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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1910
Page
4
A Colorado electric power house fatality reveals a young man killed by contact with a live wire while his sweetheart heroically attempted to drag him to safety. She perished while reaching for the man and the current, praised as sublime heroism in the face of isolated tragedy.
The Rocky Mountain News alleges a push toward a central bank via the Aldrich-Vreeland emergency currency law. It argues Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh is guiding a permanent reform hidden as a temporary measure, enabling a finance confederation to control money and credit.
A garbled excerpt references a piracy case and a person named Mae Vik. The text suggests someone expedited to perform a part in the piracy scheme and mentions a moner trier and ars cordire in pursuit of a permanent aim. The fragment lacks clear events, dates, or locations.
Poem reflecting on Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. It contrasts their calm faith with the panic of heat and discomfort, praising steadfastness and composure under extreme trial, as noted by Bert Leston Taylor in the Chicago Tribune.
A young brokerage clerk was the target of a mean joke at work when three colleagues silently mimed speech to suggest he had suddenly become deaf. The staged scene caused him to turn pale and reel toward a chair as the laughter escalated and letters were delivered.
President Taft traveled by yacht Mayflower toEastport Maine becoming the first sitting president to reach that port by boat. He crossed Canadian waters and claimed to have touched all four corners of the nation urging closer Canada United States commercial union. A three day Bar Harbor stay follows.
The council reviewed war secretary supply procedures and bids, denied building permits for two applicants, and took time to consider Cheyenne Canal and plumbing ordinance issues. Liquor license bonds were approved and filed, with adjournment set for August 24.
City debate on closing Seventeenth Street saloons continues with Mayor urging license revocation and Alderman Henderson proposing to shut all saloons on the block between Eddy and Carey avenues. Council considers rescinding action as residents oppose new licenses amid existing establishments.
A resolution broadens sidewalk work around premises of the game and extends property improvements to the next meeting. A Nimmo introduced measure directs the police chief to bar booths along street railway streets during Frontier Day 1910. The council approves a $75,082.58 bill from United States Cast Iron Pipe Co. for water works supplies, withholding $1,750 from Perry Williams claim pending litigation.
In Hutchinson Kansas an ordinance bans sales of prize fight films and publications after Theodore Roosevelt article in Outlook prompted agitation. The ban covers magazines books and papers with such material and to enforce the rule city officials conducted a tour of local shops.
Fragmentary text describes an ordinance violation with Mayor Martin involved as a victim attempting to buy a magazine. The damaged lines reference penalties and a Sher man area, with unclear articles and notes on prison time.
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