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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
21
Draft era note to men in Cheyenne urging rain gear and travel details. A letter to Mrs Graham from Gerald Walker references theater trips, transit delays, and a young married man urged to report for duty amid wartime circumstances.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Kotecopal church for Mrs Anna G Smith with Rev Dev Shingler presiding. The pallbearers were John Ingram Jane Jace Jobe Klett Co T Cornish William State and GW Rockefield. Interment followed at Lake View Cemetery. The body lay in state at Earlschepel Sunday morning attracting a large number of friends and relatives. Mrs Smith will be sadly missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.
A community notice invites all children and their families to attend activities on September 1, highlighting a family friendly event with planned games crafts and refreshments.
Gov. Frank L. Houx announced immediate construction of a temporary 5000 dollar wing and a new 150000 dollar building to house inmates after the fire at Rawlins destroyed the men’s wing. State officials report most furniture survived, with insurance covering losses and administration building included in plans for improved operations.
A petition signed by prominent Cheyenne residents calls for a mass meeting at the district courthouse on Wednesday night to discuss the forthcoming city election. The aim is to encourage more competent men to run for city offices, with no implied criticism of announced candidates.
A cavalry horse was killed and a Trooper from Fort Russell was seriously injured after a Sunday race with an automobile on Cheyenne's south side. Charles Burger of 205 East Ninth Street drove Burgers car into the scene, breaking the horse's legs. the trooper was hurled to the ground. The post veterinarian euthanized the animal.
San Francisco Sept 17 Orders were received by quatoms officials to search passenger effects departing from the port. The action targets concealment of contraband articles which cannot be taken from the country without special license.
Thirty women began work as lumber fillers and machine operators at a wood working plant in Brokane Washington due to a shortage of male labor. All Elks and their families are invited September 19.
Seven people were injured in a head on collision between Colorado & Southern passenger train No. 2 and a waiting freight train near Marshall five miles south of Boulder. Most victims were treated at University Hospital. Thomas R. Brown of Denver was the most seriously hurt with multiple broken bones. Other injured include T. J. O Halloran of Cheyenne and a Wyoming resident nicknamed Flo. The freight crew faced blame for failing to set back the switch.
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