Cheyenne Scene Mixed With Weather And Local Happenings
Cheyenne reports muddy roads hindering travel after Sunday returns. A street fight on West Nineteenth Street ends with police arrival. Warren Livestock tractor hauls coal to farms near Cheyenne. Coal and lumber shipments depart the city today. Cheyenne lawns await mowing though first mower not yet heard. State house lawn shows fine condition with flower beds under prep. Window boxes with plants appear ready for spring. Moths emerge and light up streets raising grub worry for gardeners. Local residents plan auto race next Sunday with cars tuned and fast wagons ready.
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Warren Livestock Company
Cheyenne
Maddoo and Wood Lead in Literary Digest Straw Poll
The Literary Digest straw vote gathers 11,000,000 American voters opinions. Maddoo and Wood hold first and second place, Edwards and Johnson follow in second. The fourth week of canvassing shows rapidly increasing expressions of preference.
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Digest poll tracks 716,578 votes in evolving national primaries
The Digest tallies nearly 716,578 votes from 800,000 returns with four weeks left as editors note pools may counter paid publicity. Wood leads in declared Republican votes. Johnson, Lowden, Hoover, and others show varied intra party strength while primaries in multiple states align closely with Digest figures yet show notable divergences in New Jersey and California results.
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New York Times
Full Meeting of Mine Workers Today
Today the 75 delegates gathered in Cheyenne will meet in open convention to thresh out the problems before the convention. The wage scale committee has prepared work and will report, as the miners’ union divisions work on resolutions and await final committee action.
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Mine Workers
Cheyenne
White Girls and Two Chinese Investigated in Liquor Case
Federal agents and Wyoming revenue collector Leslie A. Miller seized a moonshine stash in the basement of the federal building. Field deputy Harry S. Davis from Laramie led the raid after a still was captured earlier in the week. Authorities report 40 gallons of moonshine known as white mule. William G. Nunn is named in connection with the case.
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Internal Revenue
District of Wyoming
Harry S. Davis
Prohibition Department
Laramia
Moonshine Operation Traced to Local County Jail
Nunn is in the county jail here, Sheriff George Trading of Laramie located the still by the overpowering odor detectable from seven blocks away. The liquor captured is high grade moonshine, said to be the type made in Kentucky mountains and other southern regions.
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Kentucky
South
Cheyenne Hosts Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Commission
Cheyenne joins 28 cities on the itinerary of the Tidewater commission promoting a Middle West to Atlantic canal via the St. Lawrence. The group will arrive June 2, with stops in Denver and Omaha for a two day session. GC. D. Clark of Wyoming is a member, and the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce facilitated the visit.
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Cheyenne
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Vote totals show McAdoo leads Democrats and Hughes grows to near 28,000
Democratic contenders pool about one third as many votes as Republicans. McAdoo leads by 10,000 over his runner up. Wilson nearly matches Edwards, Bryan nears 20,000. Hughes rises to 28,000, Harding’s margin remains large. Capper and Pershing show strength among unlisted candidates.
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Hitchcock
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Daniels
Cheyenne News in Brief Highlights City Happenings
Rain and runoff boost spring moisture with two inches above normal. Knights of Columbus trip to Rawlins. parking and taxi demand surge during showers. local activities include oiling hoses, painting the rock at the high school, and a Busy Mine Workers convention in progress.
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Rawlins
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