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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1916

Page

10

Wyoming Man Fatally Shoots Cook in Riverton Club Cafe

Early Thursday a man, Jack Jones, drank heavily and fired five shots at C. W. Whittiker, the Club cafe cook, wounding him twice. Whittiker died Friday morning after being moved to the Phonodes hotel. Jones surrendered about an hour later. Whittiker, aged over 60, was a resident of Levelland, Kentucky, and a member of several fraternal orders.

Riverton Hyuer Jack Jones C. W. Whittiker Whittiker Jones Nnally Cas Whittther Tphondes Hotel Teorday Levieville Masonic Order The Oddfellows and Elks Mareshal Boland

Anti-Saloon Day Planned in Rawlins

Rawlins will observe Anti-Saloon Day with F. L. Crabbe, superintendent of the Wyoming Anti-Saloon League, preaching at the Presbyterian church at 114 m and addressing a union meeting at the M. E. church at 7 30 p m on Sunday Oct 15 in this city.

Leases Secured on 3000 Acres in Big Maddy Oil Field

Wyo Oct 14 W P D Cameron representing a New York company has obtained leases on 3000 acres in the Big Maddy oil field near Leaver. Arrangements are under way to commence drilling on this property in a short title.

Casper Wyo W. PD. Cameron New York Maddy

Bluffs Active Says Agent at Pine Pluffs Club Meeting

R. B. Reynolds reports the Pine Pluffs Commercial Club meeting praised progressive farm projects. Topics included the farm loan act and a constitutional amendment for the good roads fund, with Wyoming’s share at risk. A new creamery is planned to boost the town and farmers tributary to Ping Alafia.

R. B. Reynolds Pine Pluffs Commercial Club Wyoming Ping Alafia Plae Hiafia Commercial Club Notting Farmera Institute

Cheyenne Astonished by Simple Adler-ika Mixture

Cheyenne residents report instant relief from constipation sour stomach and gas after a single spoonful of Adler-ika a bark glycerine based remedy claimed to act on both bowel sections. A.E. Roedel a local druggist advertises prompt service and messenger phone access with prices noted.

A. E. Roedel

Youths Held As Auto Bandits By Laramie

Ralph Anderson and Ralph Bogart were arrested after allegedly felonious assault on Chartres A. Barty while he traveled from Colorado. They pleaded not guilty at a Justice Hyndyn court arraignment and await a preliminary hearing Tuesday at 10 am. Both claim 18 years old and intoxication influenced their actions. They said whisky pistol and bullets came from Carr Colorado. Bogart claims his father vanished in a ship wreck and he does not know his mother. The youths, asserting origins in San Francisco with past work in Omaha Kansas City Denver and Greeley, remain in sheriff custody.

Laramie Ralph Anderson Ralph Bogart Chartres A. Barty Colorado Justice Hyndn Nquor Dogart Carr, Colo Bogart San Francisco Omaha Kansas City Denver Greeley

Man Accused of Stock Swindle in Kemmerer Case

Neil Hood president of the Neil Hood Oil and Gas Co is jailed in Salt Lake City on a Chicago swindle complaint. He allegedly took 16000 from a Chicago financier to develop Western Wyoming oil and gas claims but allegedly used the funds for his own needs. Adolph Wipperman filed the complaint. Hood claims innocence and notes heavy western Wyoming land interests. He was arrested last Friday night.

Kemmerer Salt Lake City Neil Hood Neil Hood Oil & Gas Co Chicago Hood Cumberland Carter Wyoming

Cattleman Killed Falling From Train Near Sidney

Stanley G. Murdock cattleman of Big Piney Wyoming fell from a moving train near Sidney Nebraska on Wednesday. He died within an hour. He was shipping a large number of cattle to the Omaha market. He leaves a widow and four small children.

Sidney Neb Stanley G. Murdock Big Piney Wyo Omaha Murdock

U P Building New Coal Chutes At Rawlins

Rawlins October 14 The Union Pacific is advancing on the coal chutes site where a previous fire occurred concrete forms began pouring last Monday and excavation has continued about three weeks The new chutes will be among the best on the system and the company’s club house is also progressing toward completion.

Rawlins Union Pacific U. P

Ely's Cream Balm Offers Instant Catarrh Relief

An ad promises rapid relief from nasal congestion and head colds. It claims the cream balm clears air passages, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and provides instant comfort with a fragrant formula. Use nightly for ongoing relief.

Ely

Simple Laxative Helps Baby and Family

Five year old Will Never Be Without This Simple Laxative. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is praised by a Indiana family for relieving constipation from infancy. The ad claims gentle action without gripe and urges readers to request the authentic bottle with signature and portrait from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.

Max Pendergrast Dan W. Pendergrast Red Key Ind

Fire at Hoboken lumber yard endangers tenement area

Hoboken October 14 The entire Hoboken fire department battled a blaze in a lumber yard in the factory district. The fire spread to adjacent buildings and threatened a tenement district. About one hundred girls employed in a nearby chocolate factory were imperiled briefly but all escaped unharmed.

Hobghendn Hoboken

Wireless Message Sent From Ship 5585 Miles At Sea

The U S government wireless station in San Francisco received a message from the steamship Somoma, 5585 miles away at sea. The record notes the achievement as nearly matching a recent long distance transmission.

U. 5 United State United States

Japan Caught at San Francisco Station

A brief report notes Japan was caught at the San Francisco station in an incident likely tied to a larger travel or immigration context. Further details were not provided in the readable text.

Japan San Francisco

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Cook C. W. Whittiker Ater Hverton Pine Blupps Cheyenne George W. Daiber Hliome of Schloss Co.makes Laramie Justice Rawlings Caldowalius Syrup Papsin Pink DR. Welch Moffatt Hotel First National Bank Black P. J. Black Lumber Co B. Lincoln Way
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