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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
6
Local brief items note visits by ranchers and businessmen to Cheyenne, including J. Gale and officials on official business, and regional residents from Platte, Hereford, and La Grange. The piece mentions patrons at the Plains, optical services on 17th Street, and various city visitors from Denver and Fort Collins.
The city especially the northeast reports an outbreak of measles and warns of strict enforcement of a modified quarantine. Cases may have been hidden from health officials and doctors. Parents are urged to notify a physician as the eruption appears and to comply with quarantine procedures in effect. Signed by Mayor’s Office and City Health Officer O. K. Snyder.
The Arch Creek Telephone Co filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state and plans a party line between ranchers near Upton Crook County. The venture is capitalized at 6000 dollars for one year or until new elections. Directors named include A. A. Lam Frank Stevens and A Burke. Tickets for University of Michigan Glee Club concert sold at A E Roedel and Vaughans.
Mrs Jock Sandles was arrested by Police Officer Martin on shoplifting charges and, with her husband already jailed for selling a mortgaged auto, is held at the county jail. Officers found five dollars worth of goods and a pile of stolen items in her clothing and belongings after she confessed to taking small articles from Woolworth Noahs Ark Rockett Moody and Park stores. Detectives will guard major stores this week to deter thefts.
List of names including Guy S Agnew W F Austin Mrs Neda Fishop Mr and Mrs MW Hell Roy Berry Brice L Bailey and many others appear in the Cheyenne post office advertisement. The note lists numerous individuals and households awaiting mail.
Gold imported from Canada to J. P. Morgan & Co. was deposited at the Philadelphia mint. New York assay office capacity is taxed by the influx. Total movement receipts since January 1 reach $608,500,000 from all sources.
The Inter Ocean hotel fire began at about ten o clock on December eighteenth, nearly at the same hour as the Capital Avenue theatre fire a year earlier. Both blazes started the night of December seventeenth and burned into the morning hours as crews fought to control them.
The text notes two fires started within a short time on the night of the seventeenth, at the corner of Capitol Ave and Sixteenth St. The buildings are described as opposite each other on the same streets, suggesting simultaneous blazes in nearby structures.
Supt Ira Bt Fee announced the Christmas holidays will run from Saturday December 23 to Tuesday January 2, a ten day break. The board rejected a two week recess to avoid extending the school year, keeping graduation and final plans on June 5 instead of June 15.
Cadets staged an exhibition drill under the guidance of Major W. G. Anderson of the national guard of Camden, superintendent Henry Snyder of Jersey City, who oversees 910 teachers, and Superintendent Don O. Blair of Montclair. The trio sits on a governor appointed committee to study cadet work in other schools.
Under Commandant Walker and Captain Cook two elimination drills tested cadets. Robert Fincher and Paul Sanders won, Fincher a first year cadet and ex Scout, Sanders two years in cadets. The event featured Butts manual drill and war sealing demonstrations. Upperclassmen won the final seal run 74-5. Major Berry praised the effort and endorsed the system for New Jersey schools.
A recipe advises Hamburg Breast Tea to treat a cold or grip. It recommends a tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water, strained, and consumed as a teacup, claiming to open pores relieve congestion loosen bowels and cure a cold. The remedy is described as inexpensive and entirely vegetable.
An old ad-claim asserts backache stems from lumbago or sciatica not kidneys. It promotes rubbing St Jacob’s Oil on the back for instant relief from soreness and stiffness, with a note that it is harmless and won’t burn the skin. It urges a trial bottle from a druggist for quick limbering up.
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