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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
2
An antiquated note describes Herwit’s sorrow over a departed sweetheart. He faces a long road home, checked by a funeral, as memories of love linger in a quiet, reflective mood.
In Washington County, near Crooked River, hermit Jack Wilber dwelt in solitude with a past life of $20,000 from a local drink trade. Two lumbermen uncover his tale of love and restraint, the failed aim to marry Mary Stonington, and his long pursuit of a better life that ended in tragedy.
The Brotherhood of American Natives announces a card tendered social at the A O U W hall Thursday evening with refreshments. Admission is ten cents.
Analysis notes the Supreme Court commodities decision as a potential turning point for holding companies and railroad mergers. Taft and Wickersham back the ruling while Congress debates reforms to the interstate commerce framework. Stock markets react, with Reading stock rising on the news. A Lyric theatre program change is announced.
The court orders seizure of a disputed body and funds as an administrator works to settle the estate of a man killed two years ago. His widow faces continued appeals as the case seeks to secure the settlement and honor the deceased.
Pariah May 12 report describes Branson Davis blocking burial of a man in a cemetery lot he owned, using a shotgun to deter removal by the widow. The case precedes a motion for an injunction to prevent the body’s removal, with related references to Verartision and local figures amid a contested lot ownership claim.
In Chicago on May 12 Narie Fron a 16 year old girl danced herself to death in a public dancing hall. A coroner's jury ruled the cause of death overexertion after she ignored her parents warnings and danced through the final number before being carried out to a hospital.
New York readers learn of the steamship America described as Italy’s finest ever built. The vessel, 604 feet long and 11,500 tons, will sail Naples May 18 for New York with a June 8 return voyage planned. Capitan Seholtago will command, and the liner aims for fast Mediterranean service and luxury aboard the Hallantines’ latest oceangoing cruiser.
The candelilla weed, a desert plant across Northern Mexico and parts of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, shifts from despised range cover to a thriving wax industry. Mexico already raffines crude wax, with Texas exploring wax production. prices run around 60% gold per ton in Mexico, production costs near 75 gold per ton, and profits cited as 200 to 900 gold annually per acre when cultivated.
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