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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
8
The notice advertises reduced prices on dresses including a lavender with black pinch collar and other items in the east window and salt department. Regular prices were $22.50 and $15.90, now as low as $4.48 and $8.00 respectively, with several more greatly reduced items not advertised.
Robert O'Brien, president of the Raijway Mail Clerks association in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, reports progress from Washington meetings with postal heads. The group gains the right to issue insurance to members without licenses and a plus minus credit system replaces the old demerit scheme. General Superintendent Stephens says extra duty will end, terminals will handle heavy mails and parcels post, and green hands will train in terminals. O'Brien recalls a Washington visit July 28 to August 3 during a fierce wind and thunder storm that blocked White House paths, tore roofs, and wrecked flimsy structures.
Right fielder Kinney powered the Woodmen to a 10-8 win over Laramie in Laramie Sunday. He homered twice, their second tying the game in the ninth. Woodmen added two runs in the tenth to seal the victory as Union Pacific Clerks chased Denver Bunday and Elitch Gardens out of business.
Conway's All Stars beat Becker 11 to 6 in a two game set marked by numerous errors. Davis and Walker and Ballinger and Brown supplied the batteries in a rough opener while Conway's defense held firm amid the miscues.
A farmer may turn a wood lot into a better investment by buying a gasoline engine powered sawmill. Even a modest two horsepower unit can perform substantial work, with advice to consider a larger model for additional tasks beyond initial logging.
A London medical authority defends the evolving dress movement as orderly and not revolutionary. The article details current styles including purple velvet coats, cream crepe gowns, tunics with extended backs, and beaded trims, predicting a year-round appeal for rich fabrics and lighter underlayers.
A call for proper road upkeep stresses that underfunded estimates ruin projects. It argues that road improvements boost local business opportunities and urges communities to organize road associations and push legislators for better road laws.
Henry Boldt, 57, placed two sticks of dynamite in his vest pocket at his home in Altoona Pennsylvania. He lit the fuse and waited as the blast blew off an arm and severely wounded his body. Despondency over a long illness is thought to have caused the act.
Department quartermaster's office at the Federal Building Chicago invites sealed proposals by August 18 1918 at 11 AM to furnish a months supply of forage and bedding starting October 1 for posts in the central department Lt Col Amos Kimball Dept QM information upon application
The guide recommends well drained warm rich soil for asparagus beds. For home patches shallow depths may suffice if manure is well mixed. larger beds need plowing. Deep plowing helps. first plow in fall, second in spring. Use strong one year old roots. long single rows ease management.
The farm journal describes tapping to relieve severe flatulence in horses and cattle. It notes tapping the right flank for horses near the rib and feather, and the left side for cows, using a trocar and capula. The method risks infection if not done carefully.
The text discusses pig rearing, noting weaning timing depends on eating and growth, and warns that delaying milestones may disappoint owners. It mentions cough hog issues and dust, and favors skim milk with grain as valuable hog food across growth stages, especially after early development.
A speaker urges readers to emulate Helen Keller, noting she thrived despite blindness and deafness. With will, effort, and help from others, obstacles fade. money and talent alone do not determine success.
In a brief domestic exchange, a couple discusses pinching pennies and saving money amid tighter finances, reflecting common wartime era thrift and economic restraint. The Louisville Courier Journal records the conversation as a snapshot of households adapting to economic pressures.
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