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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1910
Page
2
Vital statistics list births and marriages across Casper Laramie and nearby areas. details include Ernest Salisbury aged 13 remaining in Laramie, births to Kreesch Jones Cooper Bolton families, and marriages involving Fayelle Thompson Lottie Chapman Guy Trevett and George Foster.
The Albany County Democratic convention praised county offices for sound finances and debt reduction. It noted $52,000 paid, a well funded treasury, good road conditions, and a two mill tax reduction despite extra calls.
The article outlines adoption of referendum initiative recall popular election of senators pure Australian ballot anti pass and corrupt practices law employers liability law and railroad valuation. It notes support for Robert H. Homer of Albany county for the United States senate and lists full county and city tickets nominated.
Sheridan reports a boy aged five was shot in the ear by a playmate using a small air rifle after a dare to "shoot you coward." The bullet passed through the ear and lodged in the neck. A physician judged the wound serious as the victim was hospitalized several hours later.
A wildfire has burned for two days in the Pall River basin north of the placer area. Forest rangers report limited control efforts while extensive timber range losses occur and several head of stock have perished.
In Laramie on September 16, reports say Bruno Opatland a Cheyenne cook named Harl Bruno was involved in a sequence of events leading to public attention. Local authorities are investigating details surrounding the case and identifying other persons connected to the incident.
A suspect is jailed on suspicion tied to a Union Pacific train incident. Rudolph Kuer, a German, is held as a witness in the case. It is alleged he saw Bruno possess the money believed stolen from Mr Bernethy.
Casper Sept 16 At a stockholders meeting of the Wyoming and Northwestern Railway company a board of trustees was elected including Marvin Howitt W A Gardner J M Whitmore H R McCullough John D Caldwell and Lb A Robinson all of Chicago and E Onburn of New York City
Citizens and organizations prepare to welcome the State Medical Society delegates. The convention meets here September 28 and 29 with the program to be finalized by local physicians next week.
Casper report states James A. Adking, a Turner Sheep Company employe, was arrested and jailed on a charge of defrauding his employer by collecting twice for the same services.
Four year old Margaret Huempfer of Laramie was running with playmates when she tripped and fell onto a broken bottle fragment that penetrated her eye, causing the loss of sight in that eye.
An information filed with the district clerk charges A. Pache, a nineteen year old, with arson for allegedly setting fire to a barn on his mother's farm to collect insurance.
A Ninth Cavalry sergeant led arrests including a private Bates and a landowner’s nephew linked to the cached fortune. Twenty two claims have been filed with military authorities as investigators press to prove guilt. Over $400 reportedly missing from the taken sum, with robbers using it for immediate needs until a future escape.
Reports show Cleveland Ohio population 566663 up 178895 from 1900. Maine governor race Frederick Plaisted Democratic plurality 9114. Sterling Colorado threshing finishes with winter wheat yield over 30 bushels per acre. Madrid to abolish death penalty and simplify codes. Infants polio epidemic spreading in New England states. Banks to resume operations by Nov 1. Secretary Bal left for the coast by way of Bo.
In Albuguerie New Mexico on September 96 Delfino Chaves aged 18 from White City vanished after leaving home to work as a clerk at a downtown dry goods store. No trace has been found and her parents are greatly worried.
Real estate notice for 9650 G. 5 Oliver listing with contact phone 574. Property details are limited to the short fragment provided.
The convention endorsed Taft administration and Payne tariff law and supported Governor Brooks and Senator C. D. Clark. It urged public lands settlement state water control, labor holiday, convict labor reforms, and liens for workers. It backed Ballinger and federal road land grants, plus a commission form of government and Wind River water rights use. Rawlins hosted in a new Masonic temple.
Fragmentary entry lists amounts and a name with a phone code. The terse line mixes financial figures with a person name, suggesting a public notice or classification item. The OCR lacks clear context for full interpretation.
Government crop review notes record world wheat area in history about 235,000,000 acres yet possible yield below last year's high of 8,624,000 bushels. European harvests mixed with quality issues. Russia and Canada face uneven prospects. October reports to cover cotton, corn, potatoes, tobacco and spring wheats.
Olia Wn. Hill 40 from Carnegie Safe Deposit disclosed engagement to Miss Martha Brown of Seattle. He admits past claim of never kissing or proposing, says he plans to marry, move to Washington Heights, and live in a flat after October 1. He explains reporters overplayed a rumor linking him to a stenographer, insisting he never loved another woman.
A young Kansas bank bandit was caught after a bold holdup in which two revolvers were leveled at a suburban cashier. The incident occurred just before Christmas as the youth demanded cash, and the cashier complied. The fugitive was traced to Denver and then returned to face authorities.
A masked robber enters a bank and holds up the cashier. He fires as the desperado grabs a gun, the two exchange fire, and the bandit escapes by leaping onto a paddle horse outside. A ten mile running fight ensues as pursuers ride after him. The robber shoots horses and is wounded in the shoulder and hand but escapes.
Spokane Sept 16 Richard A Ballinger declares I don’t care what anybody may say so long as I am conscious of doing my duty. He says public and business leaders must work in unison for prosperity and guard against hypocrisy demagogy or hysteria.
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