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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
13
A Cheyenne column lists names of visitors and registrants from Hanna Glend Ellsworth and other towns plus two business pitches. It includes aNorway Poplar sale by D A Hastings with prices per hundred and thousand trees and order conditions ending March 16.
Relinquishment offer for 10 acres located 8 miles east of Dover Virginia. Property priced to recover cost of improvements. Address for inquiry 2522 Clarkson Street Denver Colorado. Respond by mail.
A jumble of briefs covers watch repair ads, plane instruction calls, county commissioners meeting, new birth at St Johns, hospital telegrams, tonic ad, a Benedict announcement, hairdressing services, officers visiting Cheyenne, grocery store pitch, medical liniment, club meetings, homestead filing, lectures, a funeral, a Santa Barbara wedding, a court case update, a Denver visit, and local sales pitches. Names include Miller, Briscoe, Warren Avenue, Capitol Ave, Cheyenne, Denver, Dr Callicott, Catherine Taber, Agnes Anderson, Donald Owen, Laura Dwyer, John Dwyer, and J. A. Paine.
In the near future Union Pacific Northwestern and Southern Pacific plan to add a new Deluxe train. The Pullman Company in Chicago is manufacturing cars for the service. Union Pacific will continue Overland Limited and Los Angeles Limited but will add Deluxe with limited stops at destinations including Omaha and Cheyenne.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches caused by liver and digestive issues. It claims poisoned intestinal matter returns to the blood, and traditional laxatives fail to remove it. Cascarets cleanse the stomach, regulate digestion, remove sour food, and promote a clear head by morning.
A promotion promises a deluxe overland train service between Chicago and San Francisco. Passengers will be pampered with a private car shop manicuriat baths athletic rooms public photographers electric heats a buffet and serving maids. An extra $25 is charged for travel to San Francisco from Cheyenne.
Kopald's shoe store in Cheyenne advertises a bulk purchase discount from three outlets, offering shoes ordinarily priced at 4 to 5 dollars for 2.50. He claims large volume business, 150 cases received, and urges shoppers to buy now at 1609 Capitol Ave for savings of 1.50 to 2.00 per pair.
A promotional note questions the value of Leader circulation campaign prizes, noting high quality rewards and implying they are worth aiming for. The ad-like message emphasizes attractive prizes tied to the Leader newspaper campaign.
Colorado & Southern cuts round trip fare to one and one third fare from Wheatland and intermediate stations to Cheyenne. Burlington reduces fares from Sterling to Cheyenne and Union Pacific from Pine Bluffs to Laramie. Sale dates March 6 and 7 with final return limit March 10.
The article touts Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a permanent cure, claiming long lasting relief for chronic constipation. It names testimonials from Mrs. Josephine Baller and Mr. James A. Lushmamy and offers a free home sample by mailing name and address to Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello.
Notice records the incorporation of the Two-State Irrigation Company in Cheyenne Wyoming at 8 40 am on February 20 1912. The firm aims to promote construct operate and manage irrigation ventures with 1 000 000 capital in 100 000 shares of 10 each for fifty years. Directors for the first year are Dan Van Wagenen Lee Patrick George F. Graham J R Carpenter and A L Fouches with Ella B E Schloredt as agent for service at 310 East 22nd Street Cheyenne.
Notice that at the next State Board of Pardons meeting an application will be made to grant a pardon to Clark Veatch who was convicted of embezzlement on July 2 1911 by the District Court for the First Judicial District of Wyoming in Laramie County and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary.
The notice lists penalties of not more than five years and not less than one year for Thomas Hunter and Wilfrid O Leary serving as Veath's counsel, dated March 4 1912.
Heavy consecutive snow storms blanket plains and mountains leaving livestock starving for forage. Ranchers fight cold and wolves to shelter and feed sheep and horses, with Warren Live Stock Company delivering over 1000 bales daily to distant flocks.
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