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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
16
Ida Graham democratic candidate for county clerk tours city and county. Associates report strong reception from Republicans and Democrats and praise her remarks and shown ability to run the office. Voters on streets and in rural areas predict a favorable outcome in the upcoming election.
Alonzo Rhodes living 1 mile west of Burns was arrested on a complaint by Joseph Henneberry and neighbors for maliciously shooting cattle and sheep that strayed onto his unfenced land. Deputy Bil Yost arrested him after a warrant sworn before Judge Edwards. Accusers say Rhodes used buckshot, ground glass, salt and scrap iron on the livestock.
Ballard Dunn of Chicago representing the Western association of American railroads will address the Industrial club on the present car shortage. He will present railroads and workers perspectives, following which the group will discuss supporting the good roads amendment at the upcoming election. All interested in road building are urged to attend.
Women may suffer chronic ill health and seek medical help with little relief. A simple medicine from local drugstores, made of roots and herbs, is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, promoted as what they need to recover health.
FOR RENT Modern houses furnished rooms offices and store rooms J M Carey Bro FOR SALE Five passenger auto in fine running order 46 HP engine just the engine for a truck Greatest bargain ever offered Call at 1914 Capitol Ave and see for yourself
President Wilson and supporters praise passage of Philippine legislation after a lengthy, contentious battle in Congress. He credits Quezon Earnshaw Jones Hitchcock and others for their efforts and notes the new government form sanctioned by the law. He warns of misrepresentation from those opposing independence.
Rev A Huston opened a winter lecture series at St Mark's Parish House on astronomy. The Monday talks cover celestial geography, stellar motion and planets with a quiz on constellations and star names for an interested audience.
The speaker argues that state control should empower the people, not a few. He cites river navigation as accepted while irrigation control remains crucial. He notes national decisions in his country to govern both distribution and production logistics to benefit the public.
Reported near the Romanian frontier as Transylvania hopes fade after a brief Romanian control. German authorities claim 74 hostile planes down in September, 21 French and 53 British. In Petrograd the German push north of Korythica faces Russian counterattacks, with heavy fighting across Volhynia, Galicia, and the Carpathians. Russia reports 1170 prisoners taken near Korosmezo and Kirlibaba as fronts remain volatile.
Philadelphia man Charles Mullen suffered rheumatism after a rainy hunting trip and found relief using Sloan's Liniment. He reports steady improvement and says he keeps the product in his medicine chest. The ad promotes Sloan's Liniment for bruises and various external pains at $1.90 a bottle.
The certified slate for state offices is listed by party. Democratic candidates include Kendrick Clark Clark D. for US Senator and John D. Clark for Representative, with many state senate and house nominees across Wyoming towns such as Evanston Cheyenne Laramie and Gillette. Several candidates remain uncertified for technical reasons.
A Cheyenne area case reports a customer unable to pay the balance on a player piano. The seller will turn the matter over to the first satisfactory party who will settle the debt.
Senator Underwood criticizes plans to send troops to Mexico as wasteful and warns against using American manpower for a minor conflict. He rebukes the push for protests over Belgium and denounces partisan rhetoric, arguing it damages national unity and aids opponents of the president. He calls out officials and editors for stoking sectionalism and betraying patriotic sentiment.
Rev. Harold Forde announced a special meeting of the Cheyenne Presbytery at the First Presbyterian church at ten o'clock this morning. Dr. W. L. Marquis of Chicago will speak on systematic beneficism. The second annual Wyoming Synod opens tonight at the same church and runs through Thursday October 19. A new Presbyterian church was organized last week at Chugwater and is expected to flourish.
The Associated Charities will meet this evening to elect directors. WANTHD seeks to rent a garage near the 500 block on Boat Twenty-first. Phono 9143, 10-17tt.
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