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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1916
Page
13
Cheyenne officials consider a 910,000 appropriation for summer band concerts. The Cheyenne Cadet Band, praised for recent public performances, is invited to bid for summer engagements and may bill far less than the prior offer.
The Only Girl, fresh from New York success, played at the Titan theatre to a pitifully small audience. The company delivered laughter and applause with strong musical numbers and fine voices. Frank Ion Putto n, as Keilin, fell before the charms of the composer and the show closed with the pledge “The Only Girl for him.”
The Presbyterian church invites attendees tonight to view illustrated scenes from Old Mexico by J Weatagott of the Salvation Army. He will describe his trip to Mexico and the Army’s work, with his daughter singing and the church choir performing.
Cheyenne may gain a new winter park at the Carey avenue and Rundall avenue intersection near Twenty sixeth street. City officials favor converting a 60 by 266 foot strip of ground into a park with curb and water main connections, improving a busy boulevard’s appearance during summer.
Cheyenne's Elizabeth Urown, a long time local barber, announced her engagement to Herman H Slansen of Sterling Colorado. The wedding is planned for late March.
A baby boy was born late last night to Mr and Mrs Roy Te at their home 1247 Wheat Twenty third Street. Both mother and child are reported to be doing well.
An advertisement recounts a patient’s severe kidney and bladder troubles and promotes Dr Pierce’s “Agaric” and “Anuric” remedies from Buffalo New York. It claims tablets and tinctures restore kidney and bladder function, improve digestion and blood quality, and urges mail orders or drugstore availability across the country.
Cheyenne High school basketball suffered a 78 to 28 defeat at the hands of the Colorado Agricultural College team. The Aggies jumped to an early lead and maintained sharp team play none of Cheyenne’s efforts could halt. Substitutions and late scoring by the Aggies widened the margin.
The report notes temperatures plunging below zero across the state with Law station readings late yesterday showing a 10 degree below zero mark and a predicted record cold night tonight as officials expect the coldest period this year though a milder pattern may follow. Local official Q Grant warns the record may be broken soon amid widespread subzero readings yesterday.
In BL CENTRO California January a man attacked his ex wife and her new husband after hiding behind a door at a hotel room. He carved her as she moved toward the bathroom while the husband smashed the door. A police officer fired at the assailant but likely failed. Two others, Martin Mallory and John Antholse, were seriously wounded in the shooting.
The industrial relations committee chaired by Frank Walsh, created to study employer and worker relations, has completed two years of work. The next regular meeting will devote to a general discussion of the Walsh commission findings and a new voluntary group in Cherentico invites public attendance and representation.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the British suffrage leader was detained at Ellis Island on arrival aboard the S S Paul. She faces exclusion for a foreign conviction while she says her visit is to aid Serbian relief efforts and she will appeal to Washington.
Count Morajaska, Flugian nobleman and co owner of mining claims in the Tor tolita mountains, was beaten into unconsciousness and then shot on his property near Mowlay. He lay for days without food or water before locals found him Thursday after a motor convoy reported he was in trouble.
In Salt Lake City a Marshall of Sabetha Kansas man is held for trial in district court on a charge of murdering his wife at their rooming house. The defense contends she died by suicide.
The program features Tried for the Own Warder Metrics Costello in a dual role with Leah Baird and others, plus comedy and Sally-Tr hune Weekly. At the Athos a drama When Nognen Mall Out stars Joe Maloney and Helen Molmer. News covers Lincoln Highway film shown at San Francisco exposition with notable attendees and a telegram praising the screening.
Hammond Coke and Coal Co opened the Diamond Coke and Coal mine at Diamondville Kemmerer Wyoming after a year idle. The 48 mile operation contains a coal pick vein and will employ about forty men once ready. All company properties are active and a prosperous water season benefits the firm.
Sacramento January 16. A severe Sierra Nevada snowstorm halts overland traffic and slows schedules on the Southern Pacific line. Officials report the storm as the worst in the Sacramento division with drifts menacing tracks and extensive delays across the region.
Many suffer indigestion from constipation with headaches belching and abdominal discomfort. A mild laxative is preferred over strong purgatives. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Purpos and Syrup Pepsin are advertised as effective remedies, with free samples and mail order from Caldwell 454 Washington St. Montville MI.
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