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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
16
A reader friendly catalog of fresh fruit and vegetables with various price points. Items include apples grapes oranges bananas spinach green onions onions peppers cabbage peas beans cauliflower cucumbers lettuce radishes celery turnips beets carrots, all offered in different unit sizes and bulk quantities.
Judge John A. Riner will hear arguments for a new trial today for six men convicted of bid-grading gold ore and selling bullion to U S mints. Defendants include Dennis Sullivan Frank Cochrane Daniel McLeod George Heber Charles Daniels and William High. Prosecutors Higdon and Howell built a strong case making a new trial unlikely.
A housewife is urged to take inventory of pantry shelves during the coming week and be ready for the big festivities when they start.
Fresh vegetables arrive daily including spinach celery cauliflower lettuce radishes and onions. A wide selection includes lunch meats national biscuit crackers and cookies live hens and fresh ranch butter available.
A federal investigation cost over 50000 and two years to build evidence from across the country. Tony Cuaz admitted involvement in the bullion thefts and will be sentenced today. Acquitted defendants face trial in Colorado courts, while six others await a possible new trial ruling.
Edmonds Kaofith once served as a stenographer in the governor's office and is now somewhere in France. He joined Canadian forces after leaving Wyoming, serving in the Ninth Howitzer Battery and advancing into front line work as the war rages in the Western Front.
Army orders published by the War Department transfer and detail personnel across posts. Sergeant Henrony A. Davis medical department relieved from Presidio Texas and ordered to Fort Yellowstone Wyoming. Major Zebulon B. Vance retired ordered to Fort Monroe Virginia as quartermaster. First Lieutenant John K. Boles Ninth Cavalry detailed to Portland Oregon. Major Joseph B. Herron transferred Eighteenth to Nineteenth Cavalry. Major William K.R. Smedberg transferred Nineteenth to Eighteenth Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Young Tenth Cavalry ordered to report to Ohio adjutant general Columbus. Second Lieutenant Herbert M.H. Schwarzkopf transferred from Second to Eighteenth Cavalry.
Detectives and secret service personnel from Salt Lake City Denver and Omaha will be on duty in Cheyenne during Frontier week. Chiefs promise ample protection with mounted patrols plain clothes officers and speedy motorcycles to deter pocket picking thefts and other crimes.
Miss Julia Lathrop head of the U S Childrens Bureau met Governor Houx and state officials in Cheyenne. She discussed future plans for betterment work for children in sparsely settled districts and potential federal aid for medical care and attention.
Entries for the Frontier auto meet pour in with about twenty cars planned for mile track racing at Frontier park. Three motorcycle races add to the event with top riders from the inter mountain belt. Wealth of fast machines includes two Stutz cars from Casper and Denver tuned unit, a Mercer from Rawlins, Plains Auto two cars driven by Cheyenne drivers, plus Haynes Premier Hudson Cadillac and Apperson. Local experts predict speeds from 40 to 80 mph depending on track condition while the crowd anticipates a record Cheyenne turnout for the event.
Dr. E. G. Ahrens caused a diverting scene yesterday when he tried to move a Ford with Dr. Ellen Wetlaufers Ford nearby. The car collided with another vehicle, stalled, then backed into a curb after striking two bicycles. No injuries or damage were noted, and Ahrens joined the Never Again Club.
A reported incident at Elkhorn saw a local cook jailed briefly after curiosity led him to inspect the jail. Officers took him inside the women’s ward while a sheriffs’ deputy secured the door. Friends gathered to view the scene as the two men were released after lighthearted joshing by police.
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Reyenne post office includes Maggie Allen Amos Anderson Aniel Apolinar Lloyd D. Burnett J Bruen Mare L Brown Floyd Breeden J Bowen Esther Hennett W Henson Carl Bailey Jean Bettay Cia hon Bessie Copeman Carl Cunningham Robert Connaghan KK Coddington Lester Colomb J M Coghill Thorne Coate Hessie Chase Refugio Castillo Wm Carmichael Mrs T E Carett Lilian Canner Charley Dunne Kay Dowell Mrs A Dykeman Alf Dale R G Diemer Ed Dean Wm.
A long roster of individuals and households appears, listing numerous names with titles and surnames followed by a few organizational references such as Kelsey’s Subscription Agency and Merc. Co. The fragment ends with a street or box designation 15 Box 472 and various family names including Hutcheson, Hunter, Gates, Gardner, and Wilson among others.
Residents of Casper district incorporated Traders Oil company filing articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The firm is capitalized at a quarter million dollars and names incorporators Charles Liebenstein Alex H King R K Staley John L Bridermann and R E Stapleton.
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