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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
10
A wide ranging collage mocks social trends, crime tales, and public figures from Cheyenne and beyond. It notes rising auto ownership in Colorado Springs, a volcano event affecting Tokyo, and humorous jabs at politicians and public life, with local cheer for Santa Clauses and satire on media and society.
Volunteers in Cheyenne mobilize to deliver gifts to needy children tonight under a State Leader plan. The effort expanded to reach more youngsters with Santa Claus visits and home visits arranged to ensure no child is overlooked.
The Lomax compiled Cowboy Song preserves frontier era verses and airs once common to riders and plainsmen. Theodore Roosevelt contributes the Cheyenne dated preface, noting the collection's historical value as revival and survival of the original atmosphere of the western life.
The annual report of the second Assistant Postmaster General shows twenty seven postal clerks killed, nine seriously injured, and 617 lightly injured in 446 railway accidents while on duty. It notes government failure to promptly reward on duty casualties and questions the posture of federal railway mail service in relation to other federal affairs.
The poem describes Old Santa approaching a sleeping child and presenting gifts from a pack. The child awakens, observes Santa with white whiskers and red face, and questions his identity. The child concludes Santa is likely the good Santa Claus, noting the father’s ring and playful voice.
Senator Batley recalls the old argument over Shakespeare. Blackburn and Dik Wietersouth hosted Ignatius Donnelly to hear a defense that Bacon wrote the plays. Donnelly objects and Blackburn boasts they witnessed Shakespeare writing Shakespeare's works, remarking with a wry line about time.
Denman Thompson brings The Old Homestead to Capitol Avenue theatre for an evening show on Monday December 26. The play marks twenty five years of Mile that the remarkable production keeps pleasing a broad audience with its homely sentiment and rustic charm.
Ambiguous text hints at a college program featuring a double quartet and a noted player in a performance or sports event. Promises of high excellence and special features are attributed to Mr Tempoon, with emphasis on new embellishments and standout choral elements.
De Wor Hopper with Mise Lemins Dresser headlines at Capitol Avenue Theatre in a light song comedy titled A Matinee Idol. The show, renewed from Daly's and New York runs, features a New York company and notable chorus, offered as operetta style gong comedy with farcical settings and many girls.
A survey of novel devices includes a mouthpiece sleeve to aid mile measurements, a system to remove eyes from potatoes, a simple device by two Pennsylvania men, and a method to thaw frozen pipes with electricity. It notes Minnesota rivers could power mills, and a Scotch locomotive delivering one thousand horsepower. It mentions making bricks from ant nests, London’s reinforced concrete post office lasting 1900 years, and radium mining in Australia for patient access.
A humorous exchange between a poet and a puncilaber shows a push to fame after death. The poet wryly notes public acclaim will come posthumously, while the other remarks he is aiding the starved artist by streamlining recognition now.
At a luncheon held by the International Dry Farming congress in Colorado Springs the executive committee honored J. M. Cottrell agricultural commissioner of the Pook Sand railway and G. W. Martin of the company. Cottrell urged Secretary Burns of the congress to take steps to advance cooperative dry farming initiatives.
A Streator note seeks information on George H H Colledge age 21 tall about 6 9 with a missing joint in the left index finger. The requester Toingoman Goldnor at 513 B Main St asks anyone with information to come forward.
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