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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
2
Tom Bell of Sask Wyo marked hogs at $8.59 top price at Denver sale. He raises many hogs on his Susk ranch feeding alfalfa and a small corn ration. Bell plans to market about 200 head of southern cattle later and notes a strong Denver market.
Gov. Carey, State Treasurer Baird, and State Auditor Forsythe arrived in Sheridan to inspect the Wyoming General Hospital and to select a site for a nurses residence. They toured facilities, choosing a plot near the hospital, with construction set to start promptly for occupancy by fall. The party plans further site reviews for an industrial school for boys and other state institutions during their stay through next week.
The Wyoming National Guard will send four teams to the national rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, in August 1915. A state try-out near Fort Russell will select 12 competitors and 3 alternates from units across the state, with scores, drill attendance, and marksman status determining eligibility.
The sale runs from 8 a m today to 6 p m Tuesday May 20 with deep discounts on Sterling silver spoons forks and picks, glassware and watches. Items include Gorham Alvin Community sets at low prices and 25 to 50 percent off on jewelry cut glass and umbrellas.
A historical notice lists causes of stomach troubles including sedentary life, lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient chewing, constipation, torpid liver, worry, overeating, and unsuitable foods. It advises correcting habits and taking Chamberlain's Tablets to regain health.
Joseph Rickrel, of Lander, was found in the river with a broken neck while fishing the day after the season opened. He had visited the express office to arrange a butter shipment, then disappeared. his fishing rod and hat were missing and a vanishing pocket contained money and valuables. Rickrel, a recent arrival from Haverhill Iowa, was last seen alive at 1 pm. The cause of death is believed accidental, with the neck fracture remaining unexplained.
Newcastle Wyoming May 16 Last Tuesday's passenger train No 41, due here at nine in the morning, did not reach until near five in the evening. A severe sand storm between Ravenna and Alliance Neb blocked the tracks with high drifts, and visibility was so poor the engineer halted the train until the storm abated.
Mrs. William Orvis of Clare Michigan reports her little girl suffered dysentery and cholera associated diarrhea. After using Chambeain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy she believes it the best medicine in the world. Available for sale by all druggists.
A June Woman's Home Companion page records a wife and husband arranging a two week vacation as partners. The husband takes two weeks off with the first week at home with the children and chores and the second week on a fishing trip. The wife spends the first week in the country and returns for the second week. The account notes the couple’s equal partnership and the husband gaining insight into the need for the wife’s rest.
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