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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a natural gentle laxative that works quickly. It claims a million boxes are used monthly and promotes the product as a reliable remedy you can carry in a West-pocket case for prompt relief.
Wage earners urged to buy with special financing from a reliable company offering monthly returns. The ad promotes installment loans with rebates and savings on interest, targeting engineers, firemen, shopmen, brakemen and other workers.
Observers say President Taft faces a political dilemma as public sentiment grows against the Aldrich Cannon Dalzell group. If he opposes the tariff status quo he risks alienating core supporters. if he remains silent the progressive wing will label him reactionary and push for downward tariff revision. The tariff walls and protectionist interests loom large as the GOP division deepens nationwide.
New York on May 6 Japan’s recovery from wartime strain is noted by Junnesuke Inouye of the Bank of Japan who spoke to 25 Gold Cross club members at 416 Lafayette Street. He cites a war cost of 9.6 billion yen and discusses attitudes toward immigration and assimilation.
Amsterdam reports progress on the Halve Maan a Dutch ship built as a token of friendship for America. The 63 foot long 18 foot beam vessel with three masts and antique cannon will parody Captain Hudsons voyage and enter Sandy Hook on September 27 before being handed to the American Fulton celebration committee.
Lawyer F. Entriken of Moline testifies a wintergreen thymol glycerine mix, sold as D D D Prescription, cured his 32 year eczema in 30 days. Kathken reports instant itch relief and full cure in a month, with continued relief and no recurrence. Palace Pharmacy advertises liniments and laundry services while pleading debts.
Dover reports the new Red Star liner Lapland arriving within a half hour of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. The Lapland’s first eastward voyage shaved about a day from rival times and impressed aboard with a novelty at sea shop run by Miss Broome.
Chicago dispatch reports August Rooske, a Hancock Wisconsin farmer, seized and held for ransom after answering a business offer. A letter to his wife claims he was driven away in an automobile with strangers and money demanded, but he describes nothing about his captors or location.
New York May 5 Jim one of the nine police dogs atached to the Parkville station was responsible unaided today for the arrest of three men on the Orean parkway. The men had a number of automobile tires and Jim held them until Patrolman Sculy arrested them.
President Taft met Senor Don Pedro Rojas the new Venezuelan minister in the White House bilge room. Rojas is the first Venezuelan diplomatic representative to the city in many years.
Dispatches from Teheran report the shah has accepted reform proposals advanced by Great Britain and Russia. Arrangements include granting a loan to Persia, with dates for expected actions in the near future.
In Brooklyn on May 5 Herman Treeterman a 68 year old butcher hanged himself in his home claiming the beef trust and high meat prices caused his distress. Police report notes no state authorities involved.
Mrs Sarah Cale aged 74 in Skowhegan Maine unintentionally swallowed a live mouse after it crawled up her flap and into her mouth while she sat in the kitchen. Neighbors were called but no immediate remedy was found and the animal was later expelled. Mrs Cale fully recovered.
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