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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1911
Page
10
Reported bones found last November near the Dunn ranch are identified as likely those of a man named Pickard who died near La Grande Oregon in 1884. Relatives exhumed the remains and moved them, leaving some bones undiscovered.
C K Durbin and A N Sanderson apply for a twenty year franchise for the Rawlins Wiewtro Light and Power company proposing $30 000 in improvements. City officials invite the company to submit a satisfactory franchise before any action. In Thermopolis Eddie Cole Jr age 11 lies ill after a near fatal cold weather incident where he fell from a horse while locating stray horses during the storm and was severely treated for frostbite.
Laramie January 10 The deputy superintendent of public instruction of Washington advised President C Merica of the Wyoming University that graduates from the Wyoming program have strong potential.
Local items report injuries from a Chey enone river accident with a boy sustaining two leg fractures. County races list two water commissioner candidates Lou Blakely and Donald Miller. Lovelly hosts January 17 apple carnival with many visitors expected. A preacher suffers a broken nose after slipping on stove wood. A ranch hand, Karl Briggs, breaks arm and foot stopping a runaway team. Deaths list several residents, births noted in multiple towns, and marriages include Donald and Margarett Waddington to Walter Marchant.
Texas railroads begin eliminating the click of the rails using creosoted wood pieces clamped to angle bars and rails under the Weber joint patent. The San Antonio & Arkansas Pass line reports a factory producing the wooden pieces, claiming the system mutes the past rail joint pounding.
Shoppers pack Myers department store as the annual half price sale draws crowds and savings across popular categories. Staff report strong demand on opening hours with lines forming before dawn and brisk activity on all departments.
Mrs. Marion sues William Merion Jr. for additional funds to cover a $108 child support judgment. The case recalls prior cross examinations in which Merion’s ability to pay is questioned. The Marion marriage lasted a year before divorce and remarriage to another divorcee. The wife, newly admitted to law, helped draft a 1908 statute on divorced fathers’ support duties for their Cornell student son.
In Middletown New York January 10 1930 a 3 year old boy left barefoot in cold snow and ice trudged over quarter mile to I B Teed's farm while his parents milking. The child's feet froze and doctors feared loss of feet though hope remains for saving them.
Readers warned of a printing error in Bons Clothing Co ad from yesterday. The corrected prices list men’s suits from 15 to 35 dollars and shirts from 15 to 20 dollars, with the Myers sale underway at the store.
Count von Reventlow denounces American naval moves as a political display by the Anglo French entente. He notes letters from the United States protesting the fleet itinerary and warns the display harms international opinion and German friendship.
After nine years the new granite post office on Superior Avenue opens with the first mail distributed tonight. Federal offices and the courtrooms have resided there for a month as delays and funding battles over materials and contractors shaped the project.
Paris voters conducted a five day referendum in five theatres including the Vaudeville and Renaissance to choose the regime of fashion favored by women. Empire style won with about 27 000 votes, signaling the hobble skirt's defeat as editors note a new era for Parisian dress.
In Houston, Jan 10, a carpenters crew with a city permit is assembling a colossal model of a 100 by 150 foot hotel. Jease UW tepee and associates have finalized arrangements for a new 19 story hotel, with construction costs and design details still to be confirmed.
A life size miniature 11 foot high model of the hotel ground floor displays male lobby offices halls and rooms. The roofless frame is used to moot the building and to test architectural and construction problems before final plans are completed.
The First Congregational church teachers and officers met last evening with large attendance including South Congregational Sunday School teachers. Twenty seven enjoyed a meal prepared by hostesses Mrs J T Graham Miss Lillie Underwood and Mrs S S Stockwell. The gathering served as the annual meeting with reports for the upcoming church annual meeting.
The report notes a prosperous year for the school with enrollment around 2650 in the cradle roll and about 140 in the South Sunday school totaling 400. The pastor presented a paper on The Psychology of Religion, reviewing Prof Starbuck's book. The next meeting is set for the second Tuesday in February with the men hosting a banquet.
The advertisement shows prices for men’s suits ranging from 22.50 to 6835.00 and morning shows a listed price of 15.00 for some men’s items, plus 12.00 options. It mentions Pork Men’s and broad price points.
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