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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
2
Kemmerer March 22 William Horcely a longtime brakeman on the local freight between Kemmerer and Montpellier suffered a severe hand injury in the Mast Kemmerer yards while crawling a switch. A nearby engine caught his hand grinding flesh. doctors dressed the wound and he was sent to Salt Lake hospital. He lost the thumb and possibly two fingers. He lives in Montpellier and supports a large family.
The Nat Ter retailer Rockwell offers WATS lines priced at 82 dollars each. Local customers are advised to inquire at the counter for details on models and service options.
In Sheridan County district court a suit against the Sheridan Coal Company seeks a restraining order to stop dumping sewage into Goone Creek from a Dietz mine. Plaintiffs claim contaminated water worsens a typhoid outbreak and damages wells as the epidemic persists in the area.
In Kemmerer on March 22 Henry Johnson posed as a Federal Casualty Co. agent from Ogden and issued settlement checks for miners injured in the Bugle incident. Receipts and blanks enabled payments to Billy Roberts, Mrs. Wright, Charles Rathbun, and Pete Keenan. He vanished after Ogden authorities requested his arrest for forged checks.
Douglas March 22 heavy snow behind the river and ice suggests a spring flood. County commissioners ask Senator Warren to press to keep Pathfinder dam shut to reduce flooding. Railroads along the Platte in Nebraska prepare to guard bridges. Local bridges to be watched and dynamite to clear ice jams if needed.
Afton March 22 two men Andrew Hokansen and Luther Baldwin died in a Star Valley snow slide near Rainbow mine six miles from Afton. The avalanche stretched over a mile with a 400 foot hill, 160 rescuers worked 26 hours to reach the buried pair.
Richard Zuleldt and Carl Woll with Minnie Stevens and the deputy sheriff's sister were arrested in Ogden on sheriff orders. They allegedly rode from Carter Wyoming to marry while underage, and despite parental attempts the elopement ceremonies had already taken place.
County physician Keith amputated all fingers and the thumb on Bigelow’s right hand and two fingers on the left after he wandered the open range in a demented state following an incident weeks earlier near Walton.
Jackonoville Florida March 22 Fred Newson arrested this afternoon confessed to sending to Judge Hosalsky in New York an infernal machine that nearly killed the jurist. Newson, a close friend of Folke K Brandt who received a 30 year sentence, says the device came in a package from an unnamed sender and was mailed from prankia also known as Fred Price.
Susie, March 22. Peter Wessenten was severely cut across the hip and back in a porch confrontation. Jim Epis is now jailed on assault charges after allegedly whittling his victim without provocation. Epis is noted as the father of a boy involved in a previous shooting incident. Doctor Stafford treated Wessenten at the scene.
Rock River residents propose a fifteen thousand dollar municipal bond to build a new school. Laramie postmaster to open a Pole Mountain sub station for soldiers at the maneuver camp. William Thompson and Emilie Nelson of Jackson announce an upcoming marriage. Mrs Barah Anderson of Evanston dies at 76 after twenty three years in the town. Rawlins holds a mass meeting to back a trans continental auto road across Wyoming. A daughter is born to Alva and Geo W Herard of Thermopolis. the Milek couple also parents a child. Cheyenne river flood hits Edgemont with rail damage from thaw. Reverend J A Gillette plans Sheridan educational magazine. James B Andrews of Douglas dies after a brief illness. Casper Athle club prevails in basketball again.
An old advertisement promotes a laxative called Bromo Quinine with a claim it cures in one day. The copy urges readers to seek the signature of B W Grove and notes the product is used worldwide.
The next state fair at Douglas is scheduled for September 24 to 27. The Athletic club of Douglas posted a 29 to 17 score in a recent event. The Casper Civic club secured sites for new playgrounds and will install the necessary equipment immediately. A Casper movement seeks a night telegraph office to be established there.
The Rockwell firm, known as The Hay Ter, offers hats at a price of two dollars. Crowds gather as the sale proceeds and customers snap up limited stock while supplies last.
Government scientists report a vast potash discovery at Searles Lake in California. The deposit may total about four million tons and could supply the United States for decades, with the site already recognized for its long history as a mineral drainage basin.
A reflective note argues that all classifications draw readers with self interest, turning each ad category into a focus for personal opportunity and engagement across audiences.
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