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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
16
Dr D Miller of 3003 A Street reported a stranger prowling his home at 4 Sunday evening. The man Barry Davie of Lyman was taken into custody after police were summoned to the Wellnite barber shop where the incident began.
Davie said he was looking for a person named Anderson from Lyman who might live at Foun or 607 A Street. He offered compensation but no such person was located at either address.
Instruction lists phone numbers for Leader office departments News and Editorial Advertising Business and Circulation. Ensure direct lines to each department with up to date contact access for callers seeking press and circulation services.
Lusk anchors Meoi development and sits amid 100 miles of premier Wyoming farmland. The Niobrara river and three nearby springs provide abundant gravity water. Located between Hartville ore deposits and the Lusk oil field the city offers rich resources for refining and manufacturing growth.
Mack Lowry known as a Chinaman received a sentence of not less than eleven nor more than fifteen years in the penitentiary after conviction by a district court jury on a statutory offense against a young girl. Accomplices Lee Wah and Lee Sing received three months in jail and a $100 fine after pleading guilty. Rebel Hunt was found guilty of automobile theft with no sentence yet imposed. Loy faces first degree murder charges and awaits trial for the shooting of William Ashford at the Albany hotel after a dispute over an overcoat.
William B. Shaw and Richard C. Proctor were captured within an hour after stealing a car on Sixteenth Street near the Plaine hotel. They received sentences of three and a half to five years in the State Penitentiary at Rawlina after a rapid district court trial, with a quick jury verdict and swift judge’s sentence.
Water commissioners for division No 3 were appointed today to districts 4 6 7 9 10 14 16 17 18 and others. Names include Olney V Green Du bola district 4 Alonzo B Bay Lueerne district 6 Bert Simpson Tensleep George Kirshner Shell district 7 James N Kelly Burlington district 9 C Workman Lovell district 10 G L Berry Clark district 18 Robert Kennedy Worland Luther Hunter Wind River district 14 Charles J Granger Meotulor district 16 Frank Haynes Winchester district 17.
The Maccabees plan a dance tonight at the Maccabee temple to raise funds for new band uniforms. Excellent music and a top dance floor are promised, with yellow tickets required due to missing white ones.
April Fool s day arrived with widespread pranks as clock misreadings fooled many people. Salt was hidden in sugar bowls and phantom guests rapped doors, while a few residents believed police jokes were real as the day wore on.
Blacksmith F McGowan was found dead in bed in a Salvation Army district home. An autopsy indicates death from acute lobar pneumonia. He had lived in the area for years and frequented local saloons. no papers or known relatives were found.
In a grim finding at the county stable, Walters was found hanging about six inches from the floor with a rope attached to a beam and the feed box moved nearby. The milkman recalled Walters in good spirits the night prior, and Howell noted no prior signs of distress. Authorities consider the death likely a suicide. relatives have yet to be located for burial.
American patrols entered German lines three times Sunday night facing barbed wire and exchanges with no American casualties. Haig noted limited enemy progress south of the Somme as local actions continued with counterattacks and seven miles north of Albert. One hundred nine machine guns reportedly captured amid ongoing fighting.
The war office reported that north of Montdidier and especially between Montdidier and the Peronne Amiens road, Anglo-French forces broke up powerful German attacks.
About twenty men ordered to report for military duty leave from Laramie county for American Lake Washington. Families and friends gather at the railroad station as the group departs with high spirits, two dissenters aside. The men anticipate training camp arrival and expect to prove their mettle to the war effort, confident government can meet its quota.
L A Broderick resigns as U P ticket agent in Cheyenne after many years. E A Ryan from Denver, a former ticket clerk, takes over the Cheyenne office. Ryan arrived from Denver Sunday and was checked in Monday. He is well known in Cheyenne where he has many friends. Since government control of railroads, traveling passenger agents have been abolished and Ryan was chosen for the Cheyenne office.
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