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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader is published daily except Mondays as the official city paper. It lists subscription rates of six dollars per year and offers three month and one month options with carrier delivery. Address delivery complaints to city circulator T Joe Cahill and note office contact numbers.
The ticket lists William Jennings Bryan for President from Nebraska and John Worth Kern for Vice President from Indiana. It names Wyoming presidential electors John H Ward Andrew M'Micken and B G Rogers from respective counties, and Hayden M White from Johnson County as Representative in Congress nominees.
The 1893 Locomotive Firemen's Magazine attacks Judge William Taft over injunctions against railway unions. It accuses Taft and Ricks of aiding corporations and suppressing strikers, noting Roosevelt’s opposition to some favored candidates and a telegram urging Archie Sanders to stay out of politics.
A telegram reveals tension as officials resist partisan activity amid a county convention. Archie's reply notes compliance, while the piece laments federal staff restraint under Roosevelt and questions officeholders' involvement in campaigns.
The Tri City Press reports a thriving area near Si go and Keota with first year settlers enjoying good crops and rising business. New stores open, post office expected with Mrs Wyatt named post mistress, and irrigation and telegraph prospects cited. A sidetrack at Si go boosts siding hopes as residents upgrade farms with permanent buildings.
An Omaha News editorial denounces supposed unwritten laws backing killings in the name of honor. It argues men like Thaw or Hains who roam vice districts have no right to claim public sympathy or kill over a wife's alleged falsity. It urges court records of personal chastity to reveal the fraud of so called unwritten laws.
The source quotes a political jab urging voters to scratch Sherman because his platform opposes Taft reforms. It casts Sherman as a geographical candidate boxed in by Special Privilege Standard Oil Wall Street and the policy Let us alone outlining the tensions between reform and vested interests.
The Luak Herald notes Republicans urge big corporate donations for their campaign and send speakers to stump for Taft, while claiming Bryan’s election looks hopeless. The piece questions why donors back the Taft effort if Bryan seems unlikely.
A fragmented note notes Taft’s election and hints at Republican gains in Vermont with Maine potentially following. It mentions Roosevelt and a dispatch from the Leader, while a separate line recalls the Yellowstone Transportation Company facing a hold up.
The passage rails at New York Republicans led by Governor Hughes amid political maneuvering. It mocks Teddy Roosevelt as he eyes Afro literary aims and a Western tour, notes a machine that could speed writing, and references Baron Pinchot and Bryan in a caustic media-drenched frame.
A collage of light humor and wry exchanges across papers includes a Yonkers joke about eloping lovers shifting blame for an auto charge, a mind reader quip from Philadelphia, and a parlor car flirtation line about occupying seats, reflecting era satire and social manners.
A collection of brief notes describes a Pennsylvania swindler of lawyers avoided by the profession, Rockefeller’s autobiography to appear in multiple languages, and a remark on English as the language of candid expression. It cites parallels from Brigham Young, a Denver divorce case ending in a wife’s remarriage to a detective, and a Nevada mine owner’s coin scatter tactic to disrupt courting serenades, with rural marriage notices flagged.
A. N. Mohler, general manager of the Upton Pacific, toured Cheyenne as a guest of Senator Warren. The pair enjoyed an automobile ride around the city and to nearby points of interest during the visit.
A learned physician notes that complexion and teeth reveal life habits and personal refinement. He argues health and appearance hinge on individual pride and education, and that beauty can be enhanced by persistent treatment. Visit Dr S H Sweatt, up to date dentist, Bresnahen block.
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