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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
2
A health note urges care of children’s bowels to prevent disorder and loss of appetite. It endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild nightly remedy, claims it strengthens stomach and bowels, and offers free home sample by writing Dr W B Caldwell at 405 Washington St Monticello Ti.
Cody Wyoming April 18 Winnie Cannon sues Albert Marvin son of W H Marvin county official for 820000 claiming breach of promise. Marvin denies the charges asserting the suit aims to secure his stake in the Suntight sulfur mine. Cannon seeks attachment of Marvin property and deposited a 40000 indemnity bond. The case rests with Judge Parmalee after Denver bond rejection.
Lyon of Burns reports heavy snow twelve miles north of Burns and says winter crops look fine. He notes seed and especially horse feed are scarce. Overland Cereala Co. will supply Burns Carpenter and Hillsdale, while C L Beatty and others at Pine Bluffs plan to sell ten thousand dollars worth of grain to farmers in the area.
Warden Felix Alston ships the gallows from the Wyoming penitentiary to Rawlins. The apparatus, used for Tom Horn’s 1903 Cheyenne execution, is prepared for Joseph Seng’s May 24 execution.
Thirty leading Manville citizens attended a banquet given by Augus tua Johnson on April 1 and 8 before his departure for Sweden to visit his former home. Mayor J. FP Christenson presided as toastmaster with responses from A A Spanch, George M Winkelman, H A Cord, and Johnson. Johnson runs the town's sole saloon.
Reports from Laramie Sheridan and nearby areas list deaths from dropsy as Mrs Loulaa Lehman and Mrs Paul Povok. Searches expand for Edwin Darber missing during a recent storm near Lake. A jail booking notes W. 4 Johnson of Douglas charged with cutting Julbo Puller in a room with Jack Welfe.
Quarrel noted but Fuller not seriously injured. Elk herd released by Deputy Lovehitt may move into Laramie Park country this summer. N H Engelke resigns as Mountain State Telephone manager and will move to southern Utah. N A Fenton named Sheridan telephone exchange manager from Fort Morgan. Miss Jewdie Apperson of California arrives and marries Henry Vernon near Sheridan. Charles Metz of Sheridan earns a fellowship at Columbia University. Unknown miner’s body found near Walton after winter snow ash. Converse county plans road work as convicts arrive from the state.
Insurance experts estimate total death benefits and losses at about 2 million dollars for U S and English companies from the Titanic tragedy. The figure would double under the double liability clause, paying twice the death benefit when policyholders die on a public conveyance propelled by steam or electricity. Claims will be paid promptly once no survivors remain.
An ad promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hale Remedy claiming a single nightly application hides gray hair and, with more uses, returns natural color. It also promises dandruff removal, a clean scalp, and hair growth, with a 50 cent bottle guarantee from druggists. The notice ends with contact details for a druggist in Cheyenne and an auction sale listing.
The Black Hills Yellowstone Park Interstate Highway Association postpones the Buffalo convention from April to June 7 and 8 due to heavy snows and impassable roads in Johnson County. Johnson County officials plan a $12 000 steel bridge project across Powder River and delegates will stay the same for the rescheduled meeting.
Dorthy Maynard invites a large delegation from your portion of the state to attend the Spring Maid convention on June 7 and 8, awaiting possible reasons to deem expedient a change.
Cody, April 18 Special to The Leader. Blaine Bryant, heir to nearly $50,000, is missing from Missouri and sought by relatives in Cabool. His father died two weeks ago, and his mother, grieving, is near death if he does not return. She asks officials and newspapers to locate him and contact her at 1607 Capitol Ave. Wall Burlaps? The Sherman Co.
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 is to be located by officers.
An affidavit by John Frazier tests the effects of Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney trouble. Frazier reports seven bottles cured chronic back pain and says he remains free of pain after six months of heavy work in the shop. The note, dated July 20, includes a notary attestation by John G Keenan of St Albans Vermont.
A letter to Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY promotes Swamp Root brief draft inviting readers to request a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It notes the Cheyenne Daily Leader advertising regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles sold at all drug stores.
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