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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
8
Readable fragment lists home grown spinach and assorted vegetables with prices and quantities including onions peppers peas beans lettuce and cabbage. The notation shows bulk units and small pricing signals such as ten to fifteen cents per item.
A drowned man found in the Poudre River near Port Collins is identified as Claude Foster of Clinton Wyoming. A williary registration card and a blue sock matching another garment link the body to Foster, a former Burlington worker. The search also continues for Agchie Benton, reportedly missing after attempting to ford the North Platte. Omaha visitor W C Jenkins arrived, staying several days.
Officials received a government notice declaring 3000 black bass will arrive July 1 to stock Cheyenne area lakes. Past stockings included lake trout in Sioun's lake and sunfish in East Lake, but bass flourish most in Lake Minnehaha with many small fish and a few large specimens remaining.
Wyoming national guard members will mobilize at Camp Fremont in Palo Alto California for preliminary training before heading to European battlefields. The encampment honors Gen J C Fremont, famed explorer and Army officer, and will gather guardsmen from Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Wyoming.
Mrs Brewster of 1600 Bent Street faced a correction after The State Leader mislisted her numer as the arrest site for three women charged with selling liquor to soldiers. The arrest occurred at 1610 Bent, using Mrs Brewster's phone, not at her home.
The community page reports dancing planned at the Elks home every night of Frontier and at the Inter Ocean location. The Inter Ocean will be open as a pavilion while events continue.
State labor commissioner reports districts tallying harvest needs for the emergency war crop. Saratoga district seeks about 260 extra workers starting July 25, with four needed at the Davis and McConnell ranch. Park county Powell district estimates 400 more men. Shoshone project shows promising crops and wage work. Applicants should contact the labor commissioner’s office in the capitol building.
Forecasts indicate fair and warmer weather Tuesday for Cheyenne and vicinity and Wyoming. The report notes cooler conditions in the northwest, mean temperature around 61 degrees this date, with highs near 76 and lows about 46. Wind chiefly SE at up to 22 mph, and 9.51 inches of precipitation since January 1.
In a tight Boulder All Stars versus Cheyenne Indians game, the Indians won 7 to 6 in the final session. Ed Schoel umpired to general approval, with strong pitching by Schmidt and solid hitting and fielding, including two double plays by Boulder.
Indians overcome early deficit as Unter drives in the winning run in the eighth with a hot shot through short. Ricks scoring on Unter’s blow, Crowland and Manion also contribute two base hits as Boulder falls to the Indians in a late-night baseball clash.
Judge Judeu J. A. Riner ordered eight men to pay $200 each for selling liquor to soldiers amid a crusade crackdown. The offenders Cranville Helton Arthur Johnson Alfredo Astrada F T Avastin Charles Hoy John Jackson Coad Granger and W Havens faced light penalties, with heavier punishments hinted for the future. J R Grogan pleaded not guilty. Three black women arrested for bootlegging were released due to lack of evidence.
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