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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
5
Local ads promote Miller's shop at 1709 Carey Ave Cheyenne for accurate watch repairing and adjusting with moderate prices and high quality work. Other notices list community updates including visits, shop services, permits, and brief city news items from Cheyenne.
Patrick B Sullivan and wife of Cooper arrived in the city last night and are stopping at the Plans hotel. Vagrant Scorn arrested by police. Humane Agent H B Kerr left for Denver yesterday and will return tonight. Mrs Horn and Mrs Clark left for Texas City and Marshall May leave tomorrow morning. Inter Ocean arrivals include John Hunton Wheatland Sam Lemley Chugwater H B Colburn state rivals. Metropolitan arrivals list Wyoming residents Mia C J Haus Wheatland Marie Burns Rock River Jas Baxter Wheatland registered at the Metropolitan last night.
In municipal court Judge Wellnitz discharged N. L. Avery on a disturbance charge brought by his sister-in-law. The prosecuting witness claimed Avery acted shamefully with a neighbor and she kicked him out, then had him arrested. The judge found no breach of peace and ordered Avery to stay away from his sister-in-law.
Tuesday afternoon Eddie Foy and family visited the Lyric where Manager Todd extended courtesies of the house. Foy and family thanked the management for the welcoming treatment and praised the pictures shown, with special interest in Cowboy Millionaire.
A large crowd attended a Wednesday night dance at the Coliseum now under Mr. White. The music was excellent, oaths are forbidden and violators are expelled. Undesirables are not admitted and the city’s better class of dancers attends. Strangers receive special attention from a three person reception committee.
Marie Evans Belle Reardon of Cheyenne and Maggie Au France of Douglas were sent to the federal penitentiary at Lansing Kansas last November to serve one year each for Mann white slave act violations. They have become eligible for parole and friends seek relief. Petitions for the Cheyenne women will be circulated soon. Evans and Reardon ran bawdy houses in Cheyenne and may not find many supporters.
A Maccabee social and dance is set for Friday evening at the Fraternal hall. Good time promised with refreshments to follow. Admission is 1 cent for attendees aged 18 and over.
Public invited to Friday dance on April 18 with dancing at 8 40 p m and a hot luncheon served from 12 to 2. A musical tea follows until 6 featuring a luncheon tea and social program.
Mea Ann Kiiza Pascoe, granddaughter of the Earl of Sunderland, England, died in Kangar City following an operation. She was 67, born in England, came here 33 years ago, and married Paul Pascoe 31 years ago. The Pascoe family owns a ranch north of the city. a Pascoe relative lives in Colorado Springs.
The Sherman Co decorating firm advertises floor finishing services in Wyoming. They invite inquiries for applying finishes, repairs, and refinishing projects at residential or commercial sites with prompt estimates and materials options.
Socialist Lyceum lecturer L. F. Fuller of Girard Kansas argues old parties Taft Roosevelt and Wilson fail to address the root issue private ownership of natural resources and major machinery. He says Socialists seek collective ownership of mines forests water powers factories and the means of producing goods to serve all society benefiting workers young old and disabled. He spoke at the Parish house on What Socialists Want.
In Goshen county Rev. Russell Taylor guides a growing colored colony near Empire. Eight families, 53 people, homesteads proven up, fine improvements and crops. Some settlers came from Nebraska and brought dry farming experience. The colony shows notable prosperity and credit goes to Taylor.
A narrator contrasts royal grandeur with poverty at home. The king’s castle and endless realms are set against want and woe in the land he vows to guard. The speaker would rather be a tolling peasant with loving kin than wear royal rank and gold.
The revenue cutters patrolled the Atlantic from November to April saving 125 people from drowning and guiding 85 distressed vessels with cargoes valued at over 6.5 million dollars. A total of 654 persons were aboard ships wrecked or driven ashore as derelicts were destroyed or towed into ports.
The article describes Verkhoyansk in northeastern Siberia as the coldest inhabited city on earth at 67 degrees north, with winter lows reaching 85 degrees below zero. It notes Russian governance, Yokuts as inhabitants, extreme cold, clear still air, and fur clothing, with July average around 69 degrees above zero and poor ground thaw.
Francisco Gonzales Gante, confidential agent of the constitutionalist revolution in Mexico, established headquarters in Washington and issued a statement predicting the Huerta government’s downfall and the capture of Mexico City by Carranza forces.
An old remedy promotes gentle cleansing for a sick child showing signs of stomach and bowel distress. It claims to purge toxins without nausea or griping and markets Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as safe, delicious, and essential for mothers to keep on hand.
New York reports a Tennessee girl Miss Annette Dudley is treated in a private sanitarium under Mrs. Vanderbilt Sr. after a theft arrest. Doctors note a split personality theory likened to post hypnosis, with a possible hypnotic trance triggering thefts linked to a college chum.
A long, fragmented roster lists numerous individuals and towns across Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, New York, Missouri, Oregon, and others. The OCR reads include many personal names such as Morrell, Glass, Parfet, Brady, Calvert, Conrath, Clark, and Ward, with multiple city and state tags like Denver, Greeley, Omaha, St. Paul, North Platte, Lander, Sydney, and others, reflecting a compiled directory or attendance list with inconsistent punctuation.
New York April 16 J P Morgan will leaves bequeathed not just fortune but the finest private art collection in the world. Reports from responsible sources detail the firm’s capital under 50 million dollars and Morgan’s practice of using art purchases as votes rather than cash. Personal stock holdings were small compared with rivals. Morgan Co holdings largely funded for wealthy clients, with profits distributed and liquidity prioritized.
The booster rises at daybreak and goes forth in a joyful mood. He hums a ragtime tune and smiles as he steps through the old town. His bright spirit banishes gloom and brings cheer and good news to all who see him.
The writer favors active, hopeful striving over doom and prophecy. They praise the booster who pushes, speaks truth, and sees good in the world’s plan, contrasting with those who dwell on failure and ponder doom. The vision centers on energy, faith, and practical effort to advance life.
Chicago April 16. Worry over inability to continue music lessons is believed to have driven eight year old Miss Helen Sedgwick to suicide. Two months ago she pawned the last of her jewelry to pay for vocal training.
NEW YORK April 1 Leaders of the Nation Progressive party convened at the executive committee’s call to map plans for forthcoming state elections and strengthen organization. Theodore Roosevelt was absent at the call but expected later. The gathering filled vacancies caused by the deaths and resignations affecting the national committee. Members included George W. Perkins Walter F. Brown O K K Davis McCormick Prigatley William File and others.
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