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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
13
Leroy E. Laird of Worland, Democratic candidate for state senate, returned from Omaha where he sold cattle and visited the capitol Thursday. Messages note other local happenings including a Knights of Security card party, a fifteen day sentence for theft, and multiple visitors to Cheyenne from out of town.
Customer Cheyenne unable to pay balance on a player piano. The sale will be transferred to a party who will cover the remaining cash payments. For details contact Cheyenne Music House in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Audrey Mungo n presents Purity in a straightforward adaptation at the Atlas Theatre. The notable film play is offered in three performances this afternoon and again in the evening, described as bold yet inoffensive under new management.
Rawlens Oct. 80 Larson of this city ships heavy lambs that averaged 77.4 pounds each, the best record in the section. The shipment weighed several pounds more than any other lambs shipped from this area.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a taxpayer and Kendrick with references to the United States Senate and Beasterlark. No clear event, date, or outcome is provided. The readable pieces suggest political or legal questions about duties but lack concrete facts.
Chicago dated report says Dr. Ben Webster of Kingabury Indiana won the 160 first prize for a six word slogan valued at 150 and 25 a word. The Wyoming entry by Clifford R. Clark earned a $1 honor prize. Slogans honored and other winners named across 27 states and one in Canada.
Preparations are completed to rebuild the Hillsdale elevator destroyed by fire. A larger better building will be erected with farmers performing much of the labor to recoup losses. Insurance covered all but about 1000 dollars. Richard Spats and J C Nash lead the project. The elevator is owned by a cooperative society.
Northwest farmers continue to back President Wilson. Fred J. Chamberlain of Puyallup Washington, master of the County Grange and State Grange legislative committee, telegrams the Democratic committee praising Wilson for enacting both Democratic and Progressive platforms. He says Wilson stands for humanity over property and peace over war and calls him the emancipator of the farmer.
An Amsterdam telegraph says the German Ocean Navigation company reports the Bremen submarine Bremen has not sent news and is regarded lost. Families of the crew, mainly from Bremen, fear for the men and crews for other submarines may be difficult to secure. The Bremen voyage across the Atlantic is reportedly cancelled.
In Manila on Oct 20 Secretary Harry Hershey says by year end seventeen American personnel will retire from service under a new retirement law. Of 1800 U S government employees, about half were eligible and about a third have secured retirement by January 1. Many eligible seek retirement, but those needed remain in service.
Reports from Juarez claim Pancho Villa’s band controls San Andres after a bold raid last Tuesday. Carranzista forces are restrained in Chihuahua City while Villa’s followers advance toward the border, with authorities awaiting Atlantic City commission decisions before further troop moves.
The report discusses union power and petty politics and weighs open shop against labor, noting socialism and syndicalism from the employer view. It argues syndicalism would not arise if capital and labor gave the least educated workers a fair chance, highlighting exploitation of new Americans.
The report lists weddings and community events including Carrie Clements and Guy McIntyre wed by Rev Hopton at the Baptist church with intimate guests, and Mary Katherine Morgan and Gordon Cordiner married in Laramie. It notes a serenade, a free dance invite, a Wyoming spelling bee trend, and a Lincoln County Woolgrowers meeting in Kemmerer on November 27 and 28.
A historical political appeal asks readers to support Kendrick for Secretary of State. It asserts trust in a proven, valuable state official with six years on the board and urges votes in the face of rising costs and public concerns.
Lee Heine, beating commission, announced a $4000 stake on Wilson at even money. He placed three bets Thursday totaling $4100 with Hughes listed as favorite in each case. A reliable manufacturer seeks a general sales manager with a liberal contract and capital needs in Chicago.
The Belle Mourche sugar factory plan has stirred local pledges to expand beet crops in the Hulett area, touted as one of the state’s best beet districts. Addison and Mrs. Moffat of Big Piney celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with about 25 friends last Sunday as neighbors gathered to honor them.
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