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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1912
Page
27
The Douglas meeting closes a drive for better roads, forming a permanent association as all counties back the effort. Rail and auto advance link the state, promising faster transport, social and economic unity, and growth of towns, ranch life improvement, and increased property value.
The piece argues Roosevelt is an autocrat and cites Leander Chamberlain’s article in the North American Review accusing Roosevelt of a flagrant violation of treaties over Panama. It questions Progressive Republicans willingness to back a leader with a “chapter of dishonor” and urges opposition for Democratic stability.
The Leader praises the Industrial Exhibit as a timely and useful display with a full exhibitors write up and helpful directory. It notes about 500 people earn livelihoods in independent industries, pays roughly $55,000 weekly in wages, and nearly one million dollars invested in plants, urging annual permanent status to attract local and outside manufacturing.
Obituary tribute praising James B Weaver as a noble, devoted ally of truth who fought against oppression. The piece lauds his courage, integrity, and lifelong commitment to steering causes toward light, ending with a note that his triumph endures beyond death in the beacon of truth.
Lawmakers in the lower house rules committee questioned Lawrence strike participants from eight nationalities, including several child witnesses. Dispatches describe a motley, severely worn but clean group who testified about mill life, foul conditions, and abuse, amid concerns over the American Woolen Company’s influence in a protected industry.
A Republican gubernatorial poll lists eight governors favoring Roosevelt including Glasscock West Virginia Aldrich Nebraska Bays New Hampshire Osborn Michigan Stubs Kansas Hadley Missouri Johnson California and Carey Wyoming and eight favoring Taft including Eberhart Minnesota Carroll Iowa Hay Washington Goldsborough Maryland Tener Pennsylvania Hooper Tennessee Spry Utah Penewell Delaware Pothier Rhode Island. Taft managers also cite Deneen Illinois Oddie Nevada Meed Vermont. The text argues governors align with who they see as strongest with Republican voters.
The Leader lauds the Bryan banquet and speech in Cheyenne and reprints the same editorial, noting the paper's standard in covering extraordinary events at home and distant news with metropolitan polish.
The piece surveys curious claims about love, mirrors, parrots in Berlin, Cheyenne logs, Cincinnati laundries, and Arkansas springs. It jokes about wooden shoes in Chicago and Holland, mocks scientific slogans, notes a Wyoming homestead, and quips about a machine handling money and tickets. It ends with a poke at the Pittsburgh Sun editorials by women on February 29.
In Sniders store the night over a pay raise and political talk erupts as Pete Slivers urges emigration to Canada and praise of British farming while others claim wages, taxes, and constitutional loyalty. Jed Simpkins and Bill Buckfever are cited with views on Roosevelt and Wilson, revealing a mix of party loyalties and local voting attitudes.
A potboiler mix of curiosities and odd events. Pompeii excavator finds a boiler with water preserved since the eruption two millennia ago. In Chicago James McDonald plans to live 160 years using nitroglycerine as a heart stimulant. A New York fraud case ends with a $25 fine for a seance practitioner.
Banker Chartie Thomas of Cheyenne visited the United States Supreme Court in Washington and greeted Justice Van Devanter with a friendly hello. The bench bowed, colleagues startled briefly, then court business continued as normal.
An advertisement urged Cheyenne readers to stop renting and start paying toward ownership. J F Ott promotes real estate loans, fire insurance, and rentals from Plains Hotel Building, Cheyenne Wyoming, urging readers to calculate rent totals over years and switch to self-financing.
Cheyenne Wyoming city announces sealed proposals for tapping water mains and installing service lines for one year. Bids due March 19 1912 at 5 pm require price per tap long and short, with $2500 bid guarantee. City furnishes tapping material. bidder supplies labor tools and appliances. City may reject any bid.
A confusing note from New York mentions Professor Morenn of Columbia initiating a student inquiry into rising food prices. The fragment references a 200 hat store on West 17th Street and asks how much readers pay for shoes priced at 92.50. The garbled text suggests a survey or protest about consumer costs.
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