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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
10
A worried mother seeks relief for her baby with whooping cough and turns to the advertised Favorite Prescription. The letter from a reader hails Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for painful womanly diseases and a help for daily tasks, praising its impact on household work and child care.
A United States Geological Survey assessment places Wyoming's coal potential at the nation's top, with Powder River as its largest field spanning about 14 000 square miles. Wyoming is a major coal producer, behind Colorado, and holds an original coal supply second only to North Dakota.
The semi annual convention of the Wyoming Good Roads association will convene in Rawlins Hawling around September 12 with delegates from every county. They will discuss road improvements and seek state aid from the coming legislature. A fish fry in Saratoga is planned as a highlight for delegates.
Eb C Peterson editor of the Courier in Garland is assaulted by D A McCullock after an issue exposing liquor dealings. The confrontation occurred as Peterson walked with McCullock and others who questioned the Courier’s coverage before Peterson defended his reporting. The incident follows the newspaper’s recent liquor expose.
An advertisement promises a TIZ foot bath relaxes tired feet and treats aches corns blisters and calluses. It urges sending a free trial package to Walter Lauther Dodge & Co Chicago and buying TIZ at drug or department stores for 26 cents a box.
Thermopolis Wyoming reports progress on the Burlington extension south, moving at about a mile per day. Chief Engineer Mongland says the line reaches within thirty miles of Powder River Junction with the Northwestern, while word suggests a right of way for the connecting track will be arranged soon. The eventual traffic connection appears likely within weeks ahead of any through schedule.
Columbus, a 70 year old Ute, is stranded near Kemmerer after his camp outfit disappeared while he rested near Bik mountain. He left Bannock agency Idaho for White Cloud Utah, wandered to Cumberland, and declined transfer tickets. locals consider tribal help and potential overland return by kin.
In Sheridan Wyoming on August 21 a brief meeting of miners union sub committees and operators association sub committees formed a program to bridge two divergent proposals. Tense talks suggest potential agreement but no deal soon. Local operators host visiting operators at a Sheridan Inn banquet tonight.
Chief Justice White and Justices Lurton and Van Deventer lead a summer effort to replace equity practice rules in federal courts. With a card index system, they aim to present proposed revisions for fall approval to reduce delays and costly bills, drawing input from judges and bar associations.
A local note from M. Gebhardt of Oriole Pennsylvania proclaims Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured diarrhoea after a single dose. The ad states there is nothing better and urges readers to buy from druggists.
Mrs. Kate Weber aged 60 dies after oil from a stove explodes in a tent kitchen three miles east and half a mile north of Johnstown Colorado. Neighbors and relatives describe the hurried attempt to extinguish flames and recover the injured. The coroner reports the body charred beyond recognition and the husband and several grown children survive.
Mrs Scott of Buckner Missouri details a yearlong battle with female troubles including bearing down pain backache and breathlessness. After following advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co she credits the vegetable compound with restoring her health and enabling her to do housework again.
A petition presented at local churches calls for drastic saloon rules modeled on Nebraska law. It requests closing hours from 9 p m to 6 a m daily and all day Sunday and on holidays, plus strict visibility and lighting requirements in saloons. The mayor and council members are away, and ministers could not confirm signatures.
A long passage describes the convict ship Success linked to the 1851 Australian gold rush. It details its drifting role as a floating prison, its transfer to Williamstown and Sandridge, later use as a reform school, and its 1890 public exhibition before heading to American ports.
A lightning strike during a thunderstorm felled a tree sheltering three highly valued thoroughbred cows on Clarence Gilbert’s Yorkana area farm near Yorkana. The cows died instantly, courtly noted as a severe livestock loss.
A reflective line argues that suffering reveals God’s love and that those who hide their gifts betray themselves. The message links personal faith to moral courage and self-emptying for a higher purpose.
The ordinary brown kitchen soap is presented as a strong disinfectant. It is recommended for cleaning surfaces and killing germs in domestic settings.
An early morning quake centered near Williams Arizona rocked buildings and shattered windows from 2 05 to 2 10 P M. The temblor was felt as far as Winslow one hundred miles away and Holbrook nearby also suffered severe shaking though no lives were reported lost.
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