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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
2
A Wyoming round up lists eight newborns across towns including Lodge Grass with Helma Jacob and Payton in Payton with a newborn girl. Other births include Douglas with Cleo Hunt and Laramie with Lucilia Hodgeman. A Kemmerer marriage is noted between Sophia Hale and Ferdinand Remies.
J B Kennenveck a millionaire stockman leads the Democratic county ticket for state senator after a lively Sheridan convention. Contests marked for county attorney coroner clerk and legislators. Delegates to state conventionuninstructed. The reform platform backs initiative referendum recall and direct primary. Nearby Laramie reports a meteor sighting around midnight southeast of the city near Colorado.
Guernsey council rejects all bids for waterworks contract and decides to construct the system under city supervision by digging wells rather than piping water from the river. The move shifts project management to local officials and uses well sources for supply.
Buffalo Wyoming September 15, a hoisting cable parted at the Mitchell mine one mile north of Buffalo causing a coal car to drop several hundred feet. Fred Snyder a miner was mangled and killed instantly. In Kemmerer September 15 Hon P J Quealey reports a two year wage contract with miners and operators. The agreement provides pay raises across classifications including unclassified underground labor and inside workers.
Sheridan September 15 Joe Hubbard a fifteen year old Boston lad last seen in Cheyenne State Leader has been located after a letter from his parents indicated they believed he was elsewhere.
A mishmash item notes a boy near Rawlins appearing at Crow Indian Reservation seeking to evangelize among Indians and later securing work at Fort Mykingle while contacting anxious Boston parents. In a separate piece, a Ladies Baseball game at frontier town sees Marines over Matrons by 11 to 9 with Mrs Simmons and Miss Thomas among players. The Third Wyoming Bankers Association meets in Douglas from Sept 27 to 29, planning banker talks in the morning and State Fair activities in the afternoon.
James Reynolds, fourteen, of Sheridan, Wyoming, hunted with his father in the hills when a large bear charged him. He fired once with a small rifle and killed the animal, which weighed nearly 30 pounds.
Reports from Pueblo Memphis Philadelphia Mason City Greeley and Washington recount brutal robberies murders and accidents. A Colorado couple were beaten and robbed. a trunk with 130 dollars stolen. A fireman on a monitor was murdered. A Philadelphia double murder suicide suspected. Ammonia tank explosion killed a chief engineer in Mason City. A newborn infant survived exposure after being buried alive and a bride to be was killed by a trolley car.
A cryptic note from Enid details a compact parcel sent to Avastin, Texas, describing its size and weight as a point of postage. Armond claims no reply was received to his letters, and he urges contact by this method. An extensive message appears on the card’s back. Plato Rally at Sherman Co.
Brooklyn August 15 The Rev William W Ackley pastor of St Andrew s Protestant Episcopal Church Fourth Avenue and Fifteenth Street was locked out by vestrymen and wardens who say he is feeble and aging He held services on the stone steps of the church four times as 200 to 600 congregants gathered on the sidewalk The doors remained locked and a key could not open them The congregation sang with schoolchildren and teachers joining in The dispute has drawn neighborhood sympathy and raised questions about church authority Bishop Burgess supports the pastor.
The article argues young men should start saving early. It notes banks welcome small deposits and that tiny beginnings can grow into large balances. Citizens National Bank invites young men to begin business with cordial cooperation.
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