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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
6
Two masked men robbed the New Orleans to New York limited train near Richburg Mississippi eight miles from Hattiesburg. They dynamited the express safe and escaped on horseback with about 150000 dollars mostly government funds. Officials recovered 700 dollars at Hattiesburg and silver dollars stuck to the safe.
A published Geological History of Yellowstone National Park notes colors in geyser basins and Mammoth Hot Springs arise from algae. Algae thrive in waters up to 185 degrees. at 140 degrees rapid growth of species occurs. Color changes follow cooling edges. boiling centers lack life.
The report explains how mineral leaching from rhyolite walls and long weathering create vivid color bands in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. It notes bright oranges yellows greens and browns in cooler waters and along the amazing canyon walls enhanced by river spray and forest tones. Photographs accompany the non technical account to help readers understand the park’s geologic forces.
The Popular Magazine profiles Pat Sullivan former Natrona County Senator and noted Wyoming booster. His 39 000 sheep electric light plant in Casper and oil wells highlight a rags to riches career begun when he left Ireland for New York eight and twenty years ago and ended up pursuing western opportunities. His tale ends with a playful ticket purchase to Green River Wyoming showing his readiness to chase new beginnings.
A humorous guide to dealing with stubborn opponents titled the Bull-Headed Man. It urges flattering, quick agreement and deferential behavior to gain influence, suggesting the opposing figure leads the dialogue while you act as a willing lieutenant.
A detailed description of a 52 by 36 foot brick veneered residence priced at 5000 dollars. It showcases a 10 foot wide piazza, brick exterior with stone water table, mission finished interior, and a four bedroom second floor with attic potential. The two story plus attic home targets a business family, offering economical, well built construction with quality detailing.
The Siberian railway has not yet become profitable with operating expenses at 14 percent of earnings in 1900, 18 percent in 1907, and 26 percent in 1908. The deficit for 1908 reached 206,203,068, before adding the capital invested.
On the fourth day after, Pat alights in Green River Wyoming and begins a shepherd job earning 35 dollars a month. He soon marries the employer's daughter who had provided the job.
Winnipeg audience learns Warren Conlan collapsed on stage during the Orpheum production. He played an aged business man and toppled from his chair as the leading lady opened the curtain. The remaining trio continued the scene and the performance concluded.
The wife of Mayor Gaensslen died this morning after a week of illness. She leaves a husband and four young daughters. Mrs Gaensslen was a devoted wife and mother and is mourned by the community.
A cigarette thrown into hay by a tramp ignited a fire at the Kansas City stockyards on May 15. Driven by a north wind, the blaze consumed 200 cattle, 100 tons of hay, five acres of pens and the government tuberculosis testing station, with damage estimated at 50 thousand dollars.
Local Railway Machinists in Grand Junction Colorado affiliated with the Federation of Federations plan a sympathetic strike with Harriman strikers. Car Repairers and Boiler Makers unions in the area also act, signaling Colorado’s first unionwide support for the Harriman actions. The Pacific Maritime Builders Federation demands the Master Shipwrights Association withdraw its open shop ultimatum or face direct action against ship owners.
In strong charge, Wilson argues the coming campaign will hinge on tariff policy and criticizes a powerful donor lobby. He warns profits and stock market influence distort government, risking corruption and injustice if tariffs serve private gain.
A long list of hotel guests from across the United States and Canada appears, including arrivals in Denver, New York, Boston, Denver, Chicago, Omaha, and many smaller locales. Names include C R Wise, J Reed, Irene Byard, Mrs J R Smith, and G B Blatchford, among others, with affiliations to Inter OceanNormandie Metropolitan and multiple regional hotels.
Winthrop Missouri, famed as the wettest town in the country, with 848 residents, including women and children, received county court licenses for four additional saloons. The town now has six saloons and six wholesale liquor houses, with a pledge to issue no more licenses. A bridge connects Winthrop to nearby Atchison Kansas, which has no saloons.
A speaker recalls guiding oxen from Egypt into deserts and fields, tracing centuries of cultivation as land blooms behind human effort. The verse shifts through varied terrains from desert sands to soggy rice fields, noting progress and the impact of plowing on cultivation.
The narrator proclaims dominion across lands from Rome to Egypt and Australia, invoking Coriolanus, ships, plow, and tollers in a grand imperial boast. It presents a sweeping, martial voice claiming global sovereignty and triumph through sword and law.
An article explains that Holstein cows, weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds, produce milk cheaper per quart due to their large size and high feed efficiency. While Holstein milk is about 3 percent butterfat, the breed yields far more milk than others, though with lower fat content. The piece also notes Woolworth Building constriction scenes in Popular Mechanics.
A report notes 12 new lemons grown in Alalto California from wood bud stock. The discovery aims to revolutionize the lemon trade, affecting seedless lemon production in the United States and abroad.
A method to produce cloth from the Posidonia australia weed suggests using the seaweed to make yarn and fabric. Samples describe the fiber as soft plliable and strong like wool, easy to spin, and dyeing well except green. Bleaching required to keep Aber tender under long fiber processing. one worker can prepare a ton weekly.
Russia seeks vast reserves of gold as a war chest to defend the nation for months. St Petersburg and Moscow boast grand cathedrals such as St Jeaae's, costing twenty four million rubles with marble pillars and malachite columns. Zurich reportedly enforces a midnight curfew for automobiles.
In Golconda near Hyderabad India a company was allowed to make bricks from abandoned mine refuse. The bricks sold at low prices drew attention and an investigator found they contained gold. The government seized the piles and revoked the permit, but large quantities of gold are still being extracted from the refuse, with native miners regarded as skilled.
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