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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1912
Page
11
Ane Hastie reports a booming Golden Prairie in Wyoming as farmers from Minnesota and the Dakotas reap record yields. Threshers work around the clock with over twenty outfits, while individual growers share sizable incomes from 160 acre farms near Burns and Hillydale, detailing hundreds of bushels and rising grain stores.
Reports from the Golden Prairie region describe bumper yields: on George Anderson’s farm headed winter wheat at seventy bushels per acre, W A Palbeck’s land sixty, MH Humiard’s field sixty five, Mrs Christa Anderson’s twenty acre oat field sixty, Rh F Schmoker’s one hundred acres of fall winter wheat produced 2500 bushels, and Joseph Crow near Hilledate reports 17 bushels per acre from 40 acres of flax. A spokesman for the Pedeval Land and Securities Company lauds settlement progress and recalls J Row Carpenter’s faith in the district’s future.
A desk editor guides junior reporter Jones through crime story gathering and editing at The Leader. The piece explains head writing, dummy pages, and the balance between sensationalism and factual reporting in a small town newspaper.
A discussion on how newspapers balance facts and corrections, the trust of readers in daily print, and the editor reporter system. It notes reporter classes, the editor’s use of early stories, and the reliance on tinder-editors to supply fresh daily happenings.
A Descriptive portrait of Cheyenne highlighting its parks, streets, and abundant stores. The piece praises up to date shops in furniture, wall coverings, hardware, drugs, groceries, delicatessens, cafes, books, and millinery. It notes comparable Denver prices, warns on limited variety, and urges local shoppers to value home commerce.
Mr Robert W Chambers author of The Common Law approves its stage adaptation to be overseen by A H Woods. The new play will open next Wednesday at the Capitol Avenue theater with praised scenery and production, as noted by Chambers and artist Dana Gideon.
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