Roosevelt and Taft Split The Republican Machine Faces Challenge
The piece argues Roosevelt supporters move toward the Taft camp while the GOP machine grows arrogant and corrupt. It claims the primary threat is the people losing influence to office holders and wealthy interests, urging a progressive coalition to topple the incumbent oligarchy and rally behind Roosevelt's independent or major contest.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Wyoming Vote Rights Texts From Election Law
A historical excerpt outlines who may vote in Wyoming and who may hold office. It covers universal suffrage for male and female citizens, US citizens aged 21 and up residing in the state a year and in the county sixty days, and exceptions for certain crimes or disabilities. It also notes privileges during elections, prohibitions on military duty, literacy requirements, residency rules, and military service implications.
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Wyoming
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United States
Athleta
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Historic National Convention Seen as Last for Party
At Chicago observers predict a historic convention that may be the last for the party. Delegates weigh reform and platform shifts as national primaries loom and candidates maneuver amid internal splits.
Reflections on Liberty and Campaign Virtues in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Journal critiques political rhetoric and leadership from the era, contrasting Hubert La Follette with Taft and Roosevelt. It notes echoes of Mark Hanna style in Roosevelt campaigns and recalls historical dates such as Napoleon's Elba return and Waterloo anniversary while predicting uncertain political futures.
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Hubert Marion la Follette
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mark Hanna
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Settlement titling and protests provoke harsh hearings
A Denver Post excerpt urges ending the harsh practice of protesting homesteaders during patent hearings. It argues settlers invest years of toil, travel for hearings, and face costly adver tising, while special agents may unfairly cloud a claimant's integrity without cause.
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Denver Post
Wyoming voters urged to back progressive Democrats in 1912
The piece argues Wyoming should elect Democratic presidential electors and progressive candidates to Congress to reform national policy. It states Republicans failed, advocates Democratic control of both houses with a progressive senator and representative, and urges voters to support the Democratic party in the next elections.
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Roosevelt
Pinchot
Congress
Wyoming
Hoomerang
Uneasy Woman sparks New York mass meeting response
Ida Tarbell's claim that feminism seeks to make a man of herself drew sharp debate. Charlotta Parkina Gilman and Charlotte Perkins Gilman offer two strong replies challenging the view that women belong only at home.
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Ida Tarbell
New York
Charlotta Parkina Gilman
Tom More Tan
Charlotte Perkins Gil
Canadians Attract U.S. Citizens In Land Rush
The Nebraska State Journal notes 21 000 Americans moved to Canada citing policy shifts and a $26 000 000 cash exodus. Of them 1 700 claimed free homesteads as others head north amid land hunger while tariffs influence cross border migration.
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United States
Canada
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Nebraska State Journal
Taft and Warren rally message moves through damning telegrams
A garbled telegraph from Senator Warren urges conspiratorial actions to secure Taft’s nomination. The missive extols conservative wins, targets working people, and calls for intimidation of Warn clubs and rivals, claiming victory at Schicago and preparing press stunts to sway public opinion.
Women workers in mills face harsh conditions in New York inquiry
Washington reports Abram S. Elkus says factory investigators found women in woolen mills with worn fingers from knotting cloth and sick children helping with nuts. Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse factories show underpayment, rough treatment, speed up pressures, and high injury risk. 70 percent of Buffalo’s 1,246 workers are women, with 4812 children 14 to 16 at work. many lack proper certificates.
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New York State
Abram S. Elkus
New York
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Health Department
Arthur C. Schaefer
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Bandits Dynamite Bank in Bokhito Robbery
Explosion of eight dynamite charges used by five robbers to crack the First State Bank of Bokhito Oklahoma. A volley of more than fifty shots followed as residents and armed men pursued the bandits. Cash around $3,000 taken. Robert Kelley likely fatally wounded and Dudley Moreland injured.
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Okla
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Bokhito
Robert Kelley
Dudley Moreland
Fisher cites political mudslinging over Warren and Roosevelt
In a terse column Fish accuses a Tribune writer of unfair attacks on the Leader regarding the Tennessee coal and iron matter. He quips that removing a skunk from the chicken house only spreads odor, signaling ongoing political contention.
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Tribune
Sen. Warren
Paw Uster
Elks to Arrive in Cheyenne This June
The Tribune notes June arrival of six carloads of Elks in Cheyenne, estimated for about June 10. The column jokes about misprints and social commentary on local figures, referencing Colonel R.B.E. W. and the Pepper party, while mentioning a redacted convention and other gossip.
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Cheyenne
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Emigrant Family Loses Daughter Near Opal on Oregon Trail
A Kansas family traveling with wagon outfit toward Oregon suffered the death of their 14 year old daughter near Opal Wyoming after a wading accident led to a sudden illness. The Cobb family consisting of Mr and Mrs KB FY Cobb and their three children were in a western journey when the tragedy occurred. Dr Stafford was called but the child died before arrival.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Kansas
Long Trail
Oregon
Opal
Visit Mrs Ligler's Beauty Parlors Ad
A compact ad promotes Mrs Ligler's Beauty Parlors offering high class work at 11 With 6t with phone contact 417 W. The message also mentions wall paper and references The Sherman Con a white lead connection.
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Sherman
Rebels to Flee Toward Border
Passengers from Chihuahua report mutiny among rebel troops near Bachimba with a likelihood of fleeing toward the American border if attacked by federal forces. Two federal advances are forming east and west of Juarez as Chihuahua may face a federal assault and Texas authorities tighten border protections.
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el Paso
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Chihuahua
Bachimba
Juarez
Texas
Democratic nomination bid for county commissioner in Laramie
I hereby announce as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner, subject to the August 20 primary. The notice appears with an unrelated ad for scalp treatments and manicuring at Mrs. Ligier's Beauty Parlors, 411 W 19th.
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Laramie County
Thos. R. Reid
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