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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
10
Escampment March 1 A Wyoming cafe fire gutted the Plummer cafe after a gasoline heater explosion at 7:30. Firemen rushed three water streams as flames swept attic and roof. Proprietor Plummer suffered facial burns and smoke inhalation after rushing toward the source and collapsing.
The Industrial club of Casper has been organized by local business men. Officers include President J. Bingenheimer, Vice President M. P. Wheeler, Treasurer W. Conwell, and Secretary Harold Banner. Banner is grand master of the Wyoming grand lodge of Masons. The club will promote Casper interests and attract manufacturers to locate here.
Collen Caught Rawlins March 1 by local police on the order of Ogden's chief of police for obtaining money under false pretenses. He remains held awaiting Ogden officials.
Deliberations in Casper center on building a Continental Oil Company plant to manufacture cans for smaller oil shipments. The proposed factory would enable packaging as Caspers demand for oils like easoline and kerosene grows, with an expected tax or agreement noted.
Store bankruptcy filed in Laramie as of March 1. Barry Broth ers’ book aire closed at noon and placed in sheriff’s custody for liquidation.
Bt. Loula Mo marching marks the first heavier than air flight parachute descent Captain Albert Berry leapt from his aeroplane at Jefferson Barracks March 1. Hundreds of soldiers witnessed the event and carried Captain Berry on their shoulders after he landed.
A brief advert claims a single day cure with Bromo Quinine laxative elixir and urges readers to seek the signature of B W Grove for validation. The note hints at worldwide use of the remedy.
Sheridan March 1 Major W W Beott Indian agent on the Crow reservation visited Sheridan for the first time in a year He cited a new problem in high finance two Indians split hay and sold it to two different parties then fed the money to their own stock The Crow couple married in Sheridan earlier but did not perform the ceremony on the reservation and later completed it Major Scott asked County Clerk Floyd to withhold licenses to Crow family members without his authorization to prevent bigamy among the Crow.
A Burlington road bulletin states the Flamey spur will not be removed despite prior reports. Other items note births in Laramie and Boser, a $50 fine and 30 days in jail for turkey theft in Casper, a new depot and round house planned at Boonville, a broken leg from a fall in Casaver, a house fire in Encampment, a victim's death from the flu explosion, a Newcastle sultatorium opening, and the death of Alonzo Carpenter near Burts.
In London streets hurled with damage as suffragettes led by Mrs Emmeline Parkhurst attack government offices and clubs. An automobile dash to Preuiler's palace ended with a stone hurled through a window muffed by a protester. Many women used taxis, some arrested and released on bail, vowing to continue pressure for votes.
Denver trio Hector Curaew, Gernet Curaew, and William Curaew rise from poverty to a $500,000 estate following the death of English grand-uncle John Curnow. They plan to give their mother $75,000 and learn of the legacy through a U S government notice about the Birmingham England kin of the deceased.
Sheridan March 1 Judge Nichols fined M B Droud 100 in police court for disorderly conduct and Judge Hoop fined 100 more and jailed him three months on assault and battery. The incident occurred at the Droud home after a quarrel with his wife when he struck her eye with a blow leaving facial discoloration and bruising.
Enthusiasm in Juarez rebel camp as a consul is appointed in El Paso. Supplies loaded for a southward expedition to Chihuahua with 38 freight cars of horses. Seven hundred men under General Rojas form part of a column expected to move tomorrow toward Chihuahua. Train traffic on the Mazocori line halted after rebels burned two bridges near Douglas. Separately a legal marriage occurs in Rocky Ford involving Elmer Dustin and Mrs. Loula Edison to drop a bank embezzlement case. Aleta Vale Tonic advertises $1 dandruff cure with a free scalp treatment.
A page shows a lengthy district by district tally of votes for numerous individuals across Cheyenne and surrounding Wyoming counties. It details names such as Miss Addie Bwaney and Miss Mina Breither with vote counts and street addresses, extending to rural towns like Diamond and Laramie with dozens of voters listed by locality. The document maps territory boundaries from Cheyenne south of 22nd street to statewide areas including Platte Gosh en Albany and Lincoln counties and lists multiple Misses and Mrs. holders with individual vote totals.
The text lists district leaders and chairmen across many districts from No. 4 to No. 14, detailing south of streets such as Nineteenth Eighteenth and Seventeenth, with names like John Wright Pitt Covert John Gill Dr Conway and Ed Burke. It preserves the roster form of leadership indicating organized local groups.
George Sidney stars in Busy Izy a musical farce comedy at Capitol Avenue Theatre next Tuesday in which Sidney showcases his famed comic talents. The cast includes Carrie Webber Dick Hume Nick Basil Frank Gibbons Walter Webber and John Mayes with a polished chorus. scenes span Busy Izy s department store and a hotel with lavish stage apparel by a renowned maker. Where do you buy your cigars at Wilson of course.
Advocates of cutting regular cavalry argue for five regiments out, but proponents warn the U S must keep a strong mounted force. They cite war needs with 110,000 National Guard infantry alongside 45,000 regular infantry and 17,820 regular cavalry, totaling about 21,820 with guards. The piece notes training, geography, and border pressures justify maintaining larger cavalry and criticizes economy at the expense of national defense. It compares cavalry to infantry ratios across nations, noting the United States has one of the lowest cavalry shares.
The piece argues for a larger peace cavalry reserve to supplement volunteer forces at war start. It notes cavalry is harder to build quickly, stresses infantry as primary for internal order, and cites Senator Du Pont criticizing the militia as ill balanced.
The Gamblers by Charles Klein, a dramatic hit praised in New York, comes to town with John Cort’s Producing Co on March 7. Notable players include Paul Everton Gertrude Dallas Frank Losee Palmer Collins Matt Snyder Franklyn Searight Edward Fox Craft Evalyn Green George Fisher Nellie Haynes Georgia Snyder and Marie Knowles. The play enjoyed 200 plus performances at Maxine Elliott's Theatre and is billed as a more human tale than Klein's earlier hits.
The famed actor Paul Everton returns to our stages in The Gamblers offering a performance that outshines his prior turns The Third Degree and The Lion and the Mouse His character displays sharper wit and stronger stage presence than any previous role noted in his career locally.
Dr Bellows of the Sanitary Commission went to Washington to seek an appointment with President Lincoln. He presented the case to Lincoln, who listened but said nothing after twenty minutes. Lincoln finally said the appointment had been made days earlier, and Bellews responded with a quip about wanting to hear him “bellow.”
Relinquishment notice lists 160 acres for sale 3 percent miles east of Dover YP RB and B. For cost of improvements at 2629 Clarkagn 51 Denye! Cele a6.
A meeting of all persons listed in the poultry exhibit will be held at the Industrial Club tonight at 8:00. A large turnout is expected.
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