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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
5
New York Aug 18 The football rules committee announced the 1910 season rules aimed at reducing injuries. The game will have four quarters of fifteen minutes with a three minute intermission between first and second and third and fourth periods. Changes include no player leaving the field during short breaks and new conditions on tackles and scrimmage positions.
The text explains that a forward pass is illegal if the ball crosses the line of scrimmage before touching the ground or a player, and outlines interference penalties near the twenty yard line. It notes restrictions on interlock interference and pushing or pulling, plus a rule allowing a player removed for non-disqualification reasons to rejoin the game once at the start of a later period.
The New Palmer Cafe on Sixteenth Street near Carey Avenue opens at six this evening with a large orchestra. The cafe has been completely overhauled doubled in capacity and redecorated with new fixtures and a Lyric theatre room addition. Electric lighting and rich red decor enhance the dining and lunch areas as the owners promise up to date service rivaling high class establishments.
Cheyenne's Carnegie library, led by Miss Rose Martin, plans a new children's department with a Story Hour to begin around September. She seeks donated children books and room ornaments to equip the juvenile club room, aiming to promote literature and early learning across ages.
A tattooed vaudevillian known as Mr. Trout performed at the Atlas theatre last night. He juggled, ate, drank, and yawned in a tank, delivering a novelty act that many in the audience believed to be astonishing though some details remained dubious.
A catering trades union plans to organize waiters waitresses and cooks in Cheyenne within two weeks. The statement says the effort will begin immediately and the union will receive a charter as soon as the preliminary steps are completed.
An official from the union will travel from headquarters to Cheyenne to oppose a charter for the infant lodge. The aim is to ensure early steps after union installation include securing salary increases and shorter work hours.
An aviator who began with little money and a then unknown status made a perilous Paris to London flight. He narrowly escaped disaster and set two world ranking records as the prize of 46000 dollars hung in the balance. His daring voyage astonished observers and is hailed as a turning point in aviation.
AUTOMOBILES FOR TRADE Wil exchange two good five passenger automobiles, one or both, for cattle, sheep or horses. Riddgeas Lock Box 238, Cheyenne. Lost Three horses: One bay large knee one bay four white stockings dark chestnut two white feet bald face. Return to covered wagon near Catholic cemetery or the sheriff.
A historic aviation note recalls two bound pilots who crossed the 25 mile gap from Paria to London in a single aero plane. It marks an unprecedented feat as the first long trip by a machine carrying two men.
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