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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
14
A reader learns Cuticura Soap serves to prevent skin troubles, not just treat them. It is praised as pure and fragrant, excellent for hands, hair, and scalp, and cost effective due to lasting quality. The ad offers a free sample and booklet from Cuticura, Dept. M. Boston.
A Western state lawmaker, previously a school teacher, pushes a bill to teach farming in public schools. An old farmer questions teachers' ability, and the statesman asks for authority to judge. The farmer retorts if they knew farming they would teach.
New York reports the death of Ray Straith McDonald United States Navy after a streetcar collision in Brooklyn. He had just married Kathryn Hellner and was on a honeymoon route to Washington when he leaped onto a moving car to catch it, struck a pillar, and died from skull fracture and brain concussion. His widow, Kathryn Hellner, and his brother Donald McDonald attended funeral arrangements.
Clifton Colorado May 8 Plans to strip bonnets of ribbons birds and trimming and use the money saved to fund a state wide prohibition campaign were proposed at the district W C T U convention The aim is to raise a fund of 100000 by urging plain hats with minimal trim The principal address was given by Mrs H J Hungerford of Denver Officers elected include Elizabeth Smith Fruitvale recording secretary Alice S Grant Clifton secretary EB W A Fisk Grand Junction vice president S Rowley Palisade secretary and Mrs Thompson Rifle treasurer Dont water horses at public watering troughs
A report outlines federal aid expansion to agriculture through state driven extension departments linked to land grant colleges. It urges dissemination of practical farm methods via field demonstrations and publications with an annual $10,000 per state baseline and progressive additions tied to rural population and state plans.
At the North Dakota dairy men's convention Prof J H Sheppard urged feeding dairy cows with nearly ripe corn. He argued dry matter rises fivefold from tasseling to full ripeness and urged choosing an early ripening variety to reach maturity before frosts.
Brothers Fred and Jack hitch their father's wagon to a stubborn goat named Billy. When Billy refuses to move, Jack twists the goat tighter, provoking Billy to bolt and race the wagon. Fred cries for help as Jack attempts to un twist the animal, with the scene recounted as lighthearted mischief.
The article argues plum trees prosper when only a limited number of strong branches remain. It warns against weak shoots and overthinning, noting that young trees should favor vigorous growth. A go as you please approach to plum raising is unlikely to yield notable profit.
A London trench digger found his coat had a donkey drawing on its back after two coworkers played a joke. At quitting time he demanded who had wiped their face on his coat, prompting awkward stares as the prank was revealed.
A tipsy man halts a passing mover bearing a large grandfather clock and urges him to heed his counsel. He quips that the mover should buy himself a watch, a witty aside captured from Norman E. Mack's National Monthly. The fragment ends with the Sherman Co. note.
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