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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
2
Wyoming residents report rural route 15 in danger due to severe road deterioration on sections between ranges and townships. Postmaster general staff note reports of extensive damage and possible closure unless immediate grading and repairs occur, with locals already urging action to prevent complete inaccessibility.
A Wyoming man named Randay, 28, delays registration under the draft law. County Clerk Francis Heelwith received his card but the clerk referred the matter to the U.S. District Attorney. No steps will be taken to prosecute for failure to register. Randay cites exemption for a wife and dependent child.
In Carpenter Wyoming Athy 2 thin season introduces a combine harvester and thresher to handle rye wheat and other grains. Park Chamberlain uses a machine that harvests threshes and stores grain, reducing threshing delays. The demo by Mrs Ollie Nipnin of Prague Ohio draws large attendance and interest in tread making and canning. Local leaders plan a fall demonstration by a Wyoming economics official and seek a woman demonstrator for Larache equity. The community fair set for September 14-15 attracts inquiries. Governor Houx will speak and PD W True is president of the fair association. Premier exhibitors will be prepared for Burns county fair.
In Casper an Arapaho youth known as Old Man was located and arrested after stealing a horse and gear from the Shoshone Reservation. Deputies recovered the horse near Platte and jailed the man awaiting examination by a United States commissioner. An officer from the reservation will escort him back for federal action.
A fire at a frame house housing Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell and two children destroyed their home near Southowne, with two young children escaping. The blaze likely started from an overheated cook stove. origin undetermined. Fire department and electric company responses were delayed.
A Japanese circus performer died after a 40 foot fall during a wire act in Sheridan last Monday. He was suspended by his hair when he slipped and struck the ground, suffering a broken spinal column and fatal injuries. A large crowd witnessed the accident.
A letter from Ward Tubbs to his parents, written from the Mayo Hospital in Rochester Minnesota, reports he may escape the operation planned for the week. Doctors now favor serum and radium treatment after tests and examinations.
Grover Colorado August 3 Rail road rumor again has it that the Briggsdale Union Pacific line will be extended early this fall to connect with the Burlington at either Silco or Grover.
The Modern Eve who went into the Rocky Mountains from Denver seeking a week without food or shelter is identified as Miss Combs of Laramie. Born in Colorado and raised here, she lived with her parents at 405 South Third Street before moving to Denver and marrying Harold Amy. She later returned to Laramie around the Fourth of July, selling an eye preparation, with Denver Post reproducing photos of her scant attire from Estes Park.
Harry Morgan, three years manager of the local telephone company, is transferred to Logan Montana with a higher salary. The move follows a period of satisfactory service to patrons.
Volunteers of the national guard and Womens Reserve Ambulance company assist soldiers on leave, directing arrivals at Victoria station, converting French money, offering loans, and guiding them to required stations. The system replaces chaos with orderly handling as troops travel between front and provincial homes.
In British waters Aug 4, twelve hundred one ounce packages of a popular American cigarette tobacco are sent every two weeks to the crew of an American destroyer by a prominent New York businessman who is related to the ship’s commander. The donors are popular in the U S Navy, while British sailors roll their own cigarettes. The rule against selling manufactured cigarettes in U S naval canteens leaves tobacco and papers allowed for ashore purchases.
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, who toured the United States last year, addresses provincial audiences urging Japan to take a more active part in the European war. He calls for abandoning selfish interests and devoting Japan fully to the global conflict.
German merchants in Mexico report effects of the trading with the enemy act. Businessmen say some German traders have sought to work with other nationalities, including Americans, to ship goods under foreign names and then transfer them.
Spontaneous combustion in a coal load inside a storage bin under the Robertson block caused a small fire. Firefighters decided not to pour water and will remove the burning fuel as soon as possible to prevent smoke damage to nearby stores and stocks.
A group of English girls will sail for France to work as gardeners in military cemeteries. The program, arranged by a Kew Gardens official, places the workers under the War Office supervision.
Rawlins lineman with Union Pacific Coal narrowly escaped serious injury after the pole broke twice while he removed wires. He fell about thirty feet each time but suffered only a severe shaking and no broken bones, then returned to work the next day.
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