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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
The text appears as a masthead style notice from a Cheyenne Wyoming publication dated September 5 1907. It lists editor designation second class matter and subscription rates for the Daily Leader with durations one year six months and three months.
A collection of short editorial blurbs discussing Omaha wool market prospects described as all wool and a yard wide. Mentions Jeff Davis Day debates, Hughes and Fairbanks presidential race, and publicans caucuses. Notes Tesla device for controlling air and Roosevelt as a prompt starter.
A Wyoming interview reveals leading Republicans privately supporting Bryan if nominated. A Laramie man, seen with a Bryan watch fob, says he will vote for Bryan on the Democratic ticket, breaking with local Taft delegates and heading to the convention to hear instructions.
The Cheyenne Tribune conducted a six week straw vote drive to show Taft support and mobilize public opinion for his nomination. The campaign leveraged Tribune influence and party machinery to urge Taft backers to cast ballots.
The Newcastle News-Journal notes a Tribune claim of over 500 votes for Taft from first to third choices, while the paper asserts an honest calculation shows fewer than 200 votes. The piece contrasts party factions and federal machine influence with the nomination outcome.
A Baron Pinchot report cites 1 151 000 for luxuries and official travel in the forestry service. The Basin Rustler retorts that much of three million goes to washing towels and travel for officials, amid criticism of eastern appointees and rangers blocked from permits on the reserve.
A disjointed patch of anecdotes and wry observations from cities like Medicine Hat St Louis and Harlem. Jokes about a Merry Widow plan rattlesnake venom and alderman ethics mix with a divorce court tale and a Norwegian tourist quip. The tone is satirical and mostly anecdotal.
The Industrial Club Bulletin reports a committee formed by club directors is urging a new company to erect and manage a 75 room hotel in Cheyenne within months. Public endorsement looks likely to back a project seen as elevating Cheyenne as a convention city during the Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress.
Pioneer westerner Giles Houghton aged 83 died of pneumonia at Mercy hospital Denver. He moved to Colorado nearly fifty years ago and built Central City’s first stamp mill. He later worked in Cheyenne for many years leaving a daughter Mrs Vilette Wood and two sons. Body expected to be brought to Cheyenne for burial.
The Civil Service commission announces an examination on June 10 for Cheyenne applicants seeking appointment to a lith er i and plate pollaber position. The notice outlines eligibility and examination location details.
A compilation of light quips from various papers contrasts political banter and classroom humor with everyday misunderstandings. Jokes range from spoils-party rhetoric to schoolroom exchanges and farmer punchlines, reflecting a era of witty repartee and social observations.
The Civic Improvement Committee at the Industrial Club distributed over five thousand packages of flower seeds to Cheyenne schoolchildren at one cent per package. Barteldes Seed Co of Denver provided the seeds and envelopes were prepared for distribution by Tuesday, reaching nearly a thousand children with varied package counts. The effort funds envelope costs and aims to spark a fall flower show and summer beautification.
Boulder dispatch reports Ralph Glaze once a Cheyenne twirler and Boston Americans pitcher wed Evelyn Leavitt. The couple eloped to Providence Rhode Island eighteen months ago and kept their marriage secret until today.
At 1 a m an alarm from box 13 summoned the fire department to the corner of Sixteenth and Snyder streets. A small outbuilding was burning but the fire was extinguished before any significant damage.
Delegates to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections meet in Richmond in five sections and prepare reports for the general meeting tonight. The Leader notes best job printing in the Capital City.
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