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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
12
A large Thursday night gathering at the Industrial club celebrated Robert Burns and Scottish heritage. More than a hundred Scots and families joined in songs, bagpipe music, sword dances, and reminiscences, lingering after the program with Auld Lang Syne.
The Louisville Evening Post praises New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson as a candid truth teller and self-reliant leader not swayed by political allies. The piece portrays him as untainted by a confidential conference, while Waterson and Harvey are discredited.
Munseys magazine charges international and subsidiary asbestos companies based in Denver with fraud in stock sales. It alleges fake dividends paid from stock sales, large agent commissions, and officers selling stock where cheaper stock existed. Postoffice inspectors have referred material to Washington as federal action looms.
Colliers critique the influence of federal spending on local campaigns. The Wyoming True editor accuses candidates of trading votes for post offices and river dredging funds, with national figures like Sparkman and Randell cited as examples of leveraging treasury money for district gain.
In a speech to the Indiana Editorial convention Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska asserts the U S press would not have enough Democratic votes in the electoral college to form a quorum if it told the whole truth about President Taft. He credits or blames the Republican party for Taft’s actions and says Norma Brown has posed as a Progressive Republican.
Government scientists led by Dr. Lyman J. Briggs test using static electricity to supplement sunlight for winter wheat at Arlington Experimental Farm Virginia. They contend atmospheric electricity aids plant growth and can be amplified by mechanical means to boost growth during low sunlight months.
A new device on interurban trolley cars dispenses newspapers from a metal container by inserting a coin and pressing a lever. It accepts varied cent slots, rejects light or worn coins, and aims to cut salary costs by removing the news agent. The February Popular Mechanics Magazine features a picture of the machine.
A ran through a jumble of quips and verses about love jobs fate and politics with humorous lines on marriage ambition and a Mars canal joke. It closes with a verse about a daughter’s ragtime singing and a mother’s regret.
In Goose Neck Hollow Hank Hankins fails to win a prize in the Tribune political questions contest. Neighbors discuss the fallout, noting rumors of promises from senators and congressmen in exchange for votes. Mrs Hawkins jokes about gray hair while Hank vows support for Warren and Mondell.
A regional fragment recounts a traveler who, after a cold night, shares space with a hospitable lad and a bonnie lawyer in a chamber. The tale centers on a bed scene and a later confession of regret, ending with a vow to repay kindness. The verses weave themes of lodging, debt, and grievance with a darkly ironic twist.
Indianapolis steel city report says the United Mine Workers executive board will probe alleged election fraud in the national officers race. A resolution directs inquiry to uncover the thief in the Illinois incident of 1819.
Lawson Levitt of Denver, a convicted counterfeiter, was paroled today from Leavenworth. He is said to be the only Federal prisoner ever to break parole, which he did in March 1911.
Honolulu report states Rear Admiral Sutherland requested a statement that the propeller of the armored cruiser Colorado was only slightly bent when the Colorado was jammed by the liner Cleveland on Wednesday. The injury is reported trivial and the ship seaworthy.
Two masted schooner the Alien Captain Barrette with a crew of six is believed to have foundered with all hands lost along the Lower Call orpla coast between Ensenada and Santo Domingo. Wreckage resembling timbers from the missing schooner was found today near Quentia.
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