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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
5
City news notes Lark Chapman loans and real estate listings at 1708 Carey Ave. Cheyenne Messenger Service offers prompt service day or night. Inspector George Davis returns from a northern state trip. Miss Katherine Tague, governor’s secretary, travels to Denver for a short layover.
Mining veteran Lorace Adame arrived Thursday and must remain several days due to heavy snow. Frank Marsh of Yoder and Marsh, Phil ips, Wyoming, visited city yesterday inspecting local facilities. VU Wallace, Northern Colorado Power, inspected the Cheyenne plant yesterday. C C Carr of Frankfort Tennessee bought a Wheatland farm and will winter there. Humane Society chief E W Burke travels to Kemmerer Rock Springs and Rawlins. Deputy Oakley and Miss Allie Jewell visit Pine Bluffs. Presbyterian bazaar offered cooked foods Tuesday.
The Salvation Army provides shelter and meals to many during the storm with a small charge for beds. Captain Chesham coordinates aid including coal and food for a widow, calls for more help, and a free employment bureau dispatches 60 to 150 men monthly. A wood yard and Christmas baskets are planned to help families, with holidays events for poor children. Three Chinamen study forestry at New York State college in Syracuse. Piles cured in 14 days with PAZO OINTMENT, money back if not cured.
An English reader disputes American claims Texas is the largest battleship, citing a clipping about the Queen Elizabeth launched at Portsmouth. The article notes Texas at 67 50 feet, Queen Elizabeth at 650 feet waterline and 625 feet perpendiculars, with steam turbines, 30 knot speed, eight 15 inch and sixteen 6 inch guns, and airship vulnerability. England also lists four other warships in build.
Captain Albert Chesham reports November relief efforts by the Salvation Army in Cheyenne. Meals 84, beds 72, garments 65, employment found 68, medical aid 11, other relief 24. The Chesham leadership has gained business and professional support and the loyalty of the city’s marginalized.
Chief Ed Taylor orders hose and ladders mounted on sleds built in the Union Pacific shop to reach fires quickly if one breaks out. The auto truck sits back. horses ready for duty, bells omitted to avoid sledding party confusion.
Cheyenne Lodge 660 holds the annual Lodge of Sorrow on Sunday afternoon December 7. Eulogies will honor eight members who died since December last year. Organizers include T. Paul Wilcox Charles Hi and William R Dubois. The eight 1914 deceased are William G Curtins C G Courant D A Robertson Andrew Mathaen Leonard Sedgewick John W Young Hugh McMillan J W McDevitt. N R Greenfield of Rawlins to deliver memorial address. Judge R N Matson will oversee Neurology. A musical program features vocal solos by Mrs C Ly Rigdon and Dr Hugh Millard and a violin solo by Miss Buchanan.
Harry W. Raphael to open a men's and boys clothing shop in the Atlas Theatre Stork, in the Hansen Drug space. Stock includes Society and Dunlap brands with furnishings and shoes at popular prices. All merchandise is brand new bought recently. Watch this paper for opening announcement.
A long list of individuals and their associated cities appears, including planners and residents linked to Omaha Fort Bridger Denver Chicago Des Moines Rochester and New York. The roster reads like a compilation of local names tied to multiple western states and major urban centers.
The New York City board of education secured a 79000 appropriation to operate after school play centers in 163 school buildings. Centers will serve 240 to 350 children using school yard and gym from 3 30 to 6 30 pm. Expenses include 2 50 for the director and 1 for extra janitor service, totaling about 3 50 per afternoon center for roughly 200 children.
Barred Plymouth Rocks for sale including 100 pullets and 100 cockerels. Livery one fit for the show room and all bred from females with an egg record of 200 plus. You can raise a large flock from one male and four females. W. C. Loney, Greeley, Colo.
Snow blankets rail lines between Denver and Cheyenne with four feet in Denver yards and 21 inches in Cheyenne. No trains moved south yesterday and major lines including Colorado and Southern and Burlington saw no movement toward Denver Orin Junction Sterling. Snow depth and moisture gauge forecast total snow 1.28 inches with heavy accumulation west of Cheyenne toward Pine Bluffs.
The article argues the national committee holds no authority from state or federal law and must follow conventions to set how delegates are chosen. It discusses past conventions 1908 to 1912, Rule 12, and the ongoing debate on elected delegates from congressional districts versus at large.
A compact note surveys how states have enacted or will enact laws on parallel topics. The text records varied approaches across jurisdictions and hints at implications for forthcoming legal standards and policy alignment.
Preston of the Low a City seeks a rehearing at his home in Oskae Jooga as the Iowa Supreme Court decides saloons must close. The ruling nearly two weeks ago led to a plan to reopen saloons soon, with local saloons expected to resume activity.
Dee Shee John A Johnson widow of the late Governor Johnson will be married to William A Smith at Potts Town. Ceremony details not fully clear in the fragment but confirms the wedding event involving local figures.
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