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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1912
Page
2
Medicine Bow editor faces a complaining poet Alfred Cronberg who laments that his poem The Suitcase of Sorrow was mangled by a compositor. He plans to return armed and demands apology for the misprinting that altered lines and verses.
Mrs Heath announces a national parcels post plan to ship fresh apples and country butter to half a million New York homes and nearby areas. Registry bureaus will open next Wednesday in principal cities as part of the plan to pay farmers more and give consumers lower prices.
The edition trims pages after a busy period of gift counts and holiday notes. Various townvillage sketches recount a 8 cent alarm clock gift, a sedate sermon, a diamond pin reward, a self stealing spur tale, a withdrawn divorce suit, pumpkin pie mishaps, and bluegrass cow juice remarks from Major Young.
Glen Cummings four years old accompanied his father Frank Cummings to Newcastle and wandered away, traversing snow and canyons for about five miles. A large search party found him on the hill opposite the reservoir in Cambria canon after about five hours missing since 10 AM. He appeared unharmed though without overshoes or mittens.
Bert Rowell, famed Horse Creek trapper near Dubois, delivered six live foxes to eastern fox farmers in Lander. He also sold fox and mare pelts at a better price locally, plus a fine bearskin. Rowell expects a large bear crop next spring and notes cubs seen with mothers last summer. He reports strong annual fur receipts and deep knowledge of Wind River range.
More than 700 car loads of oil will be shipped out of Casper in December marking a record since refineries began operations. Officials expect similar when refinery improvements finish next summer. Once a single freight train handled all Casper Chadron traffic, now trains run hourly day and night, boosting Northwestern system activity west of Omaha.
In a case charging Mrs. Mints Jorden with securing money from a companion through a will and life insurance prays, the proceedings will feature examination of lod ed will and saving provisions and the use of dead line insurance in the exhibits. The introduction of a claim and the alleged exploitation will be central to the trial as prosecutors seek to prove financial gain from the so called will.
An old time remedy touts white pine extract as a natural cough and asthma relief. The ad claims potent effects and notes the formula is imitated but insists on proven success.
District attorney officials plan exhumations and an exhibit during trial related to a death at Ocean Park. Mrs Jordan identified the death as caused by her husband and provided over $5,000 in funds later recovered. Trial will include her statement and the husband’s actions as evidence.
The note promotes The State Leader to the Wan in Wyoming as an advertising medium and urges subscription for The State Peacer.
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