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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
14
CG I Embery chief of police said he lived forty nine years without arrest and was arrested on his birthday after a warrant for arresting a book agent named Bruce Nobles. He planned to go to Rawlins with the Knights of Columbus amid relief and sympathy from friends.
Candidates for Democratic presidential electors were nominated by the Democratic state convention in Wyoming. William B. Ross of Cheyenne Mrs C W Crouter of Wheatland and D P B Marshall of Sheridan are the intended electors.
Green River Wyoming May 41 Harry Francis former Sweetwater County treasurer is a fugitive from arrest on embezzlement charges. Stanley Pitchford former county clerk posted 5000 bail as an accessory charge. Examiners found a shortage in both offices. Offices declared vacant and filled by Ad. E. Johnson and Arthur Walters. Gambling said to have caused the treasurer’s shortage.
For the first time in federal court history no Indians attend the Cheyenne term as liquor costs push them beyond reach. An officer notes the annual semi annual trip to seek whisky and report violators is halted with Indian cases absent from the docket.
BASIN WY May 10 The four counties Big Horn Park Washakie and Hot Springs urge Gov Garey to declare June 8 as Good Roads Day A statewide observance with business suspension and a community driven road work program is planned for the day
Mrs. Katie Burns of Denver aged 62 died of heart failure on a Union Pacific train as it entered Cheyenne Sunday morning. She had retired Saturday night after feeling unwell, spent the winter in Los Angeles, and was returning to Deer Lodge, Montana, where her son J. F. Burns lives. Her body was sent to Denver Monday from Harry Brieker Brothers' mortuary.
Oscar McCoy reported theft of his Ford car caused by a leaky radiator and low gasoline. The vehicle was abandoned near the cemetery, found by the sheriff, and returned to McCoy. no arrests were made.
Douglas Wyoming May 11 Mike McCarthy an aged ranch employee will spend one year in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. He fired one shot during a dispute with H McKeever but missed.
Water inrush at the Kemmerer Coal company No. 4 mine lessened slightly but the shaft continues to fill, with three lower levels flooded. Pumping equipment has been ordered to prevent upper levels from flooding, while rising water jeopardizes No. 3 mine nearby.
THERMOPOLIS WY May 1 The practice of some Wyoming counties using the state home for the feeble minded as a dump for aged county charges must stop due to overcrowding. Hot Springs county must relocate A G Lee whose mental condition does not warrant admission. Other counties receive similar notices to place such elderly accordingly, not in state care. Eve in Paradise is referenced alongside a Monday wash vignette.
The proposed $275,000 100 bed Memorial Hospital will fund a nurse training school for 50 students annually. The three year program leads to a graduate nurse diploma recognized nationwide, with seventeen graduates each year after expanded facilities. Endowments of $25,000 to $30,000 per student are typical for college level training.
In three years the plan seeks to educate and pay expenses for seventeen persons each year at a new training school. An endowment of 2 000 000 dollars at large universities would fund free education plus remuneration while in training, expanding access for girls from Laramie County to obtain training.
A classic ad copy urging readers with backache fatigue headaches and dizziness to treat kidney weakness with Doan's Kidney Pills. The message claims many have benefited and invites readers to ask a neighbor for relief and recovery through rest sleep and exercise.
Gardener D A Hastings reports lasting kidney relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills for years. Mrs M J Morris and Mrs G Milversted say the remedy cured or eased back pains and kidney disorders. Railroad conductor E F Taft credits two boxes from Capital Pharmacy Co for relief and strengthened kidneys.
Mrs. E W Hall of 212 25th Street reports severe kidney trouble with back and bladder pain that stopped her from running a sewing machine. After using Deans Kidney Pills she experienced immediate relief and felt stronger and better in every way.
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