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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
13
A 1911 letter from N B Kinnear of Wye urges Cheyenne State Leader readers to push Wyoming lawmakers to enact party platform planks into law. He commends Gov. Carey appointee J A Preston and calls for disclosure of opponents to platform legislation. An editorial note corrects clothing prices printed yesterday.
Murphy, about forty five, arrested for express robbery, was identified by two individuals as the seller of stolen goods. He denies involvement despite testimony from a woman and Sam Nurgman. Chief of Police Schools turned him over to county authorities.
A vintage cold remedy advert touts its laxative bromide quinine mix as removing the cause. The notice asks readers to call for the full name and look for the signature WW, W, GROVE, priced at 25 cents.
In Lexington on January 11 Mies Crutcher and Virginia Crutcher went to the post office to arrange wedding invitations for Mies and William de Lasson Rumans. An Alto mobile with a young real estate man Bubs Bright carried away the bride to Danville where she wed Bright in the afternoon. Runwoans learned his fiancée had married Bright while at his desk.
Washington court action opens with the government seeking to dissolve Standard Oil of New Jersey as a holding company. Attorneys argue the 1899 corporate structure and subsidiary network create a monopoly and violate the Sherman Act. Standard Oil counters that holding property is lawful if not restraining trade.
The Midetora Dance Club schedules its regular weekly dance at Keefe Wall Friday evening January 13. This week only the event is opened to the public with special attractions and a farce act. Admission details listed as 750 and 260 respectively.
A tract in the Litura district on Mast Colfax avenue east of the city limits sold by Frank L. Bleney to J. L. Overman of Colorado City at 540 per acre. The price shows rapid rise in irrigated land values near Denver with earlier sales at 200 an acre and later jumps to 290 400 500. Suburban tracts and lots report strong demand.
The community buzzes as Myers announces a big price sale at the store. Shoppers flock to grab deals on popular goods while stocks last. Local residents anticipate savings and quick checkouts as the event unfolds.
In a heated session the Republican caucus named Clark as their candidate for the U S Senate. The proceeding included a long roll of county officials and clerks as the party organized the legislative slate. Governor Carey’s forthcoming message to the legislature was anticipated as the session opened.
J W Price, a weight clerk at the Ange lua hotel in El Paso Texas, was arrested for aiding in the January 6 holdup. He confessed and implicated T R Warnock as another suspect. Price says two masked men forced him and the porter into the basement at gunpoint.
Whitinsville Mass Jan. K Frank A Goodhue reports that hens lay eggs more during cold days if the farmer wears a red flannel shirt while tending them. He cites a psychological effect but provides no conclusive proof.
West Union Ohio January 11 Leonard Pollard 61 pleaded guilty to a bribery indictment involving his vote and voiced that he would never vote again after May five years of disfranchisement. The case highlights political corruption and personal disgrace in the local court scene.
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