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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
8
The automobile owned by CG W Riner was stolen from his garage and quickly recovered, with details indicating prompt recovery by authorities. The incident prompted a quick search and no injuries reported.
Late Wednesday night a car was found abandoned one block from a garage. Police were alerted as Mr. Riner reported finding the vehicle yesterday morning, indicating the suspects acted as amateurs and did not proceed further.
In Baltimore on August 14 an airplane from Langley field Virginia crashed into a fence near Patterson park during a spectator event. Three children were killed and seven were injured as the craft struck the crowd.
Agricultural Agent Mitchell Wilkins reports leaf eating by bean ladybird beetle larvae on Cheyenne gardens. Advice includes hand-picking every few days for green beans, spraying with arsenate or lead on non-edible stages, or using a lime dust spray. Also mentions a big sale for A. & J. Carburetors at Mank-Keslar Motor.
A beaded bag with glasses and $1.50 in change is missing. A reward is offered for its return to the Leader Office. Also listed is an Overland car recently overhauled with a good battery priced at 250 dollars, and a rooming house with a soft drink parlor for cheap at 1617 Capitol Avenue with phone 201.
Job listing from Los Angeles YMCA Auto School seeks machine operator staff. Start date noted as August 4. Advertising call for qualified applicants with basic technical skills.
The attorney general approves opening civil service exams for honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines who missed tests before or after America's entry in WWI. The Civil Service Commission will extend eligibility for exams pending as of April 6 1917 or later announced with eligibles on file. Soldiers discharged before August 1 1949 have sixty days to take tests. those discharged after August 4 1919 have sixty days from discharge.
In Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi, Juan Galvan, a prominent village resident, was lynched after a priest accused him of stealing a gold and jewel image worth 10 000 pesos from a church. The mob dragged him through public streets as details reached El Democrata.
The clumsy text combines scattered baseball game results involving Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis with a violent crime note describing a man killed after a homeowner set a funeral pyre. Authorities detain a curate connected to the crime while teams, players, and batteries are listed in disjointed lines.
Four U S golfers Charles Evans Jr Oswald Kirkby D B Sawyer and Gardiner White toured eastern Canada for the Canadian Red Cross and lauded St Andrews by the Sea in New Brunswick as one of the most beautiful courses. It features Passamaquoddy Bay views and a 6000 yard layout with par 49 72 records by Vernon Booth and John Peacock noted.
Race card shows multiple thoroughbred entries with odds and finishes. Key horses include Maud Smith, Pajaroita, and Thirty Seven. trainers and jockeys listed, with results noting winner and margins. Several races include post times, mutuels, and official placings, highlighting performance and betting outcomes.
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