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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1918
Page
15
A reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable remedy for coughs colds sore throats and bronchial troubles. The note mentions usage by Mia Margaret Smale and claims the product acted like a charm though it contains opiates.
Canin and Holliday proprietors promote Capital Coal Company offering coal of all kinds with phone contact 46 and urging orders today.
Local items report Cheyenne fishing poor due to high rainfall, a baseball game at Pioneer Park with U P band music, and a large Wyoming mine federation meeting scheduled for July 8. Notices advertise sales of stock, job programs for vagrants, and new residents, plus multiple classified ads and public notices.
Grover residents report that the derrick for the Dow ranch oil well half a mile south of Grover is on the ground. Drilling is expected to start next week following Saturday’s site visit by Well-Driller Frank Johnson of Grover, Cole.
Mire Harry Hoveten of Laramite visits Cheyenne with Mrs Ott. A Meontoies wae dn from Robert shops in Cheyenne. Nick Love travels from Wheatland for a weekend tilt. PP Noskae and family of Woacott were in town. Sankt of Rock Springs visits on business. Mrs W Prontion and family also seen in town.
Mrs F W Prentica of Torrington Richard Brown deputy assessor of Divide district and others from Milo New Farmer Weld County Colorado New Raymer and Carpenter were seen in Cheyenne on Saturday Traders farmers and residents reported crop prospects and business visits across the region. many travelers also stopped in Laramie and Sidney Nebraska during weekend journeys.
Detroit June 27 Lord Northcliffe urges preparedness in a Fourth of July message to American boys. He says many may soon go to war with Britain and France, but preparedness means doing one’s part now such as buying Liberty bonds, helping at home, and aiding families whose loved ones are fighting overseas. The note stresses shared purpose with the British and a lasting alliance against tyranny.
Paris reports the finance department contemplates tobacco rationing as a luxury versus a necessity. The plan, approved by the Renoh cabinet, would ration cheaper tobaccos while preserving luxury cigars and cigarettes. The secretary proposes ration cards for women workers and notes munitions workers’ prominence.
Special Correspondence notes Austrian misrule of Italian provinces arousing Byron’s critique. It cites Napoleon’s downfall at Vienna, Venice’s decline from 1797 to 1884, and population drops from 137,240 to 114,000 with gondoliers shrinking from 4,000 to 900, highlighting charity needs.
Sheridan Wyoming June 22 Joe Varacilli was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in Rawlins penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the killing of Frank Lombardo in the Carneyville mines. The origin of the trouble and the details were not disclosed in court.
An altercation escalated quickly as Lombardo died instantly. Varacln was compelled to seek medical help to close wounds from the fight. Police reported the incident as part of a similar quarrel that began hours earlier.
Rawlins Wyoming June 22 W W Daley of this city has been appointed as a member of the Western military department committee of the national war work council by W Perkins president of the national organization He expects to attend a department committeemen conference in San Francisco on June 26 and will depart next week for the trip supported by thrift stamps and war saving measures.
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