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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
16
Readable lines mention ripe tomatoes and Elberta peaches with prices. Colorado champions appear as a brief table note while Oregon Elbertas are listed for preserving. The fragment suggests fresh produce pricing and regional availability.
Crabapples and wild plums are not very plentiful this season. Place orders and checks will be filled on arrival of the fruit.
A local market advertises dill cucumbers and gherkins in 100 count lots, dill weed, white and green peppers, Rocky Ford crates, and melons. Special pricing applies to melons with watermelons offered fresh by the pound and cabbage, onions, and red cabbage also priced, including a bulk 15th cwt. offer and Yellow Onions priced by the pound.
More than 200 Elks left the Cheyenne home for the depot to catch trains to Douglas. Wives accompanied many as the platform filled with laughter and cheers. Dinneen, Cheyenne lodge head, drew the crowd in a strange hat while Elks waved flags and shared merry exchanges.
The station indicates the Cheyenne Elks are set for a arranged time in Dongeles.
A Fort Russell sergeant on a motorcycle collided with a delivery wagon on Evghteenth Street and Capital avenue. The rider admitted fault alleging the wagon stopped to pose for him. the wagon driver said he swerved to avoid collision. The motorcyclist suffered minor hand injury and torn clothing but escaped serious harm.
A classified note advertises touring cars with capacity seven passengers and model code a00 7 pass, inviting inquiries for purchase.
The county clerk released the second increment of men forming 40 percent of the draft quota. Fifty men depart September 19 for training, with no details yet on whether all will go to American Lake or how alternates are chosen. The list includes Rom Bullard, Fred Feld, Jesse James Carlyle, and many others.
Plans to rebuild the damaged state asylum at Evanston call for a new wing costing 100000 dollars. The fire, which destroyed part of the facility, left only one escapee from the jail cell James Howell of Rawlings who had been confined for a minor offense and allegedly killed in jail.
The first day of the forty third annual Wyoming Masons assembly met at the Masonic temple with a welcome by Cheyenne lodge. About fifty visiting delegates from every lodge toured Cheyenne area sites after the afternoon session. Cheyenne lodge No. 1 and Acatia lodge No. 11 later joined in exemplifying the first degree for visitors.
A coroner's jury failed to reach a verdict on the death of Patrick J. Delaney the miner mortally wounded in a patrol incident. Witness inconsistencies hinder a clear link to a fight on West Fifteenth Street Saturday afternoon. William Burne remains held pending the inquiry as Delaney's body is shipped to Philadelphia for burial.
A letter from William J. Keating detailing Cheyenne’s first increment of draftees arriving at American Lake Washington on September 8 1917. The men join Company G 362nd Infantry with other western states, report good ordnance and two hours drill, share meal order forms, and thank local officials.
Early frosts and unseasonably cold weather across the northern United States damaged corn and delayed the maturation of wheat and other crops. The frost-affected region includes Washington D C with reports of reduced yields and slower crop progress due to the cold spell.
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