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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1917
Page
16
Johnston Grocery Co, Allen Colford Grocery, and R. B. Davidson Market announce a merger to expand supply lines and storefront reach. The three firms will combine operations under a new banner with shared purchasing and branding strategies.
Fred Johnson of Eaton lost control on Lincoln and Carey avenues after a collision with a car part. The vehicle struck a lamp post causing about $15 in damage. Johnson was jailed and posted $15 bond for lamp repairs. The car was towed to a garage for repairs.
A new ride dubbed Whip proves a hit in Cheyenne drawing large crowds. Riders ascend a steel frame as cars glide along curved tracks at high speed, eliciting screams from women and cheers from men. The machine opened last night on a vacant lot opposite the post office.
Robert Moore, a Wyoming Tribune newsboy, was injured when a car driven by Mrs Galen A Fox struck his bicycle at Nineteenth and Carey. He suffered a skinned knee but was not seriously hurt and was treated at Dr Fox’s office before continuing his routes.
Wyoming editors gathered at 2 o clock in the Industrial club rooms for the Wyoming Press association annual meeting. Speakers included J E Hanway Burke H Sinclair J H W McCauley W H J Bower and James Stuckley with remarks on the press labor national defense and dry farming. The group planned tours to Burns Carpenter Pine Bluffs and other towns with a Plains hotel banquet to close the event.
Licenses for taxi drivers are nearly exhausted as a large batch was issued yesterday, leaving few tabs remaining for distribution.
A Lima resident recounts recovery from a displacement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She credits the treatment with restoring health after medical doubts and notes she was a midwife for seven years and recommends the remedies to other women. She offers to answer letters from suffering women.
Lieut Longe Lance a full blood Cherokee Indian and Carlisle graduate serves in Princess Pats regiment on the western front. He fought at Vimy Ridge and survived as the only officer of his rank in his battalion before being wounded by shrapnel. He sent a letter from a base hospital describing the incident.
The Kemmerer district No 1 of Lincoln county completes sale of a $10,000 bond issue funded by state school funds to build a small Frontier schoolhouse. Prof J C Bureh of Kemmerer reports strong school interests in the region and says the new building will be ready for occupancy this fall.
The report shows clear to partly cloudy conditions with a normal temperature for the date. High 58 in the afternoon, low 51 early morning, wind 24 mph from the west, precipitation total 9.52 inches since January 1.
Frank Carroll of Shamrock Oklahoma arrived in Cheyenne as a house guest of his brother Deputy Sheriff George Carroll during Frontier week.
Articles filed with the secretary of State reveal G M MacDonald George C Opreth and George F Hudson organize a Casper company to conduct a general investment and brokerage business with capital of 250000 dollars.
The cornerstone for the new Christian church in Laramie County was laid with ceremonies in Catwest er Wyoming. Governor Frank Houx attended with family and officials while a stone container held a written history of the church a copy of the Carpenter Record and other tokens. The building is to be completed and ready for services within sixty days.
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