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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1911
Page
5
Miss Gladys Lenora Piper of Johnson school is listed with a birth date of March 21, 1902. George Augustus Briggs of Corlett School is recorded as born March 21, 1904. George Barnes of Central school appears with a birth date of March 21, 1896.
Miss Sunshine and Fanny Perry of Denver visit with Miss Edith Parnell of East Sixteenth street. Fred Ringrose, Wheatland business visitor, stayed at the Normandie. Attorney Wilfrid O Leary II recovers from La Brippe. Deputy Sheriff William MacCarty travels to Pine Bluffs for civil action. Mrs Agnes Metcalf, visiting her parents, heads to Ogallala Nebraska Thursday. Er P Baker Horse Creek Tanchman on business in the city. Frank Niswander, ex deputy Elite tax commissioner, in city yesterday.
State Tax Commissioner John McOw returned from a western tour as officials and residents such as J M Wilson, Dr J M Wilson irrigation promoter, and Frank Knittle of Water District No 1 arrived or departed Cheyenne. Local residents including Stephen H M Sibley, Henry B Colburn, and many others visited, transacted business, or left for cities like Denver and Portland while several hotel stays and exchanges were recorded in Cheyenne yesterday and over the weekend.
A string of locals and officials including Maurice Groshon Pure Food Commissioner and John R. Arnold Uinta County Prosecuting Attorney were noted in Cheyenne over the weekend. Governor G D Miller and George Mathews of Campatool also hosted visitors.
The United States navy plans to launch the floating battleship Wyoming within weeks. Governors and state officials report a $7500 appropriation for a silver service to be presented at the christening, though no Wyoming woman has yet been chosen to christen the vessel.
A local column promotes a described rheumatism cure using iodide of potassium sodium salicylate wine of colehrum cardiac tonics balmwort and sarsaparilla. Readers are urged to have a druggist prepare true ingredients and take a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime with gradual dose increases after one week.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Roach returned to Cheyenne with James Daniver and escaped prisoner John Donahue after a high speed chase through northern Laramie County. Donahue had been jailed on larceny charges. his trial collapsed when the accuser failed to appear, and he escaped with outside help suspected to be Daniver.
Washington ruling fixes penalties for violating the twenty eight hour interstate transit of livestock on a loading unloading unit. The Supreme Court rejected government demands to treat shipments by separate consigner or railroads as distinct trains, accepting a unified basis for enforcement.
The death of David H. Moffat, Denver capitalist and empire builder, prompts Cheyenne veterans to recall his key role in linking Denver to Cheyenne. They credit him with founding the Denver Pacific railway with four companions, creating a crucial east and west outlet and helping Denver rise as Cheyenne boomed.
Washington March 20. Senator Etthu Root of New York offers about 15 000 packages of garden seeds not wanted in New York. He plans to return them to the Agriculture Department and calls for free distribution as a challenge to seed trusts. He invites readers to write for a packet, noting seeds are small political items and not widely used in New York. The seeds reportedly include family varieties and are culls from Banathr Roo’s collection.
A terse note suggests the government will complete the processing or delivery of a package or entitlement. It implies federal involvement or responsibility for final steps beyond local action. The phrase signals official action rather than private handling.
The article explains a proposed bill to apply the Grub-Stake principle to homestead acquisitions. It would allow two people to jointly claim public land, one funding supplies and the other performing the work and living on the claim. The change could enable many worthy individuals to obtain homes under new law.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick fix for indigestion and fullness. It claims the product aids digestion by supplying the stomach with what it needs, promises rest and recovery with continued use, and notes a single box can prove its effectiveness. The copy cites a claimed ingredient that digests large amounts of food and vouches for safety with no systemic effects.
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