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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
The Cheyenne State Leader, an early Wyoming publication, notes its establishment in 1867 and announces a one year tenure. The item highlights the newspaper's founding date and the renewal or subscription detail.
The New York State Industrial Commission finds the so called labor shortage largely imaginary and due to misallocation rather than actual scarcity. War industries in the south and farms upstate need workers, but overall enough labor exists if materials and demand are better distributed and regulated. A shift from laissez faire is urged to prevent future shortages after the war.
War effort praised railroads under Daniel Willard and leaders like Morrison and Tryde for centralized planning and close government cooperation. Emphasizes national defense advisory roles and the mailwave pooling to boost efficiency. Describes substantial early results and calls the effort patriotic and practical.
A wartime editorial urges faster cooperation from shippers to move freight cars promptly. It warns against hoarding cars and stresses public duty, efficiency, and possible legislation to prevent congestion and shortages of food and fuel while aiding America’s war effort against Germany.
A wartime satirical piece questions the growing tax base, contrasting planned public spending with past deficits. It notes massive war costs, potential postwar taxation, and calls for decisive national investment in public works and social programs, while referencing international financiers seeking an early end to war to curb socialism.
The National War Work Council of the Y M C A plans a coast wide program to engage enlisted men in athletics at training camps. Director R y Grilley aims to teach all men basic sports knowledge to overcome hesitation and foster sport for sport's sake with army cooperation. He will implement at Camp Kearney Camp Fremont and Camp Lewis to benefit tens of thousands of soldiers.
Leaders outline a system where recruits compete within their own class rather than overpower stars. Stars will play in separate leagues, with shared sport duties, while drills emphasize health, strength, and learning stunts. Volunteers praise plans as camps gather thousands.
Rev and Mrs John Giffen of Cairo Egypt recently visited their daughter Mrs F W Phifer in Wheatland. Giffen, a United Presbyterians missionary, has spent 43 years in Meypt directing a boys school with 300 students. They crossed war zones by sea and air, survived submarine threats, witnessed wrecks, and reached America safely before planning a Pacific Asia return route.
August is peak for tussock moths and similar tree pests. Boy scouts and park departments fight them city by city, burning egg masses and cocoons, pruning in August, and transplanting evergreens after August 16. The American Forestry Association promotes tree care and offers free manuals in exchange for a two cent stamp.
Canada plans a larger than ever food harvest this year driven by land under crop by Canadians and American buyers. The land department of the Canadian Pacific Railway says production will feed one million people for a year and yield four million extra bushels of wheat plus two hundred million loaves of bread.
Chicago social leader Mrs. Eleanor Everest Freer has written a war song titled For the Freedom of All Nations. Critics praise it as among the era’s best, with nearly a hundred concert artists adding it to repertoires and it likely to appear in patriotic programs across America. The words recount aiding France and opposing oppression, referencing the Lusitania tragedy and Belgium. Freer, wife of Archibald Freer, is noted for war relief work and charitable contributions, with the song premiered at a Coliseum rally for the Forty-eighth Highlanders, sung by John Baxter to a 10,600-strong audience.
Chicago publisher Will Rossiter announces a large edition from the song now to be donated to the Chicago branch of the National Surgical Dressings committee. It will be sold nationwide and the entire gross receipts will go to the fund intact.
A prominent leader uses classified ads to broadcast a major article across the state. The campaign reaches readers in multiple regions, highlighting the issue and urging public attention and discussion.
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