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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1917
Page
6
The 1917 sugar beet campaign at Wheatland nearly finished as beets piled at dumps were cleaned. Gibson dump still has a few days of work. About 133 cars shipped from three dumps: Gibson 44, Wheatland 75, Curtis 14. Yields dropped due to hail and bad weather.
A 1910s style caution advises parents to avoid harsh remedies for kids and use mild laxatives only when needed for normal bowel health. It promotes a home medicine chest balance and mentions a trial bottle offer from Dr. W. B. Caldwell at 456 Washington St., Monticello.
Contigo of the verrane reports high sugar content and rising prices in crops. Wheatland tests show 17 percent sugar for Chasea Koon, beets 18 percent, with later deliveries lower in sugar and basic price set at $9. Rocky Mountain district sugar ranges TA to 16 percent for next year. Western Sugar Co and 16 factories operate, including 10 in Colorado and others in Wyoming Montana Nebraska. New mills emerge at Missoula Bayard Brighton and the Longmont plant grows. Wyoming Nebraska Sugar, led by Jess Yoder, conferred with Colorado Nebraska Beet Raisers in Tale burg about a Juleshope factory.
Joseph Suchomel of the Tracy section was thrown from a railroad speeder last week and severely bruised. He planned to go to Florida but postponed his trip, recovered, and now expects to leave Friday. He had rented his farm to his son for the coming year.
Paris reports two new transcontinental routes to connect London and Petrograd and London to Bombay by rail. The northern plan uses a sea crossing and Swedish lines while the southern runs from Bordeaux through Lyon to Milan and beyond. Proponents say these routes would reduce German and Austro-Hungarian control of traffic with Russia.
Wheatland Wyoming sees a flurry of business relocations as shops swap spots. The library moves last week while the telephone exchange will shift into the old library building once crews arrive. Multiple tenants including T B Hunton and J W Dillman relocate to new quarters strengthening the Golden Rule and Globe hotel areas. County offices plan a year end move to ease street congestion.
The fragment references years of residence at the Platte county courthouse news quarters, implying a longstanding location or routine activity without specific events, dates, or individuals to identify.
Gustav Wangelin, Commander of G. A. R. Post Pinckneyville NL, endorses Foley Kidney Pills calling them Johnny on the spot. The pills promise quick relief from backache rheumatic pains stiff joints languidness and sleep disturbance from bladder trouble, aiding nature to restore strength. sold everywhere.
Wheatland's contribution to soldier boy smokes began Monday toward Camp Mills Long Island. Receiver W C Benton oversaw the shipment entrusted to Capt H A Waugh commanding the 116th ammunition train. It includes 50 tins of tobacco 100 cigarette packages three boxes of cigars 240 chewing gum packages plus pipes candy and other items.
Home remedy promotes making cough syrup from Pinex and sugar syrup to save money and claim higher effectiveness. It describes mixing 2 1/4 ounces Pinex with plain sugar syrup to yield a full pint for treating coughs throat and chest ailments including whooping cough and croup, touting quick relief and long shelf life.
The eleventh annual Lincoln County Woolgrowers Association meeting in Cokeville elected T Hunter Salmon as president and J D Noblitt as vice president. The group voted to discontinue funding predator-killing, transferring the effort to the federal Biological Survey for a year, and planned to meet in Kemmerer next year.
Frank Hayes of Buf falo and several other places is jailed in Bheridan Wyoming for forging a Dr Dolan prescription for morphine. He filled the blank with quarter grain tablets and presented it at a drug store. The druggist alerted the doctor, revealing the forgery. Hayes is described as a nervous, physical wreck with a TB certificate.
A new department in knitting has been added to the high school activities with Mabel Sneider as leader. The girls are busy making sweaters and knitted items for soldiers, displayed in Woods brothers' window to show their progress.
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