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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
2
Mrs Sherman D Canfield sustained severe injuries after a temporary crossing of electric and telephone wires. She touched the lamp switch while on the telephone, suffered a shock, and fell striking the telephone. Her throat hands and arms burned. husband Mr Canfield was also shocked. Doctors say injuries are serious but not fatal.
Sven Axelson in Boom erang describes local organizing for Republicans in Laramie led by Axel as president. He details factions, hunger for food at events, and fear the Donkey and Elephants will clash. The piece contrasts progressives and reformers with disjointed efforts to unite voters.
In Kemmerer Wyoming on February 5 R M Clay was killed after a confrontation with Wim McGinnis the bar’s weight bartender during a bar room fight at the Hotel Kemmerer. McGinnis shot twice in self defense the second shot proving fatal. The prelim judge Justice Craig dismissed the case. The decedent was a Short Line switchman from Pocatello Idaho. his parents live in Kansas City.
During state fair week, from September 28 to October 3, Douglas will host an automobile show in the garage of W. J. Marsch & Son. Many automobile manufacturers have signified plans to exhibit, with latest models, music, and similar features to major city shows.
Heavy snowstorm blankets the Big Piney region for two weeks. Deep snow buries the valley with six to eight feet on the level in many spots. Men and cattle suffer while mails are delayed across the area.
Casper Wyoming rumors persist that Colorado Fuel and Iron plans relocate the Minnequa steel plant from Pueblo to Casper. Officials weigh oil use in reduction and nearby ore reserves while Guernsey and Douglas claim preference.
Three hundred road enthusiasts from Morgan Weld Logan Sedgwick and Washington counties organized the Northeastern Colorado Lincoln Memorial Good Roads association at Fort Morgan Colo to improve roads from Big Springs Nebraska to Greeley and attract transcontinental auto tourists to Denver. The plan includes twelve miles of new road between Big Springs and Julesburg and to keep the Lincoln Highway as a main transcontinental route with Colorado as a branch. The group hopes regional roads will lure travelers away from the southern Nebraskay Wyoming route.
Big Piney Wyoming construction progress brings two new bridges over North Piney and Muddy creeks. A railroad passage through the town is planned with roads filled and graded to improve summer travel. The project aims to complete a road to the new bridge and enhance local outlets.
Iowa City Iowa Feb 3 Smith and Dows builders and owners of the Iowa City Cedar Rapids Interurban Railway company control twenty six miles of electric line between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids have contracted to construct and will be part owners of a steam road thirty miles long from Clearmont Wyoming to Buffalo Wyoming It will run up Clear Creek Valley and serve as the railroad center for 30 000 acres of irrigated land
An old home remedy promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a safe inexpensive vegetable cure for the cold or grip. A tablespoon boiled in water, strained, and sipped during the day aids relief by loosening bowels to break up the cold.
Walter Phelps from childhood showed artistic talent and at fourteen began painting. He fell for Martha Gibbs, his humble betrothed, and he painted her in many styles to endow her with beauty. After Martha jilts him, his art stalls until he moves on and achieves success with new models. His mother arranges a marriage to a suitable wife, and Walter finally accepts reality as his past portraits of Martha haunt him when his wife discovers the red headed, similar portraits in his gallery.
Following a Washington conference, a joint effort by Dr J B Abbott Texas food commissioner U S Attorney Wilson and federal inspectors led to seizures in Fort Worth. Damaged products from an Oklahoma fire including syrup vinegar raisins candy flour and other items were impounded as unfit for sale.
The late Duke of Luthberland showed interest in reclaiming waste lands and traveled to the United States for study. War correspondent W H. Kuesell documented the journey in a book titled Newpercthen Mausell. A tale recalls the duke driving his coal engine from Dunrobin to the castle, prompting praise from onlookers.
Casper, Wyoming February 5 A two story brick apartment house will be erected this spring by W A Blackmore and Martin Gothburg Casper business men The building will feature space saving modern methods and many apartments have already been spoken for
A cartoonish exchange underscores the power of truthfulness in daily life. A speaker asks if anything was realized on that investment, and the response reveals a self-deprecating joke about being a fool. The piece hints that integrity boosts social and personal welfare through honest work.
A health column warns that regular meat intake raises uric acid and overworks the kidneys causing backache headaches and abdominal discomfort. It recommends Jad Balts with water before breakfast for a few days to restore kidney function and claims the grape and lemon juice formula flushes clogs and neutralizes acid.
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