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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1910
Page
6
A crowds watches as a Fox Terrier chases a ticket agent along elevated Bronx Park line tracks from Freeman to Simpson streets. The dog is crushed by a passing train, breaking its legs, and a bystander woman faints. The agent narrowly avoids injury.
In Brooklyn Edna Walter, twelve, dressed in a blue bow and yellow endorsement slips, asked twelve men in the Normandie lobby, "Which of you will vote for women?" Twelve men pledged support in writing, one man balked, as Edna moved to the suffrage headquarters nearby.
A Roedel store in Cheyenne promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic as a blood making and strength building remedy for the elderly, children, and convalescents. The ad promises a full refund if it fails to build health, asserting low risk for customers.
Two robberies occurred after nightfall and before daylight yesterday in the city business section. The Astles saloon at Sixteenth and Thames and the Telephone building booth at Seventeenth Street and Capitol Avenue were entered through a shoe repair shop, with a small tool forcing open boxes. A few dollars were taken from the telephone money box, stamps were stolen, and the phone was torn from its fittings.
Havana reports a hurricane destroyed the marble shaft of the Alameda de Paula fountain. The shaft, carved with a massive Castilian lion, stood over eighty years before the storm shattered it and scattered marble fragments across the square.
The state machine press deflects attention from a water rights grab tied to Joy Morton and the Wyoming Central Irrigation Co. Figures from State Engineer Johnston show reclamation cost at 3.47 per acre and a claimed profit near 20 million dollars, with more to follow when land purchases occur next August. The piece labels the scheme a political plunder machine.
From the Laramie Boomerang the piece extols Wyoming’s vast resources including coal iron oil asbestos and water power while condemning political machine rule. It urges Judge Carey as a leader to guide industrial development and reform toward prosperity and population growth.
An editorial denounces the Wyoming Republican machine for lavish spending and press purchases. It cites newspaper defections from the Machine, questions paid space in Denver papers, and predicts the collapse of the machine as voters turn to the Sheridan convention nominee. It mocks machine denials and laments its decline.
A home remedy claims to stop coughs quickly with a pint of Pinex and sugar syrup. Mix sugar and warm water, add Pinex, shake, and take a teaspoon every one to three hours. Touted as a cure for hoarseness bronchitis asthma and chest illnesses with a money back guarantee. Pinex marketed as a Norwegian pine extract popular in US and Canada.
A local social event titled Ladies Pree takes place at Eagle Mall tonight offering tickets for 50 cents. The brief notice promotes a community gathering with music and dancing, inviting residents to attend the evening affair.
Martin Littleton Democratic candidate for Congress attacked Colonel Roosevelt and New Nationalism in New York. He accused Roosevelt of disrespect for the republic and criticized his views on past presidents. Littleton argued Roosevelt would alter governments, transform societies, and reshape religion and civilization.
Chicago judge cites only two hangings in four years in the city and urges sterner punishment for a wife murderer. The court notes 663 homicides with 132 convictions and 223 dispositions without conviction, arguing lax punishment fuels crime while condemning the idea that severity deters.
Organized labor group in Cheyenne hosts a Thursday evening October 27 dance at Keefe Hall. Buchanan’s full orchestra provides music. Tickets cost 1.00 dollars with ladies admitted free.
Voters in the city and Laramie county are urged to register for the November 8 election. About fifteen hundred to two thousand residents have not yet registered. Registration books are located at Dinneen's garage in the First ward, the Industrial club in the Second ward, and the Court House annex in the Third ward.
A large mail pouch on an Iowa Central train bound for Chicago was stolen from a truck at Marshalltown Union Station Friday night. The sack and remnants were found Saturday under a Plaza Hotel porch near the station. Letters were rifled, with suspected loss of cash and negotiable paper including bank notes.
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