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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1912
Page
10
Sheridan reports A Pf Gray, switchman on the mine run, lost his left hand when a wheel ran over it in the yard area about 7:50 pm during a rain arrival. Gray, who has lived in Sheridan four months, is married with several children.
Mrs Lena Logan, injured in a self inflicted gunshot to the left breast near the heart weeks ago, was brought to Sheridan hospital for a second operation. Doctors drained two quarts of pus from the pleural cavity around the lungs and removed portions of two ribs. Despite the precarious state, a fighting hope for recovery remains.
C H Regan formerly of this city died in Salt Lake during last week's blizzard. He wandered while returning home and was found frozen just outside the city five days later.
An advertisement presents a claimed permanent cure for constipation using a new method without drugs. It cites O. W. Brown, D. D., D. M. T., a consulting dietitian, located at 61 Barth Block, Denver, Colorado, and pledges amended health, strength, brain power, and longer life.
A report, deemed reliable, states Union Pacific plans about 250000 in Rawlins this spring. The project includes ten coal towers replacing chutes, a new steel water tank, enclosing space for a repair shop, and added machinery to ease engine repairs.
John C. Friend received Hillsboro paper noting the death in Hillsboro of Mrs Catherine Werner Colling mother of Casper W. Collins after whom Casper, Wyoming was named. The Collings moved to Wyoming early, lived at Fort Laramie amid Indian conflicts, and Casper Collins died in an 1865 battle at Platte Bridge in which Mr. Friend also fought.
Separations Casper January 27. Ora Bello Ramkwits, desertion. Francesa L Clark, incompatibility with Thomas. Lizzie Clovis decree due to George absent. Nettie Moser Rosie Anderson Stella Kitts also decree earners. John H Dickey and William Jobmason divorced. The longest list of divorce cases tried in a single term here.
The notice lists three marriages over the past two to three days including Conductor G. M. Beadle with Miss Flora Law, Mr. James R. Brown with Miss Louie Arthur of Gillette, and Mr. Charles A. Elliott of Birney with Mrs. Margaret Beattie of Ashland, Montana, amid June weather.
The undersigned notifies the public that he will not be further responsible for any debt contracted by his wife Mia Ada Rivenburgh signed Ed Rivenburgh Cheyenne Wyoming January 26
A historic theater notice describes a Monday and Tuesday show at the Lyric featuring a Mexican bull fight display and Spanish sports acts with admission of ten cents. Audience members are invited for a parish event and evening entertainment includes local jokes and comic acts.
Geo Boswell sustained severe wounds after a Winchester rifle knocked from a wall struck the door knob and discharged. The bullet ripped into his right arm near the shoulder while shrapnel from the knob cut his face and head as the weapon fired unexpectedly.
A mix of short items reports misdeeds injuries marriages births deaths and business notes. Incidents include a cost ly suit theft and a broken ankle. marriages of Edwin Stacy and Genavieve Emerson. club organization in Harmon Wheatland. a broken hip. a new son and a new daughter born to local families. a murder bound over case. a Rock Springs widow dying in Ogden. fox capture valued at near hundred dollars. child death from appendicitis. Farmer association organized on Sage Creek. Park County tax take of 88900. infant death from whooping cough. recovering patient in Cowley. more births at Moorcroft and Sheridan. a new power company formed in Carbon County. a Rawlins marriage. and the Three Deuces burning in Rawlings.
The article argues average men curb liquor use and taxes on alcohol rise. It notes a drop in Internal Revenue receipts for beer and whiskey in late 1911, cites mail order liquor coming in from the East, and suggests temperance is catching on without harming the public purse.
A Wyoming man performs multiple ascents in a Wright machine and a glider during a nearby air meet. Parmalee reaches 100 feet in a glider and 3500 feet in a Wright craft with a dramatic spiral dive. W. B. Cols of San Francisco wins the duration contest as the meet closes tomorrow.
Skywatchers hope for clear skies as a rare occultation by Mars behind Moon could be seen in Wyoming tonight. Observers west to east report visibility from about 5:58 PM to 6:25 PM depending on location.
A Chicago woman recounts an attempt to enlist in the coast artillery to be near a sweetheart. She believed she could bypass the physical exam and join the nurses corps at coastal stations if not discovered. The name was not released.
A turkey dinner starts at 5 40 pm Monday January 29 at St Marks Parish House. A four act vaudeville show follows curtain at 8 with Prof Dr Aintolo's orchestra. admission 50 cents.
Mr and Mrs Frane Marsh express deep appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown by Bear Creek and Chugwater districts and by friends in Cheyenne after the death of their son Howard. They extend sincere thanks to all.
Ten marriage licenses have been issued since January in Lara mie with many more awaiting. Anguat Olsen and Ming Karin Bieter were married recently. she arrived from Sweden. Donald Perrt fractured his leg in two places while skiing.
The installation of Rev George Davidson as rector of St Marks Episcopal Church occurred this morning in Cheyenne. Bishop N B Thomas will lead the service with Rev Dr George Rafter officiating and presenting the new pastor to the vestry and congregation for reception. Davidson will conduct evening services and brings a strong missionary record and Canadian birth, raised in Kansas City.
Governor Stubbs of Kansas states Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated for president and then elected. He announced after dining with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay that Roosevelt will be nominated at the party convention and proceed to victory.
A Indianapolis pastor's wife describes a years long spasmodic throat ailment and hearing Peruna touted as a catarrh remedy. After using two bottles she reports the problem disappeared and praises Peruna's benefits. A Swedish Baptist pastor from Grantsburg Wisconsin also says chronic diarrhea and catarrh were cured with Peruna after following directions.
A Republican convention in Chicago elected the next president of the United States. Stubbs claimed Roosevelt would not seek the nomination but would accept if urged by the people. Also reported are a Portland murder case linked to a Chinese girl Me Fung in Billings and former Governor Folk denying any candidate alliance amid Clark insinuations. An inn in Cheshire, Walter Scott, provides room for stray cats with breakfast for 97 and room for more.
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