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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
12
Fragmentary column about Arthur Smith of Central School with a birth date of January 19, 1890. Includes stray phrases and unclear details but confirms his association with the school and a named event.
A batch of social and business notices shows James Callis and A G Sanders among travelers in Laramie this week. Cheyenne visitors include W B Weeks and B Winter, attorney H B Colburn in town for legal matters, and Mr and Mrs Lyretta from Carpos visiting here. Other names: Wm West of Woolton, Miss Mary Jordan of Big Piney, Mr and Mrs Culbertson and Mr and Mrs Dugald Whittaker returning from Denver, Philipp Yoder of Meridian visiting old friends, Co B Conway of Torrington in city on business, Frank and Oscar Marsh of Chugwater visiting, Harold Humphrey back from Omaha, W K Jones back from Laramie business.
A compact local column notes handmade trunks at the Factory, marriage licenses issued for James A Wood and Maxepa May Israel of Lingle, piano instruction openings, coal delivery to town, a lost horse shot after injury, typhoid cases among Hanter children, generally low illness and hospital activity, and a boy named Walter Collier rendered unconscious from a fall.
A Card Party hosted by the M. W. A. takes place at A. O.7 W. Hall on January 22. Admission is 160. The event aims to raise funds or socialize, with entry details noted.
No police court yesterday morning with one arrest the fight prior. Arthur Johnson the colored man was sent to the county. Buckley Goon Weet-p Buckley of United Mine Workers has gone to Roth Springs and coal camps in the Went to restore order. Snow in mountains brings deeper snowfall to Cheyenne and nearby districts. Tramps and beggars troubled Park addition selling food and clothing to women. Red man meeting at A. O. U. W. hall tonight with social hour after business. Delegation in town seeking to organize Platte County. Atlas Dramatic Association set annual meeting for February 5. Colorado Wyoming Lumbermen in Denver with local dealers present. Attorney Cortell of Albany county in Cheyenne for supreme court case. Miss Davidson to start private kindergarten January 22 in Central school room five. Streetcar car derailed near Randol avenue delaying traffic. Two local hardware dealers to attend Colorado Retail Hardware convention in Denver February 19–24. W K Jones of Pioneer Abstract in Laramie has been there on business. Rev L Harold Forde spoke on Home Missions at Presbyterian church. Rev Hills to speak on foreign missions tonight. Black and others return from Grover for Mayor Black wedding. Subscribe for the State Leader.
Cadet Scouts continue training for wall-scaring stunts each Tuesday and Friday afternoon. They meet again this afternoon under the direction of Lieutenant Steever at the gymnasium.
A letter signed B. J. Boyd claimed Geo. Boyd of Passie New Jersey would locate a large manufacturing plant in Cheyenne. The same letter is being sent to every Wyoming town with the town name swapped for Cheyenne. The motive is unclear but could be a fake aimed at free publicity.
The Leader praises a Cheyenne Printing Co calendar featuring Wyoming scenery views from across the state. The piece touts artistic design, statewide reach, and potential to attract attention to Wyoming mountain splendor, noting superb workmanship and value to calendar owners.
Basketball brief notes a January 19 game between School of Mines and CAC at Keefe Hall. Details are sparse due to OCR brevity, but the matchup and venue are clear.
Messrs J W Seymond and William von Albaile from the Mid-Continent Magazine called at the office last evening. The Denver based publication plans extensive actions in the coming months to aid the growth of the Rocky Mountain region, with a strong staff of writers aimed at advancing Wyoming and Colorado.
In the National Monthly edited by Norman E B Mack of Buffalo New York the feature Prosperous Wyoming praises the state’s resources and possibilities over two pages. It includes views of the state and portraits of Governor Carey Attorney General Preston and Immigration Commissioner Schenck.
J T Dodge and son Tom travel from McGill Albany county to Cheyenne and report a severe storm in their region. Sheep losses are feared for Swan Land and Cattle Company with several hundred head missing. up to yesterday three Wheatland area herders remained unaccounted for amid heavy snow. Search parties struggle through deep snow to locate them.
The Williams Weekly, touted by C. W. Williams as The Paper With a Punch, failed to appear on its advertised launch day. No issue was issued and readers were left waiting for further word from the publisher.
Thousands of elk from Jackson Hole are driven southward into Routt County Colorado due to heavy snow and scarce feed. Colorado game wardens enforce state hunting laws to protect the migrating animals, with an estimated 2,500 elk now in Colorado and considered property of the state.
Yesterday’s Talk to Walker event in Cheyenne sold three second hand typewriters to buyers from Denver Laramie and Cheyenne. Denver buyers said Walker’s prices run five to seven fifty dollars below Denver market. The Laramie buyer compared Omaha Kansas City and Chicago lists finding Walker’s stock ten dollars cheaper per machine than Eastern city asks. Dealers urge customers to act before stock is exhausted.
The Miksa dancing club held a regular dance at the Elk's home last night with a good attendance. The music and floor were fine, the crowd congenial, and the evening lasted to early morning, marking one of the club's most enjoyable times since its organization. Only club members attended.
Keefe Wall leads the contest as the School of Mines hosts the C A C in a January 16 game. Peiday and Keefe wall starred for Mines with a decisive baskets sequence boosting the home team.
The Atlas theater offered four vaudeville acts praised as strong and well balanced. Chesney Ktony Co. presented Iris Son's Boy, Clinton and Russell laughed the audience with jokes and songs, and William Lawton performed new aerial feats. The program also included a Little Orchestra. In a separate note, a man was jailed for disturbing a rooming house until Saturday and Clifford Garr, a escaped reformatory fugitive, was returned to Golden, Colorado.
Denver vaudeville notes praise Kenney and Hollis as the Empress headliners this week and announce the Atlas booking for next week. The Three Juggling Bannons are lauded as skilled yet dangerous with club tosses. Johnson and Loraine from Salt Lake City open at the Atlas next week amid strong local notices.
The city police had but one arrest Thursday night and that person was released after processing.
A reader testifies that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root cured years of kidney and liver trouble and general ill health. The letter, sworn before a notary in 1909, urges others to try the remedy and includes order details from the Cheyenne Daily Leader.
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