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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1908
Page
6
Severe tornado swept northern Big Horn county damaging Kane sheds blowing freight cars off track and scattering hay from ranch stacks. Lovell buildings overturned and hay destroyed. No human injuries reported. Jackson Lake dam project plans details reclamation work.
The Albany county fair bucking contest prize will be 65 dollars after a 25 dollar donation from the W. H. Holliday company. Event organizer Will Wallis promises the strongest field of buckers yet with most vicious horses, aiming for a record turnout and excitement. In Lovell a masked holdup at the True Blue saloon yielded 60 dollars from a cash register. Douglas rivals Sheriff Messenger and Dan Cackler announce a unique plan to settle their race by printing a shared slate of candidates.
S. S. White a noted resident of Pinedale Wyoming was found dead in a Beaver Creek cabin after days of disappearance. Official inquiry by Judge D H Johnson attributes death to natural causes. In Lander Will Jones a bartender faces charges of beating his wife with a revolver and is jailed. Sheridan socialists prepare to warmly greet Eugene Debs on his arrival next week.
Rock Springs Wyoming opened its football schedule by defeating Sweetwater 3 to 0 in the season opener. The game, played in Rock Springs, featured a lone scoring drive in the first half and strong defensive play throughout.
Albany County District Court in Laramie, Wyoming sets next week for the trial of Frank Keefe of Rawlins on a second murder charge after his convic tion for manslaughter in the policeman killing. The docket includes Hunt, Munroe, Hubbard, Case, Ramirez, Peterson, Comer, Hays and others in a long list of felonies and forgery cases marking the term as the district court’s longest in years.
Near Si bylee W T Taylor reports government pressure to remove fences as disagreements over water rights drive action. Seven miles of fence already torn down with more condemned amid regional rancher disputes and a sense of upheaval in the area.
The Democrats of Cheyenne are called to elect delegates to the city convention at the Court House on September 22 1908 at 10 p m to nominate a mayor and councilmen for wards one two and three. Primary delegate meetings occur September 18 1908 at 8 p m with polls open until 9 p m.
A historical display promotes the Nebraska Military Academy in Lincoln as a high grade boarding school for boys. It highlights forty acres, drill grounds, a strong faculty led by Colonel George Burnett, and preparations for college or business. The 1908 opening is noted with address details for inquiries.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms that resisted a doctor's prescription and several medicines until Poley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package cured him. His wife also used Foley’s Honey and Tar with success.
Wanted at once clean cotton rags for The Leader press room. Also available DeWitt's Life Early Risers tablets by A. B. Roedel, a gentle and sure laxative. Leader ads mention promotions and notices.
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