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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
16
Local churches announce Sunday evening union services throughout August. The Congregational church led by Rev G Van Winkle will host the first service, with Dr Shingher from the Episcopal church delivering the sermon. The choir from each church will provide the music.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Geanite or Mark associated with RR McGafferty and a code 6151, suggesting a listing or note in a historical notice or catalog entry.
Prof Maynard Shipley of Seattle will lecture tonight at the Parish House on Evolution As Seen in the Solar System. The talk will be illustrated by over a hundred photographs of heavenly bodies from advanced telescope lenses. The speaker is described as an excellent communicator and part of the Washington Socialist.
Mr and Mrs Richard Warren return to Cheyenne from California. The move involved an about two month transition as the family settled back into their Cheyenne home.
Readable fragments describe a brief local item with names and places partially visible. The text hints at a short notice or notice-like item without clear dates or actions. Further details are not legible.
President Wilson meets with William J. Chambers to discuss the looming railway strike. No formal action expected until managers and workers confer next week. Senate Commerce Committee tables resolution for ICC inquiry into railroad labor hours, delaying immediate federal steps.
Mrs. W. D. Ascough of Hartford and Miss Margery Ross of Pittsburgh are selected by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to lead the fall campaign. Miss Hows has moved from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ascough previously lived in Washington and gained a marriage after losing her vote by becoming the wife of an eastern man.
We thank neighbors postal clerks and all who calmly aided us during the illness and loss of our wife and daughter. Signed William H. MB and WRG K A CINEMA.
Mrs. Frederick, widow of the late William Frederick, died at St John’s hospital within days of her husband. Funeral Monday at 4:30 from 2529 Warren Ave with the German Lutheran pastor officiating. Interment Lakeview Cemetery. She was 73, and the couple had shared nearly fifty years of marriage. They moved from Nebraska to Cheyenne to live with their son, William, at 2623 Warren Ave.
Police launch crackdown on sidewalk cycling with eight youths arrested and fined 1.50 each in municipal court. Chief Emberg warns that plainclothes officers will continue patrolling city sidewalks to curb the practice and curb pedestrians being forced aside. All offenders face arrest and possible removal if behavior does not improve.
Elmer McEwan, Willam McDonald, and Helen Gates were found guilty of immorality in a downtown rooming house case. They were fined $15 each and sentenced to thirty days in jail.
Autoists report sighting a Maxwell motor truck in the ditch about twenty miles south of Cheyenne with no owner weighing on the thief's fate. Police, notified by Sheriff Armstrong of Denver, believe the truck was stolen from Denver and damaged while en route to Cheyenne.
Atlas Today unveils a full production update with new members, updated costumes and songs. The bill features fanciful stunts and modern music offered at popular prices, promising an entertaining show.
In Detroit on August 4 a pair of bandits robbed the Burroughs Adding Machine pay car of 97000. The attackers fled as frightened pedestrians scattered and police pursued the robbers. An affidavit confirmed the amount stolen and the event described as a bold daytime hold‑up.
Four Companies Incorporated filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The Duplex Transportation Company based in Casper has a $10,000 capital stock with directors L. R. Steele W. R. John A. J. Zelnowk A. L. Hoench J. Zelnoski and incorporators Geo. W. Campbell R. C. Nichola H. Nichola. Mahoney Dome Company based in Rawlins lists John Mahoney Frank M. Johnson and Geo. B. Brimmer as directors and incorporators. Cottman Company of Casper, headed by Fred W. Cottman H. C. Turner A. B. Cottman B. J. Turner, also shows a $10,000 capital stock. Wyata Copper Company of Evanston with Simpson L. Huffaker Victor Q. Jackson and Gilbert L. Smith as directors and incorporators also reports a $10,000 capital stock.
The Indians travel to Greeley to face the Spuds in their fourth meeting of the season. Manion leads the Cheyenne battery with Schmidt available at mound and Cummings on deck. George Schmidt may cover if Osborne falters while George Schmidt’s knee limits nine innings for the captain. Warlaumont Hickey Crowland Brown Fleet Wolfe and another player join Gerrans as fans ride and drive to Spudville. Greeley’s lineup is stronger than earlier games, a win would settle superiority and the Indians intend to win.
The filming of Fathers of Men features Robert Edeson pushing a sleigh through snow covered fields. The harsh conditions slowed production as wind and cold hit the crew and Edeson required a chair to be carried to his hotel room after his feet were injured.
Tonight at the Parish House a solar region lecture features views through a Yerkes Observatory telescope. Doors open at 7:90 PM and the lecture starts shortly after. admission is 25 cents, limited to 200 attendees.
The annual picnic of the Young Men's Literary club will be held next Friday. Members with their wives will visit the hills. At last night's meeting no paper was read and members discussed the Frontier celebration and the new city filter plant at length.
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