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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
13
In Cheyenne on business, J H McCune and party traveled in a twelve with an average speed between thirty five and forty miles per hour. The item also notes visits from Casper and Glenrock residents and multiple local business advertisements.
Londoners look forward to the theatrical season with optimism despite air raids. Miss Tithers will lead in the Drury Lane drama Best of Luck, a revival drawing big crowds.
An advertisement promotes Bran Foods as a nutritious laxative combining whole wheat grain with bran. The copy claims Beale supplies body-building material in a digestible form and suggests serving with milk, cream, or fruit. Made at Niagara Falls, New York.
A raid on Mike Pilfis’s coffee house at 304 West Fifteenth Street last night led to the arrest of fifteen Greeks on gambling charges. Seventeen men were in the establishment. two escaped. Bonds ranged from 25 to 100 dollars. Pilfis posted 100. Police Night Sergeant McFarland and Officers Chtsenon and Merrill conducted the raid. The released suspects were to appear in court today.
Paul Sullivan of this city learned yesterday that his father's brother died in Meadville Pennsylvania. He was the last of the older generation, with Paul's father having died about a year ago leaving only one other remaining then.
Grant Junction Colo Sept 22 The High Line canal will be drained today to search for the body of Mrs Harry St Clair who disappeared from home on Tuesday Her friends believe she may have drowned herself in the ditch while in a mental cloud
Reported Italian and Allied pushes near the Somme continue as unrest grows in Germany. Berlin papers say Reichstag elections are postponed for war, with the Bundesrat extending the current body for a year. Kaiser Wilhelm arrives at the Kovel front as Von Hindenburg is expected to launch an offensive against Russia.
Jack Dillon formerly of Leadville Colorado and Margaret Clarkin face arraignment before U S Commissioner B W Gill on Mann white slave act charges. Dillon once aided Colorado and Southern at Leadville and allegedly transported Clarkin to the restricted district. Police report she has been supporting him.
New York dispatch reports The Independent tied to Warpers Weekly conducted a national reader poll. Wilson leads with 146 votes from 42 states, Hughes 61, with Hanly Benson and others making up 229 letters. Readers praise Wilson’s wartime conduct, humanitarianism, and border policy.
The F B S King Bros of Laramie captured all first prizes in the Rambouillet class at the Springfield Illinois fair this week. The flock will move to Sadalia Missouri for the state fair opening next week. Earlier shipments included a flock to the state fair at Douglas and six bucks to Gilbreath and Sons in Monte Vista Colorado and one each to Dig Springs Texas and Sanders in Buffalo Montana.
In New York the Union League Club plans a reception Oct 3 to mend party rifts. Elihu Root invites Taft while William Wilcox invites Theodore Roosevelt. both expect the other to attend. A brief receiving line will feature Hughes Taft and Roosevelt as guests. Roosevelt discusses campaign stops with Wilcox. no full stump tour planned.
A list of Cheyenne women including Mrs R A Morton Miss Frances Davis Miss Edith K O Clark Mrs J F Carey Mrs J F Jenkins Mrs D M Curley Mrs J Walton Mrs Gibson Clark Mrs C S Atherly Mrs William Hinrichs Mrs I S Bartlett Mrs Mark Cox Mrs H B Gates Mrs I C Jefferis and Miss Margaret Burdick were named as attendees for the State Federation of Women’s clubs convention to be held in Sheridan in October.
The dam spans 276 feet with five sections and a crest 193 feet above the river bed. It features four 10 foot tunnels and gates to discharge up to 8000 cubic feet per second, with a 216 foot base width. Officials note resilience against major quakes, amid past dynamite threats and troop guard recalls. The project irrigates 320 000 acres, supplying 520 000 acres in the Rio Grande valley including New Mexico and the Mexican estate of Chibua.
Announcement states the taxi service formerly at Sands' Drug Store has relocated to Varry Wilson's Cigar Store, contact via TOUW.
The article discusses a treaty with Mexico to supply 20 000 feet of water annually at no cost and to cede Rio Grande waters from the New Mexico Chihuahua line to Fort Quallman Texas. It notes initial farmer payments of 40 per acre, later rising to 65 per acre, provoking protest and a senate bill by Senator Fall to cap farmer costs at 20 per acre with the rest funded by the federal government.
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