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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1911
Page
10
Casper report states Naetrona county will rebuild a bridge after a reclamation service error opened dam valves to full width causing a rapid flood. Ice broke against the bridge undermining it, with witnesses likening the collapse to a dynamite blast.
State brief reports University of Wyoming President Charles O Monica leaving Laramie for Lander to deliver the dedicatory address at the opening of a new high school building in Fremont County. Local notices mention marriages and a Casper wedding as well as a Montana legislative update on antirace track bill efforts and pool hall regulation.
An old advertisement claims a clove of Pape's Cold Compound taken every two hours cures grippe and colds. three doses end symptoms. It touts quinine ineffectiveness and cites large import values of art, fur, wines, toys, and other luxury goods in a broad economic note.
Pittsburg reports three months of testing at Allegheny General Hospital as doctors seek a serum to combat a disease fatal in 85 of 100 cases. Sixty imported monkeys were used, with several patients showing rapid improvement under the treatment. The effort aims to cure or halt the spread of the dread ailment.
The New Haven railroad ran its first passenger train drawn by an engine fueled with crude oil between New Haven and Ansonia. The 25 mile round trip consumed 212 gallons of crude oil.
Officials who took two trips will decide if the trials are successful to equip twenty engines at once for local lines. The plan hinges on a study outcome and the two trips referenced.
Six playmates of 13 year old George Yost volunteered skin grafts at Bethany Hospital Kansas City to aid his burns from a gasoline explosion. His sister Mabel, 11, also submitted to the procedure as surgeons removed small skin grafts for transfer.
Chicago January report urges automatic block signals and train control to reduce wrecks and save lives. Influential official cites 30 percent waste in operations, notes only 17,465 of 220,000 miles have automatic systems, and urges removal of human error through automatic devices despite possible delays.
Tonight the University of Denver hosts a basketball game against C A with a dance planned after the contest in Keefe Hall.
Colorado Springs report by B. B. McReynolds notes less snow in the Pike's Peak system than in four years at this date. He says no alarm over water supply due to current storage levels despite the lighter snow, as inspected during a city water department trip.
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