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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1913
Page
5
Upcoming events are listed with admission rates per line. Wyoming State Fair in Douglas runs Sept 30 to Oct 3. Sheridan County Fair in Sheridan runs Oct 9 to 11.
Francis Burton Harrison, newly named governor general of the Philippine Islands, reached Yokohama aboard a Japanese liner and received a cordial welcome from Japanese officials and foreign residents. He then proceeded to Tokyo for an audience with the emperor before continuing to Manila.
Wyoming delegates to the Detroit Lincoln Memorial Highway conventions and to the American Roads congress prepared to depart on No. 20 over the Union Pacific. The Cheyenne train left at 6:35 AM with James Hopkins Rawlins David Thomas Rock Springs R B E Russell P W Spaulding Evanston G S Walker J Ross Carpenter Parshall Cheyenne and John Hay Rock Springs aboard.
John Conway and Francs R Conway of Colorado Springs plan a hunting trip through western Wyoming en route to San Francisco. They will visit cousins Mr and Mrs J W McGuire in Cheyenne before joining more relatives in Salt Lake City and continuing to the coast for winter. The Conway brothers and stepfather James McG Grant operate the New Elk hotel in Colorado Springs and may enter coast hotel business with that property. Their mother Mrs Jennie Grant, a Cheyenne friend, died two years ago last February.
Andrew Mandanis, labor agent for Union Pacific, found a pocketbook on the depot platform yesterday morning. It contained bank drafts totaling $2,147.90 drawn to W. I. McClary. Believed McClary dropped it from a train. Mandanis handed the item to Ticket Agent Broderick. drafts are valueless to others unless claimed.
In Salt Lake City a baby girl is dead and Ray Robinson is missing. Police, alerted by a telegram from Blanche Robinson, are tracking Robinson with three officers on the case for 24 hours hoping to confirm the tragedy and reach him by telegraph or mail.
United States Marshal Patton and Deputy Snow brought Robert Rye Henry Lee Walter Graham and Joe Tony to the county jail from Wheatland. The four accused burglars of the Junction post office were examined by the U S commissioner and held to await action by the federal grand jury.
Notice states a meeting of all stockholders and directors at Dinken's Garage Saturday evening at 6:45. The record lists transacted items and signatures from W. BK and Dineln as organizers.
Four applications for homesteads were received by the federal land office yesterday. The applicants include Frank Stott of Meriden Kenneth H. Bittinger of York Nebraska Philip B Nannemaker of Slater Hazel M Forte of Findlay Colorado Grataing t The Sherman Co.
State Engineer A J F Marchal and fellow Wyoming delegates travel to Detroit to press for a straight main Lincoln Highway through Wyoming. They oppose a Big Springs to Denver loop and aim to keep eastern Wyoming on the main route, boosting Cheyenne's through traffic and tourism potential.
Amusements note Eugene Walter's The Wolf comes to Capitol Avenue theatre on Thursday October 3. The romantic Canadian woods drama has drawn large crowds on tour. Jules Beaublon performs the great desire speech praised by women and girls who request the lines for decorating uses.
Cohan and Harris present Carlyle Moore's farce Soap Thief at Capitol Avenue theatre for one performance on Monday September 24. The show follows a Rhode Island detective tracking a kleptomaniac household while delivering fast paced wit and refined entertainment for all ages. John Bal Cabe guests as a featured performer in a lively company.
Closing arguments finished in the divorce suit of Captain Henry Merriam U S A against Dowle Merriam. Superior judge presided, with the case taken under advisement.
Members of Company G and others hold tents camp equipment and National Guard property since last August camp. Captain W L Goft issues a notice demanding possession of government or state property from all offenders.
Captain Goff orders immediate return of all property to the company armory in the Truckey building. He has sent personal notices to two principal offenders and warns that summary measures will follow if the items are not promptly recovered.
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