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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1912
Page
14
A reflective piece on perseverance and the need to “hang to it” through hard days, describing the rise from toil to success via stubborn resolve. It references mentors Horace and a “Get There Club” urging momentum, steady effort, and the risky leap to advancement.
An Avril Woman's Home Companion piece on Our Inalienable Rights notes the eleventh commandment should be Mind your own business and argues that husbands and wives should not open each other letters. The Outsider blogger cites the breach as a violation of friendship and shares a matron’s account of a husband reading a wife’s letter at breakfast.
A fragmented essay discusses privacy in correspondence with a mother opening others letters, noting exceptions for urgent family matters. It references a biblical Jonah verse and a poetry excerpt, then mentions an automobile contest promotion in an April issue of Woman's Home Companion.
Lydia Stewart filed suit for divorce in Laramie County Wyoming district court on February 1912. The petition alleges Phillip Stewart has willfully deserted her for over a year and warns him to answer by April 6 1912 or the petition will be taken true and judgment rendered.
A Colonial cottage costing about 2500 dollars, designed by Chas. B. Sedgwick, features a 26 by 28 main section plus a 10 by 15 plaza, full basement, and a screened-in porch. Construction emphasizes wash fir interiors, oak accents, a green roof, cobble stone foundation, and a wide street-facing presentation.
The article describes Yokohama shirt and collar makers in Japan during a period of growth. It cites male workers earning 7.60 to 10 dollars monthly and female workers 5 to 6 dollars, with board and lodging costing about 2 to 9 dollars monthly. It notes rice valued at about 12 dollars per koku and total weekly hours around fifty seven, with three holidays per month and monthly religious services and entertainment, plus free baths for workers.
The British cabinet costs about 622000 dollars per year to run, far more than the US federal payroll. Lord Aberdeen, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, earns 106000 annually, Lord Loreburn, Lord Chancellor, 60000, with other salaries tapering to 12000.
The 96 year old chief Sitting Bull of the Ogallala Nation is described as a veteran leader who sought peace with settlers and claims he never killed a white man though he fought in battles. The article notes his age and remarks on his habit of smoking cigarettes. It also mentions California’s oil production in the district.
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