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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
4
An item recorded at the Cheyenne post office on Mall concerns a matter of second class matter. The entry notes the office handling and the role of the postmaster in processing.
The Leader urges lawmakers to heed the awakened public conscience as Wyoming parties face a pivotal session. It condemns corporate influence, calls for full publicity of votes, and notes concerns over election integrity including contested Kemmerer precincts and calls to repeal flawed laws.
The Leader reports that testimony in Kemmerer shows gross election and registration fraud in Diamondville Oakley and Glencoe. About forty five witnesses alleged illegal voting, irregular registrations, intimidation by registrars, and ballots handed to voters then to judges unchanged. Local officials and Frank P Crauney call the practices the worst fraud in Wyoming history.
Kansas City Missouri establishes the Lathrop Industrial School for students over 14 who have left the fifth grade. The three year program blends vocational training with academics to fit individual needs, emphasizing bench work, carpentry, printing, sewing, and business English.
Washington January 13 The Treasury Secretary MacVeagh expects to submit a new customs regulation plan to President Taft within a month for approval to take effect July 1 The plan would cut the external 160 districts to 60 with most states allotted one district New York California and Texas to have two or three districts while interior states are grouped into fewer districts.
The narrator recounts seeking a Supreme Court post, meeting Taft, and failing to secure work with friends and local editors. He notes rivals, prejudice, and his plan to write for The Leader while hoping for a legislative assignment. He pledges to shape a clear stance for the upcoming session.
Grateful testimonials from across the country praise Eckman's Alterative for coughs colds throat and lung troubles claiming restoration to health. A St Marys Academy ONeill Ned witness reports TB recovery after seven years and four years of good health with heavy work and teaching. Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia offers a booklet of recoveries and states no poisons opiates or habit forming drugs. For sale by leading druggists. Are you cold soldiers of Valley Forge marched on snow and ice.
NUFPALO New York January 13 The famed operation that supposedly cured crime by brain surgery for Edward Grimmell who was jailed for forgery has failed He is now charged with burglary by three men who claim he led recent crimes The piece questions whether surgical cures can reform criminals and notes Grimmell’s past sentences and history of thefts and bad checks.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly laxative for men and women with headache, coated tongue, foul breath, and digestive discomfort. It claims to cleanse the stomach, liver, and bowels, remove waste, and leave users feeling head clear by morning, with a 10 cent box ideal for families and children.
Grimmell, freed after serving a sentence, renounces crime and begins life anew at age 44. He convinces friends and himself that he will never again commit a crime.
In the district court Ash faced Judge Maentser yesterday and pleaded not guilty to raping his step-daughter. The case is expected to go to trial on February 2. Wille Unwin, charged with filing a false alarm, was remanded.
The youth was turned over to his mother who promised to hire him out of trouble until a court decides the disposition of his case. Several civis cases were argued before Judge Mentzer.
An English inventor unveils a talking device that uses compressed air to project sound a mile, prompting chatter that he may be the same Englishman who claimed to invent the English sparrow.
A brief notice invites readers to convert possessions into cash by calling a number to auction or sell items. The ad highlights quick turnaround and easy disposal of unwanted goods via telephone contact.
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