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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
6
NEW YORK Sept Ty Cobb seeks Detroit pennant and Wilson re election. Alexander Hatt, a Phillies ace, extends shutout streak to a record fourteenth in 1916 with Brooklyn win, pushing total wins to twenty five and threatening an unbreakable mark.
Berlin reports the Ocean Navigation company confirming no freight slots remain for America bound cargo aboard their merchant submarines. The reply states cargo space on all ships is booked for a long period with no prospect of accepting further shipments.
President Wilken addressed the House and Senate in a home setting on August 29 to propose recommendations regarding the threatened railway shutdown. Vice President Marshall presided as Speaker Clark sat nearby during the session.
At the Lyric Theatre today Robert Warwick, the world film star, appears in The Fruits of Desire, a version of Henry Sussell Miller's The Ambition of Mark Truitt. The story follows a man who ruthlessly crushes rivals while pursuing power, with scenes filmed in steel mill settings near Pittsburgh.
Summary of several NL games with multiple lineups noted. Brooklyn at New York parades Batteries Coombs Miller Anderson Rariden. Boston Philadelphia games list pitchers Batteries Demaree Burns Rudolph Blackburn. Chicago Cincinnati match Koetzer Wingo Hendrix Archer. Pittsburgh St Louis postponed by rain. Washington notes Sisco Cullop Walters Johnson Tlenry. Philadelphia first game Patterson Shore Ruth Cady Thomas Johnson Ploeinich. Second game Boston Philadelphia Hatteries Maye Thomas Meyers Pietuich. Western League lines include Topeka and Omaha with Powers Rohrer Messer Spahr.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Sept 5 that Bulgaria detains G C Derusel Romanian minister to Sofia and his staff Paul and Raden. It says Gibeletter at Bucharest has returned, per Budapest dispatch.
In Colorado Springs Freddie Welsh, now champion after defeating Willie Ritchie, outlines future aims. He expects four twenty round fights in the next year if paid, names contenders Dundee Leonard and Hammer, and reveals plans to travel to Canada for four round exhibitions for a soldier’s fund before resuming longer bouts. He also mentions a California bungalow and a long term health home as retirement goals.
Captain John J. Evers of the Beaton National club is at his home in Troy New York Sep 5 suffering neuritis in his left arm. He endures much pain while undergoing electrical treatment in hopes the injured limb will heal.
Three men were arrested in St. Anthony Idaho on charges of conspiring to kidnap 21 year old Roland Harriman son of Mrs EF Harriman widow of the late railroad magnate and hold him for 100000 ransom. Authorities say the conspirators threatened to locate the youth if the payment was not made. Two suspects reportedly confessed and Harriman was spending vacation at Isanti Park near St. Anthony.
A Washington Star fragment shows a candid exchange as a man compliments a woman, framing their dialogue around athletic and business virtues. The woman returns a playful, affectionate remark that underscores mutual admiration.
Government focus on rural schools expands with fifty rural education bulletins half a million copies distributed to officials. Consolidation and county unit ideas spur Texas consolidation and legislative interest in twelve states, while conferences, lectures, and reading circles boost nationwide rural education efforts. Wyoming farmers may attend meeting with governor's representative support.
The International Dry Farm congress plans its annual meeting in El Paso Texas from October 17 to 26. State officials in Wyoming are asked to appoint delegates to attend as representatives, though funds are not yet available.
Sept 6 report from the department of health says the paralytic epidemic is decreasing in every borough of the city. The bulletin notes lower new cases and improved conditions as public health efforts continue.
In a heated exchange, Miss Cayenne scorns the idea of frequent opinion changes. The remark challenges the notion that a man should continually alter beliefs just to please others.
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