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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader is the official city paper published daily except Mondays by Leader Publishing Co. with W Edmiston as publisher. It lists subscription rates and delivery notes, and provides contact for delivery irregularities via City Circulator T Joe Cantil.
The piece lists the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees with Wyoming electors, then quotes a New York labor department bulletin on 1908 idle workers. It notes 138,131 idle of 387,450 reporting, and details idleness across trades, especially in building, transportation, clothing, metals, and printing, with regional disparities.
The New York Tribune notes the steel corporation can earn dividends even when operating under 60 percent capacity and reports that the six months record should prompt more stockholders. The piece hints at growing business activation and broader investor interest in the steel sector.
A World-Herald opinion questions how the steel trust could earn dividends if demand falls and production halves while arguing neither workers wages nor farmers profits are guaranteed yet the Taft platform promises tariff protection to keep steel profits intact even with half output.
The clippings mock political figures and policies with humorous asides about officials seeking re election. They itemize regional hints from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania and Chicago noting disappearances and travel limits while sparking a light satirical tone.
A Baltimore American snippet recalls a dream of a red rose under bright summer light and sweet fragrance. A harsh wakeup interrupts with the exclamation Come in, you cabbage head, jolting the author from reverie.
The passage surveys coal mining employment, inventors, and a Paris riots toll, notes a romance rumor about Marshall Field's widow, and cites an English view on gasoline disinfection. It also mentions a British Olympic critique, Irish sentiment in Dublin, and a U S fire cost estimate by PF W Fitzpatrick comparing disaster losses to new construction expenses.
D N Stickney, chairman, urges voters in Wyoming to donate to the Democratic state campaign fund backing William Jennings Bryan. He emphasizes support for pure elections, bank deposit protection, immigration limits, forest policy reform, home makers and stockmen, and opposition to perpetual office holders. Remittances to J E Osborne in Denver are requested.
In Chicago Mrs Stubb urges a change while Mr Stubb resists with a sharp retort. The exchange shows domestic friction over a simple task.
A historic column argues complexion and teeth reflect personal care and refinement. It notes attractive appearance comes from healthy skin and pearly teeth more than ideal contours, urging persistent treatment. It promotes Dr. B. H. Sweatt, up-to-date dentist, Bresnahen block, 1617 Ferguson Street.
Miss Julia Fleming charged with conspiracy in the Gould divorce case was released on a $2,000 bond today. She allegedly conspired to manufacture evidence for use in the divorce suit against Frank J. Gould in New York.
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