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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
14
Two masked men boarded the New Orleans to New York limited north of Hattiesburg Mississippi, forced crew at gunpoint, blew the safe, and escaped on horseback with about 150000 mostly government funds. Inspectors recovered around 309 silver dollars from the train car floor and about 700 dollars in currency in the safe.
The Geological History of Yellowstone National Park notes algal life explains hues in geyser basins and Mammoth terraces. At 185 degrees algae thrive, at 140 degrees rapid growth begins, with color changes as waters cool and edges differ. No life in boiling zones, outer edges show colors, cooler channels reveal others.
An overview describes how mineral matter from lavas colors the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Weathering rhyolite walls and long geological processes create harmonious bands of green, yellow, orange, red, and brown visible from river to forested rim. Photographs illustrate principal park features in accessible language.
The Popular Magazine profiles Pat Sullivan former Natrona county senator, noting his wide connections, 39000 sheep, Casper electric plant, a showplace home, sixteen years in the Wyoming Senate, oil wells and asbestos mines, and a rags to riches tale of arriving in New York with little and buying a ticket as far west as Green River Wyoming.
A guide to dealing with obstinate individuals who act like a rock of Gibraltar. It advises flattering, agreeing, and letting them think they lead, while subtly guiding decisions through careful, strategic deference.
A 52 by 36 foot rusted 1H house with brick veneer and stone water table described as well built and up to date. It features a 10 foot wide front plaza around the left side, a large living room 19 by 10, a dining room with sideboard, a mission style finish, a full basement, four large second floor rooms with ample closets, and an attic potential for two servants rooms. The design includes a vestibule, wide m mantel fireplace, beamed ceilings, and mahogany doors on the upper floor, promising commodious living for a businessman with a moderate family.
The Siberian railway operated at a loss through 1900 to 1908 with rising deficits. Operating expenses ran at 14 percent of earnings in 1900, 18 percent in 1907, and 26 percent in 1908. The 1908 deficit plus the invested capital reached 206,203,068.
On the fourth morning after a trip Pat rode an overland train to Green River Wyoming and began a shepherding job paying 35 dollars a month. He later married the employer's daughter who had given him the job.
Warren Conlan collapsed and died on the Orpheum stage during a Winnipeg performance. Despite the tragedy the cast continued, with the leading lady opening the curtain to reveal his chair and the four actors finishing the scene as if nothing had happened.
The wife of Mayor Gaensslen died this morning in Green River after a week of illness. She leaves a husband and four young daughters. She was described as a devoted wife and mother and her loss is deeply mourned by the community.
A cigarette thrown into a hay pile by a tramp sparked a fire at the Kansas City stock yards. Wind aided flames that consumed 200 cattle, 100 tons of hay, five acres of pens, and the tuberculosis testing station, with damage around 50,000 dollars.
Local Railway Machinists and Car Repairers unions in Grand Junction announce intent to strike in solidarity with Harriman strikers. Boiler Makers expected to join next Monday night. Pacific Maritime Builders Federation demands Master Shipwrights withdraw open shop ultimatum or face direct action against ship owners.
Wilson warns the tariff will dominate the coming campaign as a moral issue. He argues a few beneficiaries control government via stock markets and staple goods prices, risking government becoming an engine of selfish profit rather than justice.
A long list records hotel arrivals including Plains, Wise, Austin, Canada, Hunter, Claspill, Merrian, Hogan, Kendall, Ferguson, Spencer, Anderson, Jackson, Boston, Smith, Car son, Parsons, Nelson, Carlson, Brane, Hockendorff, Weston, Trent, Hoyt, Elliott, Pakeser, Miller, Otterstein, Drakie, Thompson, Hastings, Leman, Hart, May, McNutt, Blatchford, Byard, Bleck, Wandschneider, Johnsen, Jansen, and many others across Denver, Chicago, Omaha, Lincoln, Fort.
Winthrop Mo long called the wettest town issues licenses for four additional saloons. With 848 residents the county court aims for one liquor house per seven people, bringing total saloons to six and six wholesale liquor houses. Opposite nearby Atchison Kan across a bridge.
A lyrical piece recounts a journey from Egypt driven by oxen across land to the desert sands and snow, tracing centuries of cultivation from clod to shower and a landscape blossoming under the narrator’s labor. It mentions ricefields and a pair of hump-backed sleers pushing through moist fields.
A rhapsodic voice proclaims imperial largesse and global dominion as a speaker brags of force and service across Rome to distant lands. The piece blends classical myth with colonial imagery including Coriolanus, English fields, Parramatta peach trees, Mildura vines, and Egyptian oxen to assert sovereign power and martial triumph.
A Holstein cow, weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds, has a large feed capacity enabling high milk output. The breed’s size lowers production cost per pound of milk, though butterfat content remains around three percent. The article notes Woolworth Building constriction scenes in Popular Mechanics.
Seedless lemons are reported grown in Alalto California. The new trees number twelve, developed from budwood. The firm claims a discovery could revolutionize the lemon business in the United States and abroad.
The article describes making cloth from seaweed Posidonia Australia as a fiber for textiles. Samples are soft pliable and strong, dye takes except green giving cloudy results, requires mild bleach, long fiber machines handle varying lengths, Pina perfected in England, spinners work without oil, and one man can prepare a ton weekly.
The article notes Russia's war chests totaling vast wealth to defend the country, citing St. Jeaae's cathedral in St. Petersburg as a marvel of architecture costing twenty four million rubles. It mentions Moscow cathedrals with marble pillars and green malachite columns valued highly, and briefly notes Zurich's midnight curfew for automobiles.
An Indian firm was allowed to make bricks from abandoned mine refuse near Golconda, Hyderabad. The bricks showed bright yellow color and high gold content, leading authorities to seize the piles and revoke the concession. Gold quantities from the refuse are now mined, paying nearly as well as real mines, with expert native workers.
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