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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
12
The article notes Mary Pickford in Cinderella and Maude Adams in Peter Pan drawing crowds, with Annie Russell in Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream delighting both children and adults. It highlights broad appeal of moving pictures and a wholesome, family friendly show.
Washington dispatch notes the Indian affairs report by Commissioner Cato Sells for the year ending June 30 1914 shows gains in assimilation literacy church attendance farming and health. Read write rates climb birth deaths fall tuberculosis share and child deaths drop 2391 to 1303 reflecting health campaigns.
King George decorates Captain Akbar, an Indian officer in the British army, for bravery in battle. The wounded officer, who had been hospitalized in London, leaves Buckingham Palace with one eye bandaged after receiving the honor. No favoritism in awards across allied forces is noted.
A note of thanks from a local paper thanks the Tribune for lending paper and letting its press be used after a delayed shipment. The aid prevented a missed edition and is praised as friendly community support.
The Country Gentleman recounts a schoolday anecdote about Theodore Roosevelt. In class he misrecited a poem with a pun on Greece and knee. The elderly professor urged him to try again, suggesting a clearer delivery for success.
A Lyric Theater audience enjoyed Mary Pickford in Cinderella last night. The reviewer praises Pickford as a clever actress and highlights her charming performance in the fairy tale role.
The article criticizes Mr. Barrow as an anticipator who twists facts to suit a political antagonist. It notes his pattern of criticizing Gov Osborne’s resignation and claims Osborne depicted more credibly, while Barrow would distort details to fit his stance.
The Denmark referendum on selling the Danish West Indies to the United States passes by about two to one with women voting for the first time. The United States Senate ratified the treaty last September and now Congress must appropriate 25 million dollars for transfer. The arrangement ends fifty years of negotiations and aims to protect West Indies and American coasts while expanding a strategic harbor.
Washington dispatch notes a long diary of European shifts as Lithuania and surrounding regions undergo historic realignments. It cites National Geographic War geography, detailing Poland’s final dismemberment in 1795 and the resulting Lithuanian territories now under various powers, with historical notes on Vilna and Gedymin shaping the region’s past.
A playful rendition of the classic poem with humorous typographical errors and misspellings. The speaker narrates St Nicholas arriving with a sack of toys, delivering cheer and misadventures as he fills stockings and departs into the night.
The Birmingham Age Herald notes Vice President Marshall quoted Shakespeare in a message to the president. The exchange frames him as an office holder with leisure for the classics and sets a view of his cultured tastes.
Amsterdam ironmongers in Holland continue to receive copper utensils exported from Germany. Dutch observers are astonished by the large quantity of copper still leaving Germany, despite ongoing conditions.
An old man asks a young butter-treat distributor if he is a philanthropist. The man replies he is not a philanthropist but a dentist, declaring his business is providing sweets with a medical twist.
Aunt Mandy delays revealing Visgy's new poet Homer Canine as a mystery in the Paris Mercury. Her letters praise quarterly quatrains, while humor turns on eggs and other whims. The column cites local quirks, wartime talk, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer note on a predicted end to the war.
The piece surveys prison literature across eras noting Socrates Galileo Luther Bunyan Raleigh and Paul and John writing or producing key works from confinement. It also cites a London Chronicle forecast about 1917 political events with Forsythe Hughes Wilson and Paris.
From Answers London a report explains that high velocity bullets arrive before the rifle’s report. At 400 yards a shooter may hear a first impact sound before the shot’s report, with bullets moving 2000 to 1000 feet per second while sound travels 1100 feet per second. at 1000 yards the gap widens to about a second or more.
The text depicts air driven back from a projectile striking the water and boat stern, causing a crash or a whining snarl unlike other sounds. It emphasizes the force and spectacle of impact and sound in motion.
In Poughkeepsie, Vassar students voted unanimously to petition the faculty to allow a men and women intercollegiate debate with Colgate. Colgate had challenged last year, but Vassar prepared for the triangular Vassar Wellesley Mount Holyoke event instead. Miss Katherine McAfee highlighted the chance to prove women’s intellect rivals men’s.
The article questions sash windows as irrational and dangerous, noting cords break and draughts flow between sashes. It argues Dutch origins and late 17th century adoption in England, contrasting with French windows praised for excluding draught and noise. It suggests modern houses move toward French designs and double windows as in northern Europe.
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