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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1910
Page
2
Deaths include Douglas, Jack lander and J A McAVoy. Births record a Sheridan boy to Mr and Mrs Alexander Petrie and a Douglasse boy to Mr and Mrs J T Kidwell. Marriages list Sheridan Ming Blanche Williams to Claude Byler.
General Manager A L Mohler of Union Pacific responds to a Laramie Chamber letter about announced improvements and pending appropriations. He says authority is not yet received and notes public officials have prejudiced railroad securities, hindering funding.
Green River October 28. Officials and employees of the Utah division of the Union Pacific were transferred to Green River, the division’s headquarters. The list includes 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 Burnett A J Burdett Harry Lee D W Burg A C Peterson Alfred Rutherglen Frank Ritter Fred Ritter Wilson Wright Miss Mildred Beck Hal Lessinger Chas D Sevier and Pal Higgins among others.
In South Pass country about forty miles southwest of Riverton T L Walton was killed instantly when his own gun fired as he dragged it behind him. Companions, hearing the shot, found him with a bullet through the heart.
Douglas October 28 W F Hamilton of this place and T J Brownfield of Lincoln Nebraska have formed a company to build a new mill.
Blanche Walsh headlines The Other Woman at Capitel Avenue Theatre on Thursday night. The drama centers on a man’s love for a woman who is not his wife, focusing on the development of a love story with the other woman as the central figure.
Plans call for erecting a four mill at this place within the next year. The mill is expected to be ready to handle the next year's crop.
Casper residents offer a one hundred dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who recently shot and killed a dog belonging to the Henning family. Bonds for Casper city hall totaling forty five thousand dollars were sold at par to McCoy and Company at a special city council meeting, with construction to start soon.
At a mass meeting in the county courthouse Laramie citizens expressed support for a bond issue. Residents discussed financing for local improvements and the gathering reflected strong community backing for the measure.
The resolution favors issuing bonds totaling 65000 dollars for water system expansion and 15000 dollars for sewerage system extension. The funds will cover construction and related costs to extend both utilities. Municipal authorities approved the plan and directed pertinent departments to proceed with financing details.
From Lander and Casper dated October 28, reports say smallpox has erupted among the Arapaho Indians on the nearby reservation with nearly fifty cases. Dr Tonkin leads the treatment and expects no deaths.
Incorporation papers filed in Cheyenne by West Sheridan Land Company with $100,000 capital. Col Stitzer and Col I A Stitzer noted figures passing through Cheyenne en route to Laramie from the east. Wafe Hdlwarad chosen by the Republican County committee.
A new candidate is placed on the Republican ticket to fill the seat left by the death of Justice of the Peace William Padget who sought re election.
Mayor P. 8. Cook sat up all day after a serious stomach attack that kept him bedridden for over a week. William McKenzie is confined to his home with typhoid fever.
In Baltimore on October 28 Charles Tanta Jr 19 attempted suicide at school driven by paralysis and taunting from classmates. He drank ink from his desk well, grew faint, and was sent home by his teacher. authorities say he is not in danger.
Knobnoster MissouriOctober 28 two children of farmer B J Belsha living twelve miles southwest of town were burned to death when their father’s residence was consumed by a fire.
The Democratic platform urges re enactment of the Australian ballot to protect honest voters. Judge Carey argues the current law is rotten and favors fraud by weak enforcement and corrupt boosters. The piece defends a ballot requiring literacy and reads aloud state qualifications and court rulings.
John Marsh of Baltimore County returns to Baltimore after 34 years away. His family was reported dead and he was declared dead by courts in his native county, leaving only his brother Andrew Marsh of Hereford. Marsh had spent years in Death Valley with several mining claims and now appears in refined clothing and attends top restaurants.
New York Oct 28 Leon Block 90 was arraigned in domestic relations court on abandonment and non support by his 69 year old wife. She said they married seven years ago and that her late husband would not support her. Magistrate Cornell commented that someone ought to support the man.
The magistrate ordered the case into the Charity Organization Society and adjourned the hearing to November. Mr Block stated that his wife initiated the love-making and pleaded for marriage.
Burglars pried open the safe at a Jefferson bank near Medford, securing $3,100 in currency and gold before escaping. No suspects named. police investigating the alarm and escape route.
The forecast calls for a fair and warmer Saturday and a sunny Sunday. Yesterday’s weather showed a maximum of 56 degrees and a minimum of 16 degrees.
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