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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
5
Frontier Days events in Cheyenne will feature ticket sales August 19th to 24th with return validity to August 25th. Regular round trip fares apply from stations without agents, with ticketing through the Colorado and Southern lines. The Sherman Co. handles these arrangements for Northern Wyoming stations and related trains.
Local items note Miller's Watch repair, Cheyenne Printery printing services, Artesian Water delivery, and a new electric wagon for The Geyeer Laundry. Visitors include state senator A Hadeel of Rawlins and editor Walter T. Shissler. A 1914 Buick exhibit at Plains Garage and multiple frontier day events are mentioned.
Advertisement urging relief from constipation with Chamberlain's Tablets. Claims regular bowels prevent diseases and promotes product availability from all dealers.
A short item notes the Sherman Company involved in paper hanging and decorating work. The brief references their services and activity in the decoration trades context.
The remains of Mr. Mary Lesoard, who died at a local hospital, were shipped to Wheatland yesterday. One thousand copies of the city traffic ordinances are being distributed to local vehicle owners by the city marshal.
A free concert by Ciricelio's Tral Lin Band at the Greater Cheyenne Club Pavilion on Seventeenth Street and Capital Avenue from 7 to 8 o clock. Dancing will follow the concert rumour.
A miniature marathon is scheduled for 10 o'clock this morning. The course runs from the flag pole at Fort Russell along the boulevard to Carey Avenue then to Sixteenth Street finishing in front of the Lyric theater. Entries and numbers appear listed with several competitors named, and it is expected the first runner will cross the tape about 10 30.
Alderman Rahn confronted a peddler at a Carey avenue stand after dirty ice cream cones were spilled. The peddler cleaned them on his clothing and resumed sale before Rahn compelled destruction of the damaged goods, warning closure if he resisted.
Cheyenne residents praise a local pharmacist for introducing Adleri ka a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mix once famed for curing appendicitis It now reportedly relieves sour stomach gas and constipation after a single dose with quick action.
Advertising notes invite buyers and sellers of furniture and goods to use The Leader for classifieds. Three lines three times for 2c.
All water users are permitted to spray the street in front of their premises with a lawn hose to lay dust during Frontier week. Mayor Gill signs the notice.
Parish event at St Mark's Abarby Day features competent ladies supervising children from 1 to 5 pm at the Parish House. Admission 250 each with a Sherman Company involvement and mirror plating noted amid a long lane scene free of gasoline contamination.
An physician recounts a doctorpatient tale in which he pretends to remove a woman’s eye to calm her broken heart after learning her fiancé lost an eye in Cuba. A lover returns, confronts the ruse, and the patient’s mind appears stabilized when the eye removal is revealed as a ruse.
Dan Donahue of Little Horse Creek rode his pony into the Tivoli saloon yesterday morning and leveled a six gun at the bartender demanding a drink. After being served he rode off, later joking about the stunt and ordering lemonade instead of whiskey. Tourists nearby recalled the scene, calling him a real cowpuncher as they left shaken.
W A Evans of 1919 House Street and his daughter attended a Coliseum event Tuesday night where a moonlight dance was begun. After lights went on and a girlie giggle rang out, Evans demanded the lights stay on and vowed his daughter would not attend such dances again. He urged authorities to investigate local dancing places and end moonlight features.
Cheyenne boxing fans have followed the career of Bull Young. The Wyoming lad is expected to defeat Jene Willard in Vernon California next Friday night in a twenty round bout. Also, Jack Twin Sullivan faces Soldier Kearns in a ten round prelim at Buffalo New York.
Special agent John Gale and assistant R W Kelleher will search every incoming train and arrest pickpockets during the Frontier celebration. The two men are familiar with known crooks and will guard Cheyenne to keep outsiders from entering via Union Pacific routes.
Denver police bring in Yvonne Malone Abe Willey and J C Thompson along with Thiele detective service manager J Stein and three operatives to the city to hunt criminals drawn by the large events.
A report notes saloons will stay open for night crowds during Prantler week as crowding drives demand for shelter and safety measures.
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