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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
12
The piece argues the flag represents honor and the right to political liberty and self government. It warns that any claim otherwise erodes American traditions and foreshadows a loss of freedom.
The piece argues that charges of a spoils system under the Wilson administration are partisan and unfounded. It notes eight commerce department posts controlled by commissioners, many appointed by the president, and cites disputed geodetic service appointees. It questions Thighes and Durand letters while defending the diplomatic corps trained before Wilson.
The piece accuses Henry Lane Wilson of dollar diplomacy and said he knew of the Huerta plot against Madero while serving as ambassador to Mexico. It argues he acted for monetary interests and criticizes Wilson’s policy and Hughes’ defense of it, defending Wilson’s ouster of the traditional approach.
The World argues that Wilson's record shows decisive achievements in national defense and progressive reform while criticising Hughes for weak, unfocused campaign rhetoric. It asserts Wilson kept the nation at peace through diplomacy and laments Hughes lacking substantive policy proposals.
A Boston Journal republican critique says women rallying for a campaign against Wilson in a foreign year will not help the country or suffrage. It warns Republicans that Hughes may gain little from such moves and mocks the idea of a hysterical female turnout.
Mary Pickford discusses her work in film and theater during a visit to her new motion picture studio on West Fifty second Street. She recalls an improvised dance, jokes about becoming a company vice president, and notes the public fascination of children outside the studio while contrasting studio life with stage work.
A Mount Gretna guardsman faces a impossible choice between joining a Mexican border deployment and staying to support his aged mother. His captain urges him to protect the mother first, arguing the country can supply soldiers. The piece lauds the captain and the man for choosing family duty over service when no external threat dictates otherwise.
Real estate experts say land just outside Philadelphia has gained more in twenty years than city land. A. J. Drexel paid about £4 500 an acre for 170 acres at Overbrook in the early 1890s. now it nears $25 000 an acre. Across the central business district values also surged, while other areas lagged. An ancestor’s 700 dollar anthracite lands were sold for about 226 000 after a century.
National Humane Review reports a new relief program by the American Humane association with War Department approval. The American Red Star Animal Relief will aid wounded horses with field hospitals veterinary supplies ambulances forage and trained horsemen and surgeons. It aligns with the International Red Star concept and parallels Red Cross efforts.
A historical note states that English forces rely on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to support their armies, while the majority of French and Italian forces conduct activities within their own borders.
From the Windsor Magazine, Mrs Browne notes remarks by a sailor that ships must weigh anchor each time they sail. She suggests in these times the crews should skip rituals and maintain regular operations without extra ceremony.
English actor Cyril Maude who recently returned from England spoke at a wedding breakfast in Boston. He offered humorous proverbs from Afghanistan Senegal Persia and China about wives and marriage and noted a yen is about a tenth of a cent.
The line asserts that the only good woman in the world is the wife each husband believes is hers. It presents a comforting, ifold-fashioned, view of marital fidelity and male devotion framed as a wise saying from Don Quixote.
Harold T. Webster of Tomahawk Wisconsin longtime bachelor tied the knot with Miss El Weerts of Toledo Ohio in a Wednesday ceremony at the Little Church Around the Corner. The couple had known each other exactly two weeks after she came to New York to study folk dancing.
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