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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
16
Nina Houghkirk will not be buried as a pauper. Sisters of the underworld raise funds to pay for a decent burial, with $80 from private contributions. A soldier husband in Texas City could not cover costs. City Cemetery burial planned.
The Midland route favored for the transcontinental auto highway by Colorado supporters faces a fresh setback as two Apperson Jack Rabbit cars escorting Indiana Pacific tour groups from Indianapolis to Los Angeles deliver a strong blow to its viability.
John Doe was fined 15 dollars after disturbing the peace by spanking Dot Dupree with a board at 3 a.m. The incident occurred in a restricted district as Dupree fled seeking an officer. Patrolman John Baker stopped the scene and detained both parties. Dupree, an inmate at a resort on West Eighteenth Street, did not identify her accuser.
James W. Miller, who killed Agron Purvis in Glenreck, is escorted by Sheriff Poyton to Rawlins to serve a 16 to 20 year term. Miller pled guilty to manslaughter in Houglas district court claiming self defense. Evidence shows Purvis died after Miller slashed him as he slept.
A New York World critique complains the buffalo nickel resembles a medal or trinket more than money. The piece notes the befrain design and Indian motif provoke ridicule while acknowledging historical efforts to beautify coinage.
Paria newspapers campaign against reckless auto driving. One cent of every dollar of American capital is now invested in the auto industry. An English firm introduces luminous varnish for cars making unlit vehicles visible at night. Automobiles for children appear as a French novelty, yet real four mile per hour motors with a three quarter horsepower engine gain interest.
A compact collage of quotations lampooning politics from multiple papers. The lines mock census politics in DC and gender role expectations in leadership, while noting men seeking office complain about salaries.
A farmer owning a wood lot can turn a gas line engine and wood sawing machine into a strong investment. A two and a quarter horsepower unit will work, but a larger engine is wise as farmers often find additional tasks after acquiring the machinery.
What would you do if you were a millionaire the question was asked of young pupils at East Side School. Answers include plans for a house with many rooms, owning banks, living on Mirth Avenue, owning cars, hiring out money, educating children, and buying the subway to profit from fares. The responses reflect youthful imagination and aspiration.
In Lippincott's a fragment describes treating a moth infestation by sprinkling borax on the carpet and beneath furniture. A character named Dewr contemplates a tale of a tender hearted man who killed a figure in a chicken pie and hesitated for years before acting.
In a fatal railroad crossing crash on Long Island, prominent New York figures Osgoode Pell and William Lambeer died at the scene while Mrs Lambeer was badly injured. The Sunday evening wreck at the crossing prompted state agencies to seek blame and fix safety gaps at the grade crossing.
Mrs Cooke assigns a new servant Delia to bake a cake. After the first cake, Abs. Cooke complains there were not enough nuts. Delia explains she could not crack more due to sore jaws from cracking nuts all day.
A Chicago Journal line about a long wagon ride contrasts vivid fantasies with a blunt New York Mail quip. The exchange notes a Russian count who insulted someone choking on his words, illustrating sharp newspaper humor of the period.
The Scobey and Price outfit left Byers Colorado for Cheyenne with twenty riders and six women on horseback plus young horses to enter Frontier Day events. Teams travel by trail, while the women ride by train. Frontier officials expect steer horses arrivals Sunday. A Salinas outfit arrived yesterday led by Gail Downing with Miss Hazel Hoxie and Miss Minnie Thomson. John Judd roper and Walter Padgett, with a 22 second steer dogging record, are also on the crew.
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