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A short verse fragment reflecting on self rule and peril as the speaker contemplates his life and choices including the dangers of strong drink and self direction.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1920
Page
11
A short verse fragment reflecting on self rule and peril as the speaker contemplates his life and choices including the dangers of strong drink and self direction.
Governor Coolidge speaks to the Massachusetts legislature on law and order. He warns against resisting laws in the name of freedom and urges prosecution of criminals and education of the ignorant as fundamental to freedom. He stresses obedience to laws as protection and asserts government as the Commonwealth’s expression.
The passage notes that Irish evictions seemed minor by comparison with New York City’s 1919 figures, where about 300,000 people faced eviction. It contrasts this with fewer than 18,000 evictions in Ireland the year before the Land League formed.
Lawmakers fret over the treasury shortfall from liquor taxes while already tripling the income tax to cover the gap. The move aims to balance state finