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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
16
Bear River the police horse ridden by N G Peterson canvasses Cheyenne for measles and is praised as the best canvasser. The horse seems to sense quarantined houses and signs, stopping at every potential site and aiding timely vaccination and reporting efforts.
Emma T Brooks formerly of Cheyenne died in January in Boston after leaving Cheyenne in 1893 upon marriage to Brooks. She lived here for years with her brother John Thomas of Thomas and Hay and was regarded as one of Cheyenne's most popular young women.
Musterole soothes sore throat and congestion with a mustard oil ointment. It penetrates to the sore spot easing pain and rapid relief for bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma and colds. Ideal for quick first aid for children with croupy illness and joint pains.
The Northwestern Oil Company in which Harry Hynds, owner of the Plains hotel, is a major stockholder, has brought in another large well in the Big Muddy field near Casper. No details were released but sources say it may be one of the best in the field.
Hugh R. Strowle secretary of the Society of Colorado Pioneers and member of the Colorado legislature urged a sunset funeral for Buffalo Bill Cody. He suggested burial on Lookout Mountain on Memorial Day at sunset to honor the colonel as the sun sinks behind the plains.
Lexington dispatch reports melting heavy snows unleash floods along rivers and tributaries with towns preparing for inundation. Over $1,000,000 in timber is stored at mills at risk of being lost as snowdrifts remain five to ten feet, driving residents to higher ground.
Lebanon Ill Jan 17 Mathias Dominas, who forgot his address, is under observation at Belleville hospital after his “trip to heaven” ended there. Found beneath a Pfeffer Milling exhaust pipe he claimed he was “going to heaven.” He refused meals but ate raw corn from the cob as police call him a “nut.”
Washington January 17. A preliminary report by special mission naval officers recommends retaining all existing navy yards maintaining submarine bases on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts and conducting a thorough aeronautical survey of the coasts of the United States and all possessions.
Chicago pianist Arthur Frazer drew an enthusiastic, full house at the Parish House. He performed Bach, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Macdowell, Arensky and Liszt-Tchaikowsky without notes and added four encores. Franc Hendricks of Pueblo was noted for Bells in the Mist. Frazer plans Denver engagement before returning to Chicago to teach. Miss Kittie C. Drouillard manages Frazer’s Wyoming tour and will return home tonight.
Former Colorado governor E. M. Ammons is expected to arrive in the city this morning to attend the American National Live Stock Association convention.
The K and L club hosts a social dance on Friday night January 19 with a ball and admission price noted in the event notice.
Invitations issued for January 11th are valid for the dance at Kopald's venue featuring a six piece orchestra. The Elks invite all bikers and interested guests to attend the Thursday event on January 6th.
John Bush wanted in Goshen county for stealing horses there was arrested here yesterday by Under sheriff Ed Schoel who caught him after word reached here that he had left Carpenter on the Burlington heading for Cheyenne He stole the horse a few days ago and rode across country to Carpenter Word reached the sheriff s office here Sunday describing the man and stating that he was wanted at Torrington by Sheriff Sherman Deputy Sheriff Carroll started for Carpenter but learned he had hiked for Cheyenne on the Burlington Bush is believed to be part of a gang of thieves operating in Goshen county.
New York January 17 another British war loan of 250000000 will be floated in the United States by J P Morgan and company This is the third flotation since the war began The loan will be secured by high grade collateral in the form of five and one half percent convertible notes One hundred million to mature in one year the rest in two years A country wide syndicate is organized to offer the notes.
Mrs. Be thel Redmond Power, eldest daughter of Irish leader John E. Redmond, died in a New York hospital after a brief illness yesterday. The report notes her lineage and sudden death.
In Bismarck North Dakota on January 17 the limited suffrage bill allowing women to vote on all offices except constitutional ones passed the House 88 to 20 with a concurrent resolution for a constitutional amendment also approved 88 to 21. Both measures had cleared the Senate last week.
A list of Senate File numbers with sponsors and brief aims including fixing maximum premium rates for surety companies, creating Iron county, amending district court water right judgments, enabling water exchanges for irrigation, limiting time for water right permit work, plans for dams, protecting bridge and flume owners, and adopting a state flag and state flower.
A compilation lists multiple House Bills and referrals from Wyoming's 1910 legislature. Topics include sanitary and medical affairs, meat sale regulation, bond costs, deputy county clerks salaries, public money interest rates, indemnity for horses, court district definitions, female enticement laws, nonpartisan school supervision, labor statistics, county assessor meetings, osteopathy practice, and related committee referrals.
Proposes creation and establishment of a state board of osteopathic examinees defining its powers and duties, providing for examination and licensing of osteopathic physicians, setting penalties for violations, and repealing conflicting acts. Referenced to committee on sanitary and medical affairs.
A brakeman attacked a tramp near Kimball with a remaining life of the injured man unclear. The assailant fled as authorities investigated the incident. The tramp’s brother Scott Alien, a Union Pacific conductor, arrived by special train to take charge of the body. The deceased resided at an unknown address, and arrangements for burial were pending.
The notice invites a social dance with Kopald's six piece orchestra on Thursday night with events on January 8th and January 11th marked as good dates for the affair.
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