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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
13
Travelers and visitors mark a busy Cheyenne scene with J Purdy Jr arriving from Chicago and others from Minneapolis Denver and Missouri. Local officials and business figures including J J Kine and W M Lester visit while a safety trail draws over 3900 attendees at the S F station.
Dr Pierce of Buffalo NY explains kidneys as the body’s blood cleansers and outlines common distress signals such as backache headaches and dizziness. He advises drinking plenty of pure water and taking a small amount of aspirin before meals to support kidney function.
A political ad from John B. Sloan seeks voters in Loisure County. He announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for a four year term subject to the primary on August 22. Sloan asks for support and calls voters to act.
The Safety First reclamation exhibit travels on a train with photos showing land before and after clearing brush to wheat corn and alfalfa. Prices shown range from 100 to 500 dollars per acre with annual value 50 to 76 dollars per acre. The display, praised as the best on the Safety First train, stops at Laramie then Oxden passing Hana Rawlins Rock Springs Green River Branston.
The U S civil service commission announces a charwoman examination for the custodian service at the Federal building in Cheyenne Wyo with $300 per year pay. Applications open August 17 1916 and close August 31 1916. Age 20 to 45. Blank forms and info available from the local secretary in Cheyenne or from the Eleventh civil service district Seattle Washington.
Floyd Clymer led the opening Pike's Peak program with a 22 minute 15.7 second time in the top race as Autocars and motorcycles competed. Art Davidson and Speck Werner faced flips but finished. D Van Vanderhoof won the first motorcycle event with a 23 minute 2 second run.
M. B. Capp of Denver visited Cheyenne to probe Robert Hammond's claim of a San Francisco to New York cross country motor record set last May in six days. No Cheyenne witness reports seeing Hammond's car, suggesting the trip may have been kept secret.
Kemmerer hosts Labor Day events with Attorney General D C Preston chosen as chief speaker after the parade. Funds raised exceed 750 dollars with a goal of 1600 to 2000 dollars from subscriptions. unions contribute to expenses. The celebration features floats bands parades and numerous attractions across mining districts.
Leslie H. Stowe, a Passaic bookkeeper, was arrested and fined $50 for whipping his son with a big leather whip after the child went to a lake despite being forbidden. His wife testified she told him to make the boy mind her.
Ed Riley held for killing Zouras after an event at the Allen resort. Zouras died yesterday morning from a venous hemorrhage near the skull. Coroner Early reported no head bruise. Riley denied intent and defense notes possible intoxication and a mistaken identity during the quarrel. Funeral for Zouras set for Sunday. prosecutor Sam Theyyon continuing the case.
Dineen of the Pinned gare invites the public to attend the Piken Park races today and tomorrow in the garage afternoon sessions. Notices will be posted in the hall window with results and details for the event.
Andre Godin, an Egyptologist and poet, was killed in action near the Freech line when hit by an aerial torpedo as he left a rear communication trench. His unpublished research papers will be edited by Madame Herthe de Nyse with help from Godin’s scholarly circle.
Mrs Mader testified her husband Edward Hader was repeatedly intoxicated for weeks. Judge Hedding enforced an 80 day sentence and allowed Hader to act as judge in the case, while Mrs Hader claimed various cures failed to sober him and questioned his sobriety.
A fragment explores a curious fashion oddity about bird motifs on apparel and whether such decorative elements will become widely adopted, noting questions about taste and cultural reception.
State printing contracts were let yesterday per A. W. Samberg manager at Quality Printing. The Labor Journal of Cheyenne won journals and stationery went to Office company of Cheyenne and the contingent fund journals to Laramie Republican. Miscellaneous printing was pollet with total value about $15,000.
General Curroneale told the city newspaper that after the presidential election a law will grant amnesty to Meat vine fugitives who fled to other countries. This statement appears in the edition of the local paper dated Aug. 16.
Dispatches from Bucharest report a Romanian pro allied tilt after Musceni move in southeastern Galicia and Italian victory on the Isonto. Pro ally demonstrations follow Russian success against Austro Germans and early Italian gains while Berlin fears a Balkan offensive from Saloniki.
The Star Commercial club seeks state approval for expanded dairying at the Grover experiment farm, noting Star Valley as Wyoming’s premier dairy district. Opal builds a new town hall and a shearing plant, while Frontier miner’s son recovers from burns. Bitter Creek’s Australian plant is a regional benchmark.
The Basin theatre suffered severe fire damage last week while nearby towns report growth projects. Riverton and Thermopolis move toward new theatres and depot modernization. A Sherman County area home burns at The Siding, and a hotel rises with a 27 room structure in Cokeville.
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