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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
5
The Barnum and Bailey Circus trains reach Cheyenne just after midnight with 1278 mouths to feed and 70 cooks. The parade begins at 10 o clock along the usual route as fourteen acres of canvas rise into circus town. A world fair of horses menagerie vehicles and floats accompanies the spectacle expected to draw large crowds.
The piece notes how young men, starting with small deposits, may rapidly build large balances as banks welcome such accounts. It highlights the Citizens National Bank in Las Vegas offering cordial cooperation to young customers and encouraging savings habits.
Thousands arrive by train and on foot for the biggest circus event in city history. Harnum and Bailey present a full program in Mallivan Square with a downtown box office for those avoiding crowds. The show features Desperado the leap, Adonis acrobats, Charles the chimpanzee, and a three foot tall giraffe calf with its nineteen foot mother.
At Niagara Falls Ont Aug 4 three Ontario Power Co workers Erick W Brace George Collot and William Mclaughlin were killed when metal plates charged with electricity touched wires in a tube lining project. They were pushing steel plates into a 14 foot flume when the fatal contact occurred as they stood with hands on the plates.
New York reports the International Aviation Meet Place 18 shifted two months before the event. Costs rose for millionaire promoters, causing the Garden City site preparations to be abandoned and the meet slated for Heimont Park.
State Engineer Clarence T. Johnston says the Riverton reclamation, stalled four years by Wyoming Central, will proceed immediately under the Talmage Boutin Chicago firm after ousting the former company. The Carey Act plan moves ahead with land segregation and a bond requirement, aiming to rapidly irrigate and develop the region.
The Atlas presents the Hoyle Brothers in Hoopdom and Clubdom with Misa Hughey and the Makarenko Gypsy troupe closing their engagement tonight. Take note, tonight is the last chance to see this elegant act as audiences praised last night. A Good Tower and A Daughter of Dixie accompany the program.
A terse city ad lists lots in various sections with terms and prices. G. Oliver offers contact by phone number 574 for more details on the listings.
Lina Cavalieri, prima donna and wife of Robert Winthrop Chanter of New York, underwent an appendectomy at De Segond's estate. Doctors report the operation was highly successful and she is expected to recover soon. her husband is constant at her bedside.
In a special session August 1 1910 Mayor Cook chaired the Cheyenne council as bids for water works pipe and trenching were opened. Companies listed prices for 13 16 and 19 inch pipe trenching hauling and cement hauling with totals and per unit rates. Bids were sent to the water and sewerage committee for review.
Trinidad Aug 4 J D Trujillo age 74 of Wagon Mound collapsed and died from heart disease at the Santa Fe depot yesterday while returning from a wedding in Aguilar with his wife. Burial will be in Wagon Mound with services at Skeeman.
Immigration Inspector Taylor says hundreds of Chinese entries relied on altered court records in the Northern District of California. Jew Loy Sing’s arrest followed a clerk’s confession about substituting photos to impersonate Gee Jung Kee in habeas corpus papers. Substitutions allegedly touched about 800 records, aiding fake entries and fake kin, with an expected $109000 gain.
Albuquerque Aug 4 United labor representatives today decided not to enter a ticket for the constitutional convention. They will form labor clubs to urge Republican and Democrat delegates to adopt labor planks in the constitution. Gold Paluts at Sherman Co.
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