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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1912

Page

10

State of Wyoming NEW OIL CO announces early operation

Cody Jan 10 The new Wyoming oil company New Oil Co with 500000 capital plans to begin operations soon. President J H Graves secretary treasurer R C Hargreaves and drilling in charge C J Sigains report holdings south and west of Shoshone land three miles from Cody. Officials say rights will be secured by April and oil will be tested for paying quantities. Cody Oil 60° is high grade parraffin base and 3 percent better than Pennsylvania’s Tiona district.

Coty Thiuraday J. H. Graves R. C. Hargreaves C. J. Sigains Shoshone of Co Cody Graves Park County United States Tiona Pennsylvania

Install Officers Laramie Ranks of G A R and W R C

The G A R and Woman's Relief Corps wear newly installed officers in Laramie on January 10. Entries name post commander C A Reals senior vice commander C F P Sodergreen chaplain F A Stizer quartermaster A B Pope and others with delegates to the Boulder Colorado encampment. Color bearers and relief committee members are listed including Olivia Peale Hilda Roach Martha Atkinson and Margaret Stirling.

Laramie G. A. R. and Woman's Relief Corps Grand Army C. A. Reals C. F P. Sodergreen F. A. Stizer A. Crawford A. B. Pope Jabez Cook C. L. Houston C. F. Sodergreen R. E. Fitch B.C. Holliday C. F. Gaskell C L. Houston Boulder Colo W. W. Colby John Mast Olivia Peale Hilda Roach Martha Atkinson Margaret Stirling Hattlé Houston Sarah Miller Mary Beltz Eliza Heals

Bank Officers Re-elected in Laramie Meetings

Bank officers in Laramie were re-elected at meetings on Monday. Albany County Bank named Robert P. Homer president J W Johnson vice president C D Spalding cashier and John McGill N B Cortell directors First National named Edward Ivinson president Ora Haley vice president A C Jones cashier H R Butler and Charles W DeKay assistant cashiers directors include Ivinson Tiley Jones Beemer and DeGranta.

Laramie Thin City Albany County Bank Robert PH. Homer J. W. Johnson C. D. Spalding Cah Jer John McGill N. B. Cortell First National Edward Ivinson Ora Haley A C Jones H. R. Butler Charles W. DeKay Mesare. Ivinson Tiley. Jones D. Beemer de Granta

YMCA Activity Prompts Sheridan Campaign for Building

The Sheridan YMCA campaign has begun aimed at establishing a Young Men’s Christian Association and constructing a new building. Despite past talks nothing definite occurred, but current supporters claim a solid backing to drive the project forward and secure a large Christian Association building in Sheridan.

Sheridan Ashterone Young Men's Christian Association

Deero wins three cushion series at Diliarim event

Alfred Deero the world three cushion champion defeated Joseph Varney in a 50 to 25 margin at Deover Coto. The match marked the first of a series with two more sights planned in the event hosted in January.

Varney Diliaarim Deover Coto Alfred Deero Joseph Varney Carney

Gray Wolves Threaten Wyoming Cattle Stock

Cody reports violent depredations by gray wolves across the region. Scott Lyle of the W. BR. Coe ranch says multiple cattle were killed and partially eaten in one night. A wide-area wolf hunt is being planned.

Cody Wyoming Scott Lyle W. BR. Coe Ranch

Narrow Escape by Lady Teacher As Team Runs Away

Miss Rietine, teacher at Upper Sun Shine school, narrowly escaped injury when a team in Cody bolted with no driver. She clung to the buggy for over two miles as the horses thundered unchecked, then stopped of their own accord without a scratch.

Meeteetsee

Stanko Wins $3,500 Against Wyoming Coal Co

In Sheridan a district court aff irmed the jury verdict awarding Paul Stanko $3,500 after his arm was lost in a mine accident blamed on defective brakes on a coal car. The company’s motion for judgment was denied and the original award entered. A brief note adds a testimonial about Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatism.

Stanko

Taft’s engagements canceled amid cold condition

President Taft in Washington is suffering from a cold. White House officials cancel his engagements for tomorrow though no alarm is felt about his condition. The report notes the illness affecting the president but reassures the public he remains in good spirits.

