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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
10
An advertisement argues regular bowels ensure child health and appetite. It endorses Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as gentler than harsher laxatives and offers free samples by mail from Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello, Indiana, with home addresses.
Cody reports Miss Winnie Gannon sues Albert Marvin for 820000 claiming breach of promise. Marvin denies the charges and alleges motive to gain control of Sunlight sulphur mine assets tied to a recent $250000 contract. Bond issues and court action loom as Judge Parmalee reviews legality and asset attachment.
Mr. Lyon of Burns reports heavy snows twelve miles north of Burns and crops look fine. He notes seed and horse feed scarcity and says Overland Cereala Co. will supply Burns Carpenter Hillsdale while C. L. Beatty and others at Pine Bluffs will sell ten thousand dollars worth of grain to farmers in the vicinity.
Warden Felix Alston ships the gallows used to hang Tom Horn in Cheyenne in 1903 to Rawlins. The apparatus is prepared for the execution of Joseph Seng on May 24 at the Wyoming penitentiary.
Thirty Manville leaders attended a banquet hosted by Augus ta Johnson on April 1 and 8 before his departure for Sweden. Mayor J F P Christenson presided as toastmaster with responses from A A Spanch, George M Winkelman, H A Cord, and Johnson. Johnson runs Manville's only saloon.
Mrs. Loulaa Lehman dies in Laramie from dropsy. Mrs. Paul Povok, wife of a coal miner at Carneyville, dies at home. A Hake rumor suggests land near Sheridan may be divided into irrigated farms. Edwin Darber missing after a recent storm near Lawek. W. 4 Johnson of Douglas jailed for attacking Juhn Puller and Jack Welfe in a room.
Quarrel over figures noted as Fuller not seriously involved. WLK TURNED OUT elk from Jackson Hole released on Lovehitt’s Orlendo ranch may roam toward Laramie Park this summer. N H Engelke resigns from Mountain State T I company to move to southern Utah. N A Fenton appointed Sheridan telephone exchange manager from Fort Morgan. Miss Jewdie Apperson of California arrives, marries rancher Henry Vernon near Sheridan. Charles Metz Sheridan Stanford aide wins a Columbia University fellowship. Unknown miner’s body found near Walton after heavy snow. believed to be miner last seen January. Converse county plans road work with state convict labor arriving in about two weeks.
New York April 18 experts estimate that insurance companies in the United States and England will lose about 2,000,000 dollars from the Titanic disaster. The amount could be doubled by the double liability clause requiring payment of twice the death benefits for policies on travelers lost on public conveyances propelled by steam or electricity. Claims will be paid promptly once survivors are confirmed missing.
An old advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hale Remedy to restore natural hair color and remove dandruff after a single nightly application. The product claims quick results, scalp health, and hair growth, with a money back guarantee from druggists. Auction sale details are listed for 1607 Capitol Ave.
The Black Hills Yellowstone Park Interstate Highway Association postpones its Good Roads convention from April to June 7 and 8 due to a severe snowstorm in Northern Wyoming. Buffalo and Johnson County will see a $12,000 steel Powder River bridge project begun before the June meeting.
A local trust invites Dorthy Maynard and residents from portions of the state to attend the Spring Maid June convention on June 7 and 8, noting that changes may be made if deemed expedient by the community.
Special to The Leader reports Blaine Bryant, heir to nearly fifty thousand dollars, has been missing from Missouri for about a year. His father died grieving the son’s absence, and his mother, gravely ill, pleads for any news from Blaine as relatives search Wyoming and contact Cody, Nebraska, and Cabool, Missouri officials.
A complaint is filed charging John Swanson with forging the name of W B Keefe on a Stock Growers National Bank check for 12.50. He will be arrested or officers will locate him soon.
An advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root inspired a trial that ended in a kidney cure for John Frazier of St Albans Vermont. Frazier reports seven bottles relieved pain, restored strength, and no recurrence after six months of heavy work. Notary public John G Keenan witnessed the affidavit testifying to its truth.
A requested letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton New York promotes Swamp-Root as a kidney and bladder remedy. It urges sending for a sample bottle and a booklet of information. The Cheyenne Daily Leader notes regular bottle sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar at all drug stores.
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