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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
12
An editorial voice laments that the flag symbolizes honor and rights that seem to be fading. The piece, attributed to Woodrow Wilson, urges reflection on national values and the responsibilities tied to liberty and patriotism.
Secretary of the Interior Hy Franklin K. Lane argues the American spirit thrives in westward expansion and self reliance rather than in war. He cites Alaska rail, Montana homesteads, and wage figures to illustrate a nation built by workers choosing opportunity, duty, and peaceful progress over conflict.
A speech lauds Judah, a Connecticut engineer, and Herbert Hoover for shaping American progress. It credits Judah with surveying routes and rallying congress for a Pacific railroad project, then highlights Hoover as a global aid organizer whose efforts funded Belgian relief. The speaker vows to stand by Belgium and the flag in Brussels.
Mrs Olympia Brown, a delegate to the National Council of Women convention, clarifies in a column that the council did not form an alliance with the National Suffrage Association against the Congressional Union. The Cheyenne report misstates the issue. delegates favored non political suffrage work and opposed political methods used by the Congressional Union.
The piece notes Penrose may finish Hughes campaign, with possible help from Bartes Cannon Smoot Jonlge. It reflects on history’s fools becoming heroes and comments on Casement as foolish but influential in shaping historic ideals.
A Cossack squadron rode 180 miles through rugged terrain to connect Russian forces near Kertanshah with British troops on the Tigris. They traveled in harsh conditions, rationed on local supplies, suffered some horse loss but no sickness, and were welcomed at All Charles by British troops. Two officers later met Sir Percy Lake in Basrah where they received the British Military Cross.
Olympia Brown thanks Cheyenne readers for hospitality shown to the National Council of Women Voters during the 1916 annual meeting. She clarifies there was no alliance against the Congressional Union and asserts the council’s nonpartisan, educational mission and peaceful methods, requesting publication of the clarification.
A clipped column recalls John Raymond, a Confederate who fled to Mexico after the war and refuses U S recon struction. At 79 he remains a rebel, aided by a San Luis Potost consul while the State Department weighs options to help him. The piece notes a class of veterans who could not accept postwar changes and kept old flags and uniforms as relics.
A candid reflection on wealth and obscurity, suggesting a great writer could craft a tale from unusual episodes. The text hints at John Raymond seeking mental clarity and an end to bitterness, possibly needing asylum as a country contemplates a southern candidate for president.
A fragment discusses a small volume titled Napoleon in His Words with paradoxical maxims and notes how some failings like not holding reserves defeat generals. It shifts to graphology and signatures, quoting B Lucas and opinions on legible handwriting to prevent forgery, including a bank cashier’s view on protected checks.
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