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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
5
The notice lists a ladies' bake sale this Saturday at Jonneon's Grocery Store and a farmers' roundup at the Tale Experimental Farm at 5 PM today. Includes event details for local participants.
Bosorth of Peabody Kansas underwent an appendicitis operation yesterday at a private hospital. The 62 year old patient had suffered for 16 years with a long standing disease making the case highly serious. He rallied after the operation but remained under care as doctors monitor his recovery. W Howorth of Burns, the patient’s son, is in the city awaiting the outcome.
Two land office proofs were completed by Fritz H. Drube and Oliver G. Goddard, with applicants Raymond Arnold and Christian Shinhus. Also noted are schedule changes moving regular meetings from the 2nd to the 1st and 2nd Monday, and assorted local notices and advertisements from multiple vendors.
Local notes list Milthe's shop at 1709 Carey Ave offering high grade work and moderate prices with a Cheyenne Printery promotion. Several notices cover residents traveling, auctions, and real estate deeds, including Edward H. Oehling transferring land for 2000 dollars and Henry Ferguson from Denver meeting state officials on irrigation project plans.
J C Foley Harold England J F Rossman and Miss Marian Rossman attended the Colorado and Wyoming Laundrymen’s association convention in Greeley. A banquet for about sixty five was held with local officials, the mayor receiving keys to the city. Winter meeting planned for Denver in January Cheyenne to host next year. Rossman serves as association vice president.
Special Today Dream Taffy offered up per pound at The Robinson. The blurb hints at warnings about excess and high living, urging caution to those tempted by indulgence.
Dr C A Duniway president of the state university is in Cheyenne to meet prospective students and discuss enrollment at Wyoming University. He notes a large Cheyenne turnout expected in Laramie and highlights the university summer school as the largest in its history with over 200 students including Ira B Fee and C Lehwiering. The program ends at week’s end and Duniway stays at the Plains hotel offering university business discussions.
Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania led discussions with William C. Brown of the New York Central and Samuel Fea of the Pennsylvania and Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio. They urged President Wilson to allow arbitration under an amended Erdman act and the workers agreed to delay a strike pending arbitration. A rail shutdown would disrupt most eastern cities and take years to recover from.
Princennes Louise and Stephanie daughters of the late King Leopold said they will appeal to the court of cessation after the court of appeals dismissed their claim to the whole Congo property valued at 14 million dollars. The decision followed a dismissal of a compromise proposed by the minister of Justice.
Readings by Prof Huntington claimed to reveal past, present, and future for dozens of celebrities and travelers. He boasted endorsements from Chicago press, St Petersburg universities, and European elites, promising psychic readings, nerve energy recovery advice, and marriage or career changes.
A long hotel guest register shows arrivals from Denver to Chicago and beyond. Notable names include C. R. Wise, J. E. Ryan, Howard Holman, Nan ny Covell, W. Ferguson, D. H. Carpenter, Gillette, pause, and many others visiting from Fort Collins, Greeley, Rock River, Omaha, Laramie, Peoria, New York, and more.
James Leatherman age 71 of Cheyenne died after midnight at St John's Hospital. Funeral services were led by Rev W M Nelson at Gleason chapel with interment at the city cemetery. He had just returned from Washington seeking relief from heart failure and advanced age. He is survived by a widow.
In Decatur Alabama Huston Fleming an engineer pinned beneath an overturned locomotive used a blade to end his pain after bystander spectators refused to help. Floyd Hamlin an air inspector died in the same incident reported at Louisville and Nashville yards where the locomotive derailed after being hurled by a switch engine.
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