Seed fund aims to aid Cheyenne dry farmers
A committee led by Judge Potter and Industrial Club president Hartung met to organize a seed fund for Cheyenne area dry farmers hit by drought. They plan to raise money from citizens, arrange seed advances with no interest, and have farmers repay after harvest. The effort emphasizes mutual prosperity and urgent action.
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Potter
Industrial Club
Cheyenne
W. C. Penning
M. H. Hartung
I. 8. Bartlett
Family narrowly escapes as cottage burns down
A cottage once moved onto Attorney Mallin’s Crow Creek property near the Colorado and Southern shops burned last night. The empty house, valued at about £2,000 with no insurance, was quickly consumed before fire crews arrived, posing potential loss of life had occupants been present.
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Attorney Mallin
Talbot Grove
Colorado and Southern
Mallin
Crow Creek
Miners Win Pay Increase Across Four States
Kansas City Missouri April 5 The Southwestern Coal Operators Association agreed to grant the demands of thirty five thousand miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Washington April 5 The Sulzer bill provides for a separate department of labor with its secretary joining the President's cabinet as the measure passes the House labor committee.
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Kansas City
South- Western Coal Operators Association
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkanail
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
House Labor Committee
Teddy Slams Office Holders and Politicians in Speech
President Roosevelt denounces professional politicians from the rear of his train at Connellsville Pa. He says the people must have power and the real rule of the people, while he travels toward Chicago where a major speech awaits tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Connellsville
Chicago
Flood Bursts Levees Across Inland Sea Area
Mississippi River flood bursts government levee five miles west of Hickman Kentucky. The floodwaters spread into the Reelfootlake district, creating an inland sea of about 150 square miles. 7,000 homeless near Memphis. Cairo Illinois isolated as levees hold. Death toll likely around eighteen.
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Han, Ky
Ovor
Hickman
Reelfootlake
Mississippi
Natchez
Columbua
Vicksburg
Mins
Colubus
Helena
Ark
State Leader's Big Contest Final Day Rules
The piece describes the final day of a statewide contest with close timing details. It notes the contest closes at 8 o clock Saturday April 6 and requires contestants in Wet one and two to submit descriptions and reserve votes by 9 am. It mentions rules for in town and out of town contestants including wire in money with subscription amounts.
Twelva Club Members Lead In Poday Page
Fragmented OCR lists numbers and names tied to the Twelva Club. It references members and leaders with figures such as 040 041 260 and various monetary values like 717 020 and 581 000. The readable content suggests internal club accounting or membership standings without full context.
Manager Fails to Act Without Funds for Subscriptions
A terse note indicates the manager will ignore JTAsagen’s subscription issues unless money is available in the office to cover some charges before nine p.m. tonight.
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Jtasagen
Contest Automobile Appeared On Streets Yesterday
A contest drawing attention as an automobile appeared on streets yesterday. Contestants or their representatives must submit subscriptions at the Leader office before the deadline. No information will be released about vote standings after the count Thursday.
Terror-Stricken Cities See Doom in Missouri Flood
Caruthersville Missouri faces rising flood as the river climbs five inches every two hours surpassing 25 inches. Army forces and two thousand flood fighters work to hold back the water, with the river basin behind the town at risk of a breakthrough affecting the St Francis Valley.
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Memphis
St. Francis
Caruthersville
St. Francis Valley
Guggenheims Plan Alaska Development Push
President Taft held a hearing with Senator Guggenheim and his brother Dan X Guggenheim plus experts on Alaska resources. Secretary Fisher and Vice President Sherman attended at Taft’s invitation as the Guggenheims seek clues to possible favorable legislation to aid developable coal and copper resources tied to the Copper River railroad project.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Alaska
Guggenheim
Dan X. Guggenheim
Fisher
Sherman
Rebels Take Parral in Mexico Amid Fed Retreat
Parral fell to rebel forces today as Federal troops, counted near a hundred, fled during a night escape. Generals Villa and Urbana reportedly withdrew toward Mapland where main Federal units are said to concentrate.
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Juminezs
Mexico
Peary Praises Both Polar Explorers For Pole Reach
New York April 5 Admiral Peary expressed the view that both Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole. He spoke in New York stating that each explorer achieved a historic milestone in polar exploration.
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New York
Peary
North Pole
Agundsen
Scott
Woodrow Wilson Gains Backing From Tom Johnson Heir
In Peoria Woodrow Wilson speaks after a busy swing between Chicago and Peoria. A Woodrow Wilson lieutenant, Mayor Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, repudiates Gov Judson Harmon and backs Wilson for the Baltimore nomination and as a Wilson delegate from Ohio's twenty first district. Baker calls Harmon a reactionary and vows a vigorous primary campaign to promote Wilson in Ohio.
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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 Luther Garrell were instantly killed and T M Wilson badly wounded in Hill City. The shooter Mark Parker a young farmer telephoned officers to arrest him after the shooting. The motive is unknown. Thilley died in a drug store, Wilson at the telephone, Garrell on his farm.
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Granbury
Texas
J. B. Thilley
Luther Garrell
T. M. Wilson
Hill City
Mark Parker
Thilley
Wilson
Garrell
Cheyenne Girl Jailed Sees Husband in Cell
Mrs. Rove K. Frenchville, 25, of Cheyenne, is jailed for forging a name on a four dollar money order and serves six months in county jail. She meets her husband Clarence Frenchyille, serving ninety days on vagrancy. The pair, unaware of each other’s presence, were later recognized in the jail blotter.
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Cheyenne Girl
Denver
Colo
Rove K. Frenchville
Cheyenne
John A. Hiner
Clarence Frenchyille
Frenchyille
Clark Wright
Clarenvte Frenchyille
Railway Bridge Dynamited Between El Paso and Juarez
A Mexican and Northwestern Railway bridge over the Rio Grande between El Paso and Juárez was partly wrecked by a powerful dynamite blast. Sentries on the Mexican side report seeing the dynamists flee toward the American side amid suspicions of involvement by Viva Madero.
Mormons begin 82nd conference in rain soaked Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City the open ing session of the eighty second Mormon conference drew a full tabernacle despite a heavy rainstorm. Joseph Smith, church president, rejected charges of commercialism against the church and affirmed that Mormons believe in and practice tithing.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tabernacle
Eighty-Second Conference
The
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Smith
Lure of Spring Prompts Baseball Buzz in Cheyenne Leader
The State Leader previews baseball fever as spring returns and readers anticipate game action. An editorial note announces Cheyenne sports coverage will move to the sport department after today, promising enhanced baseball reporting and timely updates.
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The
Leader
Cheyenne
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