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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
12
Prudence Standish argues Christmas joy lies beyond lavish gifts and pagan customs. The piece urges remembering the spiritual meaning of Christmastide and emphasizes heartfelt giving to family, servants, and friends, with gifts reflecting love over status or fashion.
The London Scottish, a famed British volunteer regiment, earned praise for bold charges against German forces in France. Described as well above average in resolve, many volunteers sought enlistment to join the unit, with London pride rising from its hard fighting and strong recruitment.
A Hague dispatch describes Franco German troops along the Yser front near Nieuport and Belfort sharing light war games. Soldiers shoot at spade targets and chase hares amid lull periods, with civilians and officers noting friendly exchanges and a local hare prize ceremony.
Fragmentary report notes enginemen in Tucumcensi New Mexico facing long hours and tough conditions aboard the Teс. 11. crew. The piece mentions a struggle at a plant over wages and cost boosts, with workers resisting pressures and continuing to toil away from home.
An 1914 agreement between promoter Jack Curley and Jack Johnson outlines plans for a Willard Johnson world title bout. The match could occur late March, with 20 to 45 rounds, at an undetermined location possibly Mexico or Cuba. Payment terms include 30 600 dollars to Johnson and a share of moving picture profits.
Prepare for Christmas by stocking up on citron lemon orange peels currants horisen er and holiday necessities. The note urges well stocked supplies for the busy Christmas week with a focus on edible ingredients for fruit cakes and holiday eats.
The fragment reads as garbled OCR with stray words and names. no coherent event or person notified. Attempted context yields no clear subject, action, or date to summarize into a news item.
Secretary Daniels told the house naval committee that the Atlantic fleet could reach the Pacific in 18 days if war occurred and confront any craft challenging the gauntlet of American submarines near Manila and Honolulu. He spoke at length while Weeks urged restraint on publicity of military strength.
Readable fragments indicate IAVEST telephone wires in Cheyenne connect to the Lender Want Ad Department. The note preserves the basic linkage without extra context or sensational detail.
Washington dispatch reports Governor Ayres refuses to assume responsibility for troop withdrawal. The president decided to defer the move to allow new arbitration to ease labor disputes. Seth Low and Patrick Gilday, among others, were welcomed at the White House as the Mine Workers union arranged transport for former strikers to other fields amid Colorado employer refusals to reemploy.
Fragmentary dispatches describe wartime chatter and troop movements. A soldier asks his wife to remember Margarets while mentioning ongoing shelling and smoke signals. Petrogad reports note Germans and Austrians aged 20 to 30 are conscripted. Paris reports an officer reorganizes German prisoners into train cars by class and displays a brittle, haughty attitude.
Katherine Spaleta was acquitted of shooting and killing her husband on a city street last summer after being attacked by her escort. The Globe report notes the acquittal came late last night amid a high profile trial in Aris.
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