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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
8
The note records Bartlett's notice of post office status for Cheyenne Wyoming as second class matter under federal act dates and rates, with garbled following text.
A jumble of quirky notes and jokes spans Cheyenne autos and public receptions. The Philadelphia Public Ledger hints at wage scales while a Chicago bank requires bundled pennies. A polar bear poem ends with a gasoline joke as a playful mosaic of regional chatter.
Chairman Burditk of the Republican State Committee skipped the meeting as 122 signers of a Cheyenne library petition pressed trustees to act. Trustees absent or late postponed action, angering the Ladies' committee who sought a public library exhos and better treatment.
Citizens volunteered to sign a petition, placing 165 signatures at the Leader office within three days. The group believes they could reach a thousand signatures by further canvassing, demonstrating intense feeling on the subject and urging trustees not to dismiss the issue.
The Rawlins Republican and other Wyoming papers oppose sending a Taft endorsed delegation to the Republican National Convention. They argue against marching to a national plan, favoring an independent Wyoming vote, and caution endorsement could imply statewide acceptance of Roosevelt’s program. They urge staying free-handed in Chicago, warning of internal factional scrapping if needed.
The Worland Grit notes that intelligent western writers argue for self management of open range by westers. They claim the west can handle range use justly without federal interference, urging Chief Forester Pinchot, President Roosevelt, and Congress to adopt this view.
The item praises masculine virtue and leadership, urging strong, loyal men to serve country and faith. It notes William Rockhill, American minister to China, and his party leaving Seattle to go to Pekin via the Minn eotas, with a reference to Mr Rockhill and suite.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. Each snippet captures wit on money love engineering employment manners and theatre with brief dialogues and punchlines. Read as a light North American humor column.
Four years ago Dr Sweatt set up a modern office in Cheyenne and kept prices affordable. He offers substantial reductions and continues to charge prices lower than eastern standards, inviting patronage.
The Rock Springs Rocket critiques Roosevelt era policy, arguing Taft would pack the courts and empower a strong executive with courts and military to govern, sidelining Congress and popular initiatives. It claims some Democrats back Roosevelt’s policies despite their poor foresight.
Dr Paul Blumenthal a Hamburg judge travels to Boston to study the probation system. Lord and Lady Bateman visit the U S then return to the Riviera from London. Mrs Egan wife of the American minister in Copenhagen hosts a court ball for her two daughters. Ex Senator Chandler of New Hampshire issues diaries chronicling fifty years in public life. Dre M L Britton and Hollick of the New York Botanical Gardens join a Kingston Jamaica expedition. Rev John A Bari invites babies to Belden Avenue Baptist Chicago providing nursing bottles to soothe them during sermons. Dade’s Little Liver Pills advertise Palace Pharmacy Drag Co. 7
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