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Newspaper
Laramie County Times
Location
Wheatland, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
In New York a rally praised President-elect Woodrow Wilson and Governor-elect William Sebeer, with Colonel William J. Brram urging voters to back Democratic pledges to lower tariffs and back the party platform. The Astoria crowd expressed strong confidence the program would be carried out.
A terse record notes a sentence described as a few years in the penitentiary for Jorge Slack. The wording suggests an on-record verdict but lacks full context and detail.
Gemyens Leethe and others report the death of Cole-Lamer Luethe father of F and Luethe at the residence of his daughter Mra E. T. Mebe in Martins Ferry Ohio.
The item highlights murder of J. I. Logue in Chicago, Taft's presidential moves, Hillman fraud sentence cut, Mexico policy notes, Colorado exhibit plans, and several regional fires including Red Mountain and Playas post offices. Also reports on Yaqui raids, Johnson’s legal case, and a hospital Caesarian in St. Louis.
The report notes a gasoline of labor at a Kiel shipyard with many workers quitting under a strike. It also records a U S inspector found dead near Potero Mexico after a mining stint and several American crew losses in a marine wreck.
Eulogies at a banquet of the American Society for Terrestrial Prudence praised Reid as a nonpartisan figure since Monroe. Coleridge Felder of Atlanta lauded President Taft in remarks. Army officers ordered to Washington for a conference on extending plans to reorganize army and steamship railroad systems and to curb competition on water routes.
The Lincoln Ball Club in Lincoln Nebraska selects Charles G. Mullen of Seattle as manager for the upcoming season. Other notes include George Standing of New York announcing retirement after January 1 and Philadelphia Nationals’ Charles Doolin purchasing pitcher Charles Schneider from Louisville. Sheriff Stahl of Kenosha bars boxing in the city. Billy Nolan confirms Willie Ritchie vs Tom Jones for $25 000 with proceeds to charity. The Eel, a champion horse, is noted for posthumous race money after dying in Columbus.
A scrambled Washington to Chicago roundup notes Chicago’s Christmas spending nears 20 million, Marsales dismissal tied to Jack Johnson hospitality claim, and a social tribute to Mrs Woodrow Wilson in New York. Other items mention Big Jack Zelig, graft allegations against Policeman Skelly, and engagements of George Fred W Whitney to Alice Cornelia Thaw.
Local items include a new Casper bank planned by T A Congritt and G I Abbott, Cheyenne opened heads for a Powell exhibit, graves of Mrs W S Kimball and Mrs Mary Barrett, new heating at Tanis grammar school, a planned Wyoming Highway Association convention in Cheyenne, Rock Springs and Laramie rail yard activity, Odd Fellows to dedicate Sheridan home, and university and agricultural college programs with winter courses in fitness and commerce.
The National Woolgrowers Association plans its 49th annual convention in Cheyenne January 10 11 with events at Deming Building and Elks Hall. Exhibit by National Wool Warehouse and Storage Co Chicago will display wool from fleece to fabric across 100 feet of wall space, plus a Sheridan County gathering and officer elections with a $40 monthly wage cap for herders.
Brigadier General Clarence B. Edwards at Fort D A Russell ordered to report to Washington January 8 1913 suggesting an early campaign along the Mexican border or into Mexico. Edwards is regarded as highly capable and well posted on Mexican affairs.
Leo Nau, 17, suffered a destroyed lower jaw three months ago from an accidental shotgun discharge. He recently returned from Chicago where surgeons performed bone skin and flesh grafting, rebuilding the sub maxillary area with mesh and skin. He shows hardly a scar.
Several carloads of elk are gathered in western Wyoming for distribution. The animals are hauled from Jackson to Opal, loaded on cars and shipped to Spearfish, then sledded to their new home in the forest reserve within the Sundance national forest area.
Wyoming attorney general Douglas A. Preston and Mrs Anna Clark of Windsor Canada wed in Cheyenne on October 16. The public learned of the marriage after Preston checked into a hotel. Thermopolis to Host Chautauqua Five Day Course in August under Britt System contracts.
The passage speaks of turning the glass to glimpse a dawn and hear a new song. It foresees a future year arriving with a mellow chorus that builds with each word. It contrasts bitterness and happiness and urges anticipation of what is to come.
The frozen body of Benjamin Volker, a Pine dale rancher, was found in the barn yard of his ranch. A bullet hole in the back of the head indicates he was assassinated.
At the Capitol Dome school house in Deming New Mexico a Farmers' Co operative Oil Buying Association was formed during a Mimbres valley farmers meeting.
Edwin Morton second youngest son of Mr and Mrs John Morton sustained painful burns to chest and chin while attempting to light a patent cigar lighter at the family residence.
At the Laramie lodge meeting members voted to turn over the net proceeds of the New Year's ball to the Cathedral Home for Children in Laramie.
Old year ends with merriment in Britain as customs endure from Holmes Chapel to Coventry. Bell ringers welcome New Year then drink at local hostels. Sunderland’s mayor crowns inmates at the workhouse. God cakes in Coventry, unlucky omens for women at sea, and fires restricted in the south.
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