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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
5
Briefs and personals section notes visitors and travelers in Cheyenne from Casper Denver Laramie Grover Wichita and Casp er with mentions of business trips market notes on grain and a veterinary outbreak investigation by Dr. A W French and Dr R B Naylor. Denver arrivals Charles Cohen and W A Scott stayed for several days.
Attorney John D D Clark filed in the Maine secretary of state the articles of incorporation for the Merritt Oil corporation a $6 million capital entity formed to take over and operate extensive oil lands in the Big Muddy field amid links to the Merritt Humphries interests Midwest Refining Company is believed to control the new firm and the transfer alleged to be over $2 million
Judge John A. Kiner of Cheyenne will address the Masons of Fort Collins during the Festival of St. John program on Wednesday December 27. The event features a banquet and dance at the former hall where Judge Kiner will speak. he is a thirty third degree Mason and inspector general of the Wyoming Consistory.
Swisher's Optical Service at 215 W 17th St Patl promotes better eye care with updated services and modern frames. Local shoppers are invited to visit for new selections and eye examinations.
The piece touts Bran Foods as a weekly new entrant addressing the need for natural laxatives. It recalls Shredded Wheat twenty years earlier as a digestible whole grain with bran, promoting it as a body building strength food served with milk, cream, peaches, or other fruits at Niagara Falls, New York.
Mrs. J A Taylor wife of the Chugwater News owner faced a deadly Cheyenne blaze in room 27 on the third floor. She escaped with her baby after fire trapped her, aided by Denver's E K Mendrickson and Cheyenne’s Cecil Thompson despite smoke, heat, and delayed ladders.
Manager Todd of the Allis theatre has secured a strong vaudeville bill for this week. The popular Tuesday and Wednesday nights draw large Cheyenne audiences, prompting a decision to repeat the regular Tuesday show on Wednesdays. Denver papers praised this week’s vaudeville at the Empress theatre.
La Fountaine commends firemen for their response to a major Wyoming block blaze. Chief Taylor and Fireman Milton Brace suffered minor smoke effects but are expected back soon. Water supply held steady with twelve streams on the hotel and five on another building. Fire escapes exist only at the rear of the Inter Ocean, with council likely to require better provisions.
Baby Marie Osborne stars in a feature at the Lyric titled Shadows and Sunshine. The child, aided by fine photography and tastful support, leads viewers through a charming tale where she chases shadows away and brightens the House of Silence with her sunny presence.
London reports a long delayed Irish settlement nearing. Lloyd George and Carson favor a cabinet arrangement with Duke as chief secretary for Ireland. Redmond appeals publicly for unity as factions show signs of compromise amid cabinet formation.
Dr Howard H Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League spoke in Cheyenne predicting a national prohibition amendment will be submitted to the states, a dry District of Columbia law, and a measure restricting liquor to producing states before March 4. He told a mass meeting that inter state commerce would end and Wyoming would go dry, as Congress leans toward submission of the amendment.
The Union Pacific division freight office relocates from the depot to the Plains hotel on Sixteenth Street next to the Plains barber shop. W. D. Clifton and Jh. W. Vapor will oversee the office, joined by Charles B. Irwin the livestock inspector. The depot room is now used by the accounting department of the superintendent's office.
New York December 18 Not only is John Bernard Manning determined to marry Miss Honora May O'Brien 23, in spite of family opposition, but he has settled on his fiancée five hundred thousand dollars. He called her by telephone and she agreed to visit today to collect her share. Manning said he did not want a clink of gold on the wedding day which is tomorrow.
A 1916 letter from Senator Thomas extols Colorado attorneys for their preparation and argument in the Colorado Wyoming irrigation dispute before the United States Supreme Court. The note, dated Dec 3 and sent to Paul Dartow, credits the counsel with exhaustive facts and law and notes Chief Justice Carpenter’s high regard for their work.
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