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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
8
A severe hailstorm hit Cheyenne causing five inch stones in places and widespread destruction. Glass shattered near the police station and Fleming’s store. trees and festival lights damaged. a horse trapped in a collapsed cesepool required eight men to rescue.
John Randall Dunn will speak on Christian Science at the Polish House in Boston on Thursday evening July 25. The event is hosted by the board of the Mother Church and The First Church of Christ Scientist. Public invitation extended.
Two expert drillers a father and son from Colorado worked by hand on the post office buttresses drilling seventeen feet in under thirty minutes. The operation aims to install conduits for electric lights with evening and early morning work to avoid courthouse disruption. The project involves heavy masonry and is expected to finish next week.
Denver resident Jack Hayes traveled to Cheyenne for a day of business, returning to Denver later the same day. Local sources confirm the trip involved routine meetings and no notable incidents.
Reports from games in St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Chicago show a mix of close and decisive results with notable batteries including Hendrix Elliott Ames Snyder Trogressor Gowdy Dell Smith Meyers Nehf and Troggsor across both leagues. Key scores include St Louis 6 Chicago 5 and New York 7 Philadelphia 6 with other matchups detailing nine to two and six to six ties.
The Cheyenne Indians host a dance tonight at Eagles hall with Ko pald's full orchestra. Patrons are promised a good time and strong attendance is expected. Next Sunday Stall & Deans from Denver visit Pioneer park to face the Indians in a baseball game.
Jay Cummings was fined $100 and sentenced to ten days in city jail for disturbance at the Bon Ton restaurant. He admitted striking a waitress with a ketchup bottle after she threw a plate, claiming she acted first by throwing it.
The report notes a cloudy to partly cloudy trend with cooler conditions. Current temperature is 64 degrees with a mean of 64 for the date, a 2 degree drop over 24 hours, and a high of 74 at 6:30 p.m. A low of 54 occurred at 6:15 a.m. Wind from the SE reached 22 mph at 9:55 a.m. Total precipitation since January 1 is 8.44 inches, above the normal 7.59 inches. Wyoming forecast calls for partly cloudy and cooler, then Wednesday through Thursday partly cloudy to fair.
Denver branch officials Calvin Bib and Paul Brophy visit Cheyenne to announce possible local representation for Overland and Willys Knight cars. They cite past shortages and selectivity of dealers as reasons for delay, but say conditions now allow careful application review and rotation. Douglas Man Here C A McWhiney visits Cheyenne from Douglas.
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