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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
4
A national drive for comprehensive land settlement aims to aid settlers with information, opportunities, and homes. Delegates from the United States and Canada call for federal and state cooperation, surveys, ready-made farms, town services, and laborer housing to boost rural balance and reduce farm tenancy.
The Washington Star notes Christmas presents arriving at the White House with an express wagon delivering a doll carriage for a grandchild. It reports frequent shipments of fruits, turkeys, and coffee foods from admirers as Christmas nears and mentions Mr Wilson shopping and Mrs Wilson urging early shopping.
The editor praises Cheyenne fire crews and citizen help after Sunday night blazes at Inter Ocean and Union Pacific properties. It urges better fire escapes in two story plus buildings, stronger safety laws, and stronger public action to prevent a future tragedy for the city.
The Wyoming public service commission urges safer holiday lighting with electric lights for Christmas trees. It notes yearly fires from candle illumination cause property damage and loss of life, and recommends spending on electric lighting as a small price to prevent tragedy.
The London bishop told a Finsbury park crowd the war would strengthen manhood and renew church life. He praised front-line sacrifice and home-front service, urged a moral equivalent of war, and predicted postwar changes in prayer worship and Sunday communion. He emphasized placing God first to transform London's future.
A clipped New York Times note recalls actors rumored to be 110 and 108 at a funeral in New York City. It cites Kit Clark and Marty Smarte as rarely heard of centenarians, mentions Shakespeare era performer Charles Macklin, and recounts debates over stage ages in historical accounts and theatrical encyclopedias.
In the New York Evening Sun report, Ambassador Frederik W. Gerard sails home from Germany aboard the Scandinavian America liner and faces renewed Tammany pressure for a 1917 New York mayoral bid. Backers tout his 1914 statewide margins and argue federal stance could back his candidacy if Europe allows.
Francia Thompson argues that Shelley's The Cloud embodies revolutionary metaphysics through a child’s make believe. The poem reveals how play becomes adult insight, with the universe as a toy box and the child’s wonder guiding poetic imagination.
The Majestic hotel launches a drinkless cigarette leaf dansant called the Oriole room for prohibitionists and youths not yet in society. Patrons enjoy unamoked air and iced orange juice as Copeland Townsend envisions parents allowing youthful dancing in a well regulated hotel.
The quote shows a defendant asking leniency from the judge with a request to finish a sentence within twelve months so he can see the world series next year. It reflects a courtroom exchange emphasizing timing and personal interest in an impending sports event.
An old advertisement promises a cure for a cold in one day under the name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with signature by E. W. GROVE. It urges readers to seek the genuine product and hints at broad availability and quick relief.
Washington dispatch outlines Romania as a long-time pawn in European power struggles. The National Geographic prepared piece traces Romania through alliances, betrayals, and shifts from 1774 suzerainty to 1877 Berlin outcomes, noting independence won but lands contested and political ingratitude cited.
The note from Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg intimates terms for peace. Germany would restore Belgium and northern France while Austria would cede part of Serbia and likely all of Romania. The allies would relinquish a small German section near Switzerland, plus Italian holdings in Austria, and German colonies taken by Britain.
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