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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
6
The page records visitors and arrivals in Cheyenne with names such as Brimmer Rawlins and Hawley Douglas plus locals selling papers at Leader office. Mentions of taxi advertisements, bicycle sales, notaries, and sheriff transport, along with small items about fines for disturbing the peace and vagrancy.
Wheatland teacher McPheron, former high school principal, fled Wheatland Sunday night before his trial. He was seen in Freely Monday and Colorado authorities are aiding the search. Cheyenne lawyers who traveled to Wheatland to defend him returned, disappointed he had escaped. Judge Mentzer also went to Wheatland to handle other cases.
Police chief Frank J. Wolf welcomes Spot the hound back at the depot after months apart. The dog signals wrongdoing with a bark and inspects the jail area as upgrades bring heavy floors, steel netting, and a large hull pen to replace old cages.
The Rocky Mountain Lodge of Perfection No 3 elected officers for the ensuing year: Rich ard H. Repath venerable master John A. Kirkpatrick senior warden John A. Whiting junior warden George Rafter orator John J. Shingler almoner Samuel Corson secretary Edward W. Stone treasurer David J. Howell master of ceremonies Albert D L Walton expert Carles B. Morgan assistant expert John S Hunter captain of the host Peter S Cook tiler
The piece contrasts modern warfare with medical guidance. It highlights the fighting tank and armored warfare while urging nutrition improvements, dietary fiber, and liver and kidney health. It recommends vegetables, roughage, water intake, and Dr. Pierce remedies to sustain health and longevity.
Report notes an imminent announcement on the second draft levy with April as a likely start. The move depends on congressional action and Crowder seeks to base state quotas on class A totals. Also details delays and injuries from unrelated local incidents.
In Kemmerer Wyoming on March 6 a horse attached to a Troy laundry delivery sleigh bolted at 4 pm on the Triangle near Belmont cafe. It threw Mrs M M Parent and driver Chris Christensen along with her two children from the sleigh as the horse swerved toward the post office. The horse then retraced its path toward Fitzpatrick corner where Charles Dougherty leapt clear to avoid danger.
In Keeline Wyoming on March 5 C L Cree field man for Ohio Oil lies near death after being beaten with a heavy screwdriver by Phillips claiming to be Cactus field manager. Colleagues Cleghorn and Conley also injured as land lease dispute over oil lands flares.
W True employed in Utah Construction quarries near Hanna died yesterday from pneumonia that developed after inhaling poisonous gas at the mine. He was found unconscious on the street and taken to the police station then St Johns hospital. The body was shipped to Fort Worth Texas last night.
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