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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
14
The census table shows Wyoming total population 145 965 with 140 879 White. Native White 113 208 and Native parents 80 711. Foreign parents 32 497 and Foreign White 27 168. Negro 2 285 and All others 2 957. The rise in Negro population from 940 in 1900 is noted, attributed to Fort Russell and Cheyenne.
The report notes that in the present time there are more Negro residents in Wyoming than in Idaho Utah Montana New Mexico Nevada Oregon or the Dakotas. It discusses regional distribution and implications for migration patterns in the western United States.
In Los Angeles on January 10, J B Bishop testified in the Cotinera dynamite conspiracy trial that he and Conners with Maple and Bender planted dynamite in the alley beside the Hall of Records on September 8, 1910. He said they met at the laborers temple that night, and Conners showed him two sticks of dynamite taken from the heating plant as he declared there was 10600 dollars behind them.
Fifty bachelor girls of Great Bend Kansas organized a Leap Year league to stamp out a bachelor club among local men. The group held a Leap Year ball on New Years Eve and began compiling a list of the town's unmarried men with committee help.
In Columbus Kane Jan 10 Rev Jos Eugene Handman of Kansas City dubbed the marrying person was fined 600 after pleading guilty to bigamy. His wife from Scammon Mrs Mise Limb consented to suspend prison time after her divorce, while Handman had married again in Kansas City during a divorce suit.
A tribute recalling John J. Ingalls born seventy eight years ago and died eleven years ago. The Kansas statesman writer served eighteen years in the United States Senate and left a legacy of eloquent eulogies and the motto ad astra per aspera.
A patient recounts four years of severe itching and widespread sores that worsened, then gradually improved after months. After consulting three doctors with little relief, a friend recommended a remedy from Petus & Chem. Corp. of Boston, prompting continued treatment.
United States Commissioner Shields faced a revived green goods operation in New York as Frank Adams and John Smith were sought for a Dec. 6 mail fraud. The duo allegedly offered to sell $3000 in counterfeit money for $500, directing Malakoff of Caron Malakoff Pa to meet at Newark’s Centre Street house, where postal agents raided the scene. Adams resisted arrest, brandishing a pistol before capture. he is linked to aliases and a six year pursuit.
Advertises Chamberlains Tablets as a cure for constipation with claims of permanent relief and availability from all dealers.
The Department of Agriculture will show breeding results from seven years of a government stud aiming to create an American carriage horse. The stallion Carmen and seven of his sons will be sent to the National Western Horse Show in Denver January 15 to 20. Special reduced Colorado & Southern Railway rates are offered for stock show travelers.
An article extols the stomach as the most vulnerable organ and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for digestion liver and blood disorders. It urges readers to request a free booklet and notes alcohol free ingredients with glycerine. It also advertises Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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