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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
4
A Democratic platform pledge emphasizes labor protection and fair share of fruits of labor. It calls for equitable treatment of workers and clearer labor rights. The text remains ambiguous about specific policies or implementations.
The piece riffs on holiday shopping, Scrooge types, and public figures with a satirical tone. It notes Senator Aldrich undergoing tendon surgery, mentions Kid McCord and Rube Waddell facing divorce suits, and mocks Taft for shopping late. It also references Cuba, Pullman fare cuts, and local Cheyenne welfare efforts for needy children amid a sprawling, slangy roundup of personalities and topics.
The State Leader urges Cheyenne to back a plan by Mr Barry to bring Farman and Riertot aviators to Pueblo and then Cheyenne for demonstrations. Funded by gate receipts, a $500 guarantee would be covered by admissions, with Frontier park proposed as the flight site and volunteers already pledging support to benefit local children.
State Leader notes abundance of Santa volunteers in Cheyenne for gifts to needy children. Many offers arrive at the leader’s office as the plan unfolds. Some volunteers want to help every child, others for only a portion, demonstrating broad community support.
A Detroit Free Press piece voicing a boy’s wish to break from parental norms and Santa Claus rules. He envies his father’s wealth and freedom, vowing to smoke, splurge, and defy expectations, while lamenting the heavy expectations placed on him as a child.
A young lawyer in practice greets a prospective client seeking damages from a railway company over riverfront property. The attorney promises an easy verdict, the client nods, and the man boasts his wife said she doubted his choice of a top lawyer.
The Atlas last night premiered a lively week opening with a high merit program led by The Cartoonist and the Girl With Hewit by Aileen and Gitta. The critic notes strong humor and crowd-pleasing performances from the Longfellows.
Miss Simpson, talented elocutionist, performed a diverse repertoire to strong applause. Fort Russell and Cheyenne audiences at the Atlascope venue enjoyed her blend of humor and intellect with the Atlascope animations. Second show at 6 16 and concluding near 10 90, drawing visiting friends.
De Wolf Hopper arrives at Capitol Avenue theatre tomorrow in A Matinee Idol a comedy with music and familiar Hopper humor praised as a clean funny musical entertainment. The show previously ran one hundred nights in Chicago and six months in New York venues Daly's and the Lyric. Hopper is seen as a premier fan maker and delivers his best work in this latest staging.
Denman Thompson’s The Old Homestead enters its twenty fifth season at Capitol Avenue theatre on Monday December 26 for a one night holiday performance. The show, first produced at the Boston theatre in April 1886, remains wildly popular with theatregoers nationwide and is directed by Thompson who supervises rehearsals and selects company members.
Enader, nearing twenty years with the company, shines in the play Happy Jack. He joins the superb double quartet featuring Gums Kammerlee, Charlie Clarke, Fred Knapp, George Pateh, Maggie Breyer and Anita Fowler. The ensemble delivers the charm in New England rural drama.
A compact report notes an incident at the Capitol involving a commercial entity named Nata. Details are sparse but suggest a shelling or shelling-like event impacting commerce. Authorities investigated the scene and secured the area for assessment.
The items note global trade figures, farm labor on watercress in England, Freiburg mines closing after 700 years, new California pinching locks, Maryland women starting a paper Vater with contributor Miss Mary Johnston, and Swedish agricultural support. Norwegian mountain visits, Portwichie cottages, and Mrs Rose Terry overseeing a major Oregon electric plant as the first woman in the U.S. in such a role.
The committee in charge of the proposed memorial to Bill Nye plans to erect a building named after the late humorist if funds warrant it, following a decision at the Stone- event.
The piece notes Walt Jackson training school in Concord North Carolina and penny contributions from North Carolina children. It also reports Hamburg party authorities aiming to make their port the greatest in the world with a $50,000,000 four year plan to deepen channels, build docks and connecting rail, deepen docks for seagoing ships and clear quay space for new warehouses.
A note from a child in Young Cheyenne asks for a saw and hammer for Xmas to help his father with lumber and mill work. The family mentions Dad buys lumber from the National Lumber & Mill Co.
Mr J Ross formerly with the Princess Theatre will sing at the Lyric Theater during Mr Farnsworth's absence. Mr Rabo will perform Where the River Sherman Flows on Thursday.
Readable notes indicate Chi-Namel varnish produced by Sherman Co and Candied Fruits supplied by Capitel Commercial Co. Both entries point to product offerings and distribution, highlighting local business activity in the period.
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