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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
5
Multiple short notices list visitors and arrivals in Cheyenne from towns including Thermopolis Laramie Casper Billings Denver and Kansas City. Names include Levi Johnson Jones Wertheim Kojesk Lyon Norton and Starn with affiliations to railways Burlington and various ranches and businesses.
Dyer and HereO L Dyer visit from Omaha. D M Atchison arrives from Omaha. B HH Murphy from Minneapolis also visiting. The piece urges voting for the good roads amendment and supports passage on November seventh to improve state roads with backing from Uncle Bam.
A note invites routing of any delegates to the Wyoming State Teachers association during Thanksgiving week at Soc a day. Contact Bupt. Ira B. Pee or Gee, K. M. Lamont of the Industrial club by phone or mail.
Announcement of the 17th annual ball of the Brotherhood to be held at Eagles Hall on a Thursday night in November. Details are scarce due to damaged OCR but indicate a formal social event with membership likely emphasized.
Diocese of Cheyenne reports 12 months ending Oct 15 1916 with 393 infant baptisms 8 converts 134 marriages and 118 deaths. Infant baptisms up 13 percent converts up 32 percent from prior year. If birth rate 35 per 1000 Wyoming Catholic population projected at 17000. lower birth rate would improve the figure.
A letter from Englewood Illinois describes relief from menopause symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The writer claims headaches flushes and pain disappeared and urges others to seek herbal remedy advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lyno Mass.
The Wyoming State W. C. T. U. opens in Casper with about twenty five delegates from Cheyenne and nearby areas. The first session features welcome by Mrs. Archie Allison, a song service, invocations, short welcome addresses, and reports from state officers and local leaders.
Wyoming Supreme Court rules a charitable hospital is not liable for injuries to a patient caused by nurse neglect. Elyoy Hartley sued Bishop Handall Hospital in district court at Lander. lower court sided with Hartley, but the Supreme Court reversed, upholding the hospital’s nonliability.
A letter from D B Kendall to the State Leader claims rising Wilson sentiment nationwide from Wyoming to New York. Kendall says talks with people in several states indicate the tide favors Wilson and urges making Kendrick’s election unanimous.
The state library opens for public access after a pause to install a vapor heating system, rearrange shelves and complete other updates. Attendants welcome patrons back to the reading room and library amenities as work concludes. The piece also notes a Wyoming land purchase debate about farming land value and rental income.
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