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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
10
Rawlins Chamber of Commerce members urged rapid action to secure a hospital for Rawlins. Officials discussed funding, location in Park Hunt, and a six month target to complete a build, aiming to attract state aid and ensure a midwestern medical facility for the town.
Grandmother praised mustard plasters but Musterole claims the same relief without blistering. The white ointment is massaged in to ease sore throats bronchial trouble croup and various aches. Sold in hospital size for 2.50.
A local railroad order pledges $1000 to the hospital fund while at least 12 workers and supervisors plan $500 premium donations.
Mitchell man Reid argues beet price policy supports regional prosperity. He credits local factories for the valley’s success and notes the effect of removing the beer industry would lower alfalfa hay prices from $25 to $5.
Western Union plans extensive improvements in Rawlins. The Pery Anderson building on Fourth Street is leased for long term use as a major telegraph station. The site will host a transcontinental relay center with expert operators joining the regular staff.
Casper Wyo February reports show six month tax receipts totaling 285,698.25, up about 71,000 from 1916. Current taxes were 281,542.40 with 4,156.12 delinquent taxes. Year end balance stood at 276,872.85, about 75,000 higher than the prior year.
Amid a severe blizzard many cough mixtures fly off shelves. Avoid unknown concoctions that may include harmful drugs. Petey's Honey and Tar Compound is promoted as a safe family cough medicine with no opiates and wide availability.
Casper Wyoming February 4 A Paulhamus a well known oil man of twenty years will review and judge a major Oklahoma gas field in the next few days He received a tempting offer to manage a large southern petroleum company that recently brought in the biggest gas well tapped in Oklahoma showing 52000000 cubic feet daily Paulhamus a major investor in the Big Muddy fields is regarded as one of the nation's top petroleum men He was sent to Russia before the war to evaluate oil land for potential purchase by an American syndicate.
Thousands seek relief from stomach upset by using Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to harmonize liver function. The product promises gentler digestion with olive colored tablets that work overnight with one or two taken at bedtime. Cost is 20 cents per box.
Wye Wyoming February 4 Basin faced a severe storm with heavy damp snow and strong winds. About six o'clock in the morning the blizzard hit as visitors and locals sheltered in Basin Bern hotels and homes. Temperatures dropped to 40 below zero Thursday night, the season's lowest, hindering road access from Manderson.
Don Parsons of Sioux county Nebraska is jailed on a warrant for moving branded stock across the state line without inspection. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus at Harrison and is released on bond pending hearing. The case ties to mortgage stock taken from Carl Hayes’s Goshen county homestead, with Hayes enlisted Dec 15 and his mother coerced to sign a bill of sale under threat, leaving her destitute except for a $12 monthly pension.
J L Madigan found a copper private wartime coin in a street office. The coin lacks United States wording but bears a flag, liberty cap, and the inscription If Any body Attempts to Tear it Down Shoot Him on the Spot The reverse shows The Flag of Our Union. He is trying to locate its origin.
Justice Winter presided last week as seven guilty defendants received jail terms. Harold Wright faces one to eighteen months for burglary at the Douglas Mercantile store. Thomas C. McKenna gets eighteen months to two years for check forgery. Ed Horton receives one to eighteen months for robbing a Hotel LaBonte guest. M. Brewer and E. F. Hall each draw one to eighteen months for stealing a telephone instrument and pay box. R. M. Shelby earns one to eighteen months after a prior drunkenness arrest following a coat theft from Glenrock. Alva Mills is sent to the industrial school for forging his father's check. Sheriff Messenger will transport prisoners to Rawlins tonight for penitentiary time.
A lively Saturday night crowd filled Rock Springs new barn for dancing before use. Various residents visited, including Mrs. Dave Rasmussen and daughter Gladys from St. Louis. Faculty, clubs, and citizens attended gatherings, bridge, needlework, and farewell parties with cards, music, and lunch.
Statewide notes praise Wyoming’s strong performance in war finance with Cheyenne allocations and high enrollments at the Metropolitan Life Insurance home office. The piece urges shipyard work, patriotic education, and thrift stamps, cites two thousand million dollar aims, and details service flag etiquette and income tax guidance. It warns against misusing service flags and calls for conserving food sent to camps.
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