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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
8
The piece presents editor Alex Hastier reflecting on a court remark about a woman who carried apples. The alleged act of stealing is debated as the editor questions propriety and propriety of carrying fruit in the Bronday event context.
Cheyenne proclaims October Dress Up Week urging residents to wear their best attire, craft showbags, and enjoy optimistic fashion and shopping. Promotes economy, local ads, and family spending with cheerful tone across Wyoming’s great state.
The text contrasts two types of optimism. One always finds fortune and grows beauty from any land. The other learns from failures, bears scars of rebuffs, yet maintains a hopeful greeting that better times lie ahead.
A New Jersey judge fines an elderly woman five dollars and costs for taking seven apples from a neighbor’s orchard. The piece mocks moral reformers and harks to Salem era justice, mentioning Elizabeth and persecution by magistrates.
A Cheyenne shopkeeper jokes that 1915 marks the century of men’s trousers. The piece traces trousers from the London tailor who popularized long legs to Wellington’s resistance, argues against trousers as inimical to art, and notes sales in a humorous city window display.
New York October 5 The task of floating the largest loan in U S history completed today The 400 million dollar credit loan to Great Britain and France was subscribed with bankers and underwriters the public announcement withheld The bonds will be denied to J P Morgan Co and to the underwriters The first installment of 2 6 percent comes due in four years
On October 6 a mock war game indicates a large enemy fleet is approaching Chesapeake Bay to establish a base and threaten Washington. Admiral Fletcher expects details to be withheld for ten days due to strict censorship as battleships are prepared for action.
Reports of a looming ticket scandal erupt as Philadelphia hosts World Series games. The ticket office has received thousands of reserved ticket orders nationwide before final distribution plans, with Philadelphia agency officials promising to honor applications filed before last Saturday.
In Bowling Green Missouri on October 6 a mob of about twenty men tried to lynch a Black man named Herman Row. Officials and a posse dispersed the crowd after it attacked the jail and battered its outer door while deputies maintained order.
Washington report reveals European conflict’s toll on German trade via the German Central Union. Up to April 1, 1915, the union's 2,800,298 members across 50 trades included metal workers leading numerically with 517,501 members and 224,594 enlistments, followed by builders’ men, transportation workers, and wood workers.
Newport News dispatch reports a torpedo boat destroyer named Cummings suffered a forward compartment explosion and fire. Two crewmen were severely burned and landed at the port for treatment while navy censorship suppresses details and the cause is not disclosed, though linked to a fuel system effect.
In Murphysboro Illinois Ellison Scott condemned to hang following his murder conviction for killing Clara Barton during a family quarrel in Carbondale. He learns the execution is set for October 22 and is placed under tight inmate watch in jail near Joe De Carry who is to hang October 16 for murdering Mrs. James H. Martin.
In Los Angeles on October 56, Matthew A. Schmidt began trial for the murder of Charles Haggerty tied to the Times Building dynamiting. Four veniremen were examined in four hours. one was excused and two postponements followed. Impaneling a jury may take two to four weeks.
The Arkansas Supreme Court declares that unions of enslaved people in antebellum times were legal marriages even without a formal ceremony. The ruling concerns property inherited from a slave grandfather in a case involving a white heir.
Two men blew open the vault of the state bank of Maud Oklahoma shortly after midnight and escaped with four thousand dollars. A sheriff s posse pursued them eastward through the Seminary country.
Ex Governor Brooks J A Delfeldar P J O Connor and James Morton informed the land board they would drop plans to reclaim about 80000 acres in Riverton district. They cited excessive federal restrictions and costs as reasons. The land board expressed disappointment but acknowledged the officials support from the state administration.
Washington reports the Commerce Department values the Gloucester fishing fleet’s fresh and salt mackerel cargoes shipped from the East Florida coast to home ports. The piece portrays Gloucester men as seasoned seafarers who spend their earnings lavishly in Atlantic City hotels and on fine entertainments, while remaining prudent and industrious overall.
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