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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1915
Page
16
A 1914 wartime piece asserts federal troops favor the peon in Mexico, praising President Wilson and the Red Cross for seeking food and clothing for suffering Mexican workers. It links US military actions to alleviating hunger, poverty, and war profiteering.
The Leader aims to develop Wyoming and Cheyenne by boosting population and wealth. It advocates churches schools and fraternities as moral uplift and forecasts vast future settlement and livestock expansion aided by irrigation. A July 3 subscriber campaign seeks to widen circulation across the state.
A historical column contrasts civilized warfare with barbarism highlighting dum dum bullets gas and gas warfare sub warfare and aerial bombardment. It notes submarines as a feared modern weapon and argues the war has degraded to savagery, while also touching on weather myths and local reports of farming post holes and soil soaking.
Bids due July 6 1915 at 10 00 am in Torrington Wyoming for a new school building per Bowman plans. Separate bids for general construction roofing and plumbing with a 5 percent bid bond. Plans available after June 20 from the District Secretary or Architect with a $40 deposit refundable on return. Obey bond and local district requirements. Weather notes include Cheyenne area partly cloudy and memorial services by Woodmen groups.
O J Mille, famed pool and billiard champion, staged an exhibition in Cheyenne at Schwartz brothers hall drawing a large crowd. He beat Roy Butcher 100 to 88 in a 100 point match then stunned spectators with fancy shots including the aeroplane shot that jumps the ball into a hat from several feet away.
Community notes from Cheyenne include Miller's watch repair and jewelry services at 1709 Avenue, Ladiga Day events and two basketball games at Pioneer Park, and a weekly concert by the Cheyenne Cadet Band at Lake Minnehaha Park. Notable items cover a grocery theft report, new hats in stock at 116 West 17th Street, notarial commission for Earnest Lange Sr., and whiskey-distilled water ice by Cook Bros. Wheatland stock growers’ meeting returns, a 500-strong billiard exhibition crowd at Schwartz Brothers, and a postponed Lyric road race amid muddy roads. The Cheyenne Messenger Service advertises round-the-clock prompt local service.
Public land sale notice from the U S Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming May 29 1915 under Sec 2455 R & S directs Jessa Cole Serial 012798 land of Northwest NW section 26 T14N R69W Sixth P M offered to highest bidder not less than 2 50 per acre at 11 am July 21 at the office sale closes when bidding ends highest bidder pays immediately and adverse claimants must file objections by the designated time 6 33 26 27 4.
Attendance at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco on February 20 broke records as vast crowds filled the grounds for the opening ceremony with President Wilson present. City streets and expo buildings were lively, signaling a promising success for the event.
The baccalaureate sermon will be preached tonight before the graduating class. Advertisement lines note cement work and roofing services offered by local providers including Cheyenne Printing Co. and Pioneer Pay Roofing Co.
The Cheyenne column notes Mrs W M arriving from Omaha for a short visit, visiting friends after sending graduation cards. Also mentions a gymnasium event and local breakfasts at community spots, with scheduling hints for the day and nearby social notes.
The article argues that real tire dependability comes from a precise single cure process rather than varied names like Double Cure. It credits Goodrich with a precision method that reduces unnecessary expenses and percolation risks, stressing a straightforward manufacturing approach over gimmicks.
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