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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
4
The article recalls Decoration Day ceremonies honoring Civil War veterans and the nation’s fallen. It highlights schoolchildren leading observances, reverent cemeteries, and the role of veterans and their descendants in preserving memory for future generations.
The Leader cites a Commerce Department report by William Nedfield showing exports will exceed imports by 70.1 billion by June 61, with daily export gains of 500 thousand. Finished manufactured goods drive the surge, forming 60 percent of exports, with ready for use items at 31 percent and rising faster than other categories.
The state farm board plans a model dairy farm at Archer with a silo project and cattle buildings. Railroads Union Pacific and Warlington give 500 each while Colorado & Southern contributes 2500 to support dairy, poultry, and pig demonstrations for Wyoming farmers.
The article describes a planned dairy operation with cows cream milk and profits from pigs and poultry. Twenty acres of corn have been planted for forage to support a silo. Officials from the agricultural department in Washington view the Archer farm as a potentially important and extensive state project.
A commentary from the American Review of Reviews analyzing foreign policy implications of a Wilson presidency. It argues for continued US expansion in the Pacific, stronger naval power, and a worldwide Anglo Saxon alliance, while noting doubts about Democratic support for ships and executive power. It cites Australia and Britain as contexts for viewing American leadership and urges a global patriotic surge.
A narrator recounts a weekly visit by a deacon who expounds on topics from agriculture to empire and theory. The speaker dismisses the deacon as a common chump whose loud, overblown opinions stale with use and fail to impress or enlighten.
Colorado Springs residents sweep sidewalks as countless insects with green bodies brown tails and slate antennae blanket the city. The mysterious swarm settled after nightfall with no known origin or species identified by locals or storekeepers.
The notice urges trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy next time you have a cough or cold. It touts its remarkable cures and world wide reputation and states it is for sale by all dealers. Sherman Co. references floor finishing?
New York May 29 Nat Goodwin and De Wolf Slopper, aging stars of theater and marriage, each take a fifth wife. Goodwin wed in Los Angeles after Hopper, with Lillian Russell now settled, ending a long rivalry among marital partners dating back years.
An early 20th century warning about street life luring youths into crime and vice. The piece cites moving pictures and night curfews as remedies, with quotes from reformers and authorities urging a Wise Curfew law to protect children from dangers after dark.
N J Paterson May 30 A 72 year old Civil War veteran Samuel Wilson dressed in uniform with two medals was found asleep in Cedar Lawn cemetery after walking over 50 miles from Middletown New York toward the old soldiers home at Kearny New Jersey. He showed service papers for the First New Jersey regiment at Fredericksburg Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Sherman Company faces mixed reception as decorators rush in with bold designs provoking debate among staff and management about safety and style.
A 26 year old woman, Mrs Bele of Milledgeville Illinois, died after leaping or falling from a tenth story window of the Chicago Masonic Temple. A man was seen on the top floor and another on the ground floor at the time, with a street net in place to cushion falls.
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