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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
8
A shot from a shotgun killed a Mexican man found lying on the prairie nine miles south of Speer. Cheyenne officers believe murder. a second Mexican suspect fled with a shotgun trunk. Coroner to hold an inquest Friday as warrants issued for the suspected killer.
The Fourth of July spirit moves readers to observe with reverence and thanksgiving as allies are thanked for shared heritage. Cheyenne plans no general celebration but many invite travel to camps and nearby towns for patriotic events, speeches, music, and recreation led by groups like Campstool and the Lion's Club. Governors and residents voyage to regional picnics and festivities, with speakers including Governor Houx and others visiting Fort Collins, Fish Creek, and Ruford for days of celebration and fellowship.
The Port Russell Post hosts a sequence of July events with a dance at Captain and Mrs Colemans quarters honoring Miss Helen Schuyler, a dinner at Captain and Mrs Duncans quarters with Major Hardy and Captain Guntafson, and a Friday post hop. The day features a full patriotic program including athletic sports and races and many festive activities.
Mrs. W. B. Edgin, wife of Rev Edgin, visits Cheyenne guests of Mr. and Mrs. Durbvin. He has been in Washington and Chicago and is named head of a men’s school in Erie Pa. Mrs. Edgin will join him after the western visit. Mrs. E J Sullivan and daughter Dorothy of Basin are guests at H B Gates for ten days. Mr J M Mamie and Mrs Hansen take a ten day car tour through Colorado Springs and Manitou, while Mrs. McLean and baby sail from Butte to visit M H Todd.
Attorney John J. Spriggs accuses smaller settlers in Sagebrush county of being targeted by larger stockmen in lease fights mediated by the Indian bureau. He says wealthy lessees use patriotism to build leverage while small settlers, contributing to Liberty bonds and Red Cross, face unequal treatment and scrutiny.
Cheyenne residents claim climate makes tropical fruit culture possible with a lemon grown in a Cheyenne home proving fruitful. Mrs Miller's window display shows a two and a half pound lemon ripened on a three foot tree, touted as equal to market fruit for lemonade, though she keeps this season’s fruit for advertising Cheyenne’s climate.
St Marks Gull The Guild of At Mack s will meet at the Parish House Friday afternoon at 2 30 The Baptist Willing Workers will meet Friday with Otra J KE Stimson The hour is o clock
Private Robert W. Braziel of Wyoming writes home from Camp Lee Virginia about typhoid vaccinations, veterinary training, remount horses, and camp life including drilling, hospital admissions, and the diverse make up of the camp with 1 600 men.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morill Maine reports relief from rheumatic and kidney symptoms after using Foley Kidney Pills. Her husband also benefited, going from severe lameness to no pain. The ad promotes the pills as a general remedy, noting availability everywhere.
In Kemmerer Wyoming a man from Boise Idaho, intoxicated and confused, entered the wrong home just before dawn Tuesday. George Symes awoke to noises, seized the intruder who claimed hotel confusion, produced $100 War Savings, and apologized as the stranger recovered his balance. The assailant had boarded from Idaho and believed he was in a hotel, threatening no further harm.
Rock Springs July 3 A fatal accident at Blairtown mine left Anton Setley dead after touching a live wire while operating a mine auger. He was about 45, survived by a wife and six children. Funeral services are planned Sunday at 11 o clock from the North Side Catholic church with participation from four lodge members.
Princess Taylor Holmes performs in A Pair of Sixes while Cheyenne Harsey Carey stars in Hell Bent. Douglas Fairbanks brings Mr Pixit to Lyric, Sergi and Arthur Guy present In Over the Top at Atlas.
In the Taylor Holmes comedy drama at the Princess, T Boggs plays a butler as two partners gamble on control of the business for a year. Florence aids Boggs against Nettleton as Caddies pursues him and legal dice tilt the fate of the contract.
The story shows Mr Fairbank promoting happiness through helping others in a stylish home full of fashionable guests. A dramatic chase in the slums ends with him swinging across a street on an election banner. The cast includes Wanda Hawley Margorie Daw Catherine MacDonald Frank Campeau and Leslie Stuart.
Report by Sergeant J. H. Lehman shows only 58 enlistments at the Cheyenne recruiting station last month, below 65 the prior month. Many applicants were rejected after medical exams or failed to qualify, while more submitted applications. seven more may enlist if they pass physicals, as medical treatment expands for some conditions.
Wheatland Wyoming July 3 Fred Hagge seventy year old rancher and cattleman died after his horse fell on him during roundup. He underwent brain pressure relief surgery following the incident and had owned about 7000 acres and large livestock holdings. Hagge was president of the Glendo Oil Company.
A reader from Bishop California praises Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds sore throat and bronchial troubles. She says it helped her in a week and calls the remedy grand and effective.
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