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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1912
Page
5
Calumet Baking Powder Company of Chicago announces a new edition of their Cook Book. They will mail it free to anyone who writes for it and requests Cook Book D.
A mix of ads and notices from Cheyenne covers services from piano repair and chiropody to dental board returns. It notes creditors meeting for Barry Brothers, booster visit for Panama Expo in Frisco, and an accident at the Front corn milling tower. Includes various addresses and phone numbers.
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state for the Horemen's Protective Association of Wyoming based in Gillette. Also notes on a Colorado tour by Mr and Mrs George Joffee from Cheyenne planned for ten days to two weeks.
A private six round exhibition on the 4th included J Leonardo Filipino Kid and Jake School with Muggsy School. Both boys weighty and skilled in boxing with notable speed and technique. July sale on switches and junk goods advertised by Mrs Clara A Ligler at 41 W 10th St with phone 817 W.
South Cheyenne celebrates with family reunions and private picnics at nearby ranches. Town leaders urge a city park and a larger church, while residents note visits from Henry Varnum and Lester Folck and a hospital recovery. W. C. T. U. meetings occur. Booth Cheyenne welfare is urged. Daily Leader subscriptions recommended. Mr. Grant from Mountain States Telephone visits for business.
The Highland Colony Roosters held their second annual picnic near Manassa at G. M. Brown’s ranch. Despite a steady downpour, residents enjoyed a bountiful repast and an evening of dancing. Officers elected: W. G. John president, John Morris vice-president, Elmer Sorenson secretary, E. A. Moore house treasurer. The slogan adopted celebrated local booster spirit.
Union Pacific cuts trains 19 and 20 not as retrenchment but due to time card changes, moving two passenger engine crews to freight service and impacting workers between Cheyenne and Ogden. A separate report notes a special train carrying 130 BBE members from Omaha to Portland for a convention passed through Cheyenne yesterday.
W F Burch Chicago Great Western traveling passenger agent was in Cheyenne in his official capacity. L Blendorf U P city passenger agent Omaha traveled to Cheyenne yesterday with the Elks train.
D. A. Preston Ed Kelley and Bernie Sage traveled to Portland for an Elks convention. Dr Appel and wife went to San Francisco. Mrs Rays to Los Angeles. Dora Leach to Salt Lake. Fred Porter to Laramie. Mrs H W Conklin to St Joseph. Morton to Nevada Missouri. Margaret H Gill and mother to Spokane Washington. EE F Houston Chariton Iowa.
To finish painting the automobile signs between Cheyenne and Sherman Hill, six automobiles belonging to Messrs. Dineen Pretcher Emery James Bristol and aiding will depart from the Lar amie county organization office at eight o'clock Sunday morning equipped with painting supplies and eating equipment.
Fort Collins celebrates the Fourth of July with about a thousand visitors, a 50-gun salute, and patriotic exercises in City Park led by Willie V. Elliott of Denver. An extended three-mile industrial parade, four divisions, and a later auto parade capped by a fireworks display drew attendees from Cheyenne and several northern Colorado towns.
The Baraca Clans of the First Baptist Church held their regular quarterly meeting last Tuesday evening in the pastor’s study. Officers elected for the coming term include Oscar C. Stanfield president, Guy B. Davis vice president, A. N. Tatum treasurer, Paul M. Filmer assistant, and Howard B. Heins as teacher.
A compact roll call of July 6 baseball mentions Roy Wartzell's birth in 1881, historic 1882 St. Louis and Louisville scoring burst, Cincinnati 22 Baltimore 0 in 1883, Indianapolis 21 Philadelphia 2 in 1889, Jack Boyle’s five singles in 1892, Baltimore 15 Philadelphia 0 in 1898, Frank Kitaon’s one hit game for Brooklyn in 1900, Mordecai Brown’s Iron Man feat in 1902, New Orleans 19 Memphis 2 in 1902, and a 1906 Highlanders 4 0 shutout of the Red Sox.
A retrospective summary notes 1908 to 1911 games with pitchers Chesbro Newton Montront Rocheslers Clants Dowton Mathewson Brown and players Louis Cardiale Moore Alexander. It mentions a cold postponed game and a rare 14 inning complete game performance with a 1911 hitting spree including four hits two triples and a home run setting an NL season record.
The report highlights Barger and Nason of the Crooklyns contributing to a Pirates home game. They posted strong hitting, amassing combined total bases that push team performance toward a 20-base effort.
The Grant Lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks began its Grand Lodge sessions on July 2 with Judicary committees at work. Brookfield Missouri lodge members H F Clark C D Stone and B Lyon arrived after a 2200 mile hike from their hometown joining about 1000 lodge members and many visitors who covered the final ten mile lap.
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