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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
14
Numerous visitors from Casper Laramie Rock Springs and Chugwater arrived in the city for brief stays. Local business progress noted on the Ladies Toggery storefront fronts as Frontier preparations advance.
James Holloway and Viven Belcher from Omaha ran away after hearing about Frontier Days. Found yesterday by Wyoming State Humane Society officers, they surrendered without resistance. They traveled penniless to Cheyenne by jumping freight cars and will be returned to their worried parents in Omaha soon.
The Capitol City band led by George Harrison performed a strong concert in the city park honoring United Mine Workers delegates and city union workers. A large crowd gave repeat encores, applauding selections including First Brigade March and memory pieces. A two week teacher certificates exam began at the high school, with Mamie Hefferon directing. The State Leader office advertised sale of matrix sets.
Laredo residents protest plans to move the militia to another border point. General Funston says sanitary conditions are being addressed and steps to relocate troops are planned. Del Rio and Corpus Christi floated as possible sites as the Third Regiment completes vaccination and drills at 7 to 10 a.m. due to heat.
Captain Paul Koenig and fourteen crew members of the submarine Deutschland were feted by thousands of Baltimore residents under the Austrian German Red Cross. Koenig promised to return in a few weeks. Congressmen G W Edmunds of Philadelphia visited the Deutschland pier and was invited to return Monday when an officer said another submarine like the Deutschland will be in.
Henry Smith of Hilladale filed a declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for a four year term on the county board. He will face L. M. Trent who declared last week. Both are newcomers not widely known and the race may attract other candidates before filing closes.
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The Bureau of Fisheries under the Department of Commerce equips six cars for transporting young fish to streams nationwide. Each car holds 140 refrigerated cans with 200 fish each, averaging two inches. A rear purification pump system aerates water, keeping fish alive for a week, a method replacing fragile express shipments that caused many deaths in transit.
Dorothy Becker and Alice Miller both 15 from Elizabeth New Jersey saved two young men from drowning in Newark Bay. Becker was drawn under water by the victims during the struggle and fought to keep them afloat while Miller came to help. The men were carried ashore and revived.
The Atlas theatre packed last night as the film Where Are My Children proved a strong draw. Tyrone Power stars as a district attorney prosecuting a doctor involved with birth control and controversial morals. The picture, given a high moral stance by the censors, plays today and Sunday to target both adults and mature audiences.
A party of thieves attacked Mrs Potter of Rock Springs injuring her in an attempted car theft as her husband sought help. Abner Humeold a young Rock Springs woman died after teaching briefly. Charles Becker known as Cheyenne Charley was beaten on a bus by two men who stole four dollars. Police quickly captured the suspects.
A patchwork of notices reports deaths in Wheatland Pinack Hill and Hot Springs updates on city ordinances street traffic rules and refurbishment plans in Pine Bluffs and Gillette details on Frontier Days dates and local property transactions including Ostheimer farm purchase near Burns and a new building and town association in Hurts.
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