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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
16
Ernest Lambert of 269 Fourth Avenue Salt Lake City seeks a wife over twenty eight who is white and a hard working partner. He states in a public ad the applicant must be serious and not over twenty eight and wishes to relocate a marriage to Cheyenne if possible.
Fragmented notice describes the state wide printing contract allocation among Wyoming Labor Journal Publishing Co Cheyenne and associated offices. It lists legislative bills pension laws legislative journals expenditures for contingent funds and miscellaneous pamphlets and supplies.
report says Britons regained a foothold in trenches on the Thiepval Pozieres front while Anglo French attacks elsewhere were repulsed. fighting breaks out in the Balkans. Turkish troop transport to Europe proceeds, Arabs included, and Russian casualties in summer offensives reach three fourths of a million with high officer losses. Elks Dance announced for Thursday August 17.
The Gleason Mercantile company in Cheyenne begins its auction, signaling the end of a historic firm rooted in the city's early commerce. Founded by A. R. Converse, later run as Warren enterprises, it endured fires and relocation before the Gleason brothers shifted focus to automotive ventures.
London reports quote Kaiser Wilhelm in Bern denying personal responsibility for the war while noting he believes history will absolve him. He claims to acted in good faith and sought peace though war was inevitable, and comments on hypocrisy of critics among neutrals and European powers.
An old advertising notice urges readers to start saving now at Cheyenne Savings Bank. It emphasizes delaying no longer and building a fund to gain financial independence in later life.
The president spent an hour and a half with railway managers and reported only that candid discussion on practical settlement bases was in progress. Garretson for the employers pledged silence and refused to judge the proposals, while managers noted no new idea. Brotherhood leaders, though, believed the president was shifting the burden to the railroads and held optimism for a settlement.
Wyoming troops ordered to the border are to be held with further orders after a Washington development. Lt James at Camp Kendrick received the War Department telegram confirming the suspension of previously planned border moves. The delay, possibly to cover emergencies from a railroad strike, leaves soldiers at Camp Kendrick disappointed but certain the delay will be brief.
Nineteen Mexicans charged with treason over revolutionary cabals in Juarez were sent to Chihuahua City for court martial. They face trial and, if convicted, execution.
A sudden four inch rainfall caused a rapid rise in creeks flooding Hannibal Missouri. Five hundred families were rendered homeless and about 1000 acres of land were flooded as the waters moved through the city.
Wyoming miners secure wage boosts from 3.45 to 3.54 in some cases with coal rates rising a cent per ton for loading after machines and two cents for pick mining. Increase differs by district and follows a lengthy conference attended by miners and operators at the Industrial Club after the agreement was signed.
Washington August 15 The third man originally chosen for the American border commission with Mexico has declined to serve. Associate Justice Bramwell has also refused due to Supreme Court duties. President Wilson is considering a long list of other names. The third member’s name was never disclosed.
A night robbery near the North Vancouver city hall opened the vault of the city treasurer and stole more than ten thousand dollars. The crime was discovered when the vault was opened for the day and the culprits fled within a short distance of the police station.
An official reports plots by wealthy Mexican exiles to overthrow Carranza and invite American intervention. Agents seen at El Paso hotels meet with locals while U S secrecy tracks the movement. Refugees describe food shortages and looting as uprisings affect Zacatecas.
Beulah Wyoming August 15 A Gardner of New England North Dakota was killed this morning four miles south of the city near the Laplant ranch when his car turned turtle. He was crushed under the machine and believed to have died instantly. He was part of a camping party with two other cars ahead on the road.
Italian forces employed 305 mm guns during the siege of Gorizia, fed effectively by Italian logistic efforts. Moving these huge artillery pieces through mountainous terrain posed immense difficulties, but engineers resolved the transport challenges as artillery fire bombarded Austrian defenses.
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