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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1917
Page
16
The funeral for Hugo Ohenstein of the Wyoming Oil Broker will be held today at the Ohenstein residence on Twenty-seconds Street. The services proceed from the home to the local cemetery, with local family and oil industry associates in attendance.
On Thursday August 23 all proceeds from Frontier Park races will be donated to the Red Cross. Tickets for Red Cross Day are available at Fred Roedel's drug store Capitol Avenue Pharmacy George Daiber A E Roedel Ben's Clothing Sands Hills Drug Boyd's No 1 cigar store Kelley Mercantile and the Plaines Hotel.
Captain Max Garber of the U S regular army, stationed in Wyoming as inspector instructor for the national guard, departs for Fort Leavenworth to teach at the army service school. He has advised the Wyoming regiment, aided its mobilization, and authored a history of the U S army. Major R Andersen lauds his leadership and regret at departure.
A Dil dine garage foreman reports his car stolen from in front of the shop. Deputies locate a second car and bring Bramer, a dry farmer, to the barber shop where he sees his own vehicle and assumes it was taken. The case unfolds with confusion over ownership and missing items.
County Clerk Ida R. Graham reports fifty eight men found fit and accepted for the draft in Laramie county. Thirty eight were physically deficient and twenty aliens filed exemption claims, two awaiting investigation. Names of exemptions granted include Owens Brennen, Mercer, Morehouse, Miller, John Henry Miller, and others. Exemption denials list Carpenter, Dew, King, Walker, Kloster, Miller, Johnson, Snyder, and more. Thirty claims remain to be considered with new forms asking about dependents and finances.
After the parade on Friday evening 124 members of G Company Third Wyoming infantry were feted with ice cream home made cake fruit and cigars by Cheyenne women led by Mrs. Jack Meyer. The troops called the feast royal compared to army chow.
A man complains his coat is gone after only a few minutes at the garage. Investigators find the overcoat in Bramer’s car at the garage, revealing he mistook the foreman’s car for his own and drove away.
Racing starts at 3:08 p m with six claiming races offering purses from 200 to 300 dollars. Entries list multiple horses across age groups and distances with connections and odds obscured by OCR errors.
Sergeant D. C. Breckenridge, a survivor of 1421 men from the Princess Pats, spoke at the statehouse Red Cross room about trench warfare. He described German saw toothed bayonets and liquid fire, four edged French bayonets, and battlefield bravery as he prepares to return to Cheyenne to share the account with churches or a larger audience.
Bertha Collins and Julia Wilson were arrested five miles east of Cheyenne on robbery and vice charges. The camp housed a house of vice with two tents, many liquor bottles found, and witnesses claim over 200 men visited in one night. Both claim no money on arrest. preliminary hearing set.
In Copenhagen on August 18 the article cites Dr. George Michaelis, then German chancellor, condemning parliamentary systems in England and France and criticizing conservatives for resisting franchise reform and taxation measures to shield their power.
Officer Christensen arrested the Mosart saloon bartender after hours for selling Mquar to women just after closing time under local law.
A charity baseball game between Cheyenne waiters and bartenders is set for today at Pioneer Park. The 3 pm matchup promises lively rivalry as Thomas Mahan serves as umpire. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds to the Red Cross.
Trainmen report widespread rain extending far east of Cheyenne. The precipitation promises great benefit to grain crops in the region.
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