Modest wage rise urged for Cheyenne fire and police
City workers seek a $10 per month raise for each fireman and policeman citing their dangerous work and service. Current pay averages $50 monthly for officers and $160 monthly for department elites, with Cheyenne valued at over eleven million for tax purposes. Citizens urged to contact the mayor or State Leader to support the request.
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We Must Have Peace Gen Scott Urges Strong Army
General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, argues the United States may need an army of at least three million for self defense against international attack. He favors sanity and pacific diplomacy, warning against repeating European arms races or abandoning past principles.
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War and peace duty in a world of total national mobilization
The author argues civilization faces destruction if force remains the dominant tool. He decries universal service, noting men and women are mobilized for war efforts across Europe. He urges the United States to prepare for universal military service and a peace-driven policy to prevent a future war with England and Japan, highlighting the dire consequences of inaction.
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Dark Outlook for the Republican Party in Coming Era
The column argues the GOP remains leaderless and divided after the Chicago conventions. It cites Walter Lippmann on uniting Johnson and Roosevelt factions and warns four paths: old guard, Rooseveltism, Johnson-La Follette, or Wilsonist pragmatism, with no clear route to victory.
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John Burroughs on Simple Life and Happiness
An interview at Riverby with John Burroughs aged 79 explores the benefits of outdoor living, light exercise, and hard work. He urges a simple life, warns against material excess, criticizes city life, and favors a low key amusement while noting apples as a tonic.
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Old moralists mock frivolous fashions and vanity
The passage surveys ancient and medieval critics who denounced trivial luxuries like cosmetics, dyed hair, or gold rings as moral outrages. It contrasts Juvenal and Seneca with later church fathers who fought false hair, tooth powder, and related customs, noting how leaders focus on appearances while broader social issues loom. A modern congress’ concern over motto removal and child labor prohibition follows this pattern.
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As To Jack Clark A Post Election Question
The Carbon County Journal notes a GOP postmortem on Congress winner Jack Clark. It argues Clark rose from a landslide vote tied to towns where he spoke, while Mondell supporters question the narrow margin and remote-area campaigning impact.
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Carbon County Journal
Tit Journal
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Mondell
Pamphlet Aims to Curb Unnecessary Law Suits
Two men, one from the local bar and the other the chamber of commerce, collaborate on a pamphlet to prevent unnecessary going to law. It urges strict accounting, separate estate funds, legal investments, insured property, and timely tax payment while criticizing legal language and court delays.
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What Wyoming Needs Ute Advertising Relating to Homesteads
The Laramie Republican reports the Laramie Commercial Club could back Ute advertising tied to the 640 acre homestead law. The note notes many good sections remain to be exploited and explored.
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Man Ordered to Pay Wife $170000 for Courting
Court action reveals a claim against a man described as the third cousin of the plaintiff. The suit seeks $170000 for courting and related damages. Miss Richards, aged forty, also sues for $500000 in a separate filing.
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Henry Deniston
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Nettie M. Richards
Presidential election returns show Wilson ahead in 1916 race
Official results list Woodrow Wilson with 9,116,296 votes and Charles Hughes with 8,547,174, a 568,822 margin. The article notes historical totals from 1912 and discusses third-party candidates, population, and the impact of women's suffrage on the vote, plus remarks on land policy in Wyoming and speculative land absorption in 1917.
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Roosevelt
Benson
Debs
Hanly
Prohibition
Chafin
Controversy Over Selling National Gallery Turner Pictures
The British House of Lords faces a bill allowing trustees to sell art bequeathed to the nation to fund new acquisitions. Turners, long a core of the National Gallery, would be affected, with painters and donors opposing as risky to trust and to private donors. Supporters argue by the turner surplus funds enable better purchases. Critics warn it could erode faith and threaten Dutch collections and the gallery’s purpose.
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Associated Press
Art World of
America
House of Jords
National Gallery
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England
J. M. W. Turner
Lord D'Abernon
Turner
Lord D’abernon
Gallery
Telegraph
Lord D.abernon
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