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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1911
Page
12
An enthusiastic call urges Cheyenne residents to promote civic cleanliness, tourism, and state pride. It advocates publicizing Frontier Days, advertising Wyoming climate, and marketing local hotels while highlighting Fort Russell and the Cheyenne district’s road quality as part of a broader push for regional development.
The piece questions US justice amid wealth and criminal influence, asking if powerful individuals escape due to fear or bribery. It contrasts American toleration of elite protection with Italy’s Camorra, arguing both reflect a troubling bias in courts and juries.
A lower outlook by Count von Revention argues that an armed clash between Japan and the United States is inevitable as Japan seeks to overcome a superior power. He cites American supporters and physical evidence for his view that Japan aims for a terrible struggle beyond the Pacific. The text notes American doubt and a looming storm of conflict.
Cheyenne reports an inventive youth has assembled Wyoming’s first complete homebuilt aeroplane. He has labored with limited means and aims to lift off under the thin Wyoming plateau air. While not yet airborne, his motor and design tweaks show promise for a practical flying device and he seeks enduring credit as the state’s first to complete such a machine.
A collection of humorous snippets features an Irishman at a Friday dinner seeking news of a drowned friend and a wife money dilemma followed by a police scene where Coogan the cop jokes about astronomy as a mysterious intruder escapes in a $10,000 monoplane.
Poem celebrating St Patrick and Irish heritage in America. Chorus of loyalty to the United States while honoring Ireland. Mentions green sprigs, memories, and sacrifices made by Irish Americans in building and defending the nation. Selected by John J. McGetrick.
Stratford N H March 16 Arath Bean eighteen collapses at funeral as he is led away in handcuffs after being charged with murdering his mother Mia Bean sister Nina and father in Maidstone Vermont last Thursday Relatives say dispute over handling of the Mean home fueled the tragedy and grandfathers sharp warning with a revolver preceded the violence.
New York reports that seventeen unwanted nationals, largely Russian, were banished by Holland Germany and Russia and placed aboard the Uranium Steamship company’s Volturno. The passengers, including seven deaths, were returned or detained in transit as the line fights the steamship trust and varied governments. The Uranium denies full rejection, claiming detainees rather than expelled.
March 1 reports show tensions as Americans aboard the Volturno seek passage through Germany but are blocked. Officials in Rotterdam cite orders from Interior Minister Hoemaker and Justice Minister Regent to bar landing Russian emigrants, yet a separate attempt to route them via Holland continued despite German refusals.
In Columb ia Illinois 14 year old Wilfred Mason, a newsboy for attorney J Kollmeyer, trains his dog Patsey to fetch papers from the hill bottom to the Kollmeyer residence at Tipton knoll. The dog now delivers to several subscribers and may carry his own route soon.
In a Chicago suburb a banker and statistician named Herbert B. Mulford won a strawberry shortcake contest hosted by a women’s club. His wife revealed he only cooks shortcakes, yet his entry was described as gustatorial, pictorial, and immortal, beating five other high and symmetrical desserts topped with berries.
An old remedy using sage tea to darken hair is described, noting modern ready made products sold by Wyetheal Co of New York City. The article mentions a preparation offered at 60 cents to 1 dollar and lists a sales address at 74 Cortlandt Street.
Mrs Malford is noted as too proud for words while reservations are urged early for the 1971 event. The communication references distinctive berry colors and soap varieties as part of the listing.
In White Salmon Washington on March 16, Anton Ollmidt, 92, despite weighing 87 pounds and standing four feet five inches, plans to fell several large trees for land clearing near Sherman County. Local Leader office notes requests for rag-based ads.
Fragmentary text notes a figure followed by Indians as a curiosity and mentions a brother who, after returning to Germany, plans extensive land purchases in Wilt Salmon country and aims to develop a fig market and become a shipper for quality apples from this country.
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