Frontier Day Visitors See Modern Cheyenne Displaying Growth
Thousands of visitors arrive in Cheyenne for Frontier Day tours from distant towns and overseas. They expect a crude frontier town but find a civilised, modern city with Union Pacific depot, Capitol Avenue, banks, busy streets, diverse crowds, and well-dressed shoppers. The city’s show dispels western wildness and presents a past as a backdrop to a thriving metropolis.
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Thin Bo
Union Pacific
City Selones
Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne
West
Therm
Kendrick and Kendrick in Wyoming Senate race critique
The piece mocks boilerplate political copy from the Weekly Newspaper Union and contrasts Kendrick with Warren. It claims Wyoming Republicans push for reclamation acts while Kendrick advances his own interests, urging a vote for Kendrick as U.S. senator and contrasting portrayed public service with private gain.
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Boller
UNION
Kendrick
the Tribune
Wyoming
Kendricks
John DB. Kendrick
Francis E. Warren
United States
Market optimism tempers tariff fears in 191% outlook
Henry Clews reports cautious market improvement as political leaders seek moderate tariff solutions. Both Republican and Democratic candidates favor restrained trust actions and steady corporate policy. Industrial activity strengthens, railroads mobilize crops, and the financial situation remains stable for a brighter near term.
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Republican
Democratic
Thale
Piik Tron
Henry Clews
Taft and Roosevelt in tight 1908 election odds
A New York dispatch reports Wall Street betting favors Wilson at 2 to 1 over Roosevelt and Taft, with Roosevelt seen as likely to beat Taft in Republican Progressive exchanges. The third term candidate is increasingly favored among some bettors, though money totals are down from prior years.
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Taft
New York City
Leming
New York
Wall Street
Wilson
Hank Hankins and Jobe Sneddin Try Farm Horse Deal
In a rural exchange near a holler, Hank Hankins and Jobe Sneddin discuss selling Hankins’s horse Juzen. Sneddin values the horse at 25 dollars in cash, or 100 dollars with Hankins’s note and mortgage as security, while Hankins offers a rope halter as part of the deal.
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Hank Taya
Adod
Yellor
Wwe
Wade
Warren
La Follette Sees Wisconsin Backing Wilson as Progressive
Senator LaFollette indicates real progressives in the Republican party will back Governor Wilson next November. Wisconsin voters prefer progressive principles over party labels, with Wilson favored to win the state decisively as Taft and Roosevelt trail. Prominent Wisconsin Republicans plan to vote for Wilson.
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Washington
Rebebl Bean Party
Roosevelt
Wilson
LaFollette
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Aldrich
Adger
Taft
Uncle Sam railroad plan sparks Senate debate
A fragment discusses Uncle Sam backing a 200000 railroad in the Philippines, arguing it creates a dangerous precedent. It notes the measure passed the United States Senate in an army appropriation bill and questions government guarantees versus private enterprise. Senators Reed and Bacon are mentioned in opposition.
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Uncle Sam
Philippines
United Senate
E Enterprise
Reed and
Bacon
Women of New York College Promote Public Market Training
Professors from a local women’s college in New York teach girl students practical market skills and district vision concepts. They claim informed women will help reduce living costs by learning to market effectively.
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Women's College
New York
Jean
25th Annual Session of the Laramie Teachers
The 25th annual session lists schedule items for two days with lectures and demonstrations. Instructors include M. E. Shuck, Bess Eleanor Foster, F. H. Arnold, Christine J. Tingling, and others from Cheyenne, Rawlins, Wheatland, and Cheyenne in Wyoming. The program covers penmanship, primary methods, theory, and a round table.
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Laramie
M. S. Shuck
Bess Eleanor Foster
C. A. Dinniway
Institute
George Davidson
F. H. Arnold
M. EB
Shuck
Beas
Eleanor Foster
M. BE. Shuck
A. M
Rawlins
State Board of Educational Examinere
Misa Bess
Cheyenne
Spokane
Washington
A. D. Boisseau
Wheatland
Wyomag
The Ever Present Land Slide To Wilson
Will Reid of the Rawlings Journal reports Wyoming voters drifting toward Wilson as a remedy for poor business conditions. A Cody traveler claims he will vote for Wilson for president and for a Democratic Congress to reclaim government from corporate influence. Only one man in the stage audience supports Taft.
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Will Reid
Rawlings Journal
Wyoming
Cody
Wilson
Taft
Card of Thanks for Thom Mel Drum Family
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends for sympathy and support after the sudden death of our beloved boy. We appreciate all that was done and publicly thank for the beautiful floral offerings received from MR and MRS THOMAS MEL DRUM.
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Thomas Mel. Drum
Burns Farmers Ingo-Operative Co Stock Promised
Residents of Burns organize the Farmers Hiawator company to stock $5,000 for a grain elevator project. The firm buys Noye's warehouse, moves it to the railroad frontage, adds a cellar for root crops, purchases machinery, and plans metaling. Most local farmers buy stock, ensuring full capacity, with two elevators planned for Burns.
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Burns Farmers Ingo-Operative CO
Farmers’ Co-operative
Carpenter
Burns and
Teinity
Hiawator
Noye
Borne
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