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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1911
Page
4
A fragmented Old West page shows editorials and brief items from the Wyoming State Leader. It touches on Taft Roosevelt rival tours, frontier celebrations, local construction, and social notes, with stray mentions of elections, grasshoppers, suffrage debates, and frontier life.
The piece argues against sensational war rumors after the Maine blast. It notes orders for 20000 troops and two fleets, disputes claims of Japanese plans in Mexico, and suggests U S action aims to protect interests should revolution worsen, while warning against racial prejudice and unwarranted confrontations.
The piece describes longtime public servants who leave Congress and struggle to find new work in federal service. Many lack client bases or plans for life work, often facing financial constraints as they seek steady salaries. The column argues they deserve sympathy, not ridicule, despite political jabs.
A short critique argues that years of service do not guarantee better work in Congress. It notes many lawmakers remain stuck in old habits while fewer adapt to new ideas. A moderate tenure helps, but excessive service risks becoming a lame duck status.
A Washington correspondent recalls Senator Elkins defending his $33,000,000 as honest and disdainful of tainted wealth. The tale features Elkins meeting the millionaire who admits his fortune carries a taint and a humorous exchange with Bige Brown about a horse for sale.
In Wilmington Delaware on March 10, several Black defendants faced harsh sentences for petty thefts including ten lashes and multi year terms. John H Williams and Charles Stevenson received lashes and imprisonment for minor stolen goods amid a wave of severe local discipline.
New York March 10 Rachel daughter of Mrs Farina Marcus and Leonard son of Mrs Mawile Barnett, both under one hour old, were betrothed in the Jewish Maternity Hospital. Staff surgeons witnessed the pledge as the two infants lay in adjacent cots, friends since childhood pledged to see the marriage come to pass.
The United States Reclamation Service exposes a giant Arizona Salt River Project dam named for President Roosevelt who signed the enabling act. Col. Roosevelt will attend a Phoenix dedication March 18 to 20, with the 19th National Irrigation Congress in Chicago December 6 to 9 featuring him as a principal speaker. The structure rises 280 feet, spans 980 feet, holds a lake extending 20 miles, and backs 25 000 farms with potential crops valued at 50 to 125 dollars per acre annually.
Governor Wilson withdrew the nomination after Senate executive session revealed the appointee, William B. Dana of New York, was dead. The action followed notification to the governor, who requested the nomination not be recorded. A second item notes the first straw hat of the season seen on a young man on Washington’s main promenade, a natty hat with a navy band and white polka dots.
The article credits a famous woman in Bunker Hill for popularizing the so called Harem Skirt. It notes years ago she rejected critics and wore the style openly. The piece quotes De Walker praising the look as vindication and predicts its lasting acceptance.
Notice lists an exam for teachers certificates to be held March 31 and April 1, 1911 at Cheyenne Wheatland Torrington high school buildings starting 8:40 am. The program spans penmanship arithmetic literature science education history psychology and more across Friday Saturday sessions. Dated March 4 1911 by Mamie H. Heffaron county superintendent.
London reports Mrs Elisabeth Horne a spiritualist and flat Earth preacher was fined 17 000 damages amid fraud allegations. She allegedly collected about 150 000 on the claim of a Madagascar concession.
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