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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
5
Cheyenne residents and visitors from Newcastle Basia and Denver mingle in the city, with notable figures including J R. Baird and C A Duniway arriving on business. The Plains Hotel hosts guests as taxi services promote prompt, late hours and a 5 cent rate increase after January 1.
The U S Wool Train touring Wyoming arrives in Cheyenne on a two week statewide journey. Wool experts from Washington and the University of Wyoming lead exhibits showing wool grading from farm to fabric and a “Wool to Cloth” display with samples, posters, and a portable Australian style shed model.
Superintendent Fee reports only two complaints about the extended day for high school. He says most parents approve and expects scholarship to improve. The plan takes effect today amid favorable reaction.
A Jacksons Hole report notes the thermometer fell 69 below zero one night last week and reports heavy losses among local stockmen, with nineteen cattle frozen to death in one herd.
The United States Senate quickly confirmed the president’s nomination of Captain David W. Taylor to rear admiral, recognizing him as the foremost naval constructor in the service.
A listing of multiple senate bills including measures to suppress disorder on trains and regulate road vehicles and licenses. Bills cover unlawful riding on trains, automobile and motorcycle regulation, licensing for surveyors engineers, and licensing of billiard halls, with referrals to various committees.
Mrs. J. H. Beggs of Washington, head of the women's division, invites women's groups from across the country to send delegations to march in the inaugural parade. Invitations went to each state governor as part of recognizing women before the presidential inauguration.
A small package of Hamburg Dreast Tea, or Hamburger Brust Thee, is sold at Way Pharmacy. Stir a tablespoon of the tea into a cup of boiling water, strain, and drink a teacup full. It is described as the quickest way to break a cold, relieve congestion, loosen the bowels, and is inexpensive and vegetable based.
A list of proposed Wyoming House bills covers licensing for barbershops in towns, tuberculin testing for dairy cows, road construction with state aid, and penalties for corrupt election practices. Also listed are measures on railroad conductors powers, oil well inspector duties, and several amendments to statutes and stock laws.
Cincinnati authority Anis urges use of a drug called freecone to treat tender corn slop a soreness and dry up the corn with no irritation. A quarter-ounce bottle sold at drug stores is said to remove hard or soft corns or calluses, aiding women in the era of high heels.
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