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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1911
Page
10
In Ulata county a split forms over creating Lincoln county with four-fifths of Ulata. Evanston residents oppose division while others support it, aiming for an immediate vote. Proponents seek to delay until eighteen months to allow proper organization and funding.
A 1912 report notes Lincoln county near Ivane setting the stage for a county creation vote. Officials and residents debate postponing division while Kemmererta expresses sympathy with reformers seeking to appoint a county government in the western region.
Mrs Winifrid Hagerty of Cleveland Ohio says her father Sherk confessed kidnapping her from her mother as a baby and that her mother, maiden Sarah M White, was believed dead until recently. She believes her mother married a man named Harlow who moved to Sheridan or Johnson County Wyoming about 20 years ago and has enlisted local authorities to locate her mother.
Ellen Fuller of Monarch, a small child, swallowed a nickel scent coin months ago. Physicians initially failed to locate it. Today a coughing fit exposed the coin lodged in the throat, after which it was removed.
John Miller, held on sheep theft charges, escaped from the county jail and was recaptured by a county posse near Lost Springs after a 40 mile pursuit involving a sheriff. He had stolen a herd from Frank Gore during the escape.
A rancher from Platte Valley was captured near a mining town following a lengthy pursuit. An operation grafted skin from his arm onto his cheek, then his facial wound was re fused to heal. W. Vanstone, a Burlington machinist, has been discharged from the state hospital fully recovered.
Douglas Mar 9. Mar Jay Haskett a young ranch hand is bound over to district court on charges of stealing horses from Converse county ranchers. Bond set at 2000 dollars, he has not posted. Yeager, a former Cheyenne hotel man jailed for killing Policeman John Johnson on June 11, 1910, may plead insanity as his defense. case set for hearing this month.
Ranchmen of La Bonte area form a nine member organization after Governor Carey vetoed the bounty bill. They offer $18 for wolves and $2 for coyotes killed to protect their stock.
Laramie reports Governor Carey veto response over land for the state university experiment farm. Trustees say they have authority to buy the lands and will purchase at six dollars per acre. In Jackson Hole a stockmen meeting organized the Jackson Hole Live Stock Protective Association with W. P. Redmond as president James E. May as vice president and Milton J. Robinson as secretary treasurer.
Senior Vice Commander R E Fitch of the Wyoming and Colorado department G A R succeeds Senior Commander McDonald who followed the late Commander Ferguson who died in Denver last week. In Laramie James Sawyer a Holmes merchant fell at the Rambler mine and sustained multiple injuries including several fractured ribs. he remains in the city under medical care.
At a Wyoming state university executive committee meeting Secretary Burrage was authorized to advertise for hospital plans. The project is to cost $9,000 and be erected on the university campus in Laramie.
Washington March 8 The famous Hope diamond and its reputed hoodoo influence again surface in a district supreme court filing by Cartier Jewelers New York and Paris trading as Cartier against Mr and Mrs Edward B McLean. The suit seeks 150000 for the alleged purchase price alleging nonpayment of 40000 due under the bargain and that the McLeans possess the diamond.
The piece touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, citing thorough ingredient lists and endorsements. It offers a free booklet from Dr R V Pierce, Buffalo NY, claiming alcohol free formulas from native medicinal roots and Indians’ traditional uses for women’s health.
A jewelry firm sues Mr. and Mrs. McLean alleging failure to pay the first installment on a Hope diamond necklace and related emerald and pearl pendant valued at $26 000. Pierre Cartier testifies he handled negotiations and delivered the jewel. Edward B. McLean declines comment.
Aurora Illinois March 9 Reverend A L Taylor a local Methodist minister during a wedding last night granted a thief who had entered the ceremony a chance to flee the scene rather than arrest him. The incident occurred in Montgomery a suburb of Aurora where the marriage was taking place.
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