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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
14
A brief notice urges readers to push subscriptions to The Leader during a two day window of a ten day drawing. It highlights a $100 gold prize and urges special effort to secure more points.
The Farmer and Ranchman contest promotes paid subscriptions with a Buick Touring car valued at 1256 dollars as top prize. Points are earned by three month subscriptions and larger payments yield more votes. District prizes include three automobiles and twelve scholarships to Colorado and Wyoming colleges.
A 1909 Buick five passenger touring car with top lamps gas lamps and barn equipment was listed as a prize. It was purchased from W. W. Dine, a popular local garage man on 16th Street.
District reports show candidates Miss Carrie Stoughy and Miss Fannie He leading in district B and district ow with totals around 11,688, while Miss Herthal district A trails. Voter notes suggest regional contests influence local offices.
Fragmentary text outlines a contest with prizes for paid subscriptions to two magazines. It mentions a top vote getter barred from other prizes, a Farmer and Haschman magazine automobile valued at 5050, and a Buick Randip ped valued at 1850 awarded to a Ranchman related recipient in a Warner and Ranchman magazine scheme.
District A and District B describe automobile prizes valued at 650 dollars each and rules for awarding based on vote counts. The text lists named candidates with vote tallies and references related prizes including Buick automobiles and the First Grand Capital Prize. Additional names and scattered figures mention Miss Ismay Chowns and others in Lander, Shoshoni, and Green River.
The district reports tallies for candidates led by Miss Fannie Bergman and Eva A. Smith in Cheyenne with hundreds to thousands of votes. Other listed contenders include Mrs. D. C. Hanna and Miss Lucile Browny, plus workers from Wheatland Hartville and G. Ward Goodrich, reflecting a varied field.
Pilgrims gather from nearby villages for a picturesque religious ceremony on the eve of the Visitation. They travel from Courmayeur parish to the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Glaciers, singing psalms and offering votive thanksgiving near Mont Blanc and the Brenva glacier.
John Bohn, a noted young bronco rider, barely escaped serious injury when a breaking horse dragged him under a shed and rope entanglement left him suspended head downward. Friends cut the rope as the animal plunged among other horses. Cadet Fred Dillman of West Point also demonstrated skill by handling an uncontrollable mount.
Oakland California Aug 10 In observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Pacific coast jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the World a large clasp initiation was held today with members participating in ceremonies and related activities marking the milestone.
Dr. Blakesley formerly led Rock Springs schools and resigned after a dispute to take the superintendent post in Lander. Information from Ira B. Fee indicates the move follows his departure from Rock Borings and a period in Ohio.
Dr Blakesley now desires to return to Wyoming after his wife's death. He has spent recent months connected with a teacher's agency in Denver.
Harry Thaw publicly asserts his sanity amid the Mattewan release hearing. He cites alienists who testified Jerome proved him sane and claims he was questioned forty five times.
Henry Schatz of Morgan Colorado married Ruth McAlister of Elk Mountain Wyoming in the presence of Judge Craig at the Forris hotel in Rawlins Wyoming on August 10.
By extension from the district court of the First Judicial District Wyoming, Warder Bushnell & Glessner Co. obtained a judgment against F D Linwanfelter for 363.40 plus costs 13.95. The sheriff’s sale includes two thirds of an undivided interest in land in section 16 township 27 north range 62 west and two thirds in section 22 township 37 north range 62 west, plus an undivided interest in another parcel.
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