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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
13
Cheyenne hosts visitors from Denver, Casper, Wheatland, and Chicago as the city lists dozens of callers at the Plains and state house. Notables include J. G. Bunn, Clifton Wisler, A. Bowman, and P. H. White, with a marriage solemnized by Rev. J. J. Shingler and land sales totaling thousands.
Albuquerque reports that the prohibition national campaigners arrived in New Mexico for a campaign stop. They held speeches at Placita and Winslow surrounding the wet versus dry issue.
Senator La Follette defends the eight hour day for railroad workers, arguing workers urged it on railroads not Congress and that Congress acted in the public interest to prevent a nationwide strike. He says railroads blocked the plan, trainmen faced a work stoppage, and the president sought a compromise, with Wisconsin representatives voting for the bill.
New York Sept 46 A commission recommends removing the word dame from the Episcopal prayer book and replacing it with condemn in the port to be submitted to the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at St Louis next month.
Within a month Willard plans to terminate his circus contract and face heavyweight challengers Fulton Weinerl Morrin and Jack Dillon, possibly agreeing to one or two winter bouts to keep his name in the public eye. He dislikes fighting but will be compelled to meet challengers to stay in the spotlight.
The president articulated a new era stance stressing contempt for partisan action yet belief in party action. He urged government-business cooperation to compete globally and promoted friendship in Latin America. He called for a banking and shipping reform and a tariff commission with fact driven members.
The article excerpts a discussion from a Reclamation Service report stressing direct benefits to Wyoming and clarifying goals under the new cooperative order. It notes sizable water-use rights in seven Colorado River watershed states and outlines the evolving framework guiding interstate water use.
A Cheyenne notice states the State Leader offices will issue one complete set pew ten point and one complete set now six point with correspondingly one letter_matrix, addressed to Buat- Bess Manager.
Announcement notes that taxi services formerly at Gands' Drug Store have moved to Harry Wilson's Cigar Store and provides the phone 704W for contact.
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