Washington, DC Taft White House

Train Nearly Destroyed By Raging Flames At Cody

Cody January 10. The Turlington station in Cody suffered a railway fire that nearly destroyed the daily Cody Frannie passenger run. The combination mail baggage and express car burned completely while the day coach was scorched. total damage about $50 plus $1,400 for the car. The fire started from an overheated stove on the roof near a pipe and was discovered by Frank Nou before control was lost. An engine pulled the day coach away, and the loss forces shipment of mail and baggage in a freight car until a replacement car is sent from Burlington.

Cody Turlington Frannie Frank Nou Burlington

Wyoming News Briefs From Cody and Nearby Towns

Local notes report Cody officials keeping tight control over the town with no details released. Marriages include J L Dav is and Ella N Spencer in Sheridan and James Lloyd with May Williams obtaining a license there. Bond news notes 25000 for Cody water works. new brick building planned in Powell for a Pioneer Pool hall. A beet sugar factory bid urged at Crowley. multiple local deaths and legal actions listed. stork notes report three new Wyoming births in Sheridan Keen River Hanna.

Cupid J. L. Davis Forsyth Montana Ella N. Spencer Hardin Wyoming Sheridan Jas Sherian County Nquor Cowley Crowley Alan Dplese Albert Medley Cody Pneuumonia Perry Edwarda Max Thayer Park County Cyrus Mann Laramie District Court Mary Kingwan Jess Rhodes Fred Miller Ed Temple Otto Welase Keen River Mra. T. He. Butler Hanna

Strange Poison Experiment Spreading Coyotes at Horse Creek

Dugald Whittaker and an employee report a dangerous poison incident on Horse Creek ranch. Workers attempted to poison coyotes by lacing a deaf animal carcass with strychnine, but wind scattered powder toward them, causing sudden illness before they could reach the house.

Dugald Whittaker Horse Creek

Rail blockades and weather strain Cheyenne rail system

Rail officials report a 50 mph wind and heavy snow causing the worst day in 25 years in the Cheyenne area. Trains run through snow tunnels as civil engineers and managers monitor the blockaded Sixth division while eastward lines suffer. Dogs barred on trains from January 12 and the express horse Tack stays in Cheyenne after stubborn refusals.

C. R. Markle C. E. Gregory W. C. McKeown Jain Laramie H. J. Roth Wharf Clausen

Passengers Stranded On Northbound Train Near Guernsey

North bound C. and SS train passengers were stuck in a snow drift near Guernsey for over twenty four hours. They could not reach Orin Junction and were brought back to the city yesterday afternoon. Food from Cheyenne sustained them and they were well cared for during the stoppage.

Guernsey Orin Junction Cheyenne

Train Delays Near Tron Mountain After Snow Plow Wreck

The north bound C and M train near Tron Mountain was halted by a snow plow wreck blocking the track. A drift trapped the north bound train yesterday and a collision with a south bound plow occurred the day before. A large crew works to clear the line with traffic expected to resume today.

Orin Junethon Tron Mountain

Illed Baby and Injured Workers Linked to Snowbound Train

Mrs A Hansen arrives with a seriously ill infant to Hillsdale city hospital. Geo Self, V P section foreman injured near Medicine Bow, is improving after treatment. Mr Belf suffers double leg fracture and another injury while directing men clearing snow to free an eastbound train. Holy master Bostrom of Laramie sustains minor injuries.

A. Hansen U. P Hillsdale Self V. P Medicine Bow Belf Bostrom Laramie Bin

Tragedy Rocks Rock Springs Woman and Her Lover

A young man fatally shoots a high school girl identified as Miss Cooper and then commits suicide. The pair, from prominent stockman families, were believed to be in a strained relationship. The tragedy shocks the community as Clark survives only partly conscious and expresses a wish to die.

