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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
12
City officials condemn an engineer’s bid for a valve house at Reus Top reservoir as wasteful public spending. The governor and council seek accountability after bids for a costly $20,000 project were pursued without council approval.
A 70 year old Waterbury manufacturer named William Smith, husband of Realthy Massachusetts politician and associate Alason Barrell, died after a folding bed collapsed in his hotel room. Witnesses heard cries as two companions arrived to find him dead. Smith, active in Massachusetts politics, was a Republican delegate in 1880 and a friend of James A. Garfield and Benjamin F. Butler.
Thomas May dies of pneumonia at St. John's hospital. He was 48 and came to Cheyeline from Walker last Thursday. Burial set for Lakeview cemetery today.
Douglas Wyoming April 28 Wilkie Collins secretary of the Douglas Commercial club reports Burlington headquarters say the Kirby Queen Junction extension will not pass Douglas. It will run along the river’s west side missing town by a mile or more. The Commercial club plans to push for immediate pavement improvements to halt the line’s progress.
Palace Pharmacy advertises Haviland china at half price with a customer lineup at Capitol Ave location. Prompted inquiry asks if readers are thirsty for the deal and to line up for the sale.
A fragment of dialect verse set in Chicago, portraying a laboring speaker and a white interlocutor. The piece depicts riverbank imagery, hardship, and implied social tension as the narrator endures a long day by the water and invokes nature and human voices.
The State Leader announces at the federal building that proposed reforms and improvements have been recommended but not authorized. Planned items include modern doors a suitable fence adequate lighting building repairs and partial rearrangement of the post office department. Public inconvenience and disgust have grown due to the delays in securing these needed changes.
World renowned artist and author lies dying at his New York home. At his bedside is his son, a Jesuit priest from the Vatican, who rushed from Rome after word that each day might be the last for the celebrated figure.
Governor and Mrs. B. B. Brooks and daughter Miss Jean Brooks visit their ranch near Canper for a week. State veterinarian Dr. William F. Pfleeging travels to Douglas. Mrs. & H. Soles and son C. Bi. Soles from La Crosse Wis. guests of Mr. W. Grover. W. G. Young of Gasper at Inter-Ocean. W. W. Grover of Torrington visiting. Guy Holt of Granite Canon, William Hartes and Doty of Wheatland checked in at the Metropolitan. T. J. Quely of Wik Mountain on business. Mrs. R. B. Emens of Wheatland in Citeyenna. State Geologist Edwin Hilal returns from six weeks on the road. Nat Baker of Lusk in the city yesterday.
The Civil Service Examiners announce examinations for multiple Civil War era positions with salaries ranging from 600 to 4200 dollars per year. Openings include general mercantile, botanical artist, chemist, wireless operator, wireless engineer, physician, telephone operator, domestic science teacher, and medical interne at a hospital for the insane.
The readable bits mention kidney remedies and a list of names such as Kiner & Co and Dinglimmd tok N.Y. The text is incoherent with broken phrases and does not present a clear news item.
Encampment Wyoming residents urge the Encampment Waterworks Co to fence its nearby reservoir following four boys who drowned in a treacherous pool ten days ago and a fifth death among five youngsters. The town cites safety concerns for children and requests prompt action.
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