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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
7
Thomas T Chaloner demonstrated an overhead system for Long Island Railroad to halt a two car electric train at sixty miles an hour within three hundred feet. A vertical pole with a steel bar above the tracks lowers to strike a protruding plug on the car, triggering air brakes and stopping the train.
Officials in Greeley Colorado announce a potential new railroad line from the southeast to the West Coast crossing the Kansas Pacific at Deer Trail and extending to La Salle to serve southern and eastern traffic. Survey work on the Burlington branch from Hudson to Greeley continues with grade stakes to be set next week and earthwork to begin.
Stockholders of Leader Publishing Company will hold an on ce meeting in the office at 1813 Carey Ave Cheyenne Wyoming at 8 p m Friday January 20 1911 for the election of officers and to transact other business as may properly come before such meeting
For rent listings and room offers including two furnished rooms at 1721 House St and rooms close in at 411 W 19th with options for short or long term exposure in a local classifieds section. The ad notes pricing of one cent per word and multi insertion discounts.
The Wyoming Bell Municipal District invites sealed proposals for purchase of Wald District Six Percent Bonds, denomination five hundred dollars, total 1 100 000 dollars. Bids due 2 pm Friday January 87 1911 with award to highest responsible bidder. Bonds not sold below 95 percent of face value. Address for information provided.
A chaotic classified page offers $25,000 city property loans and numerous housing and farm listings near Cheyenne and Denver with terms, trade options, and multiple plots. It also includes a water conservation notice and a mayoral proclamation ordering dog confinement after a hydrophobia incident.
A fragmented listing shows multiple Wyoming-based lawyers with offices in Cheyenne and Hugo Donzelman, plus various railroad timetables for Overland Limited, California and Oregon Express, and Colorado routes with arrival and departure times. The partial text combines solicitors' rooms, block locations, and train numbers with inconsistent formatting.
State Leader wants ads to bring beat results by encouraging readers to try one. The notice frames classified style as a call to action for engagement with the local paper. It emphasizes simple participation and tangible outcomes through advertising.
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