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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
12
An archival footnote indicates second class post status with filing details 2 1909 at the post office in Wyong under the 1879 act. The fragment references mailing classification and official timing for publication.
The Cheyenne Electric Street Railway and the Colorado and Southern must reach a joint use agreement to run Frontier park line during next week's Frontier Days. Without cooperation the city faces a vast traffic surge with inadequate transport, risking public outrage and a transportation fiasco.
The piece denounces a party machine in Cheyenne pressuring primaries to stay on a fixed time, hindering independent Republicans from attending. It accuses the organ of deceit and calls for an open convention free from machine control, urging postponement of county conventions to include independents.
Grim fragment signals a rising Republican insurgency with references to Roosevelt’s independence stance and anti machine momentum in primaries. The text hints at California figures and party strategists acting decisively, though details are unclear.
In a sweep against the Taft Aldrich Cannon leadership, insurgent Republicans in California and Wyoming rally to challenge machine politics. The California victory with Hiram W. Johnson weakens Southern Pacific influence, signaling broader disapproval among independent Republicans and a potential November surge.
A candidate announces intention to seek re nomination as county commissioner on the Democratic ticket subject to the wishes of the Democratic county convention.
WM if Dillatan announces candidacy for County Clerk. He seeks endorsement from the Laramie County Democratic convention and support from voters at large. He signs respectfully as Wm. If. Dillatan.
Two brothers plotted to kill themselves after planning a Colorado land venture. Melvin, visiting Denver from Atlanta, returned to a Pennsylvania Avenue apartment in distress before a fatal event left one dead and the other seriously injured.
An account describes Melvin collapsing after a vial of carboic acid was discarded when Paul entered the room. Paul fetches absolute alcohol and returns to find Melvin attacking Mrs Cross as plaster solution is forced down his throat. Paul fails to force Witolol and contemplates self harm.
Denver officers traced the odor to opium wells after a raid that triggered a citywide panic. Ching Wie faced charges for manufacturing opium without registration and tax evasion with the internal revenue service. He paid a fine or faced imprisonment, while Gold Patits of Sherman Co. was mentioned in relation to the case.
The New York Herald offers 2000 dollars for an original page comic idea drawn by the applicant. Submissions must be received in New York before October 1 1910 and are open to all residents of America. Professionals are requested to submit ideas. The competition runs until October 11 1910.
The mayor of Omaha appears set for renomination by a large margin over C. C. Wheedon, a radical freurgent. In the Democratic senatorial race Hitchcock leads Metenit two to one for the nomination. Norris runs unopposed for the district nomination as a Republican and William Hayward is likely nominate for Congress.
The article reports that King was released after a military inquiry cleared him of alleged theft tied to a missing army safe. A misinterpreted joke led to his arrest, with Corporal Burgess also detained, while King laments the affair and notes long civil service tenure. The outcome pleases many in the city and at Port Russell.
An early morning disturbance near 16th Street and Carey Avenue involved four white soldiers in Cheyenne. The fight, details unknown, left two men with serious head injuries and several liquor bottles smashed, as onlookers watched. G S Oliver offers real estate in Holridge Addition and an East 16th Street home, with contact via phone 574.
The Hopkins Bros. ladies' basketball club of Des Moines defeated Hanna, Wyoming, 16 to 6 in a bright contest before a large crowd. Hanna relied on pitcher Henoing from the App Arbor University of Michigan, who failed to reach base in any inning, while Des Moines benefited from solid play throughout.
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