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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
14
Nurse and home front themes emphasize courage and fitness for women facing wartime duties. Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised as a remedy to build up strength, regulate functions, and support health for women dealing with chronic weakness and female-specific issues.
Thousands of American women report relief from backache headaches nervousness and general ill health using Dr Pierce's Prescriptio temperance medicine. Available in tablet and liquid form it is alcohol free and lists its ingredients on the wrapper. Send for a trial package to Dr. Pierce Lovalids Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo New York or request free confidential advice. The remedy includes a laxative made from May apple aloes jalap root called Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Sheriff seeks Byron F Perkins on felonious assault warrant filed by his wife Mabel Perkins who has filed for divorce. About 10 pm Wednesday he fired a pistol from a stairway toward her at the Wigwam chamber work site. The shot went through the door and narrowly missed bystanders while Perkins reportedly attacked his wife previously.
One morning last week a colored porter at Charles Hoffnagie’s barber shop failed to appear for work. An investigation showed he had rifled the cash register of a little over $50 and then departed for other fields.
The Home Coal Company and the Running Coal Company musters sought authority to lift lump and nut coal by 25 cents per ton. The Fuel Administration concludes a delivery cost of under 40 cents per ton justifies the increase, setting delivered price to consumers at 4.76 per ton starting December 7, 1917.
Bernard J. Rich of Clinton Iowa died at Wyoming General Hospital in Rock Springs after passing a physical exam for a Union Pacific ER job. He fell ill at 3 am and died at 5 am. he was 25. Body to Ace's for burial, shipment to his hometown.
In Glenrock Wye Dee 11 saloonkeepers sign a pact to close from midnight to six AM every night and on Sundays. The city council accepted the agreement and will pass an ordinance enforcing these hours with penalties from fifty to one hundred dollars.
Brick front of the new Hie Horn theatre collapsed onto the sidewalk injuring brick mason Leonard Johnson and narrowly missing Mr and Mrs Rice who escaped serious harm. The failure was blamed on an inadequately supported archway, with eight iron pillars planned to reinforce the rear section and prevent further danger.
Burglars broke into the Guernsey Mercantile Co store in Guernsey Wye on December 11 and tried to blow the safe with a sledge hammer and chisel. They forced the rear storm door, shattered a window, and used powder to blast the safe, but failed to open it. Sheriff Roadways investigated as the bandits, likely inexperienced, left the ordinary office safe damaged but intact.
Casper carpenters and joiners organize a project to construct the Inbor temple with an estimated cost of 60000 dollars. Cody reports that 103 cars of hive stock were shipped from here in October.
A home made cough syrup using Pines extract is promoted as highly effective for coughs, throat irritation, and bronchial conditions. The ad claims rapid relief, no side effects, and a risk free offer with money back at The Pines Co based in Wayne, Indiana, with instructions to mix a pint bottle.
Cheyenne city council met December 2 1917 in regular session at 1 30 p m with a quorum. The second readings adopted ordinances regulating street traffic and taxicab drivers with badges. Claims against the city were approved including salaries, election expenses, and numerous city services and contracts. The meeting adjourned with an official abstract certified by City Clerk J J Showalter.
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