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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
10
A sales pitch touts Prince Albert tobacco as a revolutionary pipe smoke. It credits a German scientist with a patented process granted July 30, 1907, claiming the product burns evenly, offers rich flavor, and has expanded pipe use by two new smokers per previous users.
Oklahoma City Oct 31 The state supreme court requires the Western Union Telegraph Company to pay 200000 dollars to the Oklahoma treasury for taxes costs and penalties. The ruling taxes not only in state property but also the value of company property located outside Oklahoma. The decision sets a broad rule for appraisals affecting other railroads and the Pullman company.
Dawn dimmed the lights of local Chinatown as the first Chinese wedding performed there according to Christian rites concluded. The groom Lee Yew, a merchant prince, wed Miss Chu How, daughter of a wealthy New York merchant, after a marriage license was issued, claimed to be the first for a Chinese couple in this area.
Wyoming traffic hinges on completing the Gulf-to-Sea line as Union Pacific blocks Denver gateway. Burlington aims earliest a through Galveston to Seattle route, shifting cotton and lumber freight east and south. Roads anticipate Denver as transfer point and Panama Canal spur, with Osage and Harrriman routes expanding.
The State Leader in Wyoming uses the Want Ad medium to note a probable shift in song as crowds sing Onward Christian Soldiers while awaiting ballot counts, suggesting a move to Rescue the Perishing by completion.
An irrigation plan in Sheridan county aims to flood 3000 acres by damming Clear Creek above Clearmont. The Lester estate at Clearmont will fund about 40000 for the dam, no new ditches, water to serve Leiter and Cazer ditches. Surveys by C L Wood completed, Fields Fellowa & Hinderlicher prepared estimates and sent to Chicago for management approval.
Questions arise about Tom Powers popularity among home folks and the Torrington business set. The piece asks when a Nebraska Democrat was brought in to praise him and who called Powers the unanimous Goshen Republicans candidate for state senator. It notes a sizable primary split and hints at opposition from Platte and Laramie counties and Wheatland’s changing views. It ends with an unrelated ad for Shamnooing and Artistic Hairdressing by Clara A. Ligler.
Large crowd hears Dem county and legislative candidates in Granite Canon Wyoming. Sam M. Thompson argues the greatest political revolution since Lincoln era and predicts Republican bosses and special interests will be repudiated on November 8 as Arthur Morgan follows with remarks for the state legislature.
A physician reports excellent results using Eckman's Alterative for tubercular neck glands and other forms. Mrs M H Garvin of Idaho Falls says she gained 22 pounds since February and is free of coughing, attributing recovery to the remedy. Note notes drug is non habit forming and available at Palace Pharmacy Drug Co. and leading druggists with a booklet and Eckman Lab in Philadelphia for more evidence.
Thompson, a Mine Workers official in Wyoming, criticized the Republican record, singling out Warren and Mondell. C R McKinstry urged voting for the full Democratic ticket, accusing the last legislature of harming workers and praising eight hour protections for women. He warned Warren’s return would dishonor the state.
Senator La Follette cites Warren as one of Aldrich's faithful henchmen in the Senate noting his long pattern of siding with special interests over the public good. The reference appears amid material about the Sherman Company window glass case.
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