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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
4
The Greater Cheyenne club, a faction of energetic young men without political ties, vows to develop Cheyenne and surrounding country. They promote home industries, deter outsiders, and envision a city of 25,000 or more with farmhouses and windmills visible beyond the plains.
A Washington exchange fuels local jabs between The Tribune and The Leader. The Tribune criticizes pension funding while The Leader ribbingly reflects on editorial shifts and a columnist familiar to readers.
The Lovell State Bank initiates a dairy cow program shipping carloads to local farmers. Cows sold at cost with two year terms at 10 percent interest, first car load nearly booked. Forage can be irrigated or dry farmed with silos aiding green forage storage for fall and winter. Steady dairy product demand brings consistent cash returns to the community.
The president assembles a cabinet of pronounced progressives led by William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state. The group aims to back the progressive program, presenting a united front against reactionary Democrats in Congress and ensuring harmony with the Baltimore convention promises.
The Leader credited Mrs. Simpnon of Mexico for a letter but the Laramie Boomerang was the true source. The Leader now pins the credit on the proper paper and acknowledges the error.
A fragment notes a critical stance on the Boomerang and an upward trend in crime. It claims automobile bandits wear fur overcoats and suggests that after a marriage to a row (row?), debt leading to exceeding the speed limit is only a matter of time.
A Dutch farmer in 1867 sent a Stone from Boer children’s play to the Cape, leading to the discovery of South Africa’s diamond fields. The toy later sold for £500 at a Paris exhibition. The piece compares beliefs on living dolls across cultures, contrasting a Japanese soul legend with Varro's ancient view of dolls as human sacrifices.
A large intoxicated man refused to pay fare after ripping his coat on a Brooklyn car. Conductor and motorman struggled to move him toward the door while passengers laughed. He warned to use only necessary force as they attempted to eject him.
The scene centers on Blinks at a party as the lights dim for a snapdragon game. A chase and scramble ensue leaving Blinks disappointed as a rival with eye glasses clings to the maiden and keeps kissing, drawing groans from nearby young men.
Harper's Weekly reports University observations from London College hospital noting athlete blood temperatures after runs. Recorded readings include 98.11 F normal, 100.76 F after 200 yards, 102.8 F and 108.6 F after a mile, 105 F after three miles, with one athlete showing 101 F normal despite good health.
Animals form unlikely bonds across species. A Scottish gentleman kept peacocks who preferrred the collie’s kennel, squeezing into the dog’s space rather than roosting with mates, making a comical sight as the peacock’s tall head protruded from the kennel.
A fragmentary meditation on Tobia and a beloved woman named Lucy or Evangeline. The speaker hints she was elusive or intangible, a dreamlike essence rather than a solid substance, leaving her true nature a mystery to God.
The New York World argues Woodrow Wilson’s presidency starts a radical political readjustment since the Civil War. It questions whether 1912 signals a new birth of democracy or a slide toward despotism, warning that Wilson’s fate could determine the party’s future and the republic’s course toward socialism or reform.
In Superior Wisconsin on March 6 Young Mahoney of Racine defeated Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh in a ten round decision. After a calm start the bout heated up with Mahoney pressing and driving McGoorty around the ring from the fourth round onward.
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