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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
16
Ben Stevens, jail inmate, creates a four card rock of ages sculpture from playing cards. Using face cards from three decks and partial spots, the piece resembles a Chinese pagoda more than the rock of ages while keeping the structure’s overall shape.
D Delmas, pardoned by Texas Governor Hobby after serving time for forging and related crimes, is held awaiting extradition to Washington where he is sought for jail breaking. He wore the Victoria Group and escaped from Gray's Harbor prison on March 26 1949 after a prior conviction in Texas for receiving deposits improperly.
Mrs. Richey recounts being shot by a masked rider while riding near Fossil, escaping with a wounded arm and driving a car to Kemmerer for her hearing. Authorities, led by Undersheriff Conroy, search the Fossil district for clues as cattle rustling and violence grip the range. The piece recalls 1902 Tom Horn case and marks moral shift away from vigilante killings.
Cahill & Holiday offer coal supplies and related services. Plains Auto Company advertises tire vulcanizing and retreading. Roy J. White promotes music lessons at the Plains Hotel. Oliver Fry installs carburetors at Fry's Garage. The Geyser Laundry advertises rough dry washing for families. A meal at Bagan & Greenwald at 16th Street is praised. Ze.
An advertisement touts a freckle/remedy product promising removal without coal or pennies, urging one ounce of the remedy for quick results. The note mentions H. C. Kokptein and G. Mosmilli of Urbana, Illinois, visiting Cheyenne today.
Frank Wirse a Mexican slashed T Draper twice at 5 PM in the White City boarding house of the Union Pacific. Draper is hospitalized at St Johns with non fatal wounds. Wirse is jailed as police investigate motives and sequence amid reported beating of Wirse by Draper's coworkers before police arrival.
Senators clash over legislation to bar alien land ownership and push title to land to operators. Senator Smoot warns of rising government ownership, notes leasing restrictions, and cautions about foreign exclusion affecting commerce abroad. The exchange centers on who should control mining and oil on public lands.
Clerks in charge explain that orders need not be limited to case lots as many assume. Any number of page 4 single cans may be ordered, and staff are organizing to handle the flood of orders within reasonable hours. On Tuesday they worked 45 hours, starting at 7 a.m. and ending at midnight.
The paper flags Article 27 of the constitution as crucial to petroleum issues and calls for a direct, patriotic confrontation. It also criticizes the house for wasting time on discussions of the labor law, arguing it should be vetoed due to its radical content.
Aug 21 Marfa Texas reports detail a battle where smerwan cavalrymen pursued outlaws firing from a blockhouse. Four bandits were killed, three identified as Joans Juni Francesco Janie and Jose Fuentes, the fourth unnamed. Two attackers escaped, trail lost in the moonlit month.
Captain Matlack reports American troops pressing Mexican bandits who kidnapped aviators. Aviators Peterson and Davis enthusiastic, storms slow progress, four bandits killed or captured in fortified blockhouse, two escaped. Early recall expected as Marfa replaces Presidio base. social notes include hosts hosting visiting relatives.
A health column warns that tobacco use causes fatal diseases and urges quitting with Nycotol tablets, noting a forthcoming advertisement by Doctor Connor. The piece stresses nicotine poisoning risks and directs readers to drug stores for relief tablets.
Mrs Marc Major Ormeby and Miss Davis return from Yellowstone Park. Lt W Reeves of Weiser Idaho is staying briefly. Chris Hickey of Lincoln Nebraska visits Cheyenne. Evelyn Garrold of Arvada Colorado in city briefly. W A Barry of Elizabeth Kentucky arrived yesterday. J Williamson of Colorado Springs and J A Sellers of Briggsdale Colorado are in Cheyenne on business.
Captain Constant L. Irwin returns from two years in France with the First Division and visits friends in Cheyenne. He wears six bronze stars for six major battles and two silver stars for individual bravery, one of only three officers in the division to serve from start to finish and survive. dancing party at Parish House hosts seventy five couples with gold and green decor and a Fern filled stage as Misses Mull en adsembled organizers, music, punch, and golden glow themed celebration.
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