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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
7
A market listing offers Fancy English Walnuts Franquette Walnuts and assorted nuts. Items include Soft Shell Almonds Sicily Filberts Brazil Nuts Texas Pecans Paper Shell Pecans and Hickory Nuts with fresh roasted peanuts and mixed nuts also priced.
Detroit December 21 The Bankhead Ghackleford act provides 756 million dollars for state arterial highway construction and requires centralized state highway authorities. States plan needed legislation this winter and study best provisions while groups publish a concise guide on modern highway legislation and routes. Lincoln Highway Association distributes booklets to aid advocacy.
Dr H D Port deputy state veterinarian based in Sundance conducted glanders tests in Crook and Campbell counties. Ten diseased horses were condemned and killed over three months, with three killed in the last few days. The high number reflects intensified testing in the area.
Orrin Babbitt former deputy sheriff convicted of fraud in the Republican primaries has been denied a new trial. Judge Mentzer ruled against the motion. defense plans to appeal to the supreme court. Babbitt remains free on bond and works as a cook at the Highway house in Pine Bluffs.
All barber shops will be closed all day Monday Christmas observes a city or local holiday. Businesses will not offer services and reopen the following day. Public notices warn patrons to plan ahead and consider scheduling changes.
Seventy five children gathered in the high school gym for a Christmas tree party where Santa Orren Kerrigan and Miss Loise Trumbull handed out gifts. The event featured decorations, stockings, fruit, toys, books, dolls, sleds, and sports gear with most pupils attending and plans for an annual celebration.
The Atlas presents the Kolb and Dill comedy team in a moving picture stage production during the holiday season. During rehearsal a suffragette demonstration prompt leads to a stump speech by William Kolb and a role turn by Dill.
Cheyenne residents may find buffalo meat at reasonable prices at the Washington market where a large shipment is arriving today. Market managers advise cooking roasts two and a half hours with water then steaming two hours for tenderness, and cooking steaks slightly longer. If meat is tough, experts say the cook is at fault, not the meat.
A brief notice from Columbus Ohio dated December 22 notes Joseph Tinker involved with the Columbus A A team. The fragment confirms location and person but lacks further details on role or event.
Former Chicago Nationals manager Tinker arranged to purchase the Columbus American Association franchise with partner Thomas Wilson of Chicago.
Judge W. C. Mentzer returned from Wheatland where he presided over about fourteen criminal cases in the district court. Three guilty defendants received penitentiary terms, Alrooks and Williams for burglary, and Seldel for assault to murder, all one to three years. Mentzer’s return was delayed by a Burlington train held up by a snow drift at Islay.
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