Wyoming highway commission should be small and technically led
The Leramte Republican argues the state highway commission should be a compact body of three to six members from across the state, with the state engineer as a member and an actively trained civil engineer as secretary or commissioner. It emphasizes technical leadership for optimal results and notes Wyoming residents are considering the issue as they prepare for legislation.
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State Highway Commission
Wyoming
Highway Commission
Plains
Eastern Oil Prices Spark Calls for Wyoming Output Boost
The piece argues Wyoming oil producers should coordinate to raise market price toward eastern rates. It notes Pennsylvania barrels recently hit a historic high at 2.75 dollars after a 15 cent rise, while Wyoming remains underpriced due to market control by one or two firms.
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Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Enforcement of Peace in America and Europe
Salt Lake Herald discusses the League to Enforce Peace and other groups aiming to prevent war. It argues America’s ambivalence toward warlike ideas limits peace efforts while European great powers show persistent military temperaments.
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Europe
America
League To
War as a Factor in National Strength and Neutrality
The author argues war readiness ensures national strength as nations drill and prepare while others debate treaties. The United States should avoid joining European war leagues yet use potent weapons and moral backing within neutral limits to deter war and pressure peace breakers.
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United States
Advantages of a Republic in Modern World History
The article argues that republican government offers major benefits as seen in recent events. Premier Asquith resigned in England and a new ministry forms, the Russian duma leader quit after insult, and Austria shows unease over succession to Francis Joseph. It asserts that voter selection of leaders yields significant advantages.
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United States
Asquith
England
Ruslan Duma
Austria
Francis Joseph
War Toll Report by Copenhagen Association
A Copenhagen based association reports Entente losses at 15,000,000 with breakdowns for Great Britain France Russia Italy Serbia Belgium Romania and note on German and other forces. The figure implies enormous casualties far beyond Wyoming’s population and continues to rise.
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Association For Research Into
Copenhagen
Entente
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Serbia
Belgium
Romania
Wyoming
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
The piece argues for shoppers to buy early to ease the Christmas rush in stores, post offices, express firms, mall carriers, and distribution centers. It urges customers to mark gifts with Do not open until Christmas and to ship early for faster service and better treatment of workers.
Indian Princess Harriet Herrington Dies at 102 in Wisconsin
Harriet Steward Herrington aged 102 died recently in Baricine Wisconsin. A Civil War nurse empowered by General Grant she aided soldiers by selling household effects for relief. Granddaughter of Gray Eagle Cherokee chief she saved two soldiers with blood transfusion and married into a Scottish lineage. Born in 1814 she lived in Ohio and Chicago before settling in Wisconsin where her memoirs once circulated.
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Harriet Steward Herrington
Bar Cine
Wis
Harrington
Grant
Herrington
Gray Eagle
Argyle
Vermott
Ohio
Steward
White Cloud
Ay Todian
Harriet
Qeen
Troops Massed on Border as Villa Advances
Reported buildup along the U S Mexican border near Drowneville Texas with about twenty three thousand troops mobilized at nine railroad centers. Brigadier General Bell Jr leads fifty five thousand soldiers along the border as Villa reportedly presses toward Caurranse and Chihuena territory.
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Villa
Chihuena
Lvares
Bell, Jr
U S Must Continue Navy Build Up Says Sec Daniels
Secretary Daniels declares the United States must keep enlarging naval power until arms agreements are universal. He urges immediate funding to begin forty two new ships and outlines a 1921 fleet plan with 27 dreadnoughts 6 battle cruisers 25 battleships 13 scout cruisers 108 destroyers 12 submarines 130 coast defense subs.
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Sec
Daniels
U.S
Navy
Washiington
United States
Daniela
Gill
Department
General Board
Daniel
Congress
Admiral Benson
Admiral Bensga
Navy Aeronautics Lagging In 1918 Plans And Battleship Emphasis
The board notes slow progress in naval aviation with only seventeen planes in active service and sixty more on order, plus imports from France and Britain. It urges reorganizing the flying service under a chief of operations. It also reaffirms the battleship as the backbone of sea power and calls for larger, more powerful gun batteries on new ships, favoring 12 16 inch 50 caliber guns per ship. Secretary Daniels reports a 26,000 man enlistment bill with only 4,524 recruited, urging aggressive recruitment and educational incentives to attract men to government service.
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Flying Service
Admiral Tenson
Ang
Enavy
Navy
General Board
Daniels
Congress
Sympathetic bligenia nature questioned in Washington Star
In a Washington Star excerpt, the line about Bligenia sketches a sympathetic nature. The speaker notes that Bligenia feels for others because few share his level of knowledge.
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The
Washington Star
Bligenia
Writers and critics discuss life and writing in history
The essay reviews Jack London O Henry and Sterne, noting how life experience shapes writing and the lure of publication. It contrasts self made writers with those who pursue writing as a calling, and mentions Twain, Sterne, and Henry as exemplars while highlighting public property bills in Congress and the push to curb private encroachment.
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Jack London
O. Henry
Clert
Jack Loudon
Henry Dneline
Lawrence Sterne
Europe
Horace Walpole
Sterner
Mark Twain
Sterne
Clemons
Henry
Jack Losdon
Shields
Myers
Phelan
Congress
House
Congress Faces Fight Over Water Rights Lands
The Boston Advertiser notes lawmakers press the Shields bill to protect public land and water rights from private control. Opponents celebrate halting early enactment that could surrender 40 million horsepower potential, as House and Senate committees clash with a possible compromise looming.
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Boston Advertiser
Congress
Lemst
House
Gemalte
Mos
Edd
Sign Down Promptly Noted At Downtown Saloon
Rev W H Brightmire alerted a Byrneville saloon keeper that his sign had fallen. The proprietor replied and later found a drunken man lying across the curb outside the saloon. Montreal editor Maj John S Lewis killed on the Somme during a fierce assault.
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Indianapolis News
W. H. Brightmire
Byrneville
Ind
Montreal
Brditor
Springfield Republican
John 8. Lewis
Montreal Star
Somme
Ancre
London
Lewis
Beckune
Jack” Tewis
University of Chicago
Chicago
Election of Caits in Florida Shocks Regular Dems
Boston Herald reports that Caits won in Florida by overturning the regular Democratic Hicket, suggesting a surprising shift in local political alignment. The outcome indicates a factional victory within the party and potential implications for statewide contests.
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The
Boston Herald
Caits
Florida
Undefined Prom Date Promises Kaiser Aid
Fragmentary text mentioning a German Kaiser and a Monerian attempt appears. No coherent event or identifiable entities to confirm a complete news item.
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Boston
Kaiser Ie
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