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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
8
A Detroit Free Press note contrasts the educated woman in Greek and Latin and classical culture with the constraint of a husband’s approval for her attire. It jokes on marital roles amid a fast changing public life and the humor of domestic dependence.
A convention toast offers guidance for supporting editors. It suggests paying promptly to prevent starvation, advertising to avert bankruptcy, supplying every news item to ease despair, writing clearly and sending early to avoid wrath, and burying mistakes since the dead never err.
The Portland Oregonian argues against Cantons and Payne as symbols of a larger GOP tariff alliance with trusts. It contends the tariff graft has long funded and steered the party, shaping policies, conventions, campaigns, and nominations, a cancer needing eradication.
A Cheyenne reader asks about the library situation, questioning trustee actions in removing Miss Martin and appointing a librarian with less experience, the high salary offer to Ming Martin, and potential political influence on hiring. The writer accuses trustee Burdick of political leverage, urges voter action, and asks if Cardinal Newman’s works were burned as proposed.
The piececharges a federal move to abolish surveyor generals and shift land surveys to Washington appointees. It defends Cheyenne’s office as efficient and warns of eastern patronage schemes and a push to curb western autonomy. The writer forecasts a Bryan era will grant the west a square deal.
The piece argues the tariff system drives high profits for steel trusts, noting net earnings of 160 million and dividends of 83.8 million since 1901. It claims restraint on profits would save the public hundreds of millions, illustrating how tariff policy harms prosperity.
The verse by Clinton Scollard contrasts storm and calm, craving strife and fervor over tranquil days. An advertisement for Pinesalve Garbolized, a poultice reducing inflammation, antiseptic healing for chapped hands lips cuts burns, from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
The notice asserts Dr. Sweatt has long operated in Cheyenne, offering fair prices without high charges and maintaining lower eastern price levels. It urges patrons to support him for reasonable fees.
A lurid railing call proclaims L whose resolve to crush chaos remains undimmed from top to bottom. It notes persistent howling and curses as a sign the nation stays safe while outrage simmers around leaders and common people.
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