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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
5
Jones returns to Cheyenne after vacation abroad resuming duties at the capitol. Various visitors and arrivals include Acmatron of Rock Springs, Yoder and Bunn cattlemen from Meriden, and residents from Perry Iowa Eldora Sterling and others. A marriage license was issued for N. S. Miller and Viola B. Osborn.
A Portland note from John L. Sullivan endorses the Democratic party and re election. Frederick Vining Fisher writes from Hotel Seward Portland praising preparedness for peace and predicting broad support for the president against war fears and political opposition. He cites tours reaching about eighty thousand people and reports favorable public reaction to Hughes Roosevelt and the president.
In Kemmerer Wyoming on August 18 a 12 year old, son of Dougal Mc Williams of Cumberland, declared I am not afraid to shoot myself and then fired a shot into his brain, dying instantly as his little brother and sister ran to tell their mother who arrived too late to save him.
Summer eating tips praise Shredded Wheat Bisou as a cooling, body building food. It suggests pairing with fresh fruit and vegetables and using Wheat as a meat substitute during hot days.
Employers oppose an arbitration plan tied to the Newlands act. Railroad presidents seek six-arbitrator panels split between roads workers and the public, hoping public support will back their stance. Some think Wilson’s refusal to push for arbitration could weaken the railroads' opposition.
The revision of the articles of war, long unchanged, provided for retired officers to be exempt from court martial and placed under civil court jurisdiction.
New York Railways board of directors announced arbitration to reinstate employees dismissed for disorderly conduct during the recent street car strike. The move aims to avert a renewed surface car walkout and restore operations.
Mrs Anna Lawler filed for divorce from Harry Lawler in district court alleging non support The couple wed in Virginia Minnesota on March 28 1972 She seeks permanent alimony of 40 per month and 75 for attorney fees plus court costs
A Union Pacific train of seventeen cars loaded with Asiatic silk arrives in the city this morning. Each car will be loaded to capacity with precious cargo destined for New York, promising enough fabric to suit all Cheyenne women for their lifetimes.
Albert Frank Gould the Muscatine midget, 22, stands 5 feet 6 inches and 155 pounds, the shortest pitcher in the American League. Known as a big little man with strong shoulders, he has become a standout for Cleveland after a rapid rise from Muscatine to Davenport and now the Indians. He has a career record of 69 42 wins and losses, including 15 12 in 1915 with Muscatine, 22 12 the next season, 19 12 last year with Davenport, and 12 6 prior to joining Cleveland.
London August storms surround Lee as she swims thirty six and a quarter miles in ten hours seventeen minutes to establish a world record in long distance women’s swimming. Reports from El Paso note a soldier’s death in tents after a night of heavy rain. A terse classified ad seeks a general sales manager with a liberal contract and earnings potential, placing at 1012 Republic Building Chicago.
The town of Twyer plans its annual Labor Day picnic this year as local projects proceed. Reports indicate Utah hunters may be violating Wyoming game laws by killing chickens beyond the Utah border. Kemmerer Coal Company increases miners at its No 4 Sublet property to meet rising demand.
A jumble of notices from Elk Mountain to Sheridan describes a marriage in Salt Lake City, a stab injury at the Craig cafe in Rawlins, Sigma Beta Phi taking a house in Laramie, a new clothing store Three Rules in Sheridan, a X ray machine at Wheatland hospital, a water and power project for Wheatland, a cloudburst near Hamline, an optometrist ad, young English aviation exhibitions at the state fair, and Platte county valuation rising over last year.
Washington Aug 18 The administration shipping bill creating a shipping board and authorizing 50 million dollars for government ship purchases cleared the Senate 38 to 21 in a party line tally. It has already passed the House in eighty forms. Borah’s immigration rider was defeated 22 to 37.
Secretary of State Lansing testified before the Senate on the U S agreement to buy the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. The delay threatens to push ratification past this session.
City Clerk J oe Showalter is improving steadily in the Denver hospital after an appendicitis operation last Wednesday. Stitches were removed Thursday and doctors expect him to sit up soon and return to Cheyenne within about two weeks.
Finds Her Sons After Twelve Years sent back to the United States from Gervasy to Mrs. James W. Gerard wife of the American ambassador at Berlin. The boys had been taken twelve years ago by Mme Berline placed them on the stage. In Berlin they were said to have boys filtrested and through charitable agencies Mrs. Gerard learned of their cam she sent them oo liner to their mother Mrs. Edward B. Duon who having read the cable sor up her home in Brooklyn met them at the pier with her daughter. The boys had grown up so she didn't know them but they recognised her.
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