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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
13
Incomplete OCR fragment from The State Leader notes addresses and advertising rates with stray phrases. Mentions Carey Aves Cheyenne and New York representative, plus business office and society editor lines.
A Cheyenne Junior Birthday column lists daily celebrants born on March 4 including Miss Pearl Irene Yost Thurlow Donnelly Herbert Percy Greenwood John Briggs Barnett and others. Readers under 15 are asked to mail full names ages birth dates and addresses to the Junior Editor at the State Leader two days before the event.
Cheyenne jewelry and trunk makers advertise new lines and services. Denver hosts Rev Dr George Rafter at the Metropole hotel. A marriage license was issued to Arthur R James and Ming Pearl Adams. Former Mayor Cook shows improvement after surgery at the Private hospital. Ladies offered Turkey Red Hard Wheat Kansas Cream Flour at 20th and Thames Streets for $1.50 a sack. Leroy Grant, former Albany County ranch owner, involved in sale news.
The Albany county ranch was sold to George Kitty of Nebraska for a 25000 consideration. Burns Presbyterian church to be dedicated with an elegant program for tomorrow’s services. Revival meetings planned at the A M E church starting at 10 45 a m led by Rev J J Scott after a Denver revival. Incorporations filed by Capitol Avenue Garage Van Tassel Real Estate and Livestock and Laramie Copper company with capitals of 100000 100000 and 500000 respectively. Robert Morton arrested after watch theft in Denver and turned over to Colorado authorities. Representative Congdon in Cheyenne seeking to revive a dead fish hatchery relocation bill. W C T U asks for clothing for six children affected by a recent fire. items accepted at 221 East Twenty first Street.
Washington announces new stock allowances for national forests. Alaska and Minnesota are excluded as no grazing or poor timber conditions exist. Total livestock allowed: 1,873,795 horses and cattle, 59,015 swine, and 8,247 sheep and goats.
Governor Carey signed five bills from the Eleventh legislature including House 147 adjusting tax levy limits, House 197 creating the Wyoming State Industrial Institute, and Senate File 104 organizing casualty and accident insurers. The reform school site decision will be made at the next general election.
Commander Francisco Guerrero garrison head and Ceiba governor and Louis Bier of New Orleans were among the losses. Bier appears the only American wounded or killed, a flying bullet striking him as he rested in bed at his residence.
Residents are invited to visit Citizens National Bank to meet Fye and La Pash who will be present for a community event at the bank.
Mrs. Alex T. Butler of Casper travels to Cheyenne to gather material on Mrs. Bellamy of Albany County and Mrs. Bond the state librarian. She plans an article for the American Suffragette in New York and will be paid 100 dollars. Her January piece for the Woman's National Daily drew attention from New York publishers and hundreds of congratulatory letters followed.
A carpenter C. A. Bennett residence near the street car barns and the Colorado and Southern line suffered major interior damage after a Thursday afternoon fire. Firemen, delayed by track projections, could not reach the home quickly, with families clothing and belongings reportedly destroyed.
The Ninth Cavalry band presents a final program with Truckey & Son offering future amusements. The concert features excerpts from operas and comic works, overtures by Wagner and Strauss, and a Dollar Spree medley. Audience invited to attend.
A report notes a residence suffered damage due to street erosion. The structure stood about six hundred feet from a water plug, highlighting the risk of subsidence and getter drainage challenges in the area.
Charles Durham was arrested by Policemen McLaughlin and Baker for stealing an overcoat a hat and a sweater from a house on Bent Street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Avenues. The sweater was reportedly worn by Durham when seized and the hat found in a pawnshop.
Amusements review celebrates Francia Wilson's season comedy farce The Bachelor's Baby written for Wilson and starring Thomas Beach as a child fearing bachelor. The piece lauds its merriment charm and Wilsons star turn with the guardian plot twist and heartwarming transformation of the lead.
The review notes the play combines pathos with comic effect and praises the production. Mr Wilson returns with most of his New York company backed by Charles Frohman providing an handsome staging. The Bachelor's Baby opens next Monday night at Capitol Avenue Theatre.
A house relocation near Central avenue and Sixteenth street forced power and telegraph outages in East Cheyenne for hours as wires were cut to permit the drag. The contractor, with city council permit, warned it would take days to complete the move across Carey avenue and toward West Cheyenne, leaving patrons frustrated but with no remedy available.
One of Cheyenne’s largest round ups of hoboes occurred at dawn when Night Police Sergeant Embrey and Patrolmen McLaughlin and Baker raided the property at the Colo. The operation resulted in the capture of thirty two men and underscores a major enforcement action by local authorities.
Police rounded up thirty two tramps found sleeping in tado and Southern yards. They were lined up for face recognition and all but three were ordered to leave within ten hours. The three who stayed proved employed. A city search suggested the others had obeyed the exit order, while railroad workers reported their lunches stolen from the sand house.
Colonel William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill spent several hours in Cheyenne meeting old friends and locals. He lunched with Governor Joseph M. Carey and Frank L. Houx before departing for Cody after noon, moving on from Arizona and California travel to his Wyoming home.
Partial notice lists furniture for a four room house to sell for 200 dollars if taken immediately and a house for rent at 417 West 2nd Street. The fragmented data names no individuals or organizations. The ad implies a quick sale and a rental offer with limited details.
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