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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
10
In Thermopolis Wyoming on June 17 a widow of Martin received a Carnegie award of 2000 dollars plus 20 dollars monthly for herself and 5 dollars monthly for each of five children. The award follows the death of Martin who died trying to rescue Eva Wheeler after a gas incident at a sulphur mine near town.
The University of Wyoming reports a record summer school enrollment with 120 students registered by 4 p.m. More than 111 are girls and more may enroll today. Registrar Burge anticipates totals exceeding 150 by Saturday as offices arrange dormitory, boarding, and quarters across campus.
In Atlantic City on July 17 six Chinese men told police they did not help Ho Why die by shooting himself. They described a feast and a quiet circle before Ho Why fired the fatal revolver shot, calling it the honorable deal. The six were released.
A 24 hour forecast ending 6 AM Mountain Time calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with light morning haze. Temperatures range from around 40s to low 60s Fahrenheit, with light winds from the north and a slight chance of isolated showers in the far western portions.
The text appears as garbled OCR from a historical page. It mentions Sauguebanoe and a family phone advertisement. Palaeo Pharmacy Drug is referenced in a puzzling way with stray phrases about laws and peers. The overall piece is incoherent and lacks a clear news event.
The Bartlett family of Cheyenne preserves rare historical items including commissions of colonial militia officers and a Washington invitation letter. Jowiah Bartlett, signer of the Declaration, is linked as a great grand uncle. Zebina Eastman, US Consul at Bristol, is recalled for his Lincoln era White House visit and a Lincoln Seward appointment note.
Two men riding on a double decked bus near Long Head, Lt. 1, were injured when a sagging wire swept across and cut their throats. One victim, William Pleng, suffered a partially severed windpipe and faces likely death.
Pueblo report recalls Chaceing oath to remain in the city as the last days of Walter Howe near. Peter McCarty, serving a term that would expire at 6 o clock Sunday night, was found dead in his cell by Jailer Mealery half an hour before the term ended.
Steamboat Springs reports Robert King, landscape artist, was found not guilty of beating and robbing the hotel run by Millner. Millner’s accused assailant, Mies Milnar, appeared in court and signed a wedding engagement with King, who plans to marry when she comes of age.
Unfavorable seasons two years running do not dampen farmer gains in Golden Prairie as land office records show expanding cultivated areas. Edward C Reed, James M Townsend, Thomas C Van Benthuysen and others report increasing acreage and yields from 1900 to 1913 with new trees planted and improvements valued, while final proofs show additional homesteaders like Andrew Anderson Frank Mooman Frank Freeman and Henry Harts expanding wheat oats corn and garden crops across leases and acres.
Sherwood Eddy of the Y M C A Asia division told the St Louis YMCA that missionaries in India are purchasing young girls at 10 cents each to save them from immoral temple life. He spoke during the local YMCA meeting.
An Atlas Orchestra event titled A Cool Dance In stores for Thursday evening hosted by the WwW. O. W. club. The Sherman Co. decorates the venue for the event.
The big Packard six cylinder test car led by H. B. Joy president of Packard Motor Car Co visits Cheyenne en route to Laramie. The party toured roads, logged condition reports, and discussed road improvements while detailing car features and travel plans across the West.
Windom Kansas resident Miss Many A Horner credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her displacement bladder trouble and female weakness after other doctors failed. She praises the remedy's native root and herb ingredients and urges others to try it as a trustworthy aid for women's health.
The article discusses relentless pursuit of better design by testing methods regardless of cost. It highlights engineers exploring new processes and scrutinizing outcomes to enhance performance and reliability.
Associate Press report from Kansas City notes that factory and laundry workers, especially women, lack funds for church tithes. Miss Louise Mittlestadt of the Woman's Trade Union League blames churches for their refusal to attend without earnings. Testimonies describe low pay, piece rates, and social class pressures shaping job choices. city factory inspector Nan Sperry adds that independence drives service-class stigma. Also mentioned are the 27th International Congress of Medicine to meet in London in August and Florence Fine Arts Expo running to October, with U.S. high schools now largely offering four-year programs.
Ipswich court states that I W W leaders are responsible for a death amid a riot charge connected to a factory strike. L. Pingree and Nathan Mann, leaders of the IWW, posted 1200 bail each as the more serious murder count remains pending. Eleven other defendants held for grand jury on rioting charges. one woman freed.
One hundred ten teachers from Puerto Rico completed an agriculture correspondence course at the University of Porto Rico. Jose C. Rosare was chosen by peers for a free trip to New York and Washington for distinguished work in Brevition.
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