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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1910
Page
14
Boston witnesses a grand aviation meet as thousands swarm the new port to watch foreign and American pilots. A Farman machine piloted by Clifford B Harmon is wrecked severely and likely out of the competition. Harmon escapes unharmed after a near miss. The headless Wright Biplane draws expert interest as new aerials enter the scene.
Frederick F. Gardner general manager of Shore Electric disappeared August 23 near Red Bank New Jersey. His body was found in Pine Brook six miles southwest of Red Bank with evidence suggesting starvation after a long exposure near the Pines. Gardner left a widow and an eighteen month old son and had been overseeing a $70 000 power plant project when he died.
Julius Kraft of Auburn New York lowered his own all mile automotive record by more than an hour. He completed the New York City to Auburn run in eleven hours and fifty five minutes using a Franklin touring car of forty two horsepower. Kraft and his family have logged over 88000 miles in the same vehicle as the record was set.
Chearlea Dayton steered the Kraft party through rough roads on a 2000 mile eastern trip concluding in Auburn after passing Hudson Syracuse and Rhinebeck. They beat last year’s time to Hudson and averaged about 28 mph despite detours. No tire punctures occurred during the record run.
Telegraphic briefs report Mayor Fugard in Pueblo declares he will stop the state fair director from selling pools at the Pueblo race events. In Grealey and nearby areas similar notes mention blossoming strawberries and hopeful garden blooms in September.
A scattered set of notes reports growers expecting a good harvest. Mentions sept 12 references to Weyers Froste holding off, Lecketott of St Andrews Protestant Episcopal church in Brooklyn, and a note on a property advert about a rental with $1200 monthly rent and a possible build-out.
In Colorado Mrs. Valine Landsdale aged eighteen died of brain hemorrhage in Vans. In Abilene Kansas J S Hallam bank president collapsed and died after a bank cashier reputed to be missing with 265000 dollars short in accounts. In Chicago Professor A B Boyd of Boston University Law School died en route to hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage at his sister in law’s home.
Fort Collins Colorado reports 200 sheep arriving to be prepared for a gueata sacrifice for Lamb's Day on September 22. Senator Prake chaired the committee to secure the lambs, purchased them in Idaho, and led a party to receive the flock as it came via the Colorado and Southern tracks. They processed through the town to the pens after a photograph was taken.
A fragmented report notes a large flock gathered at Wort Collins for a barbecue feeding about 25 000 people. The text references packing methods and slaughtered sheep as part of the event.
A Battle Creek man Henry Cuney, a prominent hardware figure and Sheyboygan native, reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself in a thicket on the city outskirts after a period of illness. The report notes medical observers and a local hospital context.
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