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Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1913

Page

5

Coming Events and Social Attractions Notice

Community calendar lists events including rally day efforts to aid the Laramie road project. A Hapitat Sunday school picnic is planned for Thursday afternoon, with a Friday evening Methodist offerings and a Presbyterian church supper Thursday night. All members and the public are invited to attend and participate.

Groryoody Chevern Laramie Hapitat Sunday Rpworth League Methodist Church Peppater Cheyenne Club Oak Ayerc

Owls Street Carnival Promises High Order Entertainment

Central Wyoming cities host the Owls street carnival next week featuring Say Jigo Amusement Company and RivinStrong. Open air acts in Cheyenne include the Baldwins, Helliott's trained beasts in wrestling tumbling skating and dancing. Free performances occur every afternoon and evening during the carnival.

God Wyoming Sayjigo Amusement Compan RivinStrong. Com Cheyenne Furong Baldwins Helliott Flying Baldwins America

Watch repair and services offered at Carey Avenue shops

Miller's offers correct watch repair and adjustment at 1709 Carey Ave with moderate prices and high quality work. The Cheyenne Printery prints notices for Mark A. Chapman Loans and insurance at 16th and Carey. The Cheyenne Messenger Service provides prompt service day and night. A cloudburst near Rawilaw blocks traffic for ten hours on the Union Pacific. Hair goods and orders available. clairvoyant Gabriel Page advertises at 1717 Capitol Avenue Windsor apartments.

Cheyenne Printery Mark A. Chapman 16Th Carey Ave Cheyenne Messenger Service Bates Park L. C. Davis Sands Drug Store Tawlins Union Pacific Rawilaw Lucle Pa- Vis W. 17Th Hobson Home Hobson Burlington Yoyant Gabriel Page Capitol Avenue Windsor Apartments House

Woman Dies in Insane Asylum After Wire Injury

Mrs. Henry Mertz died at the state insane asylum Sunday after a return of insanity triggered by a barbed wire scratch. She had spent eleven years in the state hospital for the Insane, then nine years with her family before the recent relapse. Her body was transported from Cheyenne to Inez in Converse county, her former home.

Henry Mertz State Insane Asylum Cheyenne Inez Converse County

Salt Lake Bomb Fiend Known in Cheyenne

W L Cummings, arrested in Salt Lake City and charged with sending a bomb to Miss Dorothy Bamberger, planned to detonate it by wireless means. He was a track laborer near Durham months ago and allegedly developed a wireless device to prevent railroad accidents. He tried to sell it to the Union Pacific and then moved to Utah, where his criminal record began.

W. L. Cummings Salt Lake Dorothy Bamberger Cheyenne Durham Union Pacific Railroad Utah

Five Civil Service Exams Set for August Eighteen

Five government jobs to be filled through civil service examinations on August 18. Openings include general mechanic for the Indian service in Washington D C and positions for bacteriologist mechanical engineer and instrument maker plus an assistant in agricultural education.

Civil Service Indian Service Washington, D. C

Denver Man Appointed Special Agent in Land Office

Leo Slack of Denver has been appointed a special agent in the field division of the United States land office here. He was prominent in the Colorado Democratic campaign, serving as chairman of the committee in charge of campaign speakers.

Leo Slack Denver United States Land Office Colorado

Land Office Receives Homestead Applications and Proofs

Two applications by Joseph KR Lawrence of Wheatland for homestead and desert lands were filed yesterday. Seven final proofs were received from Charles T. Child, George Walker of Durham, Eli B. Hudson, Delbert J. Hudson, Ernest H. Goodman, Arthur E. Mlapfer of Cheyenne, and William C. Carroll of Wheatland.

Joseph KR. Lawrence Wheatland United States Land Office Homestead Desert Charles T. Child George Walker Durham Eli B. Hudson Delbert J. Hudson Ernest H. Goodman Arthur E.mlapfer Cheyenne William C,. Carroll

Funeral of Mrs Hughes Held in Local Baptist Church

The funeral for Mrs Tillie Hughes will be at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon conducted by Rev George Van Winkle with interment in City cemetery. Gleagon undertaking is in charge. Mrs Hughes died in Los Angeles Friday her son Donald traveling from there with the remains after a Utah washout delayed the train arriving at 10 o'clock last night.

Tillie Hughes Baptist Church George van Winkle City Cemetery Gleagon Undertaking Establishment

Woman Beaten After Refusing to Return Presents

Frank Runcorn of Los Angeles brutally attacked Rena George in Cheyenne yesterday morning over promises of marriage and gifts valued at hundreds. George, manager of a Capitol cafe rooming house, suffered facial injuries and losing a tooth. Runcorn was fined $50 in police court and rearrested on a county charge with bond to keep the peace.

Frank Runcorn Los Angeles Rena George George Cheyenne California Moving Picture

South Cheyenne Boosters Form Preliminary Progress

South Cheyenne boosters moved toward creating a South Cheyenne Improvement Association with a church meeting last night. Arthur Snyder was named temporary chairman and Claude Hall temporary secretary. A committee including Kil McKay Fred Hendershot Peter Jesser Joseph Grainger and Harry Lafferty was appointed to draft the constitution and by laws for the upcoming regular meeting next Tuesday.

