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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
4
The Wyorging state school land board adopts semi monthly meetings to speed business. The first meeting will be held tomorrow on the first Thursday, with a second on the third Thursday. A similar rule is in effect for the state land board.
J Edgar Jones traveling time inspector for Union Pacific died at St Johns hospital aged 48 after six days illness. He resided in Cheyenne for three years and is survived by his wife one sister and three brothers. Body to be sent to Elreno Oklahoma for funeral with viewing at Clyde Earlys funeral parlors from 1 to 4 PM today.
Articles of incorporation were filed with the Wyoming secretary of state detailing capitalizations from four to six million dollars for multiple firms. The Petroleum Producers Association based in Washington opened a Wyoming office in Thermopolis with E C Johnson as agent. Other newly chartered firms include The Rawlins Royalties Company in Rawlins with William E Landau and Day Espy as trustees and Lost Creek Securities at Tiachins with Hawling residents as trustees.
A Fresno resident recounts using Poley's Honey and Tar for a winter cough after a fever left her with lingering bronchial and cold symptoms. She notes it helps every time, suits children for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiate, and is sold everywhere.
Recommendations to President Wilson on reducing living costs are anticipated after a second cabinet meeting. Wilson, showing keen interest, met with Federal Trade Commission officials to discuss living costs, while Attorney General Palmer seeks progress on possible prosecutions of the Big Five packing companies. Senate discussions focus on grain prices and wheat growers’ claims about responsible pricing.
William Warren Houghton, 51, of Garrett Wyoming, died after a saddle sack of fence staples pierced a horse causing a violent plunge. He sustained skull and leg fractures and internal injuries, dying at a hospital in Laramie. The item ends with an unrelated ad for Rough Dry laundry.
A rural reader from Route 4 New Philadelphia Ohio praises Foley's Money and Tar for curing a severe coughing illness in his daughter. He says prior remedies failed to relieve distress from coughing, croup and whooping cough, noting the product is sold everywhere and effective for colds and lingering sicknesses.
A Greybull couple traveling toward Yellowstone Park was in a fatal crash on the Cody highway when their car plunged over a cliff after brake failure on a steep grade. The Rev May W Medford, pastor, was killed and his wife was seriously injured. Local Tribune report notes a stalled engine and brake failure as the cause and mentions W F Corbridge of Wheatland as a Cheyenne visitor.
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