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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
4
A chaotic column weaves reports and opinions from Cheyenne and national politics. It notes Mount Etna eruptions, a suicide tidbit, fraud rumors, and public debates on suffrage, temperance, and reform. The piece juggles politics, crime, and social trends with sharp wit.
A preliminary synopsis prepared by Senator H. Diume of Sheridan County outlines a primary DINl bill. It will be introduced to the senate immediately after the legislature convenes as a representative plank of the main policy.
The piece argues for a direct primary law and U S Senate selection by voters. It notes possible Blume bill review and the likelihood of additional direct primary bills. Both parties’ legislators are understood to be drafting such measures for Wyoming’s Eleventh legislature session.
The article argues that coal prices in Cheyenne and nearby towns are driven up by excessively high freight charges from mines to retailers. It singles out Union Pacific as the major carrier, with only minor competition from feeder lines. It calls for action to curb these rates ahead of the upcoming legislative session where progressive ideas are expected to influence policy.
Dallas dispatch notes state health department figures for November count two sets of triplets and fifty seven sets of twins. The report records 4,336 births and 4 deaths.
In Upper Sandusky on December 29, Fred Webb’s valuable horse refused food and drink, bolted while being hitched, ran half a mile toward the Sandusky River, and plunged into the river where it drowned. The incident is reported as a horse death by its own action.
A reflective poem urges readers to judge their own motives and cowardice with harsh honesty. It advises looking on oneself as another, despising personal faults, and cultivating universal tolerance to strengthen love's chain. The verse ends with the exhortation to stand aside and observe oneself.
A business man sits in his office when a suspicious visitor demands $25 or threatens dynamite. The man coolly asks what is in the bag and is told dynamite. The blackmail attempt ends with the visitor revealing he is married and quietly leaving.
Amusements review notes delays due to the Union Pacific timetable. Tommy Gillen announced a change while Prof. Dunn screened half mile of film. Alma, Roland Carter & Co. performed varied acts including burlesque, comedy, and a musical travesty Vacation Time. Audience saw stage routines and quick changes. Second Atlas show at 9 15 pm drew many patrons.
A quirky musical act titled Ine of Spice Vaganna will headline at B O Whitneys gloom-chapelling show. The bizarre piece promises unusual stage effects and a surreal performance atmosphere for attendees.
Universal touring show praised for witty dialogue and lively scenery. Holby Wolsey headlines as dancing comedian with Margaret Pelch as prima donna. Supporting cast includes Chas Vaughn Jack Leake Stanley Palch Martin Packey Burgess Helene McGowan Alley Hammond Jene Poerrt. Chorus described as pretty and captivating.
Keefe Hall hosts a New Year's Eve ball on Saturday evening with a social event inviting the community. Admission is 76a, ladies admitted free.
A fashionably dressed man with a black beard robbed the Hotel Westminster night clerk Jerome Carey at 2 a.m. taking about 45 dollars in cash after failing to open the safe. He fled when two scrub women entered the lobby, leaving his beard on Trinity Place sidewalk.
Willard F. Wentworth, 75, prominent in early theater and sports promotion and later in hotels, died yesterday in Winnetka from multiple diseases. In 1867 he organized the White Stocking baseball team and just before the Chicago fire produced the first grand opera at Crosby opera house.
Henry Hurwitz denounced assimilation at a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall Boston on December 29 telling about two thousand Jews that a future Jewish kingdom with Palestine as its capital is near. He attacked the idea of mixing with other races and urged complete national unity.
The speaker denounces internal opponents within the movement comparing modern reformers to ancient enemies of Judah Maccabee, arguing “aigh falutin radients” pretend broad mindedness while lacking substance, warning against moral laxity and fashion over faith.
Exported 1910 coinage valued at about 20 million dollars moves from mints to banks and to treasury vaults. Dimes quarters and halves flow by express with silver certificate redemptions. Christmas demand for pennies shatters records as the Philadelphia mint minted 1.2 million pennies daily with no return to the treasury.
New York laborer Dominic Brandt pulled a seven shot .22 revolver on himself three times on December 29 aiming at his head and ducking each time as the bullet barely missed. He was found by Officer Meade and admitted to Bellevue Hospital for observation to determine if he is insane.
William H. Martin, creator of the Copper Queen mines and founder of Bisbee, Arizona, was found dead in his San Rafael residence with an unlit gas heater on. He was 78 years old.
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