-State fair opening. Governor Buchtel and President C B E Stubbs spoke as a grand military procession unfolded. Livestock exhibit tops prior records with over 700 cattle and 300 horses. Fireworks priced at 1000 dollars capped the day with nightly repeats.
An ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law and is recommended for coughs colds and lung troubles for children and adults. It also promotes clocks from Murchison Jewelry Co Cheyenne Wyo and Dr Miller's water repellent devices with King’s Little Liver Pills offered at Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
In Rock Springs Wyoming on September 7 Cheyenne baseball teams won the second game of a three game series against Rock Springs by 6 to 4 to claim a 200 purse. King pitched seven innings for Cheyenne and Weybrecht finished the last two. Cheyenne previously won the opener 3 to 1 and the teams meet again tomorrow.
The final contingent of U S troops in the Crow Creek maneuver reserve under Major Blatchford left Camp Emmett Crawford at 2 p m and headed for Fort Russell arriving later today. The Eleventh Infantry under Lieutenant Delaplane broke camp at Dale Creek at 2 a m and will reach Fort Russell tomorrow afternoon. The post light artillery on a 200 mile practice march is due to arrive tomorrow evening or Thursday. There are no soldiers left in the Crow Creek reserve.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports that a summer cold and hay fever symptoms plagued him for three months. He tried various medicines before Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package cured him quickly. His wife later used it with the same success and it is sold by A. E. Roedel.
J C Argesheimer returns to the city after being sent to Dule Creek to straighten a mail tangle and keep the office running smoothly for soldiers in the reserve. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup promotes gentle bowel movement and throat relief, sold by A Roedel.
A public advertisement urges shoppers to buy Palmer's bread at local grocers with a price of five cents per loaf.
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