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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
12
A poem by Angela Morgan condemns starvation wages that push girls into prostitution. The piece questions the profits of rich men, cites harsh living conditions for Phillippa, and urges collective action to demand fair pay and workers’ justice. The passage connects to broader tariff debates and advocates reform.
Cir NEWS notes the Denver, Laramie and Northwestern railway will pass to Rock Island interests, bringing improved finance and rapid construction. The Vanderbilt deal ends financial delays and opens mineral and agricultural potential, especially Elk Mountain coal and the Seminole Mountain mining frontier near Carbon County.
The article notes iron, gold, copper and lead deposits in a Seminole mining district. The Northwestern Land and Iron company holds about five thousand acres of iron lands in the area and prospectors have worked leads for years awaiting rail access. A railroad would spur Wyoming mining, potentially creating a second Butte and boosting the state’s industry.
A collage of quips and notes touches Taft Roosevelt politics of reform, a French scientist on measuring the human body, women’s anxieties, alcohol in films, Easter fashions, and domestic chores. It riffs on social norms and current events with satirical, fragmentary observations.
The piece portrays Roosevelt as leading a popular, people driven campaign against Taft’s machine approach backed by federal patronage. It notes progressives gravitate to Roosevelt as their chosen leader while exposing tensions within the GOP and criticizing party machinery and plutocratic influence. The article also mentions a Chinese republic suggestion about land taxation.
A humorous Big Bend Bazoo item mocks Wyoming politics and party slates. The piece rails at caucus maneuvering, criticizes progressive and stand pat factions, and laments ropey convention plans while lampooning local figures and voters.
Mrs Charles Barclay of Graniteville VI salutes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as restoring her health after the change of life with nervousness and symptoms she calls worth mountains of gold. She urges other women to rely on the remedy during this period.
Many sufferers from rheumatism have been surprised and delighted with the prompt relief afforded by Chamberlain's Liniment. Not one case of rheumatism in ten requires any internal medicine. Sold by all dealers.
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