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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows Che Cheyenne Leader masthead with notes on successor to Sun Leader and publication details. Mentions second class matter date of Sept 5 1907 and Cheyenne Wyoming post office registration along with subscription rates and publishing cadence.
The Industrial club invites members to a smoker and social at the club house this evening promising a good time for all attendees. The piece also notes commentaries on local politics and public figures, reflecting a mix of community life and editorial tone.
Moses an assistant cashier at First National Bank Sho shoni starts a movement to petition President Roosevelt for relief from demands by Wyoming Central Irrigation company. Read what Roosevelt says about the poor farmers and Morton group.
A largely attended Basin convention of the undertertified agreed to send Hon. George T. Beck as a delegate to Denver to nominate Bryan for the presidency again. Peace and harmony prevailed throughout the session.
The Wyoming delegation is likely to support Taft as predicted by the Herald. Observers note the newspaper boosters cling to independence while the scene unfolds and the public weighs the shift in political alignments.
The piece argues Wyoming must adopt a democratic state rights platform against federal overreach. It singles out land leasing as the core danger to homesteaders, citing a prohibitive section blocking filings within leased areas and calling for delegates pledged to state rights and against federal land control.
The Engampment Herald reports dissenting delegates, noting they attended under duress and now whine like their former selves. The piece accuses them of acting from self interest rather than principle and questions the moral stance of their leaders and God.
In a state library publication Roosevelt praises cowboys while contrasting them with farmers and urban workers. The text quotes his depiction of frontier whiskey fueled brawls and rough camaraderie, then questions how small ranchers would fare under leases favoring big range barons and cowboys.
Mr. M. R Johnston of Wheatland and J. W. Rogers of Crook county have refused to serve on the state university board of trustees. They cite the need for a broad new deal and indicate that qualified men will not serve without such assurances.
The central Mississippi valley has flooded without waiting for federal money, producing a fourteen foot stage in the river and navigation patches from St. Louis to Chicago, threatening lowland areas.
A collage of light verse and quick jabs from 19th or early 20th century papers. Snippets include a somnambulist Mr Jenks, a Swedenborgian aunt, a judge and a suicide case, birthday brags, a naughty boy and a stone, a congressman, and marital spats. The set ends with election banter about counting ballots and emergency double counting.
The piece notes Laura Jean Libbey and heart throbs taking a rest and describes San Francisco jollification. It mentions weather giving thanks with bouquets to readers and forecasts twelve hundred doctors gathering in Chicago in June. It ends with an ad for Pinesalve Carbolized from Palace Pharmacy Drug Co.
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