Wyoming editorial snapshots and political chatter
A collage of brief notes from Wyoming newspapers. Rumors about Warren as a vice presidential pick. Fourth of July plans in Pine Bluffs and Grover. crops praised. prohibition rhetoric. new punch nickname the Big Stick. Congress gains in salaries with little policy result. notices to mining filings. GOP tariff moves. Hayden White and Joseph G Cannon feature in political chatter from Laramie and Wheatland Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden M. White
Democratic
Wyoming
Laramie
White
Wheatland Times
Burrows Praised as Orator at Historic House Speech
Washington papers note Senator Julius Burrows of Michigan as temporary Republican convention chairman and recount a 35 year old House of Representatives speech that earned him the title Columbian orator. The piece recalls the moment when his eloquence allegedly moved the chamber and audience to tears and thunderous applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Julius Caesar Burrows
Michigan
Washington
House of Representatives
Burrows
Congress
Cox
Little Red School
Ohio
Demosthenes
Mr. Cox
Capitol Building
New York
Reading From The Columbian Orator Astonishes The House
Cox read aloud from his Michigan colleague's speech to the astonished house as laughter burst through the chamber. The volume, a boyhood friend and companion, was The Columbian Orator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Michigan
Publicity bill and the money devil in party clashes
Henry Watterson outlines a partisan clash over the publicity bill with William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft opposing sides. He casts both as leading figures in their parties while accusing Wall Street backed corruption of pre election preaching. The piece foresees a united Democratic campaign against plutocracy, especially in regions between the Alleghenies and the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Taft
Congress
Bryan
United States
Wall Street
Alleghenies
Rotkies
Republic
Plutocracy
Henry Watterson
Wit and Humor Chronicle of Schoolroom Snickers
A light collection of jokes from readers and papers showing teachers and children trading quips. Bits include a wise man and insomnia, a ten cent dinner, a dog to unchain for aid, a math puzzle about debts, and a bathtub tale from the Arctic.
New York Herald Estimates Bryan Strength at Denver Convention
The New York Herald projects Bryan at about 869 votes at the Denver convention with 567 elected and instructed, 145 uninstructed but for Bryan, and 157 to be elected. Johnson 22, Gray 35, 82 doubtful. Virginia convention today placed in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Bryan
Denver
Herald
Johnson
Gray
Virginia
My motor the culprit in devious romance
A humorous verse laments a troublesome motor and the chaos it causes for a narrator, describing wrecks, injuries, and sly antics that drain finances and energy. The tainted affection turns into fear of debt and legal trouble, tagging De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as a remedy. The advertisement ends with a sales pitch by A. E. Roedel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
A. E. Roedel
Yale to Host Taft Commencement on June Twenty Second
Secretary Taft will attend Yale University commencement on June 22 marking the thirtieth anniversary of his graduation. He will depart Washington June 21 for New Haven where he will deliver an address.
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Taft
Yale
Washington
New Haven
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Fairbank
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Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Chicago
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Browne
Louisville Courier-Journal
London
Tommy Harlumm
Harry
Arctic Circle
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Satan
Wrench
Jack
Pellmell
Happy, Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Capitol Ave
P. S. Cook
Ferguson St
W. 16Th St
William F. Walker
New Hampshire
Root
Francia Bb. Loomis
Frederick J. V. Skiff
Field Museum
Francis D. Miller
Henry C. Adama
Aratistice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ano , Mich
Denevere Bie
Department of Political Economy
Michigan University
Ters
Just
New Lot
South Side Meat Market
Ana A
Waueme Ave
N. Pipstone
Eddy Street
Cheyenne, Wyo
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Hawes Bros
Palace Pharmacy Drug Co
Boechner Jewelry CO
Ife
W. 17Th St
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Capitol Electric CO
David Miller
Watchmaker
Ferguson
Royal: Specialty CO
Thomson & Kelly
18Th Street
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