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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
5
An old column discusses common female complaints from childhood to old age including backache dizziness headaches and fatigue. It suggests asking a neighbor about remedies and experiences with chronic symptoms and illness.
An medical notice promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It invites sick women to consult privately by letter and offers the revised medical book sent free with 31 one cent stamps. It lists the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
Directory of services and notices includes divorce grant to Mrs. Philip Stewart, marriage licenses issued to Walter B. Biss and Mabel Cressline, business incorporations for National Oil and Burner Company and Lenore Oil Co, shoe repair and hair dressing ads, and a health update on Mountain States Telephone manager C Campbell.
Fitchville Ohio resident praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after his daughter endured pains in side head and limbs and near nervous prostration. He reports her improvement and urges others to seek the remedy while noting the company’s collection of grateful letters from mothers.
A publicity scheme for Wyoming papers attracts rapid replies as prizes total 100 dollars for first place and smaller awards. A separate item reports Greek immigrant George Papas abducting another man’s wife, being taken to Mower county by a sheriff, with the woman remaining in the city awaiting departure. Chamberlain's ointment is advertised for rheumatism with quick relief promised and dealers listed.
An OCR fragment lists an 815.00 diamond ring and shop names Edholm and Akin, Restless and Sleepless Jewelers, and addresses in Plains Building 16th Street. It also notes the funeral of Irene Cheyenne Anderson, four, from 2020 O'Neil at 10 a.m. April 16, 1912, with an auction sale and Pure White Lead mention.
At a Cheyenne meeting the Laramie County Medical Society voted to end evening office hours after May first for local practitioners. Cheyenne residents will have to visit during daylight hours for medical care.
The 4th Field Artillery Band under A. D Alutolo will perform at 7 30 p m on April 16 1912 in the F Battery quarters The program features The Pageant from Richard I Bloch William Tell Fantasia Nautical Gobini Cornet Solo Pretty Jane Thema Variations and Polonaise Grand Selection Il Trovatore Verdi and a Medley of Remick Hits led by Chief Trumpeter D Barilotti.
Twenty five delegates from four states gather in Cheyenne for the annual convention of the Railway Postal Clerks. The meeting opens at ten o clock in the Carnegie Library with Robert O Bri en presiding and Rev Van Winkle delivering the invocation. General John Charles Thompson will welcome guests, followed by a reception and dance at A C U W hall with delegates from Wyoming points and neighboring towns including Omaha Lincoln North Fork Li Junta and Billings.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls soldiers joking about misquoting books during service. A comrade mocks a lengthy letter written with the lows and jokes about the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin attributed to Jar riot Beecher, illustrating humorous misattributions in camp chatter.
Theodore Roosevelt will control most Pennsylvania Republican delegates to the national convention with sixty-five of seventy-six pledged and possibly seventy-seven. Wilson leads Democratic delegates with seventy-four of seventy-six, as district loyalties and state convention power shift influence over electors and party control.
This afternoon marks the formal opening of the Aldrich-Bowen Company new store in the Tupper Block at 1817 Capitol Avenue. The shop focuses on ladies and children's ready-to-wear and furnishings with refined woodwork and display windows. Miss Bowen and Mr. Aldrich lead the venture with styles from recent fashion centers. Miss Bowen previously with Pierce Cloak & Suit, Mr. Aldrich coming from Auburn, New York.
The article notes John Whitamaker and EB T Stotebury as Roosevelt storm escapees tied to Taft delegates. In the second district Governor Wilson won 74 of 76 Baltimore convention delegates. Pennsylvania hosts two Democratic organizations each endorsing the New Jersey governor for president with few delegates backing Champ Clark or Harmon in some districts.
A colonel, leaning against a tree, resists stepping toward the general’s tent. The general invites him over, but the officer stammers apologies and declines to move, saying he can barely manage to stay where he is.
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