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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1910
Page
5
In Sulphur Oklahoma on August 13 witnesses who are Indians declared that if the 20 million dollars from a land sale were immediately given to the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes, the government would leave them in ten years as paupers due to mismanagement and broken assurances.
The investigation questions McN Murray contracts on Indian land sales. Indians testified they paid up to 25 percent attorneys’ fees for fast settlements, trusting Murray’s influence with Washington while the government had pledged to arrange deals at no cost.
The report describes a big booster meeting for a Denver trip with tickets at two dollars for weekend access and Sunday return to Cheyenne. Frontier committee supplies tens of thousands of boosting tags and snappers for the event. Cheyenne boosters plan a large turnout, with railroad workers from Cheyenne traveling to Denver to aid Frontier efforts.
Real estate listing for two houses and two lots on the south side offered at 1200 dollars. Contact J. M. Newman at 1709 Capitol Ave, phone 200 black. residence 259-5.
W R Fox a Union Pacific brakeman from Cheyenne was arrested in Laramie and jailed in Cheyenne on a charge of robbing a box car containing eighteen bottles of whisky. A sheriff search of his home found one bottle of whisky.
A Kansas woman shares a letter describing how her six year old niece recovered from typhoid after a diet of Grape-Nuts. TheFamily reports the product helped regain health and strength when doctors had given up, highlighting its digestibility and nutritional value.
Transcontinental motorist I D Whitman aims to lower his time record reaching Cheyenne today from New York. Accompanied by B I Hammond in a 1911 stock touring car, he departed last Monday after a New York start.
Governor Brooks signals attendance at the August governors meeting in Salt Lake City and proposes Western state leaders unite to urge delegated action by industrial and commercial clubs to secure a favorable outcome at the St. Paul conference.
The census notes American Japanese Buddhists of Shin Shin geet with membership 2457, and mentions no services. It cites San Francisco links to the Japanese emperor and references Vedanta society with groups in New York.
Five people were killed and two seriously injured when a southbound Chicago & Erie passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing about one mile east of Rochester Indiana. The deceased include Mrs John Eckert aged 46 and Miss Agnes Eckert both of Logansport and Mrs John Kelp of Logansport. also Miss Anna Wagner of Indianapolis and Charles Lambert a 40 year old chauffeur of Logansport. The injured are Carl Bucher and Miss Louise Eckert, both of Logansport.
New York Aug 13 a working model of an automatic machine gun demonstrated by inventor Frederick Bangertor promises discharge of bullets over a mile range at 1,000,000 per minute with muzzle velocity above 3,000 feet per second, though powered by secrecy in operation.
Cleveland August 13 The Harvest er driven by Ed Geers set two fastest heats in the 2 06 trot with times of 2 04 1 4 and 2 08 1 4 none of the bets were recovered by a raid ordered by Governor Maroon Sheriff Hirstine and deputies after a tip led bookies to flee. meanwhile another item notes Denver August 13 Beating his way from Lincoln Neb to Portland
A one year old named Pearl Hedenbaugh drew considerable attention yesterday morning on the north side due to a strikingly worn outfit. He wore frayed trousers a soft shirt and an old crownless straw hat, drawing curious glances from passersby.
The funeral of the late Michael O Neill who died midweek will be held at the Catholic church this afternoon. The funeral cortege will leave the residence on East Sixteenth Street at 2 o clock. Interment will be at the Catholic cemetery.
Notice states all women entering the Queen of Carnival contest must submit to the Eagles committee. Objectionable persons will not be allowed to have their names published. Committees enforce eligibility and publication rules.
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