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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1912
Page
13
The ad touts Diapepsin as a quick fix for stomach trouble caused by fermentation of undigested food. It claims relief within five minutes, with symptoms including heartburn belching nausea and loss of appetite. It urges readers to ask a pharmacist for a 50 cent can and try a 22 grain Tri angle tablet to prove the remedy.
The capital city hosts a string of visitors and registrants from Laramie Wheatland Rawlins Denver and beyond. Notables include Miss Irma Davis from Denver visiting Mrs A Buckingham and J E Miller of Laramie registered at the Plains hotel.
Classified snippets report business ads trades and personal notices. Entries include watch repairs at Miller's and Notaries commissions for Cheyenne Embar and Laramie, marriage licenses for Craig and Farrell, a new drug clerk hire at Sands Drug, a jeweler hospital confinement, and homestead filings in Wyoming with irrigation and street time details.
An old advertisement lists Howard Watch 16 Ben alarm clocks from Mdholm Akin Co and Kestlows and Sleepless Jewelers at 2 W 10th Plains Building, likely a retail display.
The item lists a Harvard man seeking Wyoming land for $10,000, state interest earnings for the March quarter, the incorporation of The Four Creator and Gas company with $100,000 capital to develop properties near Casper, arrivals in Cheyenne, examiners board meetings for Wyoming bar applicants, Glee Club concerts en route to Casper Douglas and Wheatland, a note on Mrs. Foss and an expression of thanks from Mrs. Bowman in the Leader’s contest, plus local ads for watch repair and clocks.
Small shop sells bakery and canned goods candies ice cream and tobacco with good potential for a woman operator. Located at a fine site and priced cheaply for cash. Inquire H L Wilson 217 W 16th St.
General Superintendent KE Young of C B and Q and assistants from Union Pacific were in Cheyenne on official business. J H Grove and J J Powers also traveled through Cheyenne with other railroad personnel including R M Seale, T F Kelley, and Conductor J B Douglas. Several staff members took leave or returned from layoffs as preparations for a labor temple began in Preend.
Items report rising living costs in February and January, a New York Women’s Trades Union League committee considering a statewide 4 hour workweek for women, Pittsburgh firefighters set for a $10 monthly raise, 250,000 clothing workers organized for summer demands, Lowell girls’ early union 1854 strike, Milwaukee bricklayers union notice for May 1 building inspections, Fort Worth plumbers securing 50 cent daily raises for two years, Hamilton Canada labor council alignment with an independent party on blacklisting, Pennsylvania workmen’s compensation bill activity, Dover textile workers 1828 first American strike, and Wyoming hogs earning higher returns per head than cattle.
New York April. Sunny Jim a chestnut pony receives 400 a year from Charlotte P Walker to cover food and lodging under the will. The Sherman Co. handles the estate and related arrangements.
An old advertisement promotes Anchor Line steamship service linking New York with Londonderry and other ports readers in Magdeburg and Naples. It touts superior accommodations, fine cuisine, and prompt sailings managed by a Tara agent of the company in Chicago.
Secretary Fisher backs amendments to reserve water power mineral and timber rights in the three year homestead bill. House conferees Ferris Mondell oppose, Senate conferees Smoot Jones Newlands favor. Westerners threaten to drop the bill. administration aims to cover existing entries. conference adjourns for a week.
A lament on a fallen sports hero once famed for speed and power. The poem recalls his glorious days and now shows how time dulls talent and fame, noting a hero turned to a forgotten relic as age ends his dominance and memory fades.
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