Seed fund planned to aid Cheyenne dry farmers
A committee led by Judge Potter and Industrial Club president Hartung met to organize seed funding for Cheyenne area farmers facing drought. They plan to raise a citizen fund repaid after harvest, with no interest, to provide seed and plowing aid. Automobiles will spread the appeal across farm districts as volunteers work a week to assess needs.
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Potter
Industrial Club
Cheyenne
W. C. Penning
M. H. Hartung
I. 8. Bartlett
Family's Narrow Escape Fire Destroys Cottage
The vacant cottage on Crow Creek near the Colorado and Southern shops burned to ashes last evening. Attorney Mallin had recently moved it to his property and an insured loss of about £2,000 was reported. No one was inside at the time, the fire department arrived quickly but could not save the building.
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Attorney Mallin
Talbot Grove
Colorado and Southern
Mallin
Crow Creek
Miners in Four States Win Pay Increase Demand
Kansas City report says the Southwestern Coal Operators Association agreed to grant the demands of thirty five thousand miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Washington dispatch notes the Sulzer bill creates a separate labor department with the secretary serving in the president cabinet.
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Kansas City
South- Western Coal Operators Association
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkanail
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt rails against professional politicians in train speech
Roosevelt blasted professional politicians for not helping the people and urged real rule by the people. He spoke from the rear of his train at Connellsville, paused in Pittsburgh, and pressed on to Chicago for a big speech prepared earlier.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Connellsville
Chicago
Inland Sea Rises as Mississippi Levees Fail Near Hickman
Flood waters from the Mississippi burst a 60 foot gap five miles west of Hickman, inundating about 150 square miles of farmland and driving thousands from their homes. The flood spreads from Columbus, Kentucky to Helena, Arkansas, with Cairo, Illinois largely isolated yet data show levees holding there. Estimates put damage in Hickman at 2 to 10 million dollars while 7,000 are homeless across the St. Francis basin and several towns report flooded business districts.
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Han, Ky
Ovor
Hickman
Reelfootlake
Mississippi
Natchez
Columbua
Vicksburg
Mins
Colubus
Helena
Ark
Memphis
St. Francis
State Leaders Big Contest Concludes With Last Minute Battle
Final day of a state leadership contest ends at 8 pm Saturday with race rules tightened. Participants in in town and out of town races must file descriptions and reserve votes by 9 am or face disqualification. out of town entrants may wire in payments for subscriptions and related terms.
Twelveva Club Members Lead Poday
Fragmented text lists club members and numbers, with unclear context. The readable portion shows names or roles connected to the Twelveva Club and references to figures like 040 and 041 with monetary style figures such as 260, 717,000 and 285,400.
Office funds urged to cover subscription bills this evening
A terse note states the manager will ignore Jtasagen unless money is available in the office to cover some charges before tonight’s deadline.
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Jtasagen
Contest Automobile Appeared on Streets Yesterday
Contest participants must file their subscriptions with the Leader office before the deadline. No information on vote standings will be released by the paper or contest management, even after the count on Thursday.
Terror Stricken Cities See Doom
Caruthersville Missouri faces escalating flood danger as the river rises rapidly, with five inch increases every two hours. The town closes stores while two thousand flood fighters bolster defenses and the river backs up toward the St. Francis Valley basin.
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Caruthersville
St. Francis Valley
Guggenheims to Open Up Alaska Resources Talk
President Taft held a hearing with Senator Guggenheim and his brother Dan X Guggenheim and experts on Alaska development. Secretary Fisher and Vice President Sherman attended at the President's invitation to discuss possible legislation to spur durable development of Alaska's resources. The Guggenheims control the Copper River railroad linked to Bering River coal fields.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Alaska
Guggenheim
Dan X. Guggenheim
Fisher
Sherman
Rebels Take Parral in Mexican Break
Rebels seized Parral on April 6 as federal troops fled, leaving behind a rapid-fire and mortar. Generals Villa and Urbana reportedly retreated toward Mapland where main federal forces are said to be mobilizing.
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Juminezs
Mexico
Peary Credits Both Explorers With North Pole Reach
New York April 5 Admiral Peary stated here that both Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole. He credited each for completing the polar voyage while praising their achievements.
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New York
Peary
North Pole
Agundsen
Scott
Woodrow Wilson Gains Backing in Ohio Field
A Woodrow Wilson ally, Mayor Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, repudiates Gov. Harmon and backs Wilson. He signs a Wilson petition for the Ohio primary and runs as a Wilson delegate from the twenty first district. Baker plans a vigorous primary campaign to persuade Ohio voters toward Wilson.
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Peoria
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Newton Dd. Baker
Cleveland
Weir
Tom L. Johnson
Judson Harmon
Baltimore
Baker
Cuyahoga Democracy
Ohio Democratic State Central Committee
Ohio
Wilcon
Harmon
Gov
New Jersey
Assassin Murders Two at Hill City Texas
In Granbury Texas on April 5 J B Thilley and Luther Garrell were killed and T M Wilson wounded when Mark Parker a young farmer shot them. Parker telephoned officers to arrest him after the act. Thilley died in a drug store and Wilson was shot at a telephone while Garrell fell in his farm field nearby.
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Granbury
Texas
J. B. Thilley
Luther Garrell
T. M. Wilson
Hill City
Mark Parker
Thilley
Wilson
Garrell
Cheyenne Woman Sees Husband in Jail Amid Sentence
Mrs. Rove K. Frenchville, 25, sent from Cheyenne by Judge John A. Hiner to six months in county jail for forging four names on a post office money order, meets her long missing husband Clarence Frenchyille, serving ninety days for vagrancy, in the West Side jail. she did not know his whereabouts until registered on the jail blotter.
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Denver
Colo
Rove K. Frenchville
Cheyenne
John A. Hiner
Clarence Frenchyille
Frenchyille
Clark Wright
Clarenvte Frenchyille
Railway Bridge Dynamited Between El Paso and Juarez
The Mexico and Northwestern Railway bridge over the Rio Grande between El Paso and Juarez was partly wrecked by a large dynamite explosion. Sentries on the Mexican side saw the attackers flee toward the American side amid rumors that an insurrectionist movement led by Madero is involved.
Mormons Hear Joseph Smith Deny Commercialism Charge
Salt Lake City April opening session of the eighty second Mormon conference fills the tabernacle despite a rainstorm. Joseph Smith, church president, rejects claims of commercialism, asserting the church strictly practices tithing and denies any truth to the accusation.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tabernacle
Eighty-Second Conference
The
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Smith
Lure of Spring Signals Baseball Umpire Return
The State Leader previews baseball season with colorful notes on spring fever and the return of the umpire. It promises full coverage of the sport in Cheyenne and notes the editor’s plan to print detailed baseball news and sports reports daily.
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Kenteo
Che
The
Leader
Cheyenne
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