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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
2
The article notes revues attract mostly men with casual manners and smoking allowed. It highlights American influence in English revues including dance and song, fast action and novelty costumes. It mentions a copyright case over titles like Splash Me and Some Splash Some Glee.
The French army maintains two solid meals daily with bread and coffee served in canvas buckets. Ragout and pot-au-feu are staple dinners with varying vegetables and potatoes, while cooks sometimes offer special dishes like brains or hearts. The cook is valued as a key figure for delivering dainties to troops near the battle line.
A wartime field account details rations including meat and bread served to soldiers, noting a pork or beef supply with occasional steak or chop options. It mentions French bread baked in loaves and served with careful trimming, wine allowances, and soldiers' ability to provide salads or fruit as luxuries.
From Heliog Der Tages, Overseas News Agency reports Germany questions why Allied powers, after defeats in the Balkans and military reverses, have not begun peace talks. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg may address the Reichstag. Germany’s potential proposals would be read as signs of success and war-weariness by others.
London reports a trio of scientists connected to Nobel prizes and crystal research. Prof W. N. Bragg and his son W. H. Bragg earned medals for work on crystal formation, while M. J. Moseley, linked to these studies, was killed at Gallipoli. Prof Love is described as planning a soldier’s role.
Petrograd reports First Siberian corps near the Sastehn front living in winter quarters described as near bomb proof. Soldiers build log cabins, enjoy steam baths, and receive frequent supplies while a constant artillery ballet continues from trenches and batteries nearby.
London reports a shift from traditional stage to revues as war changes tastes. Top theaters pivot to light musical entertainments while chorus girls face removal due to conscription prejudice. Revue variety spreads to suburbs, with performers adapting to shorter, brighter staging.
Rome reports a shortage of needles, toilet supplies, drugs, and aspirin as Germany previously supplied Italy. Transportation for troops diverts ships and fuels a looming sugar famine. Living costs have quadrupled with further rises expected as coal and other essentials grow scarce.
Weld and Logan county officials discuss building a Sterling to Cheyenne state highway passing Willard Stoneham New Haymer Keota Briggsdale Grover and Hereford with a Wyoming connection at the state line. Convict labor may be used and cooperation with Logan county and state highway commission is sought for a potential route to Cheyenne and onward to Deadwood Denver Yellowstone Lincoln highways.
After nine months away from his Indian dominions the Maharajah of Kapurthala Jagatjit Singh Bahadur returns to Punjab to celebrate the silver jubilee of his accession. He says he sees no danger of rebellion in India though German attempts to sow disloyalty persist in Kapurthala and nearby areas.
The town hears optimistic talk from Secretary Houx about a Greybull valley railroad within three years driven by rich gas deposits near Meeteetse. Proponents cite a planned smelter and natural gas finds as catalysts, while skeptics recall a prior railroad attempt on Stinking Water valley.
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