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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1911
Page
2
Ace Covington, a rancher near the Wyoming state line, hires a schoolteacher for 12 children. When families move away, enrollments shrink to one, yet the teacher insists on full pay under a signed contract, forcing Ace to cover 45 dollars monthly and seek legal relief.
Jaramie burglars entered a loan conducted by William McCaine and took a small amount of cash left in the register. Casper fire damaged Henry Wyatt's home about 200 dollars due to a defective foe. Leat Springs mine worker Floyd Crabb was crushed when bricks buried him. D N Stickney, Albany county Democrat, returned a railroad pass from Colorado & Southern. Casper workers traced a bullet that caused phone outages during New Year celebrations. Bank robber Mynds guilty. Edward Russell pleaded guilty to robbing a Gillette bank, two sheepherders, and a saloon within hours. he faces penitentiary sentence. He claimed an uncontrollable impulse to rob.
An alert by a Union Pacific train crew spurred special agents Horton and McDaniels to the scene west of Sherman Mill where supposed robbers lay in wait for an express train. The suspects, two recent foreigners from Germany and Greece, spoke little English and were unable to communicate clearly with each other.
Advertisement urges readers to share the State Leader with friends in the East to showcase Cheyenne and Wyoming opportunities. Offers special subscription rates by mail: one year 3.75, six months 2.00, three months 1.00. Readers are urged to call the Leading office at 93 if they cannot write or call.
A chorus girl clashed with a stage manager during Louise causing a strike by the chorus between acts three and four. Intermission stretched from fifteen to forty five minutes as officials settled the dispute, delaying the curtain by about thirty minutes and forcing changes to the final scene. Irene Castile slapped the manager and the chorus refused to sing until a truce was reached.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative as a remedy for colds, stating cure in one day with a signature attributed to B. W. Grove. The ad markets the product as widely used worldwide and priced at 25 cents.
Minneapolis January 6 two men were seriously injured at the $1,000,000 Minneapolis General Electric plant which was total loss and left most of the city without electricity after an early morning explosion and fire. Escaped workers say gas accumulated beneath the switchboard triggered the blast.
All drinks half price for children and supervising adults on Saturday. Special rates include drinks two for ten cents and other assorted offers. Melt me at Truckey’s.
Notice reads that the consistory men line of consistory rings may be seen at the Buech Nera location. The fragmentary item notes a display event and location.
In a heated tariff discussion Blume argues that the tariff schedule supports wages for thousands of workers and benefits hay and alfalfa growers. He contends that protecting the wool industry sustains incomes and community welfare despite calls to revise schedule K.
A Brown widower around age forty seeks a wife by offering to perform household chores including milking cows churning and dishwashing in return for three meals a day. He notes he is willing to help with domestic duties if not employed, aiming to prevent divorce through a traditional home life.
The State Leader aims to keep Wyoming citizens informed on state and home affairs. It highlights local happenings and statewide matters to better the state and its residents. Read daily to stay posted on issues affecting Wyoming.
The State Leader boasts extensive news from dozens of cities and world events on page one, with state and Cheyenne society coverage on later pages. It highlights fearless editorials, sporting news for Wyoming readers, and calls for neighbors to subscribe, claiming to be the state’s most newsy paper.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a price sale with phrases like delay three months or six months and bargain days. No clear entities or events are readable to identify persons organizations places dates or outcomes.
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