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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
8
The item notes a second class matter designation dated September 6 1907 at Cheyenne Wyoming under the Act of March 3 1879, indicating postal handling status.
A collage of opinion notes and brief items cites lighthearted fashion and spring millinery tips, rising prices and wages, Taft prosperity calls, and a forged assassination dispatch. It mocks fake reports, questions tests of education, mentions a Wyoming wolf query, and notes Cheyenne school leadership changes and the disappearance of Tom Sneddon with a playful “uncrowned czar” line.
A satirical piece from a local column imagines April Fools Day events hosted by national figures. Roosevelt hosts a White House dinner for those who doubt his candidacy, Rockefeller a Cleveland banquet over a looming fine, Elkins a barn dance, Harriman a pink tea, and Bryan a lawn party near Lincoln.
A bravely unconventional suitor in Indiana postponed his wedding an hour and wore a loud check suit to surprise guests. The bride attended but remained quiet and unheard amid the bold display.
Sheridan Enterprise notes Dr. Tisdel’s call to free the state university from political control. The piece recalls prior editorials, warns of consequences for critics, and predicts ongoing pressure, with editorial opinion that reform won’t come from within but from an aroused public.
The text covers diverse items from McLean County Kentucky discovering white coal to Russia’s second duma, J.P. Morgan in Rome, Vatican guard activity, and a calendar shift affecting Easter 1908. It also mentions Dalton Massachusetts city elections with Senator Crane and a French request to relocate Marshal Lannes’ remains from the Pantheon before Zola’s planned Pantheon ceremony on April 2.
A humorous exchange in verse from the Baltimore American depicts a couple trading quips about Lenten penance. The speaker recounts joining a Browning club and enduring classical concerts lectures and fogeyish talks as a form of self discipline.
Poem recalling Arthur Chapman and the Denver Republic an image of spring harvest on the plains. Sheep move to the shearing shed as blades gleam and fleeces rise like white spume. The piece honors abundant prairie days and the labor of herders and shearers.
Four long time settees from the Fifth Avenue hotel amen corner have been given to members of the Amen Corner corporation. The owners note that many presidents governors senators diplomats and ambassadors have sat there over the last forty years.
Judge R. N. Matson was re elected exalted ruler of the local Elks lodge on Monday night and on Tuesday evening was presented a handsome gold headed cane by fellow order members in appreciation of his service and efforts for its uplifting.
Cheyenne Upholstering Works advertises repairs on furniture in West Seventeenth Street area with contact phone Back 12.
Notice announces the Democratic state convention in Cheyenne on May 14 1908 at 10 a m to nominate presidential electors a US House candidate six delegates and six alternates to the Denver national convention and other business Delegates from four judicial districts meet at 9 a m to nominate district judges The convention apportions 100 delegates by county based on votes for John C Hamm on November 6 1908 and provides proxy rights and county calls William B Ross chairs the Democratic State Central Committee.
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