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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
2
California June marriages reached 3,079 in 1912, up from 2,976 in 1911 and lower years. The state board of statistics projects a yearly total near 28,400 based on a half-year tally of 14,197, suggesting a leap year record for brides.
Howard F. Smith, freed by the Wyoming board of charities and reform, arrived in Gillette and spoke to The News denying a Laramie Republican accusation of mistreatment under Warden Alaton. He praised prison management, noting better food, medical care, and fair punishment, and described a Christmas gift from inmates to Alaston.
The U S Geological Survey estimates Wyoming's coal in ground exceeds that of any state except possibly North Dakota. The Powder River field in the Black Hills Big Horn region dominates, with about 16 000 square miles underlain, 11 000 miles with coal beds thicker than three feet. Wyoming ranks second in Rocky Mountain coal output, with Kemmerer and Rock Springs regions delivering over half the product. Original coal supply rivals North Dakota, totaling about 424 085 000 000 short tons, while 1910 production was 97 224 864 short tons and 146 000 000 short tons exhausted to that year.
In Silverton Colorado a skeleton with a rope around the neck and a .34 caliber bullet beneath it was found in Lackawanna Gulch. The body showed signs of fire damage and animal scavenging. Authorities seek Dallavale's wife and a former admirer, while neighbors recall shots near his home last August and his wife telling reporters he had gone to Oregon.
Cody Wyoming July 23 Stephen G Lampman father of Judge James F Lampman Basin and N D Lampman one of Park County's fork mast ers died alone in his Wart Mountain ranch cabin. Death caused by heart failure. Relatives and authorities notified. funeral held in Cody with interment at the M E church. Survived by children. ASHBURY PARK New Jersey July 23 Progressives launch separate party organization nominating full state ticket for November. Presidential electors supporting Roosevelt named with a woman suffrage plank drawing applause.
In London Tit-Bits a comic scene unfolds as Singleton and Mydleton bet on chest and waist sizes. Mydleton wagers a bigger waist measurement than Singleton, then proves it by taping around their bodies to reveal fifty nine inches versus thirty four shoulders.
In Annapolis the old naval academy faces a change as a curmudgeon laments that spooning and romance have faded with new granite buildings. Yet local officers still enjoy flirtations in places the future admirals frequent, proving romance persists amid modern campus life.
The trustees defend appointing a former street car conductor as usher noting his grit and tact. Parishioners question his short church tenure but agree the man of experience can manage the end-seat hog and maintain order during services.
The French poet Leon Dierx was found dead in his bed after a final remark about not waking again. He had attended a reading at the house of Stéphane Mallarmé the prior night and was 74 years old at his death. He had been named Prince by younger poets in 1901 after Mallarmé’s death.
The London correspondence explains a permanent crease in trousers pressed flat then stitched along the edge to force a straight front line. This method aims to prevent creasing at the knee and keeps trousers looking neat with a fixed crease.
A partial timetable lists Union Pacific trains westward from Omaha via Cheyenne and Ogden with arrival and departure times. It also shows Denver and Colorado Southern time tables with listed train numbers and times for arrivals and departures across Denver and South regions.
No 29 por North leaves Cheyenne at 7 10 am arrives Orin at 6 45 pm No 10 leaves Orio at 1 25 pm arrives Cheyenne at 7 00 pm No 28 for south leaves Cheyenne at 7 00 am arrives Denver at 12 05 pm No 17 leaves Denver at 12 20 am arrives Cheyenne at 5 10 pm
Daily schedule note from The Shorman Co lists No 169 Accommodation arriving at 2 30 p m daily except Sunday and No 166 Accommodation departing at 8 90 a m with Sun-Proof Patata? reference.
Casper Wyoming July 23 Philip Watton a youth who sought revenge after being put off a Northwestern train was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to wreck a train by placing ties on the rails Judge Carpenter noted possible pardon after good behavior and added a rare remark about the State Leader Want Ads acting as a middle man in the case.
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