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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1910
Page
8
Roscoe L. Guernsey promotes Alta Vista Cheyenne subdivision with lots selling from 70 to 140 dollars. Down payments of 10 dollars per lot and one dollar weekly per lot. Office located over hill east of Lake Minnie Ha Ha.
W L Grendleman of Helena drives a Franklin from Helena to Lincoln. The trip, aiding fishing parties to the Big Black Foot grounds, set a record of two hours six minutes, beating the old time near four hours. The route runs eighteen miles up a continuous grade of 10 to 27 percent.
Mr Swendeman drove an experimental motor car against higher horsepower rivals and won a three quarters mile hills climb from a standing start. He beat the nearest competitor by four fifths of a second in a sixty horsepower car.
At 75, C. Vandenberg of Lafayette New York is named the oldest active motorist in the state. He recently bought a four cylinder eighteen horse power Franklin runabout and drives it himself. He even drove it home eleven miles from Syracuse the day he bought it. A carpenter who lives alone he tours the countryside for meals and leisure, enjoying central New York’s hilly scenic landscapes.
A roundup from Denver Fort Collins Fort Wayne La Junta Sebring and Pueblo details multiple fatal and serious injuries. George Perry 72 struck by motorcycle in Denver. William Morris killed in Fort Collins while helping move goods. Rose Tresselt bound over after involuntary manslaughter hearing in Fort Wayne. Denny George injured in Dodge City and hospitalized in La Junta. Charles Albright and three co workers killed near Sebring by a freight car. Peterline Pendik and Zoyco burned at Minnequn plant Pueblo with critical condition expected outcomes.
A fragment notes property items described as Bunga Lows in the city must be sold within five days. Contact phone line appears partially as 206 BLK and fragmentary, with vague reference to sale action and local listing.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a universal cure for kidney and urinary troubles. It claims rapid relief from backache, distasteful urine, and related symptoms, urging immediate use and noting wide pharmacist and physician endorsement.
W. L. Swendeman of Helena drives 268 miles to Havre in ten hours, becoming the first to cover the Helena Havre run in a day. His 18 hp Franklin also lowers the Helena Great Falls leg to five hours and fifty minutes, with top and windshield up and average 26.8 miles per hour on rough roads while consuming ten gallons of gasoline.
An advertisement offers a free prescription allegedly curing weak kidneys and bladder issues. It promises rapid relief from pain, dribbling, and sleeplessness and invites readers to mail for the remedy from Dr. A. B. Robinson in Detroit. The copy emphasizes quick recovery and at no cost.
Reports from Winchester Seward Cincinnati Washington San Francisco New York summarize honey harvests volcanic eruptions retirements grand juries aviation honors burglary trials and early aviation milestones. Notable items include a 75 pound honey yield in New Hampshire and Mrs L Frank Raishe becoming the first woman awarded the Aeronautical Society’s gold aviation medal.
Insurers and policyholders clash as payments are refused for policies on property ruined by the 1906 earthquake and fire. Plaintiffs accuse theft of coverage while defendants cite exclusions and nonpayment as reasons for denial.
An old advertisement touts TIZ as a scientific foot tablet that draws out inflammation and soreness. It claims superiority to powders plasters or salves and offers cures for corns callouses bunions frostbite chilblains ingrowing nails tired achy swollen and smelly feet. Sold by druggists 25 cents a box or direct from Walter Luther Dodger Co Chicago with endorsements from Sands Drug Store and Palace Pharmacy.
Chicago police say Mrs. Alice Goodwin has eight husbands. She was arrested at Medford Oklahoma and will be sent back to Chicago to face bigamy charges filed by her husband J F one. Sergeant Jacob Kuebler reports the case.
An investigator reports finding four men married to Mrs Goodwin including J Eckle of Dayton D J W Graham of Toledo Eugene Hoskins of Conway Springs Kas and James E Young of Chicago. He also cites evidence of three or four other alleged bigamous marriages in which Mrs Goodwin is said to be a principal within the last two years.
Los Angeles Oct 15 Charles Umberger a structural iron worker on the tenth floor of a new steel building fell while at work and died. He was at the project site when the accident occurred and the details of the fall are under investigation by authorities.
An unnamed man fell nine stories from an upper floor onto the roof of a one story building below. He was alive and conscious, though his feet and legs were driven through the roof boards. He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries, but surgeons say he has a fighting chance for recovery.
At Newmarket on October 15 H P Whitney's Borrow won the Middle Park sweepstake after a 1,000 sovereign addition and 30 sovereigns each for 2 year olds. Seaforth and Pietri dead heated for second in a five runner field over six furlongs.
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