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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
6
An advertisement promises a free recipe for kidney and bladder issues from Dr. A. B. Robinson in Detroit. It claims to stop pain and symptoms within a week and invites readers to request a copy by mail, noting doctors often charge for prescriptions.
Pittsburg December 20. The chamber of commerce committee on food supply begins an inquiry into rising costs as reports say train loads of vegetables rot in local yards while prices climb.
Everett P. Wheeler of New York urged in Washington that the United States arbitrate the Panama controversy with Great Britain at the opening session of an international settlement society. The report also notes Kinsella's baseball ties and a potential Albany franchise lease dispute involving Joseph Stack and John Myers.
A tale from Popular Mechanics highlights the dangerous Pike's Peak cog railway toboggan and its deadly appeal. The upright rider, a 3 foot by 1 foot board sled with a 14% inch cleat, travels nine miles of track at steep drops and speeds up to two miles per minute. Despite fatalities and injuries, workers seek the thrill, while authorities try to curb the practice.
A veteran recalls early passenger service on the Vincent branch with wood burners D O DeWolf and D Utly and engineers Casey Elidred and Chris Delaney. He notes lack of air brakes, brakemen stopping trains, and 60 mph running times once stops are deducted.
A Hungarian rail accident near Neutra ends with a passenger rescuing a drowning man from the Woog river by pulling a train cord. He reboards the train and is praised by passengers who offer dry clothes, but the guard detains him for pulling the cord while no danger existed.
R G Wratherstone argues cockerels offer profit with proper handling. Separate cockerels from pullets early, fatten at three to four months using a corn meal and beef scrap porridge, keep them confined but exercised, provide shade and clean water, and maintain strict feeding hygiene for best meat quality.
A Russian princess visiting Washington provokes social stir by saying American women are too thin. She claims American ladies are emaciated from haste and constant movement. Her remarks praise slender figures while noting that extreme thinness now defines the American woman.
A short, mangled recount of an incident in which Patrick, a railroad yard worker, answers a telephone call by mistake. The garbled transcription suggests a misheard or mispronounced exchange, with little clear factual detail beyond the setting and action.
A fragmented OCR list shows varied items including diamond jewelry signs of a catalog. The collection mentions pins, crosses, necklaces, beads, bracelets, rings, boxes, eyewear chains, lamps, purses, cases, spoons, clocks, and vanity items across multiple small categories. The text reads like a dealer inventory with many single items and generic descriptors.
A fragmented inventory lists numerous gift and accessory items including jewelry cases, cigars and cigar accessories, pens, watches, travel goods, drinking ware, desk accessories, and household trinkets. The compilation reads like a general catalog of masculine gifts and personal accessories for gentlemen.
Catalogue list features baby items such as bib pins bonnet pins bracelets rings cups rattles safety pins and silver wares. Includes baby toilet sets lockets dresses plates powder boxes rattles and tea spoons for infants. Also mentions food gold buttons and silver mugs with talecum powder and whistles.
A fragmented listing mentions flatware hollowware and bottles in an old catalog style. The garbled text hints at table ware categories and services without clear attributions or dates.
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