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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
13
Local notices report Owls hold a routine meeting with business of importance to be transacted and members urged to attend. The issue lists various city happenings including arrivals, sales, and funerary arrangements with multiple residents and towns named.
All hearers invited to a social dance at Venive Hall on Thursday evening. Admission is fifty cents per couple with an extra ten cents for Tadady. Tickets available at the door.
The body of William Nottage a union pactile a witchman at Laramie will be sent to that city this morning. He died of blood poisoning at St Johns capital yesterday morning after severe injury at work in the Laramie yards two weeks ago when crushed by a switch engine. He was brought to the hospital here a week ago as blood poisoning set in. A portion of the injured foot was removed but failed to help. His wife and children were at his bedside during his last moments and will accompany the remains to Laramie.
Mrs. E. J. Peckham returned from the Philippines with her grandchild, the infant daughter of Captain and Mrs. C. G. Lawrence. They left March 10 as Captain Lawrence served at Camp McGrath in Matangas province. The baby, five months old, was gravely ill in Nagasaki but recovered en route home, traveling about 26,000 miles.
Final proofs were made yesterday by nine homesteaders at the United States land office. Those whose proofs were acted upon include Claude F. Palmer Edward C. Reed and James H. Townsend Wauneta George L. Wetzel Fort Laramie Rose B. Dorsey Morrill Neb Thomas Van Benthuysen Wauneta George R. Fuller and Harry R. Stevens Burns James D. Roberts Sunrise. Seven original entries were made by Alex Blanton full Neb John Cruse Torrington Clarence M. Rickard Laramie Chas F. Stobnaw Dixon Alfred Weldron Jr Savery Mills E. Greenlee Greenlee Wheatland Charles F. Nestil Cheyenne and Charles R. Meyer of Frederick made application for an isolated tract.
Readers are invited to inquire about law studies under competent guidance at the Sprague Correspondence School of Law, No 401 American Building Detroit Michigan. The school boasts an excellent reputation with successful graduates nationwide and offers an affordable plan.
Martin Krueger and Elmer Francia admitted stealing a watch from George Madman and were sentenced by Justice Houseman to 20 days in jail.
Licenses to shoot birds are available from Justice of the Peace Houseman or Justice Edwards for $1, not valid for chickens. Large and small game licenses cost $2.50 for residents. Vermin such as prairie dogs and coyotes require no permit. No licenses needed for fishing. Nimmo's market, 318 West Seventeenth Street.
Miss Minnie Gunnell leaves Ryans ton for vacation while Miss Ida Sanders from Ogden takes a stenographer post in Green River. Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Sam Wilson visit Cheyenne. Union Pacific team to play Morgan and Park City. Conductor Robert Mullica and wife welcome a daughter in Green River.
A roundup of Union Pacific operations and personnel including A M Akin’s hospital admission in Chicago for an operation. Reports of 250 000 ties loaded at Millea for shipment to Laramie plants. Miles work crews advancing river area preparations. Delays on Evanston roundhouse brickwork. Mrs Wilkes returns from Denver. A box car fire at Rock River extinguished after being moved to a water tank. A humorous aside narrates John Moe Cabe facing a misread ticket and a mock up of a prank by Irwin Bros.
An artist seeks nobility for a portrait and chooses a plain typist as model. The work gains attention as viewers sense a moral strength in the subject. Years later the typist, now helping the poor, discovers the painting shows him but remains unaware of its source and purpose.
The Canadian polar expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson sails from Victoria aboard the Karluk with ten scientists and 15 crew. Stefansson will join at Nome around July 20, while Dr. R. M. Anderson stays with the southern party aboard the Alaska. Oceanographer James Murray begins immediate study of currents, sea life, and chemistry aboard a deck laboratory on the Karluk.
A young man posing as a mason took a job to build a henhouse. An observer found the wall two feet high with a misplumbed four cornered funnel. The worker admitted neglecting plumbing the corners while rushing mortar.
A large afternoon audience enjoyed lectures on Law Love and Habit followed by Kilas Day’s impersonations including an Italian, an Irish school director and a Kentucky colonel. The evening featured the Italian Marine band and a lecture by Dr. CL Mitchell titled Job or the World’s Ash Heap.
The Peddycoart Garage, newly organized under its current owners, showcases the Mighty Michigan with a 40 horsepower engine, rich golden brown paint, and Spanish leather upholstery. The firm also represents the Mete car and is praised for its Cheyenne to Euruses run in under 50 minutes. L Wilson and John Peddycourt head the business at Eighteenth and Thames streets.
Dr John A Witherspoon of Nant Ville Tenn becomes president of the American Medical association and urges a national health board. He argues for centralized government backing to prevent epidemics and reduce common infections, deflecting charges of a selfish motive.
Hotel arrivals include Miller, Diamond, F. J. Chip and wife in Torrington. Bartholomew in Thor. Traealer in Casper. Ogburn and wife in city. Osborn and wife. Winn in Jennings. Shielde in Sterling. Tradbury in Chicago. Knott in Omaha. Wilson in Omaha. Quinn in Omaha. Campbell in Denver. Nelson in Casper. Irwin and wife Mouglan. Keyte in Salida. Smith in Denver.
A long list of names and places appears, detailing guests and associates linked to Plains Hotel including John Eyre Green River F Wy lie Denver Arthur Kunff Miss M Welsh Lander J D Horton W J Gova G W full R W Butters L Holsworth Pine Bluffs Jesse R Taylor Des Moines Max Chariton Spokane D O MacKintosh Newcastle O B Mill New Rosa C W Moore Texas City O J Bacon New York Elias Day Chicago E J Carline Denver Max Green River O B Stephenson Denver Carl Waterman Denver Louis Smith Chicago William Crouland St. Louis B A Long Dayton Mins L Graves Omaha WH kk Hall Wheatland 6 8 May Denver C tiengel Philadelphia L D Feau reaux Denver R C Patterson Denver G W Ward Boulder B And erson Denver H Mather New York Jon Brey out wife Kansas City Miss C Goff L A Partridge Denver J L Henritz Denver O K Vogel New York J P Morrisey Denver Me A B Johnson and wife Chicago C P Ream Chicago WH M Whitmer Chicago Mrs J S Williams Douglas Miss Williams Douglas Miss Louise Allen BE H Mathis Denver HH W Cowan Chicago William Cowan Chicago RR Wolfe Chicago William Gano and wife Denver W M Gano Jr New Haven Miss Weare Boston
A fragmented OCR listing multiple individuals and towns including DeFord Buckingham Silver Plume Newcastle Lauder Kan sas City Laramie Russell Gulch Denver Burns Rawlins and others. The text shows scattered names with likely notices or registrations but few readable actions or dates.
President Wilton held a three hour conference with Treasury Secretary McAdoo and Chairs Owen and Glass on banking and currency. The meeting, near midnight, was the last before the administration currency bill is tabled in both houses. Representative Olan doubts the bill will be ready Friday. no date set for the president’s message to Congress. Tonight’s talks covered details with no changes to essential ideas.
A fragment from the Keasay City Journal humorously surveys romance notes and letters about a girl, an address, and a plan to ask if there is money in the chicken business, ending with a mention of the Sherman Coa.
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