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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
12
The article emphasizes transportation facilities and shipments as essential to winning the war. It calls for broad and decisive actions in both private and public life to hasten victory over Prussianism, and notes public resolve to pursue extraordinary measures. It mentions William Hoss receiving a one year sentence for addition, and ends with the phrase It Aun.
A Saturday Evening Post essay by Samuel G Blythe translated the war into American terms, detailing German atrocities in Europe and localizing them to Kansas Nebraska and New York areas. The piece urges unity and sacrifice, warning that failure would bring subjugation and suffering to American women and children. It ends with a stark note about a woman who shot her husband for tearing up her liberty bond.
A narrative reveals Mollie and her husband Chad confronting their blind child’s fate. Mollie plans a home, school, and hospital to aid other blind infants, while Chad wrestles with guilt and isolation. The piece hints at a continuing story.
The United States mobilizes railroads under federal direction with the president and secretary of the treasury in charge. Rail systems retain management and employees while profits are guaranteed, marking a shift toward industrial democracy to support war effort and unify national interests.
A fragmented excerpt discusses German aims against France, including the need to crush France to free international policy, and references to historic works by Kellogg and Bernhard. It notes threats of war, costly future reparations, and grim prophecies about French resistance and divine intervention.
The text compiles wartime German projections on defeating France including demands for punitive indemnities and territorial gains. It cites speeches and petitions by professors and industrialists urging seizure of mines and fortresses, annexations, and economic dominance to secure the empire against France and Britain.
Girl carpenters of England building huts in France received Christmas leave to visit their families in London.
Casper Wyoming December 28 police seek a bold burglar who broke into four sleeping rooms at the Luit Decker Tool company building while the workers slept. He ransacked dressers and fled with 75 dollars in cash and a 1 1 2 carat Elgin watch. A clue points to his identity and warrants have gone to nearby towns for his capture. This is among Casper’s boldest burglaries in months.
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