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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
8
Public notices indicate a second class matter entry on September 5, 1907 at Cheyenne Wyoming post office under the 1879 act. Subscription options and rates follow with unclear pricing text and durations.
A magazine piece notes Taft may be a good president despite tepid reception. It recalls Lincoln and Washington as great presidents and questions Teddy’s standing. The item mentions corn prices, local boosters raising funds for a town hall, and varied reflections on politics and society from the era. It also comments on marriage, agitations, and cultural cues like brides and commencements.
Rawlins Republican quotes a snide remark about Editor Deming of the Wyoming Tribune claiming he will be hospitalized in Chicago for a sprained ankle. The piece notes Deming’s nerve and mocks the convention scene while mentioning Sherman’s health.
Hudson rapid growth as coal camp with fall ceiling bringing near 350 men at work.Builders will house workers and homes are planned. A W N W official prophesied Hudson reaching five thousand inhabitants within five years.
The Philadelphia North American condemns the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill as surrendering treasury control to Wall Street gamblers for six years. It warns of artificial booms and busts, manipulation by major banks, and national hardship, urging readers to see the broad political and economic stakes for all workers.
Wade Ellis, chief author of the Republican platform, replies to James Bryan’s claim that the party is retreating on seven issues. He says six are nonissue items and only the seventh concerns injunction, disputed as not in issue. The quote covers popular election of senators income tax inheritance tax railroad valuation and curbing predatory wealth.
A flurry of light anecdotes and quips from 1910s humor pages. Notes include a gag label on medicine from Puck, fashion quips about shredded wheat hats in Kansas City, sarcastic resort wit in Philadelphia, a wary remark about deceit among men, and a child prayer moment in Home Herald.
Pittsburg Pa June 25 Albert Summerfield 19 is at Mercy hospital with a broken leg from a peculiar baseball accident in the sixth inning Hutch Liggett slid into home and his head struck Summerfield's right leg fracturing it in two places near the ankle A benefit game was planned at Friendship park on June 39 to aid the injured lad.
In Kearny New Jersey Recorder James Kelly ordered ten boys charged with shoplifting to be spanked. He ruled fines punish the parents and had the youths spanked by their parents with two policemen assisting the process.
Burlington New Jersey June 25 Professor W B D Travis artist author and Civil War correspondent was attacked by a favorite horse at his suburb residence. The horse seized his lower face tearing away the lip and flesh from the chin as it became ferocious, the animal a longtime model for the artist.
Aberdeen Ohio June 25 officers with a warrant to arrest D H Fawcett president of the Aberdeen Banking company barged into his barricaded home. He killed himself as the bank had been placed under receiver W A List after the bank closed its doors several days earlier.
Pottsville Pennsylvania June 25 A miner David Mover trapped by coal fell asleep dreaming of a surface escape He woke to discover a long forgotten manhole and emerged before rescuers could reach him He appeared among the rescuers startling them with his sudden exit from the shaft
A Woodbury farmer hired a helper to salt a calf in the pasture. The boy rubbed salt over the calf, attracting pasture colts that licked the hair off the calf and nearly exposed its hide in the process.
Colonel Marion Maus of the Twentieth Infantry stationed at the Presidio was designated by the War Department as temporary successor to Brigadier General Frederick Funston as commander of the Department of California. Funston departs for Fort Leavenworth on August 10.
A chauffeur in King Leopold's service was fined 110 for injuring a cyclist in Brussels while driving the king's car. Baroness von Vaughan rode in the vehicle. King Leopold was cited but claimed diplomatic immunity. the command was later withdrawn.
A quirky court scene features a speaker nicknamed The Voluble One recalling a poke movie and striking faces. The rambling dialogue blends Irish oratory with humor as a judge weighs memory and recollection.
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