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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1920
Page
10
Lander Wyoming records a copy of the South Pass News from April 1870 noting 27 murdered by Sioux Cheyenne and Arapaho raiders. The issue details punitive moves, local officials like H G Nickerson, and prices for gold dust and goods. The paper’s copy has a storied history and may go to the Wyoming Historical Society.
Joseph Smith, ER H Parkinson and J T McShane secured a three year lease on the Ferris Haggarty mine sixteen miles from Encampment Wyoming. They plan to prospect the old workings for a reputed vast body of high grade copper ore said to have been discovered decades ago but never worked.
A coroner's jury in Kemmerer Wyoming reports it cannot fix responsibility for the July 26 powder explosion at Sublet No. 6 mine that killed eight miners. State Mine Inspector Sneddon testifies the blast may have resulted from powder contacting a fiery substance. The verdict states the explosion occurred while a keg of powder was being opened.
Wyoming farmers are invited by organized labor to partake in Labor Day celebrations on September 6. This marks the first year farmers are formally included in the event.
In Kemmerer Wyoming Miss Mollie Collins captured Dutch Miller at gunpoint at midnight after his escape. Miller, a carni val follower, was arrested for grand larceny involving several hundred dollars worth of merchandise and sentenced to two to four years in the penitentiary.
Wyoming's anti miscegenation statute appears not to apply to marriages with Chinese and Mexican principals. The county clerk issued a license for Charles Mong Sing, Chinese, and Leonor Alquilar, Mexican.
ENCAMPMENT Wyo July 31 William Null his wife and their three year old son were seriously injured when a Ford overturned at Cherokee bridge in Brownless lane near this place. They were pinned under the car until passers by H G Kiddoo of Omaha and K P Nickell Jr of this place rescued them. All are expected to recover.
In Anniston Alabama on July 80 E C Caldwell a former army sergeant sentenced to death for the murder of a street car conductor two years ago warned a crowd of about 2500 against whiskey cigarettes and carrying firearms before his execution.
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