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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1910
Page
10
Deaths: Douglas M l Bootland J A McAvoy. Births: Sheridan boy to Mr and Mrs Alexander Petrie Douglase boy to Mr and Mrs J Kidwell. Marriages: Sheridan Ming Blanche Williams to Claude Byler.
General Manager A L Mohler says planned Union Pacific improvements lack funding authority. He notes public officials have unsettled railroad securities, delaying access to capital needed to proceed with the announced work in Laramie and surrounding areas.
In MOHLER Green River Oct 28 the Utah division of the Union Pacific lists officials and employees transferred to Green River headquarters. Names include C B Bare W M Jeffers G F Maitland Joe Ottman P A Beck D C Oim vetad BE Weber T P Herford BR H Porter W N C Burnett A J Burdett Harry Lee D W Burg A C Peterson Alfred Rutherglen Frank Ritter Fred Ritter Wilson Wright Mildred Beck Hal Lessinger Chas Sevier C B Bare and Pal Higgins among others.
In Riverton on October 28 T L Walton was accidentally shot by his own gun while stalking an animal in the South Pass country about forty miles southwest of Riverton. Walton dragged the gun behind him when the shot rang out and his companions, hundreds of feet away, found him dead from a heart wound.
Douglas October 28 W F Hamilton of this place and T J Brownfield of Lincoln Nebraska have formed a company to establish a new mill. The announcement notes partnership between local resident Hamilton and Brownfield from Lincoln as the venture takes shape.
Blanche Walsh stars in The Other Woman a love story about a man torn between a wife and another woman. The production is billed as a principal attraction on the Capitel Avenue Theatre’s Thursday night program and recurs as a highlight in Blanche Walsh’s season.
The project aims to erect a large four mill at this place within the next year. It is expected the mill will be ready to handle the next year's crop.
W F Henning offers 100 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who shot and killed a dog belonging to the Henning family. Bonds Sold Casper Oct 28 City council sells full 45000 bond issue for a new town hall to McCoy and company at par. work to start soon.
In Laramie on October 28 a mass meeting at the court house indicated strong support for a bond issue. Citizens voiced approval and discussed potential projects the bonds would fund, signaling momentum for the proposed financing plan.
The resolutions favor advancing bonds of 65000 dollars for water system expansion and 15000 dollars for sewerage system extension to fund the necessary improvements.
Reports from the Indian reservation near Indang indicate a smallpox outbreak among the Arapaho with nearly fifty cases. Dr. Tonkin leads treatment and expects no fatalities.
Buechner Jewelry Co and Cheyenne Reliable Manufacturing Jewelry and Engravers are mentioned along with a Shining Parlor offering free shoe shines after noon. West Sheridan Land Company files incorporation papers with the secretary of state. Col. Stitzer and Col. I A Stitzer travel through Cheyenne en route to Laramie, and Wafe Household is noted as selected by the Republican County committee.
A vacancy on the Republican ballot was filled following the death of Justice of the Peace William Padget. The party nominated a replacement candidate for the re-election bid to continue the contest in upcoming elections.
Mayor P. 8 Cook sat up all day after a severe stomach trouble left him bed-ridden for over a week. William McKenzie is confined to his home with typhoid fever.
Charles Tanta Jr a 19 year old student in Baltimore drank ink from his desk well after being teased about his paralysis. He grew faint and was sent home by his teacher though doctors say he is not in danger.
Knobnoster Missouri October 28 The two children of farmer B J Belsha living twelve miles southwest of Knobnoster were burned to death in a fire that consumed their father's residence.
The platform urges re enactment of the Australian ballot system as a guard against corrupt elections. Judge Carey advocates restoring the law to require an intelligent voter capable of reading and understanding the ballot. The piece condemns current practices as undermining free voting and enabling fraud.
Baltimore, October 28. John Marsh of Baltimore County has returned after 34 years in Death Valley where he pursued mining wealth. He found his parents and eight siblings deceased and an only brother, Andrew Marsh of Hereford, surviving. Marsh now dresses in fashion and dines at prominent restaurants after a long desert sojourn.
New York court arraigned Leon Block on abandonment and non support charges filed by his 69 year old wife who said they married seven years ago and that her late husband would not support her. Magistrate Cornell noted someone ought to support the man.
The case was adjourned until November after the Charity Organizations Society agreed to look into it. Mr Block told the magistrate that his wife initiated the relationship and pleaded for marriage.
Thieves pried open the bank safe at a Jefferson area branch six miles south of Medford Olia and fled with 3100 dollars in currency and gold belongings. No arrests reported.
The forecast calls for fair weather and rising temperatures with Saturday expected warmer. Sunday also looks fair with mild conditions. Yesterday’s high reached 56 degrees and a low of 16 degrees.
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