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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
15
Orville Wright, after weeks in Paris and Berlin teaching flight, says Europe offers no new ideas in flying. He learned of Hoaxey's height record via wireless and asserts the only limit on future aircraft height is human endurance.
Cincinnati December 29. Ben Pittman died today after an illness that had recently grown serious. Born in Wells England in 1822, he authored works on phonography and introduced a shorthand system in America named for his brother Sir Isaac Pittman. He settled in Cincinnati in 1954 and also invented an engraving process.
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A transcription of a newspaper classified page shows rates for ads and notices, with prices per word and line. It lists real estate bargains including eight room residences, six and ten room houses, and lots for sale, plus services like insurance, loans, and typewriters. Names and addresses include J. D. Wright, 221 Warth Street.
A collage of local business listings including attorneys real estate and funeral services, plus a detailed Union Pacific railroad time table with westbound and eastbound trains, arrivals and departures for Omaha Portland Overland Limited and several freight and express services. Nearby listings include plumbing, loans, and insurance services in Cheyenne Wyoming.
Lancaster pa December 29. H C Beck engineer of the Pittsburg express out of Philadelphia fainted from heart disease and halted the engine at Witmere. Fireman Moore found Beck hanging from the cab window and he died before the train reached the city.
Leavenworth Kansas dispatch reports Company I engineers of the Third Battalion stationed there were ordered to the Hawaiian Islands instead of the Philippines as previously announced. The change came with new sailing orders issued today.
In Cincinnati on December 22 Miss Jane Maskell, daughter of Governor Maskell of Oklahoma, dismisses suffrage talk as bosh. She says she would meet Dr. Ruth A. Gay of Oklahoma City for a gloves-on debate if desired, but she expressed strong disbelief in women voting.
San Francisco reports a visitor John Kellert of Knights Lending California tickled a lion's chin to make it yawn. The animal reacted, Kellert fell and two fitters were found missing. He was hospitalized with a hand injury.
Public notice states will not be responsible for any debt Mrs A Wilson may contract. The notice lists A Wilson as the party subject to the statement and serves to limit liability.
In Ogden Utah on December 29 Mrs C B Blackword a stylish social figure from Sacramento California was arrested on charges of stealing diamonds valued at 2000 belonging to a well known Sacramento physician. San Francisco detectives arrived with a warrant and she refused extradition. Blackword’s husband C R Blackord was taken into custody in Sparks Nevada and confessed likely to be taken to Sacramento tonight.
In Washington on December 29 a box addressed to General J. W. Keifer was delivered to the House committees on appropriations. General Keifer opened the box and found roses from Ohio with a note claiming they came from old friends. A second inscription read May he rest in peace. The bouquet and an amused reception followed as colleagues teased the general over the misread handwriting.
Des Moines Iowa December 29 Governor BH F Carroll announced he will not seek the United States senate before the naming legislature and endorsed Senator Lafayette Young for election in his place.
Montreal report states Hinent Bigras a young French Canadian died after a nail driven into his brain during a quarrel over a girl with Raul Cadsavant. Police search Raul Cadsavant as initial claims suggest he used a club to strike Bigras.
A notice from the City Treasurer Swan announces tax delinquents will be declared and sold after January 2. The December 9 date and year 1919 appear in the record.
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