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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1910
Page
12
Cheyenne residents debate artesian wells to supply clean drinking water amid municipal supply pollution. An Old Timer urges sinking wells at $300 to $500 each, arguing wells would cut costs and reduce sickness. The Civic issue contrasts with today’s boiling and bottling practices as health concerns rise.
A political manifesto criticizes Republican leaders for corrupt influence and urges clean Republicans to align with the Democratic party. It argues a new party cannot deliver reforms and that only cross party collaboration can curb improper national governance while condemning partisan politics.
A speaker recalls a small, patient mother in a cabin by the sea near Ballyshannon. He dreams of her calling across the waters and longs to return, describing the cottage doorway, sea salt air, and mist. The verse blends longing with images of home and family.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls Mark Twain’s quip about a Hartford couple. The woman asks if her husband is hard up and the husband replies sharply that the situation is dire. The humor centers on the exaggerated hardship and the couple’s dialogue.
A clipped exchange reveals plans for July and August with a focus on funding. One speaker asks to go to the country, the other questions the desire for jewelry, then contemplates how Jim will arrange funds to allow his wife to travel.
G B Johnson and family in Cheyenne and Wheatland are mentioned along with 7m Fred R Richards visiting Cheyenne. Mrs Leon Dusseau travels to New York on business while Nan Barkadale of Colorado Mutual Life Assurance attends company hospitality in Colorado. Guat Johnston leaves Cheyenne for Evanston and plans return with ill wife. Thomas J Levey is sick confined to his apartments. A J Meek at Eddy street shoe man is listed as sick.
Mark Hanna attends a dinner hosted by Mrs. Charlemagne Tower. Tomorrow the Mayflower travels to Dewert Ferry, then the president will journey by train to Bangor to speak. Ladies white lawn waist at 49 cents each advertised by Myers Dry Goods.
July 22. The Russo event described as a powerful occurrence yields about seventy thousand dollars prepared from its vaults. The pond site remains under guard and no access is allowed while officials debate the next steps.
Weathh report from Washington on July 22 notes Wyoming will see fair and cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday. Local 24 hour data up to 6 p.m. shows a maximum of 90 degrees and a minimum of 60 degrees with trace precipitation reported.
W. H. Israel of Lewis Kansas shot himself in a Hutchinson rooming house to prevent mortgage foreclosure. A note to his wife urged her to take the insurance proceeds to pay the mortgage and forgive him. Israel was a merchant store proprietor.
Washington July 23 the bureau of Indian affairs received a cablegram from the show manager denying that thirty nine Sioux from Pine Ridge agency South Dakota were stranded in Brussels. The bureau planned to repatriate them at the show's expense after a bond was posted before they departed.
President Taft ended his stay in Bar Harbor Maine this afternoon and departed by coach to Seal Harbor. The yacht May Hower arranged to meet him after a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Hower at the seaside resort.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions burial by a named group, sale of shoes at a local store, and plans for building two new items next month. Several garbled phrases and odd spellings cloud the facts. No coherent reportable event stands out beyond ad like content and a burial note.
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