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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
15
For sale second-hand lumber in all sizes and sheeting listed at 2522 Bent. Call after 4 30 p m. daily. 5 2 11 Fine phonograph large size in perfect condition 65 dollars address M T Sorensen 4589 Blake Street Denver Cole 5 6 61
Notice that Cooper Creek Oil and Development Company was incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on April 24 1920. It aims to acquire oil and gas properties and to produce refine and transport petroleum products. Capital stock is 500000 shares of par 1. Directors for the first year are George Cook Arthur Piggott H A Brookhart H L Davis A Hopkins John Getty I A Berry. Principal office 226 Hynds Building Cheyenne. Agent Arthur Piggott GEO. GOOK President N A Brookhart Secretary. 911-42
A special meeting of The Lackawana Oil Shale Products Co stockholders is set for May 11, 1920 at 2 p.m. at the Plains Hotel Cheyenne Wyoming to vote on proposed charter amendments increasing capital from 1 million to 5 million dollars and issuing 4,090,000 shares at 5 dollars each. Altest John Keanon, Secretary.
Cheyenne Apartments Company is incorporated in Wyoming on May 6 1920 to own operate lease mortgage and dispose of apartment houses lodging houses dwellings and related structures. Capital stock 250000 in 2500 shares of 100 par. Board of seven directors MAEO HOMMANN PRED BH WARREN A N BOYD MARY FE INGERSOLL LESLIS A MILLER BW JOHNSTON THOMAS HUNTEN. Office 41290 West 17th Cheyenne. Agent Fred Hofmann. 9-11-12.
A reader notes that in a circus, the most attractive trapeze artists and horseback riders seem to be positioned away from the center, with the audience favoring acts at the far end of the venue.
A 1920 brief encourages readers to use the State Leader Want Ad section to advertise apartments houses employment or any need for publicity. It notes a Want Ad service as a quick way to reach the community.
Notice in Cheyenne Wyoming district court requires all heirs to appear May 24 1920 to show cause why administrator Joseph Matuska should not be given an order to sell portion of the estate Lot 6 Block 502 66 feet frontage on Tenth Street Cheyenne. Publication four weeks in Laramie County newspaper.
State of Charles W. Pearson estate dated April 15 1920 requires all claimants to exhibit claims with vouchers to administratrix Cilla Pearson within six months of letters or be barred from benefits. If not shown within one year from letters, claims are forever barred. Officials Ella Pearson and John Charles Thompson Sr. authorize the notice.
KEMMEREN WY May 41 Denied a new trial by Judge John Arnold Mrs Anna Richey well known cattle woman convicted last fall of cattle stealing and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary has appealed to the state supreme court pool is a liberty under bail of 85000 Mrs Richey was the first person convicted of cattle stealing in Lincoln county and one of the very few women convicted of this offense in the history of the state.
A nameless Mexican passenger was brought from Pine Bluffs on Number 7 after 414 of clock. He arrived with a bandaged hand and lip plaster, unable to speak, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. No companion was with him, so injury details remain unclear.
James Elliot a 40 year old Pullman porter on trains running from Cheyenne died Sunday night at 918 West Highteenth Street. Death attributed to natural causes. He is survived by a sister Mrs Lucinda Young of Dayton Ohio. Funeral arrangements await word from the sister. Elliot was not married.
Joe Sevick of 2103 South Brook Street Chicago was severely injured in Union Pacific yards while attempting to ride a freight train. He was knocked from a train as another rushed by and mauled, rushed to the hospital, and kept under observation for possible internal injuries. He was accompanied by John York of Chicago.
Pete Pederson trapped under a Forson tractor during a night shift to clear 460 acres at Lakeview Project near Cody. He endured fourteen hours of agony after the machine toppled into a ditch injuring his heart, arm, and skin as snow, wind, and coyotes surrounded him. His partner found him next morning and he was rushed to hospital with risk of pneumonia while doctors evaluated recovery prospects.
A special stockholders meeting in this city approved exchanging 800000 shares of 7 percent preferred stock for 3000000 shares of Kinney common held by Essie A Miller Joe C Kinney and Charles Orchard. Public preferred stock drops to 2300000 while 700000 remain. Seven million common remain in treasury and two directors, Joe Kinney and Charlie Orchard, are retired with two vacancies to be filled by other directors.
The International Workers Defense league formed to aid Thomas J. Mooney and others jailed over the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco has dissolved. Edward D. Nolan, league secretary and Mooney co defendant, announced the shutdown.
Aaron Lewis aged 17, son of Jackson Lewis Sr., died Sunday at a local hospital after a ten week pneumonia illness. He was employed in the janitor service of the Union Pacific. Funeral services will be announced later. Leader Want Ads get results.
A reader from Holdrege Nebraska praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for curing a severe cough after two doses. The letter notes relief after the first dose and full recovery within two days. The product is described as an old reliable remedy used for coughs and throat irritation and sold everywhere for over thirty years.
Onalaska Wisconsin woman recounts back and stomach pains lasting a year. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports no pains and ability to perform housework again. The letter praises the medicine and urges others to try it for relief.
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