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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1912
Page
5
A fragment outlines a Cheyenne tone in a junior birthday column. It hints at celebrants and cultural voice but offers little concrete detail or names. The readable text emphasizes tradition and personal rites rather than specific events.
A note lists birthdays for Archer F Freund Irene Nolan Thelma Bernheim Marie Cunningham Merritt Von Kennel Connie Cowley plus others born in January at Central and Corlett schools.
Mrs John Branes visits friends in Laramie. B Baxter returned from a business trip to Laramie. Mrs 0 A Reynolde comes back from Los Angeles. Dyer Smith visits Ecklands in Pine Bluffs. Foster Garlock returns from Wheatland. H B Henderson improves rapidly after illness. EK A White returns from Mountain States trip. Chas Barnett departs for Bar nett Mercantile buying trip east. Maurice Dinneen resumes studies at Boulder after holidays. Rosaline Eckland returns to Pine Bluffs from visit with Charity Stewart.
Mrs Parshall wife of the state engineer has recovered from burns she sustained last Tuesday at her home. She was using gasoline in hot water to wash fabrics when water boiled over on the stove causing gasoline to explode. In trying to extinguish the blaze she sustained serious burns on her hands and arms.
Small items report new shop openings and services including Buechner Jewelry and Hale's Hardware selling hand painted china. Updates cover repairs services for baby carriages, packing and upholstering, and a large list of city announcements from school openings to public notices and upcoming meetings.
The fate of the good roads drive in Wyoming rests with county commissioners led by President EKBE. Emery of Laramie County Good Roads Association has petitioned the board, urging state highway survey despite county road work. If Laramie approves, survey of the state highway can begin, uniting counties to fund the project.
An array of curiosities notes wilted flowers revive with lukewarm water, and gold production shifting toward arts and manufactures. Paddington London imposes daily cleaning and weekly washing fines on tenement houses. A court hearing features a light exchange about the term gent and its usage as a gentleman’s shorthand.
An advertised remedy suggests a 50 cent Plows mixture with home guide and a Mi-cent bottle of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup to rapidly ease a deep or whooping cough. It claims fast relief, appetite stimulation, and suitability for croup throat tickle and bronchial issues with simple preparation at home.
The WIT Wes and Northwestern reach a through line from Seattle to the Gulf of Mexico. The Northwestern extends from Wyoming into the Big Horn basin and Thermopolis, then to Powder River and orig Junction. At Orin Junction connections join Colorado and Southern and Denver lines, closing the Pacific Gulf gap with service targeted for next spring.
Richard Danne was jailed after threatening Salvation Army hall occupants with a hand meat cleaver and faces a disturbance charge and Monday court. Mallie Murray, described as an old jailed woman, was arrested on drunkenness as she sang and amused others. Graham Wasson was arrested for desertion from the U.S. Army and held for fort officers.
Word was received in Cheyenne of the marriage at Littleton Colorado on Thanksgiving day of Luther Mitchell of Cheyenne to Miss Helen Jones of Victor Colorado. Both are students at the Colorado State College at Boulder with Luther in his senior year in the medical department and a Cheyenne high school graduate. Parents learned of the marriage only after the public announcement.
Last half bill closes tonight for a new show opening tomorrow. The act features Eléa Wells with the violin and a strong orchestra. Divine Dodeon offers a ladylike impersonation. The Giant Four delivers colored act impressions and steamboat sounds. A lively Atlas performance promises entertainment.
Public auction at the Rawlins county court house in Carbon County Wyoming at 10:00 am Wednesday January 24 1942 for Sampo Coal Company coal land and a fully equipped mine at Sampo five miles east of Hanna comprising 686 acres of coal land with conditions and particulars available from Alexander Lark Trustee Sumpe Coal Company Honkeupt 208 First National Bank Building Cheyenne Wyoming
B C Clarke, jailed in Kimball Nebraska on a Thermos theft charge, married a local young woman while detained awaiting trial. The couple met in Cheyenne at the Plains and the larceny case is settled, allowing a honeymoon.
Alton Packard, renowned cartoonist, performs at the Baptist church Tuesday evening drawing huge cartoons on large sheets with colored crayons. He recounts a past mishap in Bronx City Iowa where baggage was lost, yet improvised quickly with wrapping paper and borrowed tools to entertain, proving resilience and ingenuity.
Stockmen around Horse Creek and Tron Mountain report wolves and other predators raiding flocks and herds. Though the state ended paying bounties, local stockmen still offer a $2.50 bounty on wolf hides, seeking extermination of the pests.
Canadian hospitals and religious groups praise Peruna for catarrh coughs and colds. Letters from Saint John Hospital Quebec City Saint Laurent Montreal and others cite relief in elderly patients and a fifteen year old girl, with doctors recommending its use for various ailments.
Government announces upcoming postage stamps featuring thirteen new designs. Registry stamps will replace two cent stamps for registry use, with George Washington appearing on the one cent stamp replacing Benjamin Franklin.
The six lowest denomination stamps will bear Franklin. The 8 10 15 50 cent and 1 stamps will show Franklin’s likeness. Stamps of 4 5 6 cent will omit the Washington wreath and print the denomination curved above the head.
The Lion and the Mouse attracts many out of town patrons who are already arranging to attend the performance of Charles Klein's great play presented in our city.
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