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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
8
Reported results show Troop K leading several events including sprints and relay races. Machine gun company and Troop D place in multiple track and field contests with time records noted in yards and seconds.
The report notes Roland Rohifs, a famed American test pilot, as the first to hop off at Verona after a prior spill. Major Schroeder also enters, starting four minutes later at Torotto cod. Rohifs clocked 6 hours 28 minutes to finish, Schroeder 6 hours 72 minutes, with no announced final results.
President and director general issue a sweeping wage policy affecting hundreds of thousands of railroad workers including shopmen seeking 25 percent. They were asked to accept 10 hour pay for debt hour work and to forgo temporary gains to ease transport costs. A strike vote had been taken but not tabulated, and the plan to bring the issue to Congress was dropped.
No.3 out yesterday halted all westbound overland trains at Farslow and redirected passengers to Los Angeles aboard an eight coach train. Over 25 mail cars, including three registered mail cars, piled up at the Southern Pacific depot. Mayor Snyder's mediation commission reported a possible settlement within 48 hours as both sides and officials signaled no change in the status and urged patience.
Samuel L Krasen of Sellora ville Pa reports kidney trouble for two years and back ache, now cured after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says worn kidneys failed to remove waste and caused pains in back joints and rheumatism, but improvement followed treatment.
Classified notice notes rent and home sale options with hopeful tone. Mentions Leader Want Ads tonight and seeks readers to place listings for housing opportunities and related services.
The five day session at Cheyenne High School began with about 150 teachers registered under County School Superintendent Anna M. Dobbin. Sessions run 9 AM to 1 30 PM with sections and conferences led by A. S. Jessup and Dean A Worcester. Dr W A Cook was delayed by rail trouble but will lecture on The Teacher and the Community.
Crowds gathered around car barns as 900 strikebreakers arrived from eastern cities. Airstream cars started then were forced back, windows broken and cars wrecked in Fifth Avenue. Rioters attacked multiple vehicles while mounted police charged. seven people were hit by stray bullets and several injured in the melee.
Nasmith of the University of Wyoming, baritone, will perform at a gym concert with Mrs. Nasmith as accompanist. The program blends seventeenth and eighteenth century classics with popular late pieces. Prof Nasmith plans a return to concert work after leaving academia. Cheyenne hosts offer teacher lodging during the institute at affordable rates.
Western States Oil & Land reports progress on sections 19 36 63 in Lative Creek area with a 1500 foot depth. Glenrock well 56 36 64 shows 3745 feet with uncertainty on sand layers. Ohio Oil well 2 35 66 produced water and was abandoned along with Western States Allen Oil 3 in the same township.
The document lists numerous individuals including Cheyenne Frank S Jones Rudolph Hofmann Charles Hill and others as members of a committee. Several surnames recur across regions including Granite Canyon Martin Willadgen Pine Bluff Sumner Miller Hilldale Joe Gilson and Crawford Gross with multiple first names and initials.
A prairie fire on Stagner mountain in Thermopolis Wyoming burned six square miles of corn. Locomotive sparks are suspected as the cause. Firefighters from nearby ranches contained the blaze after it had charred two miles by three miles, ending the advance of flames.
Lander Wyoming August fair plans a Wyoming aviator to fly a biplane from Denver for daily exhibitions. The pilot will be a county resident with France aviation corps service. If the plane arrives in time, it will headline the Fremont county fair with live-stock tents and state ribbon features sent to Douglas.
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