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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
2
Cheyenne gears up for Frontier Days amid record attendance forecasts and a housing strain. Officials urge citizens to provide beds and space, with 3,000 potential accommodations via homes and lodges to welcome visitors and ease crowd pressure.
A Colorado and Southern freight train on the Union Pacific line between this city and Greeley suffered a wheel break in a boxcar that caused a wheel to break a rail niche, badly damaging the track and requiring rapid replacement. Repairs were made with new rails.
The passage notes a new one cent coin with the motto In God We Trust and One Cent on the opposite side. United States of America appears in smaller type, Pluribus Unum at the top, designer initials bottom, and a smooth edge sets it apart from the old coin.
New York reports bids received up to a limit for stage properties of James K. Hackett bankrupt estate. Items include scenery costumes props from The Chair Prisoner of Zenda The Fool and the Girl John Gladye's Honor and The Mouse of Silence plus guns sidearms and fishing tackle.
The latest one cent pieces reached Cheyenne yesterday with the Inter Ocean’s Heiney reporting several specimens. The coins are described as very attractive and notably different from previous issues.
Union Pacific conductor Joe Mooney recovering from a severe back sprain after a slip at Bresnahan block last Saturday. He left St. Johns hospital and returned home to North Platte, accompanied by his wife who traveled to Cheyenne upon learning of the injury.
A fragment announces a reward of ten dollars for information leading to a capture or identification connected with horses described as driving mares and a large team mares and gelding branded with Tandler. It also advertises a chance to win one hundred dollars in gold by contacting the local store in Chugwater or Cody before August 32, 1900.
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