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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
7
Prof. Davidson, famed author and scientist, regained partial sight after two operations over six months and a year of medical pay. The celebration in San Francisco yesterday marked his renewed ability to recognize family members, following a catarrh root treatment.
The article warns that Halley’s Comet now lures unwary people in Chicago, likening it to the “explosion on the lake front.” It describes a crime wave where con artists exploit the public’s fascination with the sky, targeting victims early morning along Grant Park and Congress Street, with one noted encounter near Michianus.
The page compiles cheap one line wants for cook positions and room rentals, lost items including a Clover two-seater and a branded horse, and numerous sale and rent notices. It includes ranches for sale near Cheyenne and Fort Laramie, multiple five to eleven room houses, and various real estate and business opportunities with prices and contact references.
City of Cheyenne invites sealed bids to tap water mains for one year from May 1910. Bids due May 17 1910 at 6 p.m. must state price per long and short tap and include a 25 cash or certified check. Bids marked Proposals for Tapping Main are to be directed to the City Clerk.
A garbled real estate fragment lists multiple room counts including five, three, six and seven rooms. Prices range around 1 050 to 31 000 with terms such as rent 100 and full lots. references to station, sewer, and two year terms appear in broken form.
Westbound Union Pacific main line timetable shows No. 17 Flyer Omaha to Portland departing 3:00 a.m. No. 1 Overland Limited arrives 11:30 p.m. and departs 11:45 p.m. No. 9 Fast Mail arrives, No. 8 Calif Exp arrives at 10:50 a.m. with departures at 11:06 a.m. No. 6 Oregon Express departs early morning. Local freights and southbound trains listed with varied times and several connections to Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Colorado & Southern lines.
A fragment notes the start of Hot-Ha-Tot Twip events in Kanana City on December 1st. The readable text provides no further names or specifics.
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