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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1917
Page
10
Reports from Sheridan Torrington and Goshen County describe mysterious fast moving lights and a large balloon seen nightly in towns across Wyoming. Residents fear enemy airstrikes while officials and observers seek a base or explanation for the sightings.
Mere Lawson, returning from New York City with one son serving as a naval officer in France, visits Cheyenne for several days. She notes another son in the Navy abroad and that she has received two letters and a telegram. Her home is in Kansas City.
L. A. Broderick notes the telegraphy class at Cheyenne High School has fallen from fifty to twenty five. With a nation wide telegraph operator shortage, he urges absent students to return. Two teachers will guide the class as Western Union instruments finally arrive for use.
In Cheyenne a council of young shovelers raised their prices to offset rising candy costs. Previously 25 cent jobs now 30 cents, 50 cent jobs 55 cents, and dollar jobs 1.05 dollars for future snowfalls.
Wade Hamilton, a Black man, was allegedly lynched by vigilantes at Rock Springs last Wednesday after an assault on three women. Prosecutor Fred Johnston informed Governor Houx by letter that he had ascertained the lynching occurred, with details still missing at the governor's office.
Press reports from Rock Springs and neighboring towns say three white men abducted Hamilton from the jail. Prisoners in the jail were not molested or released. Authorities and the governor urge locating the three perpetrators for justice. See Hobbs 2 Muckfelt for a square deal in furniture opposite Plains Hotel.
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