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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1910
Page
9
In Switzerland on September 19 Aviators Weymann and Chavez tried an across-the-Alps airplane flight despite poor weather. Both men failed to complete the crossing after a dramatic ascent and difficult landing in the Rhone valley.
Rev. Thomas Board, pastor of Wylie Ave Mechareh in Pittsburgh, inspired outrage after attempting to auction two of his five children in Circleville to fund the others. Crowds intervened and the sale was halted. Board, a Prohibition candidate for the legislature, faced parishioner anger.
National headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic opens on Ocean pier at Tennessee avenue as veterans reunite after years apart. Talks begin on a proposed large gathering to unite Blue and Gray with Colonel Herbert pushing the idea during the week.
Dr. Douglas Snyder and his wife from Pittsburg were released on $500 bond after arrests tied to the deaths of three incubator babies at the Kentucky state fair in Louisville. Snyder claims the deaths stem from insufficient electrical current at the fair.
Rutland Wic Sept 1 countess Nicholas heiress to the Grecian throne lies starving and penniless after loss of property and husband. Once a famed social figure, she is 76 and dependent on neighbors charity with little support or hope.
Captain Klaus Larsen piloted his Ferre from the Maid of the Mist dock through the whirlpool rapids to within a mile of Lewiston, covering four and a half miles. The craft rode the fast current to the Whirlpool pool, but the boat began leaking badly and capsized near the end, leaving Larsen battered but alive.
New York reports a saloon rivalry in the Bronx spurred a spite church opening with thirty worshippers. One saloonkeeper donated the lot to force his rival close by the 200 foot rule, while the other vows to retaliate by erecting a second church on a relative's property within range.
President Taft said in Beverly that in a December message to Congress he will urge about 900 000 to begin fortifying the Panama Canal with heavy guns and will seek two new dreadnought battleships. He plans to continue building at least two ships per year until completion. The canal, he argues, will boost navy efficiency once in operation.
Wilmington NC September 1 No trace was found of the large lead colored steamship that anchored two miles off Beaufort yesterday in a gale and sent distress signals.
Sheridan Wyoming September 19. Delegates at the state Democratic convention debate nominating either former Senator J M Carey of Cheyenne Independent Republican or Judge W S Kuykendall of Saratoga for governor. Carey seeks Democratic support by backing the platform while Kuykendall leads a strong candidacy with others named for state offices.
At Camp Manufacturing Company near Arringdale Virginia a sawmill accident killed one worker and severely injured four others when a lever was pulled wrong and five men were dragged into the whirling teeth. The decapitated body was recovered as the machine stopped. The exact death toll remained uncertain.
Alphonse Consolizo the unfrocked priest who sailed to Rome to seek forgiveness for marrying 16 year old Katherine Johann says he cannot endure years in a monastery and now wishes to return to Trenton to live with his bride. Johann rejects him and warns he will be kicked from the door if he returns.
Lena Hills, a white woman, and Adolph Hackey, a colored barber, died from heart shots in a Bent street room yesterday morning. No eye witnesses. coroner's jury to view remains. Hackey from Kansas City. relatives in Omaha and Pacific coast towns.
Wilam Bridges, a Kentucky farmer, brought two dynamite sticks home in a wagon and left them under a shed. He found two cows dead next morning with chewed dynamite nearby, explaining the unusual casualty.
Taft and Roosevelt held a conference on Taft's Albany trip, their second since Africa. Roosevelt sought clarity on New York politics, while Taft outlined his New York position and support for party nominees. Officials for Roosevelt voiced no agreement on a 1902 presidential bid or convention changes. the meeting produced little tangible result beyond tensions.
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