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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
4
Casper Wyoming October 16Thomas Underwood listed as a hobo is detained on a slackers charge in a local police action. Authorities report he was taken into custody following a disturbance near the railway yards and booked for further questioning.
A home made cough remedy using Pinex pine extract mixed with syrup makes a pint supply for about 65 cents. It claims rapid relief of throat irritation and chest congestion and suggests asking a druggist for 24 ounces of Pinex with full directions.
A man giving Bowling Green Kentucky as his home is held at the county jail on a slacker charge after being taken from a Burlington train. He cannot produce his registration card and claims he registered in Bowling Green.
In Casper Wyoming on October sixteenth a threatened morning strike by painters and decorators did not occur after a Saturday night meeting. Employers agreed to raise wages from 65 to 80 cents an hour and workers seek time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays. Casters in sympathy with the painters and decorators were ready to strike, which would have halted all building work in Casper.
More than 90 percent of Princeton athletes from last year are now in active service. The Princetonian notes fifteen members of the 1916 football squad and six varsity captains enlisted. Colonel Heintzelman led the training at Princeton’s officers camps, with many listed by name and branch from Newport to Fort Myer and beyond.
Frank Newlands of Spokane Washington about 55 a stock dealer was arrested by Sheriff Patton in Casper Wyoming on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Prosecuting Attorney Nichols said Newlands would be held in the county jail pending an investigation into his past record before a trial. He is said to have flashed his gun and warned he would put someone in the hospital.
An overview traces how ancient Greek theory of four humors blood phlegm yellow bile and black bile shaped medieval medicine and modern words. It notes linguistic roots for humor temperament and phrases like dry humor and humorous while promoting The New Universities Dictionary and a daily coupon offer.
A shipment of cattle will leave Jackson's Hole next week to the Omaha market. About forty two cars are to be loaded at Victor next Tuesday. W. J. Kelly, a commission man from Kely Wyoming, will oversee the operation. Roy McBride and W. P. Redmond will each have cattle in the first shipment. Kelly expects more car loads to follow after this trip.
The Big Horn Press club will meet in Lovell on Friday and Saturday October 19 and 20. Guests include manager Hogarty of the Great Western sugar factory who will host a banquet October 19. The group will tour the plant as it operates and learn about its workings.
Work will start next week on a new two story theater building on Greybull avenue between the Burlington hotel and the Puckett building. The 120 foot long structure will cover the Moss and Puckett lots and rear ground and will include a 32 room hotel upstairs. The Wyoming Feature Film company led by Charles Rise of Thermopolis will occupy the theater, with existing theaters in Thermopolis Worland and Basin.
A venue will house 500 patrons and be fitted up modern in every respect. The stage measures 20 by 50 feet with an opening of 14 by 26 feet.
In Encampment Wyoming on Beaver creek the 6 year old son of Mr and Mrs Philip Flohr died instantly after climbing onto a hog wagon and being thrown from the road while crossing an irrigation ditch. Funeral services were held at the Beaver school house and he was buried in Beaver cemetery.
The relatives of Mrs. Eliza Jane Robertson express gratitude for kindness and sympathy during her illness and death and for the many floral offerings. The family.
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