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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1911
Page
4
Classified notice from Cheyenne State Leader announcing a daily newspaper option except Monday and a Sunday state leader edition. Mentions pricing for one month and one year with unspecified currency and carrier details.
The piece muses on far flung topics from Cheyenne to Mexico and China with jokes on aviation and politics. It notes trains likely to run on the Cheyenne Well ington link by July 1 and mentions Roosevelt Diaz Pinchot and Bryan in a stream of commentary.
The author argues the senator’s exposed character makes him unlikely to yield power. The piece suggests only a drastic, violent action or upheaval could shift his hold, implying strong resistance to scrutiny.
The article argues Ballinger’s departure from the Interior Department removes a troubling official from the government. It criticizes his integrity, notes the Pinchot controversy, and dismisses the whitewashing committee as inadequate. The piece views impeachment as possible but notes he yielded to pressure and left.
The movement of 2500 men and 2000 head of stock from Fort D A Russell to near the Mexican border will highlight the fort’s strategic location near Cheyenne. The expedition shows Wyoming brigade HQs within striking distance of borders and midpoints between coasts, proving rapid mobilization to Mexico or Canada possible. The San Antonio order enables the first test of the fort’s evolved strategic value since it was a battalion post.
A telegram from Dr. Cook objecting to recognition of Peary was sent to President Taft. The message critiques the proclaimed discovery and mocks the honor, labeling the claim as a famous hoax returning from polar regions.
A fragment argues that the hero in Copenhagen seeks notoriety beyond all but one, challenging Peary versus Cook proofs. The text questions the stronger solidarity of Peary's claims and notes the debate as worthy of serious consideration.
Governor Stubbs of Kangana, speaking at Topeka banquet, endorses limiting civil trial jurors to nine as the solution. He wryly compares other proposals to a dull city father tale about rubbish in a square and a hole for its urinal.
A playful verse notes May time defying winter with new bonnets on view in Fifth Avenue while a Washington rumor swirls about Mrs. H. C. Corbin’s engagement to Cincinnati millionaire G. Schmidiapp, tied to Taft’s Philippine party visit and a Dupont Circle gathering.
Colon reports that fully five thousand Americans have visited the Panama Canal this season as the vast project nears completion. Tourists observe the bustling Isthmus town and the monumental Gatun dam, locks, and Culebra Cut, with the canal’s ten-hour passage spanning about forty miles and machinery rising to eighty five feet.
Washington March 7 It is expected that President Taft will soon announce the personnel of the commission created by the post office appropriation law. The act requires a report by December 1. It is suggested Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court may lead the commission as its head.
25,455,584 corn cob pipes were made in 1910 in Missouri as Jefferson City reports growing farm production. The note marks Missouri’s rising agricultural manufacturing activity and local industrial pride.
London announces the secret marriage of actress Zena Dare to Captain Maurice Brettle second son of Lord Meher. The ceremony took place at a London country office on Monday. Dare performed on stage in Cardiff the night of the wedding. Brettle, Coldstream Guards captain, aged 27, married Dare aged 24. The couple and the Dare sisters are noted as highly photographed on stage.
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