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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
8
City hall reports insurance payouts totaling $480 for losses from viaduct fires in the past year. Payments of $240 each came from Atlas company via C W Riner and from Aachen and Munich via Motherway and Conway. Funds will repair the viaduct walk.
Mrs. Sam Levinson of the Sample Shop returns from New York and Chicago with a large shipment of millinery suits gowns and other clothing items. She notes strong business conditions in the east and says she secured better bargains than ever before for inspection at her shop.
The funeral for the late Mrs. Maria Jane Millerman will be held at the early chapel Thursday at 10 o'clock. Interment is at Lakeview cemetery. Ser vices conducted by Rev. Geo Van Winkle with assistance from the Knights and Ladies of Security. Friends may view the remains.
The Cheyenne community holds a large funeral for Miss Mildred Burke, killed in a Sunday autom obile crash near Red Buttes. Services start Friday at 9 AM from St Mary’s Cathedral with state officials and many organizations attending in procession to Olivet Cemetery.
District Court Friday judge W C Mentzer will hear any cases that may come up this week. The next term of court will be formally opened on October 2.
Orren Babbitt accused instigator of ballot fraud in the republican primaries remains bondless as Cheyenne awaits a bond. Two Pine Bluffs residents traveled to Cheyenne to sign the bond which prosecutors say will be prepared today. Prosecutor Sam M. Thompson personally prepared the document and expressed confidence it will stand if future developments require county collection. Babbitt plans to fight the case and seeks acquittal after lengthy talks with his attorney.
J Manion and Mack Osborne star Indian battery return to Colorado after the season. Osborne will play the balance with Greeley and Manion may join again if his ankle heals before cold weather ends the season. Greeley meets Denver Western league on September 28. W M Bacon named general manager and acting president of Colorado Wyoming Eastern railroad in Laramie succeeding J M Herbert who resigns to head the Cotton Belt.
The Daughters of the American Revolution awarded two cash prizes for lawn and flower beautification along Lincoln highway within the city. Mrs. Jennie Harriman at 1522 Snyder Street won first prize of 5 dollars, and Mrs. Emily Berger at 922 East Lincoln Highway won second prize of 2 dollars. Judges Mrs. Henry G. Watson and Mrs. Frank Gleason surveyed the entire stretch, praising Harriman's riot of bloom and Berger's well-kept lawn near Lake Minnehaha.
In Lansing Kansas the Women's Civic League and the state convert a five acre tract near the state penitentiary into Community Park. Work by local volunteers and a penitentiary guard supports the project with bands a movie booth and playground features including three tennis courts a pool lagoon and showers planned for this year.
Leo Villa Rroo, one of the men who were shot in a battle on Thames Street last July, was able to walk yesterday at Joe's hospital. Bullet entered by young age and for a long time he was in danger from a serious condition.
Private Bob Decker of Company B Lander stands trial in the supreme court chambers at the capitol on H Street for allegedly striking Lieut Wade of Company F during a riot near the city jail. Judge Advocate Capt Harvey Lonabaugh Sheridan presides. witnesses summoned. If convicted he faces years or life at Leavenworth. ruling awaits War Department decision. Decker enlisted with Douglas during Wyoming state troop mobilization, originally from Oklahoma.
On the second day of school Cheyenne High School saw sophomores and upperclassmen haze freshmen. Some students had hair clipped by barbers as part of the stunt. Principal Merton says the hazing violated rules and will punish the leaders despite claims of ignorance.
Cheyenne residents were disappointed yesterday as the original Auster Brown and his dog Tige failed to arrive on schedule. They were delayed on the road but promise to perform today at Connelly's Shoe Store with new stunts unseen in pictures.
Paris Madame Lina Cavalieri has left for Mary with over twenty Parisian toilettes by Paquin. The gowns include sky blue taf feta, pale pink tulle, white pique and lawn pieces, and black tulle with jet embroidery. Highlights feature changeable taf feta capes, silver lace, blue velvet collars, and silver fringe hems.
Philadelphia report: 15 year old Atlanta youth R. T. Jones Jr. advanced to the third round of the national amateur golf championship by defeating F. W. Dyer, the Pennsylvania state champion, 4 2.
John Pelt, age 97, Utah pioneer and noted for Old Folks galas, died Sunday at his Huntville home after a long decline. Born in Hjo Sweden, he and wife immigrated to the United States in 1857. They lived in Salt Lake City Grantville Orden valley and spent years in missionary work before his death.
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