Rock Springs Mteter Adam Cooper William Clark

Tragic shooting in Rock Springs ends in double tragedy

In Rock Springs Wyoming at a private home, Hazel Cooper seventeen dies after a shot from Edward Clark a similarly aged youth. Clark then shoots himself in the breast and is critically injured. Initial accounts vary with some describing the first shot as an accident as the couple were alone.

Rock Springs Wyo Hazel Cooper Adam Cooper Edward Clark Miss Cooper Clark John Erickson

Carnegie Testimony Reveals Steel Career and Banking Critique

Carnegie asserts he paid no attention to Carnegie Steel books before absorption by the Steel Corporation. He blasts the U.S. banking system, calling panics a civilization failure. He traces his steel career from 1861 in Pittsburgh and outlines early mills and the formation of Carnegie Steel Company.

Carnegie Steel Company Steel Corporation Carnegie United States Congress Steel Trust Tella Dem Miller & Small National Bank of Pittsburg Keystone Bridge Company Superior Carnegie Steel Company, Limited

Study on Digestive Distress Clues Cause From Within

The text describes symptoms of stomach upset such as belching, pain, nausea, bloating, and fullness after meals. It argues the disorder stems from an external cause, not the stomach’s failings, and insists the stomach itself is sound once the trigger is removed.

Carnegie and partners push steel innovation to curb monopoly

The speaker notes a satisfactory measure will evolve to prevent monopoly and says no immediate alarm is needed from courts, Congress, producers, or consumers. He cites buying the Hessemer patent and recounts Civil War observation of Bessemer steel, Dodds patent for hardening steel, and Carnegie bringing Dodds to Pittsburgh to build the first hard surface rails, later teaming with Schwab on open hearth furnaces.

Congress Scotland Dodds Carnegie Pittsburg Schwab

Fire Bomb Incident Ends With Envelopes Struck By Bullet

American Surety building narrowly escaped a blast as a clerk A H Pilcher watched a flying package of envelopes strike the wall. A bullet lodged in the envelopes, he retrieved it and kept it as a souvenir.

American Surety Company A. H. Pilcher Surety Company Pilcher

Hundred Soldiers Poisoned at Leavenworth Home

One hundred veterans at the soldiers home in Leavenworth Kansas were poisoned after eating hashish or hash. Some remain seriously ill but Chief Surgeon Fryer said no deaths are expected. An investigation will determine the cause of the incident.

Leavenworth, Kans Fryer

Officials in city on official business visit rail interests

H E Renick superintendent of this division of the C and C and C Neihaus of the claim department were in the city yesterday on official business J A Edson president of the KC Southern passed through on his way South General Claim Agent F J Peterson of the UP was visiting with R P Snyder of the local force yesterday Mr Peterson was accompanied by his wife The State Leader Want Ads bring best results Try one

H. E. Renick Neihaus J. A. Edson K. C. Southern F. J. Peterson U. P R. P. Snyder

Runaway Girls Dance and Plan to Flee Cheyenne

Two 14 year old Cheyenne girls Anna Mathson and Bessie Johnston ran away from home after refusing reform school. Arrested at Denver Union Station they danced in the city jail and wrote letters to admirers while awaiting return to Cheyenne with deputy W. W. Arnold. Their parents, wealthy in Cheyenne, wired authorities for aid.

Denver Colo Cheyenne Anna Mathson Wyo Chum Bessie Johnston Union Station Misa Mathson Miss Johnston Trinidad Miss Mathson Love Cheyene W. W. Arnold Mathson

Colq and Grip remedy touted for cure claim

An old advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine relieves colds and headaches. It urges readers to request the full product name and look for a signature by E. W. Drove, noting a 26 percent claim.

E. W. Drove

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State of NEW Oil CO. 10 G. A. TR. Post National Banks of Phoro Shlets Coal Company Paul Stanko Rhewwathem Chamberlain Railroad News Union Pacific Rawling Red Desert Wamesutter West Fuller Union Pacific Visitors Otto Humberger Rawlings F. C. Tatlock H.A. Greek Omaha The American Express Company Colorado Trouble Young Man Herody Modesto & Pipitone Capitol Ave Tim Jai Tia Cane Union Pacific Standard Row B. K. Bressom
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