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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
5
An old newspaper recipe promises a home concoction to cure nervous fatigue and dormant blood circulation. It lists ingredients such as aurup sarsaparilla compound and cadomene tincture to be mixed and taken after meals, claiming relief for overworked office workers and "victims of society's late hours."
Topeka reports that Kansas banks suffered thirty robberies in the last three months, about one every third day, with $100 000 taken by the Safe Crackery. Robbers have not been captured. two main gangs operate from Nebraska and Oklahoma, targeting small Kansas towns.
Milas Annie Hemworth Hollins aged 66 daughter of the late George and Lydia Hollings died of heart failure while en route to a women’s club gathering. She boarded a Frederick Road car, became ill, and sought help at 1718 West Lombard Street. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon after she requested the car stop.
May McCarthy urges the San Francisco board of supervisors to pass an ordinance outlawing bucketshops and making entry to their establishments a crime. The draft sets penalties of 600 dollars and up to six months in jail, targeting get rich quick stock gambles that hurt small investors. The measure, modeled on federal statute, is before the judicial committee.
Three western Massachusetts towns lose their oldest residents as 107 year old Mrs Catherin Cuddihy of Northampton is likely New England’s oldest woman. Edwin Stratton of Greenfield dies at 95 after a life with all faculties intact and first to pass through the Hoosac tunnel. Mrs Julia Kiley of Cheshire dies at age 100.
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 4 Thomas Black nears recovery after nearly complete removal of his right lung to cure tuberculosis by surgeon Thomas M Maskine and associates. Dr Haskins calls the procedure a simple mechanical operation likened to carpentry and says a cure is possible with one lung. outcome remains hopeful.
Former heavyweight boxer known as the Akron Giant was seriously hurt in Brooklyn when a stranger struck him with a club at his business doorway. Rublin, suffering a brain concussion, cannot identify his attacker or explain the motive.
The Sherman State bank of Sherman near Sioux Falls was robbed last night. The bandits escaped with $2,000 in cash. The incident occurred in the Sherman area, with local police investigating the late night raid.
Senator Stephen B Witcing of West Virginia died at midnight after a lingering illness. He was born in Ohio in 1841 and moved through Missouri to New Mexico where he held several senior government posts. He was a key figure in Republican politics and supported New Mexico statehood. He served in Congress and the Senate, helped push the Hepburn rate bill, and backed Panama Canal engineering.
Washington January 4 War department officials discussed punishing Felipe Buencamino the Filipino assemblyman who told the legislature that the Japanese would control the Philippines by April. They considered treason charges though doubt was raised about enforceable under U S law. Buencamino, renowned by army officers for his oratorical skill, has long been seen as ardently pro Japanese.
Katie, a wandering girl in Newark Minnesota, after posing in male disguise, reaches Oakland California where a man named F Chinell from Poland claims he will marry her. He writes from Argentine Concrete Paving company stationery and claims to be a contractor with no wife or children. Police plan inquiries into Chinell status as Katie weighs the proposal.
Washington reports a preliminary 1910 gold output decline globally per Mint Director George Roberts. The US minted over 96 million, Africa exceeded 175 million, Australia 65 million, California led states in gold output while Alaska fell. Silver output reached about 56 million fine ounces with Montana and Utah as top producers.
Mrs Augusta Stetson, excommunicated founder of the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York, reaffirms belief that Mary Baker G Eddy will arise from the tomb and lead the church again. She argues that spiritual facts and Christian Science will defend Eddy's teachings and her final demonstration over death.
In Greeley Colorado on January 4 a woman and her husband reconciled during an assault trial after the husband acted as his own attorney. The couple, he ten years her senior and with three children from a prior marriage, declared affection and willingness to reconcile. The woman said he had stabbed her with a knife, but both expressed regret and planned to continue the marriage.
A man and a woman, Twigg and Miss Grace Blosser, died after a kiss amid a suspected cyanide poisoning. Investigators focus on a chewing gum stick as the possible poison source, while autopsy confirms cyanide as the cause and explores motives and alibis within the Blosser household.
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