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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
11
Upcoming events and lodge notices are announced with six day lead times. The Methodist Sunday School plans a lawn social to raise funds for a piano, while the Fraternal Union of America hosts a card social at Fraternal Hall with music and prizes.
List of Wyoming county fairs and meets with locations in Cheyenne Buffalo Laramie Burns Cody Wheatland Basin Douglas Sheridan and more. Dates range August 20 to October 11 with events including Frontier Day Celebration and various county fairs across the state.
Cheyenne dairymen’s milk tested for butter fat and purity by State Chemist Ross Moody and Pure Food Commissioner Groshon. Early results show most samples meet state standards with few failures likely due to disgust or inferior utility.
Chemist R B Mondy returns to Laramie after several days in Cheyenne analyzing milk. A man on crutches is described with a lame condition and an obese bank account.
Cheyenne city notices list Miller's place for watch repair and assorted services at 1709 Carey Ave, plus Cheyenne Messenger Service at 19th and Carey Ave advertising loans, insurance, and printing. Several staff movements, travels, and local updates follow including visits to Denver, Winnipeg, Las Vegas, and Ottawa tied to various businesses and residents.
Nina Houghkick placed a farewell letter in her soldier lover’s pocket and drank poison Tuesday night. Authorities investigated. the self destruction appears carefully planned with a note to Awet and explicit goodbye wishes. An inquest was expected to begin soon as police recovered the letters and identified the couple.
Weld county officials report progress on the Owl Creek road from Dover to the Wyoming state line. An engineer completed a survey and the county plans immediate work to connect with Wyoming, aiming to finish by cold weather. The route would run direct from the state line through the Laxy ranch to Dover then toward Greeley with a cut off to reduce Cheyenne to Denver travel.
Recital to be held tomorrow evening at the Methodist church under the ladies of the church. Programs begin at 8 o'clock with organ, violin, soprano and tenor solos, readings, and piano and cornet numbers. Admission priced at 25 and 35 cents.
A Cheyenne man blindfolded and guided by friends asked Prof. Huntington to locate a hidden pocketknife. He traced a path south on Capitol Avenue to the tracks and touched earth three feet from the path saying the knife lay there. The stunt ends with the knife found, making the man a laughing stock among his peers. Huntington claims prior success locating a diamond brooch in New York.
Five trainsmen and an unidentified man died when a southbound freight train fell through a weakened bridge in Noonday due to heavy rain. The 45 foot chasm and bridge failure caused the tragic wreck early today.
Cheyenne Industrial club directors met Tuesday night and unanimously endorsed J. Stimpson as the third member of the board of county commissioners and urged the current commissioners to appoint him to the vacant seat. The Greater Cheyenne club had already endorsed him and planned to present hundreds of county taxpayers names to prompt action by the two commissioners.
State try out for Camp Party National team opens at Mort Ruswell rifle range with twelve on the team and three alternates to be named. Forty five men compete as encampment drills begin with National Guard contingents arriving. Leading scores include B Otey 452 and Watra 497 as teams from Thermopolia and Basin vie for early supremacy.
The list records hotel arrivals of figures such as J. F. Nevin Dover M J Johnston Wheatland and others across cities including Denver Omaha Chicago New York Bonner Montana and San Francisco. The Western Federation of Miners led by President Charles F. Moyer claims involvement in constructing proposed tunnels in San Francisco.
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