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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1914
Page
16
The piece highlights strong winter wheat yields insured with threshing ahead, thriving corn and spring grain prospects, fat livestock, and abundant hay. Observers note attendees at Carpenter gathering as prosperous in fine clothes, autos, horses, and up-to-date rigs, with a $1000 church dedication funded quickly.
Poem notes a longing for a distant homeland across the sea. The speaker laments distance from Scotland, memory of friends, and misty muirland scenery, while clinging to memory to ease the journey. The verses reflect homesickness, salt tears, and enduring ties to a homeland across the brine.
Henry Clews notes the July crop report from the department of agriculture shows wheat at 930 million bushels, corn at 2.868 billion, and oats at 1.2 billion. Farm values exceed 700 million for wheat and over 2 billion for corn, with total agricultural output near 10 billion dollars. Western rails prepare for traffic growth as idle cars drop by 20,000 in June, though 200,000 remain idle but likely to shrink.
A fifty mile flight over the Golden Prairie south of the Union Pacific reports crops in good condition. Winter wheat looks solid though straw is short, with yield expectations around 80 percent of average and total harvest up about 25 percent from last year due to extra acreage. Rye and corn stage strong growth, while spring grain sows may benefit from late planting if rainfall arrives. farmers remain hopeful despite dry spells.
In a Buffalo Voice column editor W E Chaplin and W C Deming of Wyoming face sorrow after John B Kendrick's Democratic gubernatorial candidacy announcement. The piece consoles GOP allies, notes Ridgely’s hopeful bid, and asks for solidarity amid political disappointment and mourning language.
The Leader calls for a final evening to thank Britt's Chautauqua troupe and manager Bruce. Cheyenne is praised as a city of art and culture and urged to turnout for a vibrant closing that will spur greater attractions next year.
The tariff press makes excuses for the Underwood law failure to hurt wool growers. They offer buts and suppositions in pitiable plight. Public opinion weighs the tariff trust interests and finds them wanting.
The article blames a Republican administration for bank suspensions in November 1907 and a demoralized economy. It claims liquidation was forced on the people by misrule and only corrected by new Democratic banking and currency law. It also references a fictional River of Doubt near Bagamore Hill and Oyster Bay as a metaphor.
A Missouri author, W. H. Hughes of St. Joseph, compares Texas land to Wyoming prairie in a verse mailed to the Federal Land company. He mocks Texas harshness and lauds Wyoming's climate and soil, describing a northward Garden of Eden and settlers making homes amid fertile wells and cheap land.
A. D. Garrison of Downing Wyoming rejects being identified as an organizer of an Independent Democratic League. He notes no prior input and objects to being linked to a statewide revolt, citing lack of confirmation and implying misrepresentation in the July 6 Wyoming Tribune report reprinted in Cheyenne Tribune.
W K Somers of Moorcroft Democrat rebuts claims of forming a hybrid party organ. He recalls 22 years voting Democratic in Crook County and urges members to uphold true Democracy through personal example rather than intra party dissension.
A compact reflection contrasts men chasing the top with those seeking companionship. It notes a bare hook suffices for courting compliments, and hints that costs are a flexible factor shaping social exchange.
A string of rural proverbs contrasts gender roles and social norms. It critiques efficiency, restraint, and prudence in relationships, noting a busy household alters social standing and that marital life often shifts from quiet courtship to a noisier, tested union.
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