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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
4
A fiery editorial argues that the red light district is fed by the home and by parents. It claims thousands of girls, including from fashionable families, are drawn into prostitution yearly and urges parental responsibility to protect daughters and curb the trade.
The Leader cautions against fear while noting several scarlet fever cases in the city and complaints about lax quarantine. It urges rigid enforcement, careful isolation of cases, and parental vigilance to prevent spread and ensure early doctor contact.
A discussion on farm credit systems notes Wall Street interest and eastern influence. It cites a southern state corporation formed to buy sell and store commodities and loan money on them, with critics predicting disaster and opponents fearing market manipulation.
A Cheyenne man's letter to the Enterprise describes influential Democrats backing Osborne for the secretary of the interior post in Wilson's cabinet. It notes Osborne leading Utah and Kansas with support from Idaho Colorado and Washington and mentions South Dakota Montana and Colorado among states showing favor if rivals are eliminated.
Janesville Wis Dec 23 petition seeks recall of current city officials with activists claiming 100 names over the required number. Under commission form law a special election must be held within city days. Former mayor John C Nichola is named in the petition along with Peter J Mount and Dr B Clark as grounds for removal.
Letters from Amenia and Rochester testify Eckmans Alterative aided recovery from La Grippe to Tuberculosis. A pastor and a clergyman’s son cite dramatic improvements, weight gain, and renewed health after use. The ad claims effectiveness for bronchial, asthma, fever and throat lung troubles, noting no poisons or habit forming drugs.
The notice states all Union Garber shops will remain open not nine p.m. and even though Dee Zith and others close all Christmas. The message apologizes for the man with a nagging wife to live over the ashes from pipe dreams.
Wyoming officials push county farm agents with support from Burlington land agent D. Clem Deaver. The plan seeks grants and U.S. Department of Agriculture backing to place trained farm managers in counties, with state supervision and shared funding from subscriptions, taxes, or donations.
The document notes county agents and farm groups in forming a crop association strategy to select crops with an established ready market. It emphasizes using a formal management framework to align producers with market demand and secure buyers for harvested crops.
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromine quinine tablets sold by W. Grove and marked with his signature on each box. Price and terms are cited in the fragmentary text.
Svend Morison of Cody Wyoming, injured in a runaway on depot hill weeks ago, is up on crutches at the Johnny Dodge rooming house. He plans to go to Ther nopolis then to his father’s ranch near there for Christmas aboard. Doctors say he is improving and eager to go home.
The Wind River Mountaineer editor Henry Wendt was attacked by defeated State Senate candidate William Madden after a Flagg authored article. O H Flagg explains he wrote the piece while Wendt was away and accepts responsibility, detailing the lobby confrontation and subsequent blows.
Kansas City dispatch reports Cruso a 24 year old self styled bright refined man asks Judge Bland to admit him to a prison cell for three years to study an unabridged dictionary. He says he will accept a charge to gain jurisdiction and hopes to pass an examination before English professors.
A reflective aphorism contrasts spiritual aspiration with social striving as women balance religious longing with public expectations.
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