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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
16
A fragmented editorial from the Austin American discusses a case where a woman faced questions about carrying apples. The piece notes the judge’s remark that even without stealing, carrying the fruit was improper.
Cheyenne hosts Dress Up Week starting Oct 10 urging residents to wear their best clothes, build cheerful spirits, and boost local commerce. The piece touts autumn fashion, optimistic mood, and community pride amid wartime shortages, encouraging shopping and stylish displays in Wyoming’s Cheyenne.
A piece contrasts two types of optimists. One endlessly fortunate and unshaken, capable of turning barren ground into a garden with a mere smile. The other weathered by failure yet maintains a hopeful cheer and a phrase to greet the world.
A Jersey justice fines an aged woman five dollars and costs for taking seven apples from a neighbor’s orchard with permission, highlighting contemporaries’ view of moral reform and Salem era zeal.
A Cheyenne merchant jokes that 1915 marks the hundredth anniversary of mens trousers but insists no public celebration is planned. He riffs on fashion shifts, the Duke of Wellington, and the utility and satire of trousers, noting cheap prices and two collars with every sale.
New York Oct 5 The task of floating the largest loan in U S history was completed today The 400 000 000 credit loan to Great Britain and France was subscribed with Angio French Commission and American financiers The underwriters and commission will not publicly announce the exact amount pledged and J P Morgan Co and others will receive the first installment later this year
Oct 6 dispatch says a hidden war game simulates a great enemy fleet approaching Chesapeake Bay to establish a base and threaten Washington. Admiral Fletcher is unaware of the route or final maneuvers, with censorship preventing public details for ten days.
Rumors of a ticket scandal swirl as Philadelphia prepares for the World Series. Officials say reserved-seat applications opened before last Saturday will be honored while thousands seek pasteboards from a single agency, with orders pouring in from across the country.
In Grern Missouri on October 6 a mob of about twenty men attacked the jail and attempted to lynch an African American man named Herrleon Row after a powwow with Speaker Chawp Clarke and the local authorities. Sheriff and posse dispersed the mob swiftly.
Washington report from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce details German Central Union enlistments to April 1915 showing 2,800,298 members in 1914 across about 50 trades. Metal workers lead with 517,501 members and 224,594 enlistments, followed by builders' men, transportation workers, and wood workers.
Newport R I Oct 5 A strict navy censorship covers details of an explosion and fire on the torpedo boat destroyer Cummings. The damage to the vessel was slight but two men were severely burned and landed at this port. The explosion occurred in the forward compartment and the cause has not been released.
In Murphysboro Illinois Ellison Scott, convicted of killing Clara Barton, faced a hang date set for October 22 after his sentencing. Authorities placed him in a jail cell near Joe De Carry who is to hang October 16 for murder, with guards watching closely to prevent self harm.
Slow progress marked the opening day of the trial of Matthew A. Schmidt for the murder of Charles Haggerty tied to the Los Angeles Times Building dynamiting on October 1 1910. Four veniremen were examined in four hours one excused and two postponed. impaneling a jury is expected to take two to four weeks.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that unions of enslaved people before the Civil War are legal marriages even without a formal ceremony. The decision arose in a case about inherited property from a slave grandfather.
Two men blew open the vault of the State Bank of Maud in Bhawn ee Oklahoma shortly after midnight and escaped with four thousand dollars. A sheriff's posse pursued eastward through Seminary country.
Ex Governor B B Brooks and others told the state land board they would abandon the Wyoming canal project due to federal restrictions. About 80000 acres in Riverton district would have been reclaimed. The land board expressed disappointment but praised state cooperation and the administration.
Washington reports the federal Commerce Department valued the Gloucester fleet’s spring mackerel cargoes ashore from the East Florida coast, while noting no figures for profits left in seaports. The fleet, lively on deck, spends earnings at Atlantic City hotels, with crews enjoying dinners, shows, and transport.
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