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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
8
A January story in Wyoming about Frank and Mary who finish their straw task before coasting. They learn perseverance from a sister’s guidance and receive a treat from their mother, then join other children on the hill with a sled.
Fisherman Mr Roberts sails from the Atlantic coast as a storm hits heavy seas. Rain pours and breakers roll, the boat nearly overturns. His family fears drowning but he survives, guided by lights of his city home.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for the liver stomach and bowels. It claims the product removes sour undigested food bile and waste from the body and promotes clear health by morning. It urges readers to buy a 10 cent box from their druggist.
The report notes a boy began 0 near the shore and quickly found his way back to safety with cheers from all. In the morning he searched for his boat and when clouds gathered he headed home. Anna Wible, 13, of New York Wyoming, is named in the account.
Isabel hosts the Jolly Juniors with Miss James away. The 14 year old Genieve Davis from Ft Lupton Colo notes a club gathering at her home with a 2 PM meeting, games, lunch, river wading and a river-side outing and a planned two day foothill trip with Mr Slemay.
A young boy named Robert fishes by a creek near a barn and catches a trout. He falls in when the bank caves in, but escapes unharmed. Later an older boy ignores warnings and also drowns in the collapsing bank, teaching a cautionary lesson. Annagran Andrews, Ave 13, Beulah, Wyoming.
A mother warned her two daughters Garoldine and Glendora not to take cookies. While she was away both girls took one each. Glendora claimed she did not, while Garoldine admitted taking one and vowed not to do it again.
Cody Wyoming May 17. Roosevelt men in Park county react to a May county convention seen as a premeditated move against Roosevelt and in favor of Taft. County Republican bosses used a staged call and adjournment to push a Taft resolution, sidelining Roosevelt delegates and widening tensions within the party.
Lola and Monon, two Titanic survivors aged 4 and 2, were reunited with their mother Mme Navratil in New York after arrival from France aboard the Oceanic. Miss Margaret Hayes, who cared for the children in the ship’s life boat, arranged their care until a later update revealed their father had abducted them and planned to bring them to America.
Chicago May 17 freight oilers from coast to coast will walk out in a general railroad strike after a conference of international officials. President P. J. Flannery of the local union announced the plan.
A reader notes that a baby’s cleverness may stem from inheriting traits from one or both parents, suggesting genetics influence early intelligence.
In Orange New Jersey May 17 a unique service will invite all left handed attendees at First Methodist church. Rev William A Frye, himself left handed, will deliver a sermon from Ehud son of Gera and discuss left handed genius. He proposes organizing left handed people into a fellowship marked by a left handed handshake.
In Cincinnati Ohio on May 17 the Nicholls children Robert aged 6 and Urban aged 4 were found dead in a feed box inside a stable. Their father discovered the bodies while tending the premises after a nationwide search for the missing brothers begun April 29. Authorities believe the boys fell into the feed box head first and drowned.
Boston May 17 Richeson suffered a hysterical delirium attack in the death chamber tonight. He twitched clawed and raved about two men he said were watching and following him. His condition is serious.
The body of the late King Frederick of Denmark arrived in Copenhagen and lies in state before the altar in Christiana church. On May 24 the king will be moved to Roskilde and placed in the royal tomb with Denmark’s former monarchs.
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