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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
12
The notice lists second class matter status at Cheyenne Wyoming post office under the 1878 act, with subscription rates for Daily and Sunday, one year, three months, and one month options. It shows delivered by carrier and provides office and editor contact hints and a price line.
The piece attacks Governor Brooks and the Brooks administration noting tripled state government costs over ten years and an eleven hundred dollar daily increase for taxpayers. It questions the value of Brookism and calls out Independent Republican Thomas T. Tynan while urging voters to consider higher taxes in the upcoming election.
At a Cheyenne council meeting Alderman Nimmo again aligned with the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone firm, pushing for concessions for the franchise while opposing city and public interests. The piece warns voters Nimmo would favor the company if elected mayor, risking taxpayer loss.
A political clash unfolds as I I Brooks and allies push for Attorney General W. Mullen to lead the Brooks administration. The move prompts opposition questions about succession and the governor’s influence as retirement nears.
An editorial argues Governor Brooks misused veto power to block the Swisher act shielding Wyoming residents from Union Pacific overcharges on interstate trips. It accuses the governor of aligning with rail interests, upsetting constitutional limits and harming the public while urging courts to challenge such executive action.
At Carnegie Hall New York Irish Americans cheered Irish members of the British House of Commons touring the United States to raise funds for home rule. Mr Redmond said persuasion has failed with the Lords but Americans call it the big stick. The English public appears reconciled to home rule and supportive of its passage.
B A Colburn a Kansas native visiting Greeley after forty years claims he was the first in the area to grow potatoes in the late 1860s and irrigate them. He planted four acres with Ira Moss, paid $180 for seed, and left before harvest to return to Sherman County. The note also mentions a boy not hurt when a wagon wheel passed over him and a praise of Greeley’s police record.
Sergeant W. W. McIntosh of the Chicago department praised Greeley for its crime record noting the absence of dives or places to dispose of stolen goods. He highlighted road density and town proximity to Denver as factors influencing law and order during his visit yesterday.
A sale notice records G. B. Oliver purchasing the property at 8650 South Front, Loy on 257th Street between Warren and House Streets. Contact phone 574. Sia Proof Pami at Skermin Co.
An electrical tradesman advertises wiring expertise with promises of prompt job work and savings. He claims years of experience and a large line of supplies including Tangstert lamps motors dynamos and vacuum cleaners with all work guaranteed and customers who are satisfied.
Fragmented OCR lists candidates for state senate county offices and local positions across Cheyenne and nearby areas. Names appear inconsistent but include a mayoral race and county commissioner entries along with court and survey roles.
A survey of proposed reforms and political concepts including direct primary laws corporate publicity public transparency nonpartisan state institutions and labor and conservation measures. It lists aims such as eight hour day for public work ballot reforms and calls for better road building and government efficiency.
Platforms attack Democratic rule accusing double taxation and the convict leasing system. They condemn the Payne Aldrich tariff law and political bosses. They claim corporations fund campaigns and criticize state land and state engineer offices. They critique Wyoming Central matters and state authority actions in a Republican context.
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