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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
5
A Cheyenne junior birthday note highlights readers born on January 6 including Alex Josimoiich of Corlett School born in 1996 and Marie Alice Laughlin of Corlett School born in 1901. Tomorrow’s celebrants are also listed in this communal feature.
Mrs Harry Coffelt returns from Denver visit. G B Garlock conducted business in Laramie this week. Mrs John Grelve visits Casper friends. Attorney Anderson back in Laramie after a visit. Alfred Hansen attends to affairs in Laramie. Norman Black returns to Cheyenne from Grover Colorado. J R Jones returns home to Grover after Cheyenne visit. Sheriff Frazier attends funeral of Sheriff L Hughes. Prof M F E Shuck visiting friends in Cheyenne. John Wilkinson, Pine Bluffs rancher, back home after visit. A W Sedgwick of Albin stops briefly en route from visit with his father.
Sheriff officers detained Sergt Dobbins at Ft Russell on wife desertion charges brought by his wife Nettie Dobbins. The Dobbins family has appeared in local court before. Nettie, daughter of a Montana stockman from Flathead reservation, claims desertion since Sept 24 and says he can support her. She, age 17 at marriage, faced prior domestic trouble including an attempted suicide.
Justice Edwards yesterday performed two marriage ceremonies. Yoshari Nakouma, a Japanese man, wed Pearl PD White of Denver, and Emil Charves wed Rose Smith, a local resident. The latter bride had previously been married to a Mexican man killed by a police officer weeks ago.
Leonard Bliss known as the largest man in the world was found dead in his Bloomington Arkansas home. He was seated in a chair with a gas stove leaking gas and his body frozen. Bliss weighed 640 pounds.
Cheyenne items report sheriff Hughes death. homesteader family moves to Iowa. marriages, funerals, and business meetings listed. Also notes on livestock movement, snow, telephone issues, court pardons, and a prison transfer. Local residents from Grover and Mt Pleasant plan moves, while Good Fortune Iron stockholders meet January 10.
Todd, held at Laramie then Cheyenne, used a $145 check for cash at Johnson Rose saloon on Thornburgh. Rose advanced $5 on the check. Todd grabbed both and fled, muttering you are out a five. Police alerted. Todd was captured on arrival in Cheyenne.
Cheyenne officers captured Richard Countryman and Frank Oakern within a half hour after a theft report, uncovering about a dozen overshoes from a Sixteenth Street pawnshop. They were attempting to sell the goods to Japanese section men. Also arrested were H. Thomas and Pat Harvey for drunkenness.
Regular stockholders meeting set for two o'clock p m Monday January 16 at the company office. Business to be transacted as may come before the meeting. B J Keefe secretary.
Kehly earned wide acclaim after the initial performance of The Lion and the Mouse. The play sparked deep public reflection and is praised as one of the most thought provoking works in fifty years.
Officers Christensen and Hohnaled arrested Bad Spangles and Coffee early Friday for selling cocaine and keeping a disorderly house. Each was fined 20 dollars plus costs by Judge Welnitz. A search yielded cocaine, opium pipes, and other paraphernalia. G J Smith received ten days for disturbance. Other cases involving Mrs Henry, Harry Stevenson, and Todd were resolved or continued.
A short OCR fragment notes a trio of 11 meter classified ads appearing in the Leader edition, priced at 25 cents each.
Indications point to converted action by some members of Congress to cut further appropriations for Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming. Opposition stems partly from those unfamiliar with Fort Leavenworth welfare. A House military committee session may seek war department data on Fort Russell funding and garrison status. A hearing will probe queries to the quartermaster general. Senator Warren, protective of Fort Russell, could trigger a heated dispute.
Advertises a laxative for families claiming wide use and popularity. Warns buyers to verify the full company name California Fig Syrup Co on all packages to avoid imitations. States price 50 cents per bottle and that it is sold by leading druggists.
In San Francisco on January 5 a few months old infant’s dead body was found in an unclaimed parcel room at the ferry building. The skull was crushed and the body wrapped in newspaper inside a suitcase. The discovery follows a disputed child case in the area.
Williams Kidney Pills advertised to cure kidney and bladder trouble from overwork. The brief notice asks about pains in loins side back and bladder and suggests relief from use. Distributed by Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio and sold by A. Fe Roedsl.
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