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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
6
The contest department expands the voting schedule with clubs of five and ten year subscriptions. One year per member, with five year or ten year totals accepted. Candidates may form as many clubs as desired. Twenty-five one year subscriptions count as five and a half years.
A urged notice encourages participation in a prize contest. It advises readers to support friends by subscribing, promising three votes for some offers and one vote normally, and stresses persistence to win magnified prizes.
In a surprising turn, leaders A and B among three contenders pulled out of the race, leaving C as the remaining candidate. The move reshapes the contest, with local supporters reacting to the sudden shift in momentum and implications for upcoming votes.
The 1909 Buick five passenger touring car with top lamps and barn equipment was bought from W. W. Dinnen, a popular 16th Street garage man. The ad notes the Buick carries a full guarantee and urges Buick owners to boost the popular make.
The article describes twelve scholarships awarded across four districts with three districts already receiving automobile awards. Each district will award one scholarship to a top student based on credit totals, with prizes valued at about 650 dollars. Scholarships will support attendance at prominent Colorado and Wyoming schools.
The paper clipped voting coupons are kept for ten days to allow candidates a chance to correct any mistakes. After the period, the coupons are destroyed, though a complete record remains in the office. The rule helps manage thousands of clipped coupons daily.
London reports Dick Burge the former pugilist, recently released from Portland with good conduct, has attracted attention. The piece notes his £80,000 earnings, a fraud case involving Thomas Goudie at the Bank of Liverpool, and a pending visit by King Manuel II to England between November and Windsor stay. It also covers a labor bill proposal limiting shop hours across the country with Sunday closures and overtime rules.
Fragmented local notice describes voting schedule for paid in ad subscriptions and a war department wireless data project linked to a temporary installation on the Eiffel Tower. It mentions products, dates, and locations with garbled OCR details and mentions a skin graft case unrelated to the main item.
An old advertisement announces Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case. It claims the remedy works internally by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. as Toledo makers. The text also endorses Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes wholesale druggists Wolding Kinnan & Marvin of Toledo.
The Laramie county fair runs September 8 9 and 10 at Wheatland. A special Colorado and Southemu round trip fare applies with tickets from Douglas Orin Junction Bona Glenda Wendover Badger Hartville Buckhorn Uva and other points. A special train departs Douglas September 9 at 7 15 pm arriving Wheatland 10 00 am with return at 7 16 pm.
Sheridan, Wye, Aug 26 The Indian belief in stoic emotion fails for Barney One Goose and his wife as their first child, a girl, dies after stomach illness. They arrived too late for treatment, bought an expensive white coffin, and return to the reservation for interment per tribal rite.
Notice states the teachers examination will be held at Cheyenne High School on August 27 and 28. All teachers wishing to take the exam must be present promptly at the opening hour on the 27th. The questions from the first session will not be reused, and no other examination will be offered until November 26 and 27.
Colorado nursery advertises evergreen and fruit trees, shrubs, and roses grown locally. It promises healthful stock, Colorado provenance, true names, and freight paid on ten dollar orders. Agents wanted. true catalog available from The Schroeder-Son Murzhrky Company Box 500 Lafayette Colo.
In Thermopolis Wyoming on August 26 locals report graders blasted away the portal near Lovers Lane and a nearby canyon area by the Big Horn hot springs. The act destroyed a site long valued by visitors for its beauty and echoing landscape.
A historic spring system long before Thermopolis was founded has drawn interest as a notable curiosity for years. Local researchers note its persistence as a geological wonder tied to early settlement lore and regional travel narratives.
Sheridan Wyoming receives 5213.74 draft from Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad covering 26 percent rebate on water pipe improvement freight charges. The city benefited from reduced material freight rates applied during system upgrades.
Notice explains dipping with 1 gallon B. and C. Cresol dip and 144 gallons water. Rebate claimed reduces dipping bill by 100 percent. B. and G. Creed dip alleged to cure scab ticks lice itching and ulceration. Shermig Company Cheyenne distributors.
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