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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
10
The Noahs Ark Stores Co runs a $900 prize voting contest with daily questions and prizes. Questions cover entry costs votes transfer rules and weekly counting held Wednesdays with extra votes on bargain days and Saturdays.
Dr L G Van Slyke of Hyattville reported a promising gold strike in the rugged mountains near Hyattville. Prospects owner C W Margaret tage of Smv erny and others have been pursuing work in the area noting a satisfactory gold percentage in quartz and recent essays confirming potential to develop a mine.
The note describes a strike aimed at building a mill to treat ore. Ore yields range from 11 to 20 dollars per ton. Verm is about forty feet wide with a portion already staked. The situation suggests likely significant activity if the strike succeeds.
Trarty Youngerman, livestock agent for the Denver Union Stock Yard, returns from Wheatland where he attended a wild west celebration. The show boosted morale for Cheyenne Frontier Days and impressed stockmen with excellent range conditions and immense grass. Prospects point to strong grass beef sales this fall and cattle shipments may rival last year.
Hillsdale Wyoming on June 3 mass meeting called for June 4 at the schoolhouse to discuss road questions. Residents are urged to attend and share views on the vital matter affecting community growth.
Prof. Co. v. Rieway of the University of Wyoming plans a motorcycle trip starting June 12 from Laramie. He will visit Delaware relatives before sailing June 21 to Liverpool to tour Great Britain and the continent, including England Scotland Wales and Ireland, for about three months starting with a purchase in Liverpool.
Dr. A F Lane county health officer and Under Sheriff Stirling took charge of Shanklin Griffin at Lake Hattie and brought him to Laramie after a day spent chasing jack rabbits across the plains.
A brief notice lists The Sherman Company offering floor finishing and varnishing services. It details contact options and service scope, indicating availability for local projects and possible estimates.
The Shoshones and Arapaho tribes plan the annual Sun Dance at Wanhakle from July 4 to 6, an event depicted as a faithful though milder replica of the Gnoe torture dance. The government banned the skin-incision torture. spectators from Casper will still attend, and participants may join the Casper Fourth celebrations without interrupting the festival.
The Catholic Association will commence erection of a 34 by 60 foot church with arched ceiling at Pine Bluffs Wyoming. Site not yet decided but likely on land donated years ago by D J Gilleland, west of Sumner Miller’s residence.
The Green River Valley Horse and Cattle Growers association schedules its annual gathering at Big Piney Wyoming with a June 16 business session and a June 18 field sports and horse races at the track. A dance will follow at Budd's Hall.
Washington June 3. The department of agriculture reports demand for beef far exceeds supply and prices rise. It notes a 20 percent decline in beef cattle since 1907 and a 15 percent drop in meat animals slaughtered under government supervision in early 1913 compared with 1912. Prices for cattle, sheep, lambs and hogs rose last year amid high food prices, signaling a potential export surplus ending and a tightening domestic meat supply.
Militants blamed for a fire that destroyed Oxford University's largest boathouse on the River Isis, along with forty or fifty student boats. Cards reading Votes for Women were found near the scene.
Dr Colledge, lecturer at Chau Tauqua, accompanied Henry M Stanley in Africa. He founded and edited Technical Magazine and was editor in chief of the New Standard Encyclopedia. He led the English department at Armour Institute of Technology for several years.
The United States plans a perpetual and exclusive right to build a Nicaragua interoceanic canal and a naval base at the Gulf of Fonseca, securing strategic control and closing the route to other nations. The move follows a Taft era treaty now supported by Secretary Bryan, with minor changes sought in the Senate.
The piece argues for an adequate naval station and proper anchorage on the North American coast to support the fleet and training. It recalls past British and U S proposals to secure a Gulf of Nicoya base and notes Nicaragua could receive 3 million dollars for public works or education in exchange for concessions.
At Chelsea Beach in Atlantic City New Jersey three children of George Wales were buried under five feet of sand by a man alleged to be insane. Parents rescued the children in time and the suspect Frank Harris of Philadelphia is jailed for sanity examination.
A Maiden Lane diamond dealer reported a lunch hour theft in which gems valued between forty thousand and fifty thousand dollars were stolen. The thief entered by forcing the door of the 11th floor shop at 47 Maiden Lane and fled with a single satchel, leaving no clues.
An antique advertisement claims tea fresh air and good food help tuberculosis patients. It promotes Eckman’s Alterative as a cure and shares a sworn affidavit by Arthur Webb about weight gain and recovery after using the remedy, with offers for further evidence and sale details.
A Pekin correspondent reports Yuan Shikai, new president of China, virtually a prisoner in the Forbidden City. Despite commanding troops, he fears threats and pressures as foreign opinion wrongly assumes he rules. He must govern with caution or risk his own demise.
Bakers across Landehir England demand higher wages and shorter hours amid mounting labor pressure. Local unions and shop stewards mobilize quiet strikes and protests outside bakeries seeking improved conditions and pay parity.
City readings show varied conditions from clear to cloudy. Highs range from 56 to 80 and lows from 41 to 76 across Boston Cheyenne Chicago Des Moines Denver Galveston Helena Kansas City Lander New York North Platte Omaha Pittsburgh San Francisco Seattle Sheridan Washington with several cloudier sites. Extremes for this date record a high 82 and low 41 in 41 years.
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