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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
8
The text outlines duties for specified officers and ex officio duties, allows the council to fire officers or employees not provided for, repeals conflicting ordinances, and sets an effective date ten days after passage. It reflects a municipal governance item from the era.
In Washington Jan 6 ambassadors and ministers discuss uniting on a line of conduct toward Mexico. They seek an arrangement aligned with U S plans and clarify American obligations if foreign powers refrain from intervention. The State Department remains skeptical of European expectations.
Wyoming game warden D. F. Hudson rejects Colorado plans to move elk, noting Wyoming holds about 30,000 elk with hay stock to feed them. He cites low winter losses, abundance of forage, and state law preventing elk transfer. Hudson will visit Jackson Hole en route to Lander.
Weather data lists four hour warps ending at m mountain time with extremes recorded. This date shows highest 52 or 1s82 and lowest -26 or 1giu in current year. Last year high -6 and low -20.
Notice announces a Department of the Interior land publication in Cheyenne Wyoming dated December 31 1924. It identifies John M Neddeau of Cheyenne as a homestead entrant with serial 644 for the SW 4 and Borla No 94058 for the BEY 14 7 16N 8 66 W. The entry notes not coal land phosphate or public water reserve status.
A dramatic poem-like notice describes travelers trapped forty miles from Cheyenne by deep drifting snow. It laments cold winds and failed relief while neighbors struggle, and pleads for respite as snow continues to pile up and frost bites to the bone.
A remote household forty miles from town endures a harsh winter. The narrator works as a chambermaid to care for cattle horses pigs and other stock while coping with drifting snow and neighbors who refuse aid after a failed borrowing attempt.
The article lists monthly payments for Cheyenne city officers and employees, including the mayor and commissioners at 2400 per annum, city clerk 1500, city attorney 900, civil engineer 2000, health officer 600, marshal 1200, fire chief 1200, and other officers. Secured salaries are defined in Section 2.
Mrs. Lillie Crisp, daughter of Jesse James, arrives in Omaha with her husband claiming they were run out of Bagsnett Nebraska amid prosecutions of bootleggers. They seek work through Associated Charities.
Mike Gibon has accepted Garden Athletic Club offer to box George Chip, middleweight champion, on January 12. Manager Gibbons wired terms to Jimmy Dime overseeing Chip's affairs.
W J Brock of Brock's garage in Trenton promotes the Lincoln Highway by decorating his garage in association colors. He sells contributory certificates and displays a large radiator emblem. The Lincoln Highway has many supporters in New Jersey led by Horace E B Fine as state consul.
Washington reports a two hour meeting between Attorney General McReynolds and NYNH&HC chairman Howard Elliott over reorganizing the New Haven to restore competition in New England. Officials expect settlement on divesting trolley lines and steamship assets and removing joint control with the Boston and Albany. Elliott to stay in Washington for days as plans unfold.
A man in Oregon sent 265 cents to the treasury conscience fund as repayment for using an 8-cent stamp once before. He calculated the debt with compound interest, noting that wealthier people seek more wealth.
Five men from the oil tank steamer Oklahoma were rescued after adrift six hours in bitter cold following the vessel splitting in two off Sandy Hook. The crew total was 38, with eight rescued by the Bavaria and three found dead in a lifeboat by the Seneca.
James Harvey McLeary assistant justice of the supreme court of Porto Rico died yesterday and had arranged his funeral in advance. The service at All Souls Unitarian church will include hymns poems and Masonic and military honors with burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
The ad urges precautionary use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to prevent indigestion and improve digestion after meals. It claims tablets aid digestion, strengthen weak stomach function, and should be kept on hand by prudent men for immediate relief. The promotion cites universal success and a price of 40 cents.
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