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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1917
Page
5
Frontier week features a top display in Huff Gorham windows by Cheyenne Wool and Hide, highlighting its growing local industry. The Sherman Company advertises varnishing and paper hanging services, and One-One taxi firm promotes courteous, reliable rides with open hours late night.
A large crowd enjoyed Flint Fireworks at Pioneer Park with a Verdun themed show by the Flint company. The display featured colored lights, heavy bombs, and a skyward skylarking pinwheel, with rockets bursting above fort parapets and red watch fires at outposts. The Industrial club organized the event, selling more than enough tickets to cover costs despite crowd management challenges.
A South Omaha stock market delegation of about twenty-five, led by W Hasbeer of Union Pacific, arrived in Omaha for Frostier celebrations and traveled to Cheyenne for Friday and Saturday events. The group includes leaders from Union Stock Yards and several packing firms, highlighting ongoing expansion of the western live stock industry as Omaha market receipts reach a record thirty-third year.
The report notes Omaha’s stock yards expanding to meet rising cattle hog and sheep receipts from regions east west north and south. Improvements in handling facilities rail equipment pens chutes and scales aim to sustain the city as the nation’s leading livestock market amid war time price effects and larger expected yearly outputs.
Report from Associated Press notes a major drain on top baseball players as the draft reduces the pool for the American League and the National League. The tally suggests about twenty five players may be moved to the American League, impacting the series and leagues this season.
Fragmented scores show Brooklyn and Pittsburgh with 1 4 results, New York 4, Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 2, Washington 95, Chicago 95, Detroit 115. The OCR yields many garbled names and places, with Pittsburgh and Cleveland as clearly named teams and two leagues referenced.
Police report three Ford cars stolen in Cheyenne with two more taken from the Sixteenth Street side of the Plains Hotel. A man named Barteon is linked to one case, but no address is given. Investigators expect arrests and hope for quick recovery.
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