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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
7
For sale two items appear in this notice. Second-hand lumber of all sizes and sheeting available at 2522 Bent area. Call after 4 30 p m daily. Also for sale a large phonograph in perfect condition priced at 65 dollars. Interested buyers contact M T Sorensen at 4589 Blake Street Denver.
Notice of incorporation filed in Cheyenne Wyoming on April 24 1920 for Cooper Creek Oil & Development Company. Capital stock 500000 shares at 1 each. Seven directors named for first year. Principal office 226 Hynds Building Cheyenne. Agent Arthur Piggott with George Gook as President and N A Brookhart as Secretary.
The Lackawana Oil Shale Products Co. will hold a special stockholders meeting at the Plains Hotel Cheyenne Wyoming on Tuesday May 11 1920 at 2 o clock p m to vote on a proposed amendment expanding capital stock from 1 000 000 to 5 000 000 dollars. Secretary John Keanon signs the notice dated March 30 1929.
The Cheyenne Apartments Company was incorporated in Wyoming on May 6 1920 with capital stock of 250000 dollars, 2500 shares at 100 each. The seven member board for the first year includes Maeo Hommann Pred Bh Warren A N Boyd Mary Fe Ingersoll Leslis A Miller B W Johnston and Thomas Hunter. The company will operate in Cheyenne Laramie County for fifty years with principal office at 41290 West 17th Street Cheyenne and agent Fred Hofmann.
A lively crowd notes the contrast as the best-looking trapeze artists and horseback riders perform away from the central action, drawing attention to the far end of the arena.
The notice text promotes using the State Leader Want Ad to advertise buying renting employment or vacancy needs. It mentions BRINGING UP FATHER a 1920 International News Service property. It invites readers to submit briefs or publicity requests through the publication.
Notice orders a show cause hearing for sale of the estate of James W Marburger to fund administration. The Cheyenne Wyoming district court sets May 24 1920 in person or by publication for all interested parties to justify an order authorizing sale of Lot 6 Block 502 on Tenth Street in Cheyenne. Dated April 17 1920 Judge William G Mentzer with publication April 20 May 12.
State of Charles W. Pearson issued notice on April 15 1920 requiring all claimants to present their claims with vouchers to administratrix Cilla Pearson within six months or be barred from benefits. If not shown within one year from letters, claims are forever barred. John Charles Thompson Sr signs on May 5 1942.
KEMMEREN Wyoming May 41 Denied a new trial by Judge John Arnold Mrs Anna Richey a well known cattle woman who was 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 Mexican man, unnamed, was brought from Pine Bluffs on Number 7 train near 4:14. He received treatment at a hospital with a bandaged hand and lip plaster. He could not speak, and no companion was with him, leaving details unclear.
James Elliot a 40 year old Pullman porter on Union Pacific trains based in Cheyenne died Sunday night at 918 West Highteenth street. Cause of death natural. He is survived by one sister Mrs. Lucinda Young of Dayton Ohio. Funeral arrangements awaiting word from sister. Elliot was unmarried.
Joe Sevick of 2103 South Brook Street Chicago was severely injured in Union Pacific yards Sunday while attempting to ride a freight train. He was knocked from a moving train and rushed to the hospital with possible internal injuries. Accompanied by John York of Chicago, Sevick’s condition was being closely watched.
Pete Pederson, trapped under a tilted Forson tractor during a night shift near Cody, endured 14 hours of searing pain as a wrench and a rearing machine pinned him. Snow, coyotes, and a delayed rescue compounded his ordeal before his partner or others could lift the tractor and bring him to safety at Cody General Hospital.
Kinney Oil Refining company held a special meeting to swap 800000 shares of 7 percent preferred stock for 3000000 shares of common stock held by Essie A Miller Joe C Kinney and Charles Orchard. The move cuts public shares to 2300000 preferred and 700000 treasury 700000 preferred and 7000000 common remain in treasury. Directors Joe Kinney and Charlie Orchard are retired leaving two vacancies to be filled by other directors.
The International Workers Defense league formed to aid Thomas J. Mooney and others charged in the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco has dissolved. Edward D. Nolan, secretary of the league and a co defendant with Mooney, announced the dissolution on May 14.
Aaron Lewis, 17, son of Jackson Lewis Sr., died Sunday at a local hospital after a ten week battle with pneumonia. He worked as a janitor for Union Pacific. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Leader Want Ads get results.
An Oklahoma Nebraska reader from Holdredge describes severe cough relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He credits the 60c bottle with stopping his cough after one dose and a second dose that night, claiming complete recovery in two days. Sold everywhere for over thirty years.
A Onalaska Wisconsin woman describes months of back and stomach pains and fatigue. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports being free of pain and able to do housework with renewed health and happiness. She invites others to try the medicine.
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