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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for the Daily and Sunday Leader. Rates include a yearly option and monthly payments with figures showing amounts like six dollars and ninety cents and miscellaneous cents, indicating pricing for different delivery plans and offices.
The Cheyenne Electric Street Railway and the Colorado & Southern lines have agreed that trains may run to Froquet Park over the latter’s tracks. This resolves the transportation bottleneck to Frontier Days, ensuring prompt crowd movement and boosting Cheyenne’s show.
The article notes rapid aviation advances with successive record flights and passengers aboard early machines. It frames aviation as a fast advancing science driven by mankind's age-old wish to imitate birds and predicts ongoing breakthroughs toward full development and mastery.
The text alleges a political machine controls the party and sought to delay primaries to favor its interests. Business leaders reportedly urged a date change but were overruled, with claims representatives of the machine had pre selected candidates.
The convention fights behind the scenes as machine factions the capital crowd and federal building group push non elected allies to ram through delegates. Independent Republicans fear exclusion as primaries set night when business men cannot attend to disenfranchise them.
A fragmented dispatch references Cheyenne political squabbles and Frontier Days etiquette. It notes discussions on renominating Mayor Cook, insurgent rhetoric, and party tensions around Roosevelt Taft dates and gubernatorial hints. Mentions Mullen, Judge Carey, and a call for civic upkeep amid a noisy campaign atmosphere.
The Democratic state convention meets in Sheridan on September 20 at 10 a.m. to nominate candidates for governor secretary of state auditor treasurer superintendent of public instruction supreme court justice and U.S. representative. Delegates apportioned by county based on votes for Hayden M. White in 1908 total 142 with counts for each county. Delegates chosen at county meetings and county chairmen to issue calls.
Drivers and mechanics camp at the park as they practice on the Cheyenne track. Daily sessions smash records unnoticed by the public. Warm-ups reach seventy miles per hour and anticipation builds for the big race. Seat sales open Monday at Capitol Avenue theatre amid strong reservation requests.
Governors from Nevada Washington Idaho Utah Wyoming and Oregon convene in Salt Lake City with Governor Hay presiding. The debate centers on who should manage natural resources and how western states should be represented at the conservation congress.
In Chicago on August 18 H B Richardson of Boston captured the national American archery title with 221 hits and LALL scores, a record equaled only once in history by Horace A Farm of England. Miss L M Witmer Chicago won the women's short range title and Miss Julia J Sullivan the national long range championship.
A political confrontation widens between President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt as factions in the Republican party clash over a rumored bid to sideline Roosevelt. The battle lines form between Roosevelt supporters and his opponents, signaling a deep rift within the party.
Dispatches from Beverly and Danville report a widening rift in Republican ranks over Speaker Cannon. Colonel Roosevelt’s supporters accuse Taft of double crossing, while Nicholas Longworth signals opposition to Cannon. Cannon insists on staying in the race and plans to enter the caucus regardless of GOP resistance.
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