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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
4
The State Leader notes Cheyenne residents may use artesian water from the county pool farm well located a mile southwest of the city. Citizens seek a cleaner drinking supply due to deplorable municipal water conditions and reports of faucets, and other artesian flows nearby are mentioned as potential sources for improvements.
The piece notes how advertising and literary figures mingle with boxing coverage for the Jeffries Johnson bout. It cites editors and writers from Bok to London and Wilcox, suggesting sport pages now share space with the pink sections and celebrity readings, reflecting shifting times in journalism.
The piece critiques plans for a safe Fourth of July celebration, arguing American tradition ties Independence Day to fireworks and gunpowder. It notes suggested alternatives lack mass appeal to youth and overlook psychological impulse for explosive demonstrations.
The piece argues that a completely safe Fourth is impossible under current plans and urges shifting focus from total prohibition of fireworks to promoting safer, simpler forms. It calls for stricter enforcement against dangerous devices while preserving hereditary and personal traditions of independence day observance.
Fragmentary poem about a child opening and closing the heart to treasures beyond gold. Imagery includes fairies, brownies, laughter, faith in the hereafter, and a magical mart of flowers and songs. The text is incomplete with repeated phrases and truncated lines.
In a Kirk of Toberfoory lesson the minister reviews Joseph and his brothers with boys. Quick answers highlight their crime selling Joseph for twenty pieces of silver. A Highlander adds a remark that he states their treachery as beating him over cheap.
William Neleyn McVickar, bishop of Rhode Island, died here today after a lingering illness. His tenure and exact dates are not specified in the fragment.
A London built safe for the British Radium Corporation stores radium emissions with a lead-lined interior and mercury tubes to trap escaping radiation. The device, designed to prevent loss when the door opens, sits behind two valves and uses photographic autoradiographs of uranium samples to prove radioactivity.
A suit in Washington claims Laura C. Cramer a state department clerk used alleged spirit messages from a dead wife to extract up to 40 000 dollars from Lenton J. Hurd an incapacitated Connecticut octogenarian. The proceeds were cashed at Washington Loan Trust with drafts.
Big Atlas closes its engagement tonight as a new bill is set for tomorrow. The show features Jones and Grant praised as top comedians and includes musical acts like Harry Bachelor. Nelson Haight-Laura Dean Co. presents the comedic revue A Misfit Meeting hailed as one of the most laughable stunts at the popular play home.
Washington reports President Taft departed for Beverly Massachusetts to spend three or four weeks at his summer home. He was accompanied by a small staff and lightheartedly wore a red necktie to mark the occasion.
Murray of Cheyenne and his wife left Cheyenne the first of the week to be with a relative at the bedside. He was well known locally, having visited a brother here about a year ago. Due to advanced age, there were fears he might not survive his injuries.
At 7 o'clock last evening at the Methodist parsonage Albert Wise a Sherman County resident and Miss Margaret Moore of Morris County Kansas were united in marriage. Rev Mr Nelson performed the ceremony.
A message from Cheyenne announces P. L. Murray has died in Topeka Kansas after a severe accident. The body will be moved to Dodge City for burial. Deceased was a brother of J. L. Murray and leaves several relatives in the area.
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