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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
14
Stengel, outfielder for Brooklyn, scored two runs in the opening game against Boston at Braves Field. The photo captures his first run crossing home plate for Brooklyn. He once played for Ira Bidwell's Kansas City Red Sox and in Cheyenne.
Boston pitchers have cost the team 15 runs this season via wild pitches, a small total, while 45 runs scored against them came from errors. The report notes the Red Sox staff has been charged less for miscues than other teams in the league.
Boston gains lead as Gardner homers off Marquard and Leonard holds Brooklyn. Hoblitzell and Lewis back Boston with doubles while Merkle errs on a pivotal play. Nap Rucker nails down the final frames as Brooklyn’s attack stalls. Two teams head to Boston for Game Five.
City briefs report Returne Persy Moyt back from California after weeks away. A. W. Woodruff, Union Pacific in Cheyenne, based at Ogden, visits. Mark Volk arrives from San Diego for a short stay. Mrs Dertha D. Kimball leaves for Laramie until Oct 20. Mrs C L Nagel handles society business in her absence. Miss Myrita Swanson underwent surgery at St. John’s Hospital yesterday. Mrs Floyd Huff is recovering well after surgery at St. John’s Hospital.
William Werner of Casper has completed plans for the manufacture and sale of a newly patented sheep marker. The device, granted patents by the U S patent office early this year, is praised by stockmen as superior. Blueprints and demonstration plans are nearly finished as Wyoming businessmen show interest. Werner expects general market readiness soon.
Thomas McManus a railroad employee was arrested on a woman’s complaint in a California bar dispute with Mrs Mary Adams of a rooming house. He was locked in the county jail awaiting arraignment after being released on bond following an initial police report.
New York Oct 11 A theory suggests German submarines are supplied by mother ships, which may sail from neutral ports or pass the British blockade. Reports say U-54 is not yet located in Atlantic lanes, while U-53 likely heads back to Helgoland due to limited fuel. Shipping interests note several steamships leaving harbor as the British seek to clear American waters of danger.
The report notes 6000 prisoners and a breached Austrian line as Teutons push toward Romania. Bavaria concedes French gains near Vermando Villers Salient. British and French seize first line trenches near Sailly. Fierce Serbian Bulgarian fighting continues with Macedonian gains for Allies.
The Cheyenne and Hillsdale defendants faced a heated cross examination as General Donzelman and Prosecutor Sam Thompson accused each other of perjury. Thompson linked prior acquittals to later convictions of Dickerson and Wilde, while Judge Mentzer urged jurors to ignore those remarks and focus on the case.
Burnap of Hot Springs county and Marion Kealear of Fremont county received championships for sewing club work. The judging weighed neatness, attractiveness, durability, and production cost, with eight county champions’ pigs sent to the state fair. Prizes included lambs, pressure cookers, books, and magazine subscriptions.
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