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Newspaper

Cheyenne Daily Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1908

Page

8

Subscription rates and mailing note for Daily Leader

Editor note and postage details dated 1907 mark Cheyenne Wyoming publication. It lists subscription rates for Daily Leader including one year six months three months and one month terms.

Light edited scraps reveal 1908 editorial snippets

A collage of brief quotes and opinions from early 20th century newspapers. It references Bill Barlow’s budget serials, Will Deming, odd verses about streetcar fares, marriage rumors involving Senator Platt and Mrs Guinness, a booming fruit crop, rising sugar prices, and jibes at Uncle Joe and Aldrich over finances and pulp duties.

Leader company sale rumors denied by Tribune editorial

The Tribune rejects a report that the Leader company was sold to an Omaha party stating the claim is false. The paper promises to break the news first if any stockholder or editorial staff changes occur.

Tribune Leader

Cheyenne Illustrated in Wyoming Industrial Journal Feature

The Wyoming Industrial Journal presents an excellent Cheyenne feature by Hon. Frank HW Clark. An old time newspaper man, Clark offers an engaging description with newly created illustrations. Ott’s enterprise in publishing this handsome edition is praised.

Wyoming Industrial Journal Cheyenne Frank HW. Clark Clark Brother Ott

Watterson Sees Taft Candidacy Amid Party Conflicts

The Courier Journal expresses moderate regard for both Bryan and Taft as individuals while warning of deeper party flaws. It argues a party change could appeal to conservatives, though Taft would face hurdles from competing influences and a socialist-tinged political climate.

Roosevelt Faces Clash of Factions in 1908 Campaign

A critical take questions Theodore Roosevelt's stance as he ages to a new campaign. The piece argues he cannot ride both reforming Republicanism and populist westward aims, or align with Wall Street and tariff changes. It warns Taft will find he cannot straddle two opposing horses.

Roosevelt King Bezontan Rooseveltiam Wall Street Brother Chariie Brother Horace White House Senate Taft

Notable Remarks and Miscellany From Transit of Time

A mix of curious items includes a Pennsylvania court ruling on a woman who keeps ashes of her late husbands in the same room as her third husband. Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado is said to be the only U S senator whose feet do not touch the floor when seated. Senor Pedro Alvarado, Mexican millionaire, gave 2 million dollars to aid poor Mexicans and started life as a ranch day laborer. Miss Della Colvin of Pontiac Michigan set a running high jump world record for girls at 4 feet 5 1 2 inches in a contest with Miss Emily Stark. A memorial tablet for the late George S Boutwell was unveiled, funded by Andrew Carnegie General W A Bancroft Moorefield Storey Albert S Parsons and John Ritchie.

Pennsylvania Simon Guggenheim Colorado United States Senor Pedro Alvarado Della Colvin Pontiac Mich State Normal College Emily Stark University of Michigan George S. Boutwell Massachusetts W. A. Bancroft Moorefield Storey Albert S. Parsons John Ritchie

Wit and Humor Bits From City Papers

A collage of witty exchanges from multiple papers includes lines about husbands leaving between acts and lovers in early summer. The quips contrast playful misunderstandings with sharp retorts, noting charming misdirections and social foibles in lighthearted fashion.

Denver landscape painter visits Cheyenne with private collection

Charles Partridge Adams, a renowned Denver landscape artist, is in Cheyenne for a few days staying at the Inter Ocean hotel. He brings about forty watercolors and ten or twelve oil paintings for local art lovers to view. Adams won honorable mention at the Pan American Exposition as the only Far West painting accepted. His works have attracted buyers from Western and Eastern collectors, with some in Hagland and on the continent.

Charles Partridge Adams Denver Inter Ocean Adams Far West West Hagland Continent

Real Estate Transfer Reported by Newman Agency

The J. M. Newman real estate agency reports a transfer from F. B. Pattee and wife to Ed J. Kerrigan for lot 7 block 111 at 216 East Twenty Fifth Street. The property is a five room cottage with no consideration noted at 2400 dollars.

J. M. Newman Real Estate Agency F. B. Pattee Ed. J. Kerrigan East

Oil Case Decisions by Utah Supreme Court Reversed and Affirmed

The Utah Supreme Court released opinions on several mining and oil gas questions. Cases involving J Bevan Philips and Douglas Oil Fields reversed for new trials or affirmed with similar holdings, focusing on lease validity and oil location rights. Lawrence Phillips et al vs Philip M Brill et al reversed for new trial, addressing locators rights and discovery timing. Blythe Fargo Co vs Castor argued and taken under advisement.

Supreme Court Carpenter Scott J. Bevan Philips Douglas Oil Fields Wm. F. Hamilton Beard Potter C. J X. Whiting J. Bevan Phillips Erastus Starup Moses Bijur LaPrele Oil Co Lawrence C. Phillips Philip M. Brill Blythe & Fargo Co Isadore Castor Uinta County Messrs. Taliaferro Corn

Opportunities in Land South and Travel to Texas and New Mexico

One fare plus 2.00 to points in Texas New Mexico and return for homeseekers via Colorado and Southern with liberal limits and stopovers. Full information on application. Palace Pharmacy Drug Co advertises old papers and a 6 cent bundle offer from Lader office.

Texas New Mexico Colorado & Southern

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