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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
5
Cheyenne hosts a four day frontier festival starting August 24 with Roosevelt attendance. The committee handles a flood of inquiries from across the U S about rooms and events. Special entertainment features include Indian dances, pony races, a stage holdup, and prize items from Eastern manufacturers.
Sam Bussard Mac Thomas A Q Robertson James McCloud and Jack Burke of Fremont County and Company H W N G have returned to Cheyenne from Denver after a visit departing Polo Mountain maneuver camp. They will begin homeward travel today.
Gunt Lewis of Sdurlge and George Tripolia of Cheyenne are jailed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and assault. Deputy Sheriff Pat Hayes arrested them after Joe Basakas reported a scheme in which Greeks paid twenty dollars for fake employment, only to be discharged before earning back their cash. Tripolia chased Basakas near the courthouse before his arrest following the attack.
A note advises applying Witch Mazel Cold Cream after a fishing trip to prevent sun horn and mentions Palace Pharmacy as the place to find it.
Denver reports a multistate equity suit by Attorney General Wickersham and AUSA Martell Ward against coal land fraud conspirators in Routt county. Prominent citizens like H M L Doherty Frank W Geucault and Continental Trust named among those involved in the sale of 4000 acres valued at about 700000 dollars.
LaFave the stomach man claims a carload of remedies arrived from the west and sold by the ton in Cheyenne. He says thousands sought his ton remedies and other preparations as crowds packed the Palace drug store on 17th street and Carey avenue, with wagons and express shipments rushing in to meet demand.
Cheyenne Wyoming August 1 1910 city council convened a special session at 2 pm with Mayor Cook presiding. The clerk announced bids for pipe line construction and pipe hauling for water works extension were opened with figures from Black Laird Co and Doyle and Schwarts among bidders.
Abstract of the Cheyenne city council special meeting held August 1 1910 lists pipe, trenching and fill charges from Ferguson Bros Perry Williams Bush Gray Fisher Dempsey Co and others with rates per ton per cubic yard per 100 feet. The document notes bids for unloading distributing cement and trench work and states the meeting adjourned with no further business.
An OCR fragment mentions Benrola recommendation sold by Palace Macy and a Witch ial Cold Cream sold by Palace Macy Piven. It notes items for sale at a location on the East Side with an Oliver phone line. The text is garbled but indicates cosmetic items and sunburn prevention products being sold.
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