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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1910
Page
12
A fragment notes an office phone line for the society editor and lists a price of 420 dollars. The item appears in a classified or notice section with minimal context. The readable text includes a phone reference and a monetary amount.
A Cheyenne citizen found a leech in the municipal water, triggering protests over water quality. The piece argues invisible contaminants pose a greater threat than visible intrusions and urges an emergency auxiliary supply or deep wells to ensure safe drinking water.
The editorial argues the municipal government must take immediate steps to relieve a distressing situation that cannot exist indefinitely. It says delaying action until funeral frequency rises is indefensible and not pessimism but foresight in seeking relief.
The Kansas primaries routed standpat incumbents while insurgents Mdurdock and Madison were renominated. Governor Stubbs led insurgents to renomination as four of six protectors lost. Taft Aldrich Ballinger opposition shown as Kans Republicans shift toward Democratic sentiment per Omaha World Herald report.
Mayor Bitese of Chicago recounted a joke at a lawyers dinner about Pallas Phelps a renowned but nomadic Chicago lawyer of the forties. Phelps never had an office preferring to practice on the road and the tale recalls a muddy crossing with Judge Butterfield commenting on his lack of an office.
In Guthrie Oklahoma last night three attempts were made on Ford Willford and his aged mother by unknown assailants believed to be friends of Lee Helton who is serving life for the murder of Charles Williford at Deny last year. Windows were broken shots fired injuring a person and a warning tag threatened return if a pardon application was not signed.
A fragmentary poem by Nora Harper, with rich imagery of love, gates to paradise, wings, and death. The speaker speaks of a beloved in regal robes and perilous allure, referencing grave eyes and torn wings. The poem ends with a signature and a locale note for Sherman Co.
New York reports seven people, ten women among them, suffocated when a fire at 100 Rockaway Head Jamaica Beach Lodge swept through the building. Stefan Mareworawaki awakened by a barking dog led occupants to safety attempts were hindered by smoke. The blaze began on the ground floor rear and fed on inflammable material.
In ttinstad Colorado on August 5 Camillia Rove a five year old boy was accidentally killed by Angelo Gagliardi while out hunting. An old .22 rifle with the trigger held back discharged when Gagliardi’s finger slipped as he raised the gun to shoot at a bird.
Chicago reports tentative plans for an inter mountain racing circuit including Salt Lake City Cheyenne Butte and Denver. Cheyenne recently hosted a successful race meeting and Denver will hold a short meet at Overland Park before Salt Lake City's fall meeting.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Princess May struck a reef at Sentinel Islet and sank two hours later. All 80 passengers and 68 crew were rescued by boats and landed safely. The vessel is a total loss.
In Glenwood Springs on August 6 a bolt of lightning killed Mrs. W. H. Hebbard who rode in a boggy buggy. Her husband was thrown out and uninjured, while the horse dragged on with the body until detachment. Hebbard was later found wandering in a deranged state.
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