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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
7
A jumble of classified notices lists items for sale and rental needs. Entries mention furniture like desks radiators crockery and parlor items plus secondhand goods and heating stoves, with several WANTED and FOR RENT notices and contact hints scattered through the page.
Notice to contractors calls for sealed bids for the Potter Nebraska water works extension including 8260 feet of 42 inch cast iron pipe 440 feet of 6 inch pipe 42 double hose fire hydrants and related items bid receipt by Esther Peitihine at her office in Hager Nebraska until 7 pm September 20 1919. Also details for bid for installation furnishing material or furnishing only. CARD OF THANKS The family of John Loffel publicly thanks friends for sympathy and offerings after the death of their wife and mother.
The Wyoming Bankers' Association will meet in Cheyenne September 16 and 17 at the Carnegie Library. Notable bankers from outside the state will attend. The program lists sessions from 10:30 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. with addresses by E W Stone A K Lee A D Jehnaton J E Downing Jerry B Helderson and George W Perry among others, covering depository laws reserve system postwar conditions and the cost of living in Wyoming.
Rawlins Wyoming reports parcels within the townsite south of the valley Pacific tracks being sold in order by the government. The sale targets reportedly goes to residents described as squatters, with opposition and confusion among settlers and officials.
Judge William C. Menizer in Laramie County District Court rules the state prohibition commissioner must not initiate an information against a prohibition violator without the prosecuting attorney. The ruling states the prosecuting attorney in the county where the offense occurred must file the information, though the commissioner can assist in rate-case prosecutions.
Sept 16 Dominic Benassi fights for life after a duel with John Bogard in Frontier mining camp street. Benassi stabbed with a knife and wounded in hospital. Bogard suffers superficial cuts. Authorities await verdict on Benassi’s injuries while both men faced possible charges and witnesses describe a violent confrontation.
Ed Ward Clark, former Cheyenne and Sheridan figure and former Wyoming Senate president, faced scrutiny near Yellowstone Park when Assistant State Game Warden Elmer Nelson demanded a license. Clark produced a Montana license claiming a prior oversight of Wyoming licensing rules, and the warden then agreed Clark could purchase a Wyoming license. Clark has long resided in Billings and has not designated Wyoming as his home.
The Cheyenne Indians travel to Fort Was wel next Sunday to clash with the Fifteenth Cavalry in a fast paced game. The Indians seek to extend their recent streak as they challenge Wyoming teams, trusting their quick play and military gloves will yield a win.
In Evanston Wyoming on September 10 the town reports no applicant for the advertised carrier position at a low wage. The dispatcher and local delivery service faced difficulties filling the role as potential workers remained scarce despite efforts to recruit.
A brief notice urges readers to obtain a lead er by calling 08 for prompt delivery at the seller's expense. The message emphasizes rapid service and no charge for delivery.
Red man, arrested in Bean Utah, is brought to Thermopolis Wyoming on a first degree murder charge in the death near the state line weeks ago. San Van Scheyver is the victim. A witness, Vette W. C. McKinney, is in town for a brief visit.
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