South Cheyenne Improvement Association South Cheyenone Arthur Snyder Claude Hall Kil, McKay Fred Hendershot Peter Jesser Joseph Grainger Harry Lafferty

Rain Deluge Refreshes Farmland Around Cheyenne

A steady four hour rain covered a fifty mile radius around Cheyenne, delivering about a half inch of moisture. Farmers report improved prospects for crops after drought fears, with rainfall extending west to Laramie east to Hilledale and similar north and south of Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Laramie Hiledale

Lack of Will and the Vital Test of Will Power

A friend defends a husband with strong will power who quit smoking three years ago and stopped drinking, praising his restraint. The dialogue notes ongoing struggle to quit other habits and the critic questions the extent of his resolve. The exchange cites the water wagon and long effort, from the Chicago Record Herald.

Chicago Recort Herald

Take a Chance in Brooklyn Bogle’s Microbe Plot

The narrator scoffs at a danger with a conspired game to wear to keep microbes from the A of Aarlin Levine. Old professors fail to offer roots to the young, while he questions why others ruin fun with new schemes and doubled grammar.

Aarlin Levine Dan Cupid Cotley Roman Dbrooklyn Bogle

Efficient Saleswoman Cited In Noonday Talk

Jerome S McWade praises alert resourcefulness as a mark of efficiency in salespeople. A comedic incident from the same talk describes a distressed man crying for a bargain, met with sarcastic remedy from a saleswoman offering splints and bandages at a fictitious emergency counter.

Jerome S McWade Duluth McWade Pittsburgh Post

Ann Martins Dilemma in a Curious Courtly Tale

Ann Martins Dilemma features two suitors vying for her hand in a humorous, antiquated piece. Gay Tom sends orchids while Kalore spends freely, and John a sedate widower with five children seeks her favor. The judge listens as she weighs orchids against gifts, pondering which suitors’ charms to favor.

Ann Martin Swees Kalore John

Good For a Parson: Luncheon Debate Over Appetite

A New York American quip records clergymen at a luncheon after an ecclesiastical function. An unctuous dignitary jokes about bridling appetites and a quick retort suggests a biting exchange, capturing a wit rivalry among clergy.

New York American

Talk vs Price Credits and Odd Bits of Wit

A garbled collage quotes the Cincinnati Enquirer on talk being cheap due to supply exceeding demand and references the Denver Republican. It also notes a London sketch mocking verbosity and includes Kinglake's description of Arab breadmaking and a Chestnuts roast metaphor with archaic phrasing.

Cinginnati Enquirer

The Days of Degcartes and Bogland Dog Carts

A nostalgic account recalls a time when dogs drew carts in Bogland. Origin dog carts were banned mid century yet persisted among Costermongers and lower classes for Buodeg outrage. Dogs were mongrel with Bugiteh traits and could cover twenty to thirty miles on bread soaked in beer.

Degcartes London Mall

Professor Huntington Shields Guilty Party in Money Case

In Cheyenne at the Clairvoyant Professor Hustington's parlor he exposes a theft ring and shields a poor young woman from arrest. He tells the older woman the money is not stolen and helps recover it, noting his aid would not help if she were not deserving, while critics question the ethics of such acts. Office hours 9 am to 8 pm.

Cheyenne Hustington Moffatt Huntington

Carrigan Named New Manager of Boston Red Sox

Bill Carrigan, renowned catcher and strategist, appointed manager of the Boston Red Sox replacing Jake Stahl after Stahl’s dismissal by Jimmy McAleer in Chicago. Carrigan, yearns old and Lewiston Maine native, joined the Red Sox in 1906 after Holy Cross and previously helped direct the club’s board of strategy alongside Wagner and Stahl.

Bill Carrigan Boston Red Sox Jake Stahl McAleer Jimmy McAleer Stahl Chicago White Sox Carrigan Wagner Lewiston Me Ke Boston Holy Cross College Red Sox Toronte

Frontier railways announce stopover fares for Denver conclave

The Frontier committee reports Union Pacific official Ruble says Wyoming Knights Templar attendees to the national Denver conclave will receive tickets to Denver for August 10 11 and 12 or return by August 22 with a stopover in Cheyenne allowed. Similar terms are offered by Burlington and Northwestern railways for the Frontier Celebration period.

Cheyenne Knight Templars Denver Frontier Committee Ruble Union Pacific Pathway Wyoming Casper Burlington Northwestern

Gold on Capitol Dome Prompts Summer Vigil

At the Library of Congress surroundings in Washington on July 22 kids skitter about the lawn awaiting the sun gilded drop from the Capitol dome. The article notes the $10 000 gilding and ongoing repairs as workers plan to reseal and stop the golden shower from falling.

Ares Washington Capitol Hill Library of Congress

Hotel Arrivals A Fragmented Denver and Colorado List

An incomplete roster lists numerous hotel arrivals across Denver, Boulder, Creede, Laramie, and other locales. Names include Nevana, H. N. Maw kins, Wade, Bennet, Kimball, Wallace, Riehauls, leenhart, Isenhart, Hereford, Durkin, Hille, Pargeter, and many others amid scattered city and state mentions.

Nevana Denver H. N. Mawkins Wade Kanne City Bennet Kimball Wallace Houlder M. Riehauls Boulder EL Widewards Leenhart Moreford Chlu T Mise Mbel Isenhart Hereford Cole J. W. Durkin New York J. P. Hill

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