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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1911
Page
13
The item notes the State Leader publication on Carey Avenue in Cheyenne Wyoming established on September 19 1887 with historical context.
A Cheyenne youth list marks March 18 birthdays including Anna Iva Jessen of Johnson school Frances Maude Oursrud of Corlett school and Dorothy Foster of Converse school all born in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Tomorrow will see more names added as the column notes upcoming celebrations.
Personal mention lists Mugh McMahon of Casper as a business visitor in Cheyenne. Mrs M M Kennels of Campstool arrives to spend the weekend. Craft Gravatt among Pine Bluffs visitors. Otto Braunschweig buys round trip to Bremen leaving Apr 15 for New York and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sailing Apr 25. Attorney Wilfrid O Leary confined at home. William E Dinneen returns from Denver Auto Show. BE BR Hagerman drives Buick Model 16 to Denver. Robert Fitton of Barnett Mercantile's atera returns today from Laramie on business. Captain Charles J Fauvel of London arrives and departs soon for ?
Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill promotes The Cook s Book prepared at great cost with over ninety tested recipes for healthier cooking. The ad claims the book lightens a housewife s burdens and offers simple directions to reduce living costs, inviting readers to secure a free copy via a certificate in baking powder cans.
Casper official, Arapaloe resident Parl Warren, and Union Pacific workers move through Cheyenne with several locals from Casper Denver Greeley and Wheatland noted. Brakeman resignations and new posts blink across town as hotel guests and business visitors mingle with railroad staff and farm agents.
Max Meyers, the last avenue clothier, displays a Wyoming native speckled trout mounted on white poplar. Local taxidermist John Adams crafted the mount. Viewers call the piece near perfect. The trout, eight pounds, was caught in Tongue River Canon, Sheridan county, by a Meyers friend.
The piece reflects on an ancient invasion of Israel led by King Benhadad of Syria with 32 subordinate kings and a large army. It contrasts historic warfare with modern methods and questions motivations for war, noting diverse aims such as freeing from bad government and exposing countries to civilisation.
A biblical narrative describes Israel under Ahab resisting Benhadad’s demands. God signals victory through a divinely guided plan, despite a small force. The piece expands to draw moral lessons about righteousness, societal trusts, and collective resistance to oppression.
Chicago reports a Hereford Texas farmer J P Clement used discarded tin cans in a ditch three feet from potato rows to direct water. He connected cans with a hose and observed two potato rows emerge where one should have grown, attributed to moisture following the can line.
Chicago fashion leaders predict the harem skirt will dominate all women of style within a year. Mme Ripley of the Chicago Dressmakers Club told delegates at the Palmer House convention that Paris and American gowns showed the latest styles.
Yonkers New York March 17 Lines Fletcher a wealthy Yorktown businessman quietly marries Miss Margaret Vanderbush his housemaid aged 19. Fletcher 58 and a widower, his daughter remains from a previous marriage. The bride is an orphan. the couple plan no honeymoon until next month.
Chicago reports a sharp drop in farm wheat holdings with only 23 percent of the ten year average and 179,690,000 bushels on hand as of March 17, signaling strains in supply anticipated by the Canadian reciprocity debate.
Reports indicate good prospects in Canada with bumper yields in western provinces and 250000 acres of winter wheat planted in moist soil. Alberta irrigation areas yet to be irrigated are covered by four to six inches of snow. In the United States corn stocks rise but remain near the ten year average at 83.6 and 84.4 percent merchentable.
Insurance Commissioner of Wyoming certifies that Germania Life Insurance Company of New York has complied with state laws and is authorized to transact life insurance for the current year. Witness is R B Forsyth Auditor and Ex-Officio Commissioner, with seal, Cheyenne. John Schuneman Deputy.
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