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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1908
Page
8
Local society briefs list the Shakespeare club Alpha and Woman's clubs meet weekly with receptions and dinners. News covers weddings, engagements, visitors from St Louis and Buffalo, and social outings at Frontier Park and Carnegie venues.
The Republican city convention met at the courthouse with Cheyenne delegates present at the county gathering yesterday afternoon. Mayor Peter B. Cook was renominated, followed by council candidates Claude Draper first ward J L Thomas second ward and Dr G P Johnston third ward also renominated. Real estate ads and health ads appear alongside in this issue. Kidney Cure advertised as improving kidney health and overall strength via A B Roedel.
An event notice advertises a cafeteria supper in the parlors of a Methodist church on September 22 from 5 to 8 pm. It promotes Rene Little Liver Pills for bilious headache and claims to curb pain. Also mentions New York counts handy at P 8 Cafe.
Atlas manager Thomas Heaney announces three top vaudeville acts for the week at the popular resort. The Troubadour Sextette Stein and Evans perform in Divorce Wanted and Professor Miller with his comedy dogs. moving pictures will be new and well projected. illustrated songs are current hits. Bee's Laxative Syrup is pitched for coughs colds hoarseness and throat trouble. mothers endorse it for children. The Leader offers reliable printing services and bread calls.
Buckwalter presents a frontier moving picture at Star Theater showing the Cheyenne Frontier days events. The exhibition runs Monday through Thursday with matinee at 2:30 PM and evening at 7:15 PM, featuring horse riding bucking, steer roping, Indian dances, shooting, parades, and crowd views.
The New York Herald reports 17 year old Miss Ethel Roosevelt impressed Nassau hospital supporters at a garden party in Oyster Bay. She presided over the tea booth and drew attention as a lively social figure likely to lead Washington society this coming winter. Her look differs from sister Mrs Longworth and mother, and she recently left the National Cathedral school.
The funeral for Mrs. Joseph Dillman was held at her home yesterday afternoon with many friends and members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in attendance. Rev. Mr. Lidyl of Fort Russell conducted the Episcopal service and interment followed at the Odd Fellows cemetery. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The notice ends with an advertisement for McMurison Jewelry Co. in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
A. Owen, originator of Wyoming’s auto highway movement, travels from Cheyenne to Alabama via a rough Cheyenne Yellowstone route. He argues a repaired road with a few bridges could draw many auto tourists and justify a modest local expense. The plan, with John T. Burns, would run Cheyenne to the park via Laramie Rawlins and Jackson Hole.
At St Mark's Episcopal church the morning service includes processional hymn No 408 O Mother Dear Jerusalem Venite in D minor Dudley Buck pieces Jubilate in B flat Anthem by request The Lord is Exalted Hymn 368 Alleluia to Jesus Anthem and chorus God so Loved the World from The Crucifixion soloists include Mr Tuttle Mrs Gill Mr Brooks Miss Richardson Venite etc conclude with recessional hymn 408 So the Voice of Jesus.
An old newspaper advertises a home fat reduction remedy urging readers to mix Marmola Cascara Aromatic and peppermint water into a simple potion. It promotes self treatment by unqualified individuals and claims quick, easy fat loss without professional help.
An advertisement extols a pleasant mixture to take after meals and at bedtime claiming rapid fat loss in thirty days. It asserts the method is safe, requires no diet changes or exercise, and appeals to overweight individuals seeking simple progress beyond experts’ methods.
May Robson stars as Aunt Mary in The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary at Capitol Avenue theater. The wholesome comedy centers on an old maid’s shift in outlook and life. The cast delivers a warm, appealing performance that leaves the audience uplifted after each act.
Four Wyoming men convicted in a land fraud scheme tied to the Union Pacific railroad appeal $22,000 in fines in the United States Court of Appeals. BH M Kolbrook Lonabaugh McPhillamey and McCarthy faced conspiracy charges over dummy entrymen and land office manipulation. The government alleged company funds financed filings and bonuses, with Lonabaugh allegedly seizing final papers. The defendants claim no fraud and argue statutes of limitations.
Mr Dusty Farnum stars in The Squaw Man a four act comedy drama at Cap Itol Avenue theatre tomorrow night Farnum plays Capt James Weynnegate and Jin Cardson with strong support from Phillips Smalley Brinsley Shaw Mary B Conwell Maud Hosford Horace Mitchell Cecil Kingstone and others producing company Liebler Co supplies lavish production and fine teamwork
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