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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
16
Thousands of pounds of Pure Mixed Candy available for Christmas trade at Woodward's Fine Candy with per package price. Eggs advertised as strictly fresh and real new laid, limited supply and calls for early ordering.
A catalog of grocery items including seeded and seedless raisins, molasses, lemon and orange peels, dates, figs, mince meat, grapes, and pears. Prices range from 10 to 65 cents per unit with bulk options and two for deals noted. Purchases include Heinz Mince Meat jars and bulk Mince Meat by the pound.
Article urges young women to join training schools for a three year nursing program to serve in hospitals and field units. Highlights need for proper training, credit options for graduates, state licensing, and the Red Cross roles in public health and town nursing.
City ordinance makes it offense to shovel snow after twelve hours once the storm ends but several Cheyenne blocks remain untouched. Many sidewalks were cleared yet drifted again, while some remained unshovelled. With night cooling, melted snow refreezes into dangerous ice for pedestrians.
A brief item notes a bromine based laxative claimed to cure colds in Australia. The product box mentions GROVE'S signature and Vecalise EB. The OCR reads like an advertisement blurb without verifiable details.
Cheyenne and southern Wyoming list of men enlisting in the United States Army and Navy after a recruiting surge. Names include Jenac U. Neff Berthoud Cole Ralph R. Moyer Walter G. Delong and many others from Cheyenne Glenrock Glenrock and beyond with several from Nebraska Colorado and Kansas.
A Douglas gathering prepared to host the State Woolgrowers convention set for the 9th, 10th and 11th of next month. Organizers appointed to manage program details and welcome about five hundred delegates. Mrs W H Mausch will run the information bureau and rosters of lodging will be requested.
The Union Pacific's Anduector Morris discovered a man’s body on the right of way just west of Medicine Bow yesterday. The Medicine Bow coroner has been notified and an inquest will determine who the deceased is and how he died.
The first six percent of the draft questionnaire will be mailed today from the county clerk’s office. The mailing will take twenty days at five percent per day. Men with high numbers may receive their forms later. Those who changed address must notify the county clerk. Not answering the questionnaire on time can lead to desertion penalties, including possible death in wartime. Thirteen firing cases are ready at the county clerk’s office. The classification machinery is now ready to operate nationwide.
An old advertisement touts a bromine quinine laxative product sold as a cure for colds in South America. The box highlights Grove’s trademark and a small price, with minimal context on efficacy or usage.
RIG BUILDERS AT WORK AT WHEATLAND IN WYO. TA TA. FE Casper, driller for Tulsa and Sunset oil companies, went to Casper last week to hire rig builders. Two builders have been engaged and will arrive when weather permits. Tools shipped. rig construction to start immediately and drilling to follow, signaling active exploration in the Wheatland field.
The price of LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE rose to 30 cents per box due to higher costs of six medicinal extracts and chemicals. The product, said to have stood the test for a quarter century, is marketed to druggists amid broad international use.
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