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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
2
Wyoming news reports a state leader plans a controversial move described as selling power or position to fund a speculated initiative. The piece notes the political climate and reactions from local figures while outlining the unfolding offer and potential implications.
The Majestic hosts headliner Little Hip who performs stunts including standing on his head and bell ringing. Manager Milton praises the act as highly entertaining with audience demand at capacity. The Hollingsworth twins and other acts also receive favorable notices as the show runs Friday and Saturday.
La Porte Indiana June 73. An extended search spanning two continents ends as Alexander Kurlay is jailed on abandonment charges. Married in 1900, he and his wife toured Europe before he reportedly deserted. She pursued him through Europe and America before his arrest.
In Darby Pennsylvania Charles Kubble and his housekeeper Mrs Hotk narrowly escaped as a Newfoundland named Rover and his cat activated a gas stove. The dog died, the cat revived after exposure, and the doorway to the kitchen remained closed to prevent suffocation.
Marriage notices announce James Iay ton of Cheyenne and Addie Pierce Dobson of Denver wed in Denver. Brooks plans Fourth of July at his Casper ranch. Local marriages include Rogarmel and Mina Neff. Northern Colorado Mining meets at Inter Ocean hotel to advance 20 claims in Northpark with C. A. Morrell and others attending.
George Clinton Payne age 96 visits Montclair to announce plans to retire at 100. He has worked as a book agent for years and remains active, walking eight miles daily and reading all print except small type without glasses. He is descended from Colonel Payne, fought in the Revolution, and has voted Democratic since 1828 for Andrew Jackson. He now based in Newark.
Annie Johnson filed for divorce from William Johnson, a dairyman, alleging extreme cruelty. She states he attacked her on two occasions and subjected her to painful indignities. the couple married here on April 15, 1895, with no children.
Public auction at 419 West 16th Street Cheyenne on Friday June 25 1909 at 2 PM. Household goods including chairs tables beds couches stoves and other items plus wagons carriages harness driving horses mules and hats. Terms not specified owner requests sale of items for cash with high resale value.
June 24 Diaria epanel, a leading Spanish newspaper, denounces the steamship Isle de Luzon’s arrival in Havana harbor as an insult to Spaniards. It urges mourning dress for all Havana houses while the vessel remains. The ship, captured by Americans, is seen as flaunting Spain’s cowardice and its satirical masthead flag as ignominious.
A faculty order at the state school in Ypsilanti requires male students to leave campus by 10 PM and female students to remain in their rooms by 9 PM each night. The policy bars evening social activities including trips to Ann Arbor and campfire events, prompting female students to threaten transferring to other institutions.
Pueblo reports Thomas Per king of Tulsa Oklahoma was found asleep in a boxcar and arrested for vagrancy. He showed mining letters claiming he earned $30,000 at Goldfield last year, invested in new claims and wages for miners, and now lies destitute at age 65 while heading to his son's ranch in Oklahoma.
In Pittsburgh on June 24 Mrs Florence Laucher 24 of 10 Spring Avenue North Side fainted while leaning over a tub of water in her basement and drowned. Her husband unemployed slept upstairs as the noise of crying children drew Joseph Javor to the hydrant water running from the basement and the mother’s body was found submerged.
A Cheyenne Sherman Company notice announces 1 gallon B. and C. Cresol dip and 141 gallons of water for dipping sheep. It claims dipping costs reduced 100 percent and asserts Cresol dip cures scab ticks mew jeg and Mp ulceration.
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