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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
5
Cheyenne short items note visitors from Ames Hereford and Denver. Includes appointments at Union Pacific, a last week to register for November, and various locals like Mrs Taliaferro from Rock Springs and Miss Jewell from Wheatland visiting the city.
John E. Osborne assistant secretary of state, after a brief Cheyenne visit, left yesterday afternoon for Denver en route to Washington. He had arrived in Wyoming on personal business and returned to his Rawlins home.
Justice of the Peace Frank Housman performed marriage ceremonies yesterday for two couples. The first united Charles Harper of Cheyenne with Mrs. Nellie Barton of Boulder. The second joined Jacob Osborne and Mrs. Viola Cooper, both of Denver.
A bulletin from Bucharest reports Romanians repelling Teutonic forces after crossing the Predeal pass and through the Trotus valley, with 12 cannons destroyed and 600 prisoners taken. Near Goinsa the enemy was surprised with additional captures. In the Usul attacks were repulsed. Athens hosts talks as King Constantine leans toward allied demands.
Annual notice for stockholders of Denver Omalons & Co to meet on Wednesday November 1 1916 at 2:00 PM at the company's sovereign office at 2 Chey Street Piret National block secretary notes this as official.
Mrs Elaie R Smathers daughter of A D Rider known as the Cran berry King in New Jersey drove her car through a gang of twelve bandits who tried to rob her father Each bandit fired The uncle was killed the father badly wounded a friend slain with seven wounds The woman was hit twice but drove ten miles before yielding Millie di Marco later captured with some of the thieves confessed.
Charles J Bonaparte former progressive leader and attorney general criticizes the Hughes nomination in the Outlook calling it an experiment and saying he did not want to see Hughes nominated for the presidency.
Blanche Sweet features in The Storm a Maine woods drama from Lasky at the Lyric. The absent minded professor, his daughter and a love triangle drive the tense plot as Thom an Melghan Theo Roberts and Richard Sterng plus Chandler Wolwe head an all star Lasky cast in this Paramount release.
In Bayonne New Jersey on October 19 striking Standard Oil and other oil plant workers voted at a mass meeting to resume work tomorrow. About 12 000 men had been on strike ten days. Three people were killed during riots. Federal mediators were told both sides are willing to negotiate for a wage raise.
The Elephant Butte dam in New Mexico, completed at a cost of 15 million dollars, was dedicated today by A A Jones the president Wilsons representative. About 350 delegates to the International Irrigation Congress attended the ceremony.
Scheveningen reports a Dutch settlement with Great Britain over North Sea herring fishing. Britain lifts wartime blockades on Dutch ships, defines sale shares to Germany and other markets, and offers subsidies for Dutch catches. The accord aims to reopen Dutch fishing and restore American market access for Dutch herring.
In a wartime vignette the narrator recalls a heavy bombardment and a planned assault that never fully materialized as silence falls then resumes. The piece shifts to a political pitch urging voters to back Kendrick for Secretary of State Houx, highlighting oil revenue gains during six years on the land board.
A political appeal argues Mr. Finux would draw a double salary if Kendrick is elected to the U S Senate, claiming he earns both and works for taxpayers while criticizing Senator Clark. The message urges voters to back Kendrick.
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