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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
5
fragmented Cheyenne brief items report residents traveling to Detroit for a convention, arrivals from Jefferson and Pine, a high school cadet outdoor practice for Memorial Day, hospital treatments, and local services including glazing and painting.
Cheyenne reports include visitors from Saratoga Laramie and Guernsey on business. Two newly ordered crossings at Sixteenth and Seventeenth and Thames streets near completion. A seven pound son born to Mr and Mrs Jimmy Whelan. Captain Jack Mayer’s Rambler car converted into a two pier roadster by Captain Meyers. Hail storm hits between Granite Canyon and Buford. D A Preston returns from Worland.
Cheyenne dispatches outline a June 18 Pioneer park event from Denver with a rente and a boneball game between Lenoyer desidents and Hors Mite lore. A deed with $1000 consideration records land in section 14 township 12 north range 2 west. Burlington assigns C Lau sendorfer as clerk. Burlington officials ride through on a special train en route to Wendover. Grace Kelley travels to Denver. Erie and Chicago and North Western executives visit Cheyenne, while F D Johnston tours to Omaha and Laramie. Crouch joins Baldwin Piano and Klein Music as a local tuner in Cheyenne.
In Aurora Illinois May 5 Paul Verholge 19 confessed to police he strangled Gwendo lyn Molden 15 after she laughed at him and ended their date. He claimed he feared rejection and used chloroform before returning home.
London May 25 King George V signed the compulsory military service bill today. The law is expected to be enforced soon to increase the size of the British armies.
Washington May 25 The Senate postponed action on the Louis D Brandeis Supreme Court nomination to a later date amid opposition and indecision. Senators cited lack of time to determine a suitable course.
Dr Pratt argues U S prosperity rises with domestic output and record foreign trade reaching 5.3 billion in 1915 and projected 6.2 billion in 1916. He notes exports include cotton, wheat, corn, and iron, while war demand shifts aid neutral markets and strengthens postwar capital needs. He presents optimistic view that peace will boost American industry and global commerce.
The speaker argues that accumulated capital, a scientific banking system, international prestige, and a broad political and commercial outlook will prevent future panics. With better preparation and world markets opened, the United States is poised for prosperity and expanding trade both domestically and globally.
An unconfirmed report from Fargo North Dakota states ten people were killed in a storm at Rogers in southeastern North Dakota. Rogers is cut off from the outside world. Also noted is the nearing completion of excavation for Nathan Kopard's new residence on East Eighteenth Street.
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