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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
13
Cheyenne reports include visitors from Worland Sheridan Boulder Tulsa and Portland and a Japanese consul arrival. Local business, taxi services, new cement floors for mobile row, globe replacements after hail, and an accident injuring Charles H. Bellamy are noted along with weathered notices and service ads.
PILOENIX Ariz July 3 in response to appeals to the war department by Governor Campbell for federal aid in the strike situation the adjutant general wired that instructions had been sent to the command. the general of the southern department at Fort Sam Houston to take such measures as deemed necessary. Governor Campbell left for Globe tonight after being bombarded with telegrams and messages describing a steadily growing strike situation.
Enlisted men stage a free athletic carnival at Pioneer Park with events from soccer to relay races. Prizes include cash, merchandise, and post pictures from local merchants and theaters. The program lists donations from George Hanson, James Pool Hall, and others with a start time of 8 26 am.
Members of the Cheyenne Country Club will play a Liberty handicap eighteen hole golf match with the trophy bronze medal from the Red Cross via the USGA. All members urged to enter with entry fees donated to the Red Cross. Notables entered include Miles Pherd Charles Rigdon Wallace W K Jones Dr W H Andrew James B True C W Heisiz Frank Wharton William Dubois D Shawver A B Bartlett and C N Potter. A special chicken dinner is planned by the steward for a holiday crowd.
Motorists depart Cheyenne for Independence Day events in Pine Bluffs and Laramie. Rain yesterday helped dust settled roads though some puddles linger. Special trains and fares set for travel. banners advertise the Frontier show. many fans traveling with flags and picnics to hills or creeks for the celebration.
Author Owen Wister, famed for The Virginian and Lyman McLean, spent a few hours in Cheyenne on a fishing and hunting trip en route to the Big Horns. He noted dramatic western changes since his 30s visit, citing cultivation, wheat fields replacing antelope bands, and Cheyenne’s growth from a shack depot to a growing city with dry farming impact.
A July report from a French seaport describes American forces repelling two U boat attacks during a rendezvous with other troop ships and naval escorts. Gunfire and destroyers protected transports as five torpedoes were fired, with at least one U boat sunk. The convoy remained intact and the expedition progressed toward France amid celebration.
Four men were acquitted of conspiracy in Cripple Creek district court. Jurors cleared the defendants after testimony while prosecutors said the case cleans up local crime. Sentences and future hearings were noted, with officials vowing to pursue further actions as needed.
Short note indicates classification or policy item about vehicle types. Taxi service category addressed as Call No. 3 alongside seven passenger cars. No further context provided.
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