This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
13
Cheyenne notes show J. W. Edmond visiting from Omaha and H. J. Parr from Topeka. Edgar H. Davis attends Wyoming teachers meeting. Henry B. Colburn and Grover Banker visit on business. Notable notaries and arrivals from Denver Lincoln Douglas and other cities are listed with brief travels and appointments.
The Lawson Bray family and the Geo Bell family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness shown at the death of their wife, mother, and sister and for the beautiful floral offerings.
Hartford December 1 official canvass shows Charles E Hughes leading Wilson by 6728. President contest results: Hughes 106,514. Wilson 99,786. Benson 5179. Hanley 1789. Reimer 606.
Alexander Trepoff, long prominent in Russian politics and former minister of rallonaya, has become premier, replacing bureaucrat ally Sturmer. Born 1862, he served nine years in the army and is viewed as a liberal influence guiding the government after two decades in public life.
Robert Cochrane the high school instructor of manual training and boys athletics was operated on Thursday morning at St. John's hospital for relief from a painful ear gathering. He had suffered a severe condition all week and the operation provided immediate relief. He rested easily late last night and is expected to be out again tomorrow.
The U S Civil Service Commission lists eliminations for several posts including timber cruiser junior petroleum engineer junior petroleum technologist apprentice plate cleaner transit man sub inspector of cloth translator ship draftsman and electrical draftsman with salaries from 1 60 to over 6 00 per day or year and duties varying by role.
Today is the biggest day in the history of this office says Ticket Agent A L Broderick of the Union Pacific. By 5 pm the office had nearly $2000 in sales. Eight round trip tickets to Toledo totaling over $4100 were sold to Padi T. Brophy of Wiley's Overland Auto in Denver. Tickets went to Chicago New York Los Angeles and many other locales across the U S with sales to the southern states. Broderick handled the work alone while visiting Denver.
Miss Alvina Flaas resumes her dance series at K C hall with K opard's orchestra providing music. Attendees are urged to wear oldest clothes and leave jewelry at home, or face a fine. many invitations have been issued for the Monday event.
Wilbur S. Wood and Miss Plor ence M. Igou both of Alliance Nebraska were married yesterday at the Alliance Methodist parsonage by Reverend KH W race. They will honeymoon in Spokane Washington for about six weeks then return to Alliance to establish a home.
Secretary H A Floyd announced the Western and Intermountain Demurrage Bureau hearing was postponed from December 4 due to staff absence. A new date will be named by the commission in a few days.
George B. McClellan of No Wood, a state senator, arrived in Cheyenne after purchasing a car load of high grade bulls in Hitnola. He faced concern over a cattle quarantine but learned it would be lifted today, enabling quicker entry of the cattle into the state.
District court filed burglary charges yesterday against three boys ages 10 to 14 who were arrested for destroying a Union Pacific semaphore and stealing copper wire. Two have bonds posted. one awaits trial. They said no intent to steal initially, sought to own the lanterns, later sold materials to a junk dealer. One boy had prior court appearances. others face first case. They come from poor, largely self supporting families.
N D Folkrod of Cheyenne won the 27 mile round trip motor bike race from Cheyenne to Dover on Thanksgiving Day riding an Indian. His time was 1 hour 44 minutes despite three spills and a broken side of a handlebar fixed with a bolt. Arthur Smith and Will Wright started on Harley Davidsons but retired after mud hampered progress. The Capitol City Motorcycle Club reportedly sponsored the event.
Vice commission report is cited by Rev Mimer L Williams of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Chicago urging youth protection. Despite warnings, the popular playhouse sold out showing a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature Thou Art the Alue an Indian village setting with authentic thatch huts and jungle foliage.
An old advertisement touts Jad Salta as a harmless flushing tonic for sluggish kidneys and bladder disorders. It claims four ounces in water before breakfast for several days restores kidney activity and neutralizes urine acidity.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.