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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1918
Page
6
In an eerie afternoon accident a car carrying De Whitlock and KhKR Forbert plunged down a ravine after misjudging a sharp fore at the riverbank. The windshield glass caused multiple injuries while the wrecked auto stood by the roadside as dawn approached.
A historical note describes pink flowers changing to blue when exposed to a specific heat source for a few minutes, illustrating a simple color-change experiment.
An old advertisement touts Olive Tablets from Dr Edwards as a non calomel laxative option. The copy emphasizes gentle bowel and liver action without urging forceful movement, claiming to ease chronic constipation and torpid liver while avoiding foul breath and morning tiredness.
At a Burns Wyoming meeting of Farm or Milling and Elevator Co directors seven members approved erecting a new grain elevator at about 2000 dollars, more than double the old 5950 dollar cost. W H L Cramer to oversee construction. building to be ten feet higher with more ground space for cleaning machinery. A committee was formed to seek a longer siding from Union Pacific to accommodate more cars.
Port Cheyenne area weather report notes snow likely in Wyoming and a cold wave with strong north winds. Temperature around 47 rising toward 69 observed at 12 45 p m with a low near 37 at 7 00 p m. 1.96 inches of precipitation since January 1. Normal temp for date 20 degrees, humidity and wind from the west reported. no precipitation in last 48 hours. Public notice includes a mail-in offer for Foley remedies.
A 1917 USGS examination by E T Hancock covers 15 to 20 miles west of the Chicago Burlington and Quincey line from Upton Wyoming to Ardmore South Dakota. It finds no structural features favorable to oil and gas along the southwest flank of the Black Hills uplift though small anticlines and drilling occur near Ardmore and Newcastle with Graneros sandstone oil near 250 to 275 feet above Dakota sandstone.
Big Horn basin farmers report a potato and bean surplus with no market. At Basin Chamber of Commerce meeting Attorney Hartigan seeks action to aid marketing of about forty carloads of potatoes while the food administration plans to ship 245 carloads to cantonments, aiding farmers to plant more next season.
At a regular monthly meeting of Stocky Mountain Lodge of Perfection No. %, at the Masonic temple last evening, officers were installed for the ensuing year. Names include Richard I. Repath venerable master and John A. Kirkpatrick senior warden among others. Dates for the next Wyoming Consistory reunion are set for June 10 to 13, 1918.
An advisory note from E. R. Whitehurst of Norfolk Virginia urges men to consider kidney trouble when morning stiffness and fatigue appear. He claims Foley Kidney Pills restored his energy and vitality after prolonged suffering.
Local youth Paul Peters has been promoted to first sergeant in the aviation corps. A Cheyenne native and 1917 Cheyenne High School alum, he joined the aviation unit recently and was noted as a top athlete in school. Peters belonged to the Mercury club, which has contributed about a dozen men to service.
Basin Wyoming March 4. Big Horn county’s new fireproof courthouse is completed and ready for furnishings. Foreman G H Sturr will return to Denver while Monad Engineering’s W A Crook may leave next week. Furnishings may take a month or six weeks. officials can move in then.
Two men 8. R. Johnson and Jack McGraw are alleged to have stolen 1500 in Douglas according to information received late last night. Police here have no theft details and are on the lookout for the men.
Ad reads a home remedy claim for mustard plasters that purportedly relieve pain soreness and stiffness with a light clean odorless oil blend. The text emphasizes a non blistering effect and a simple application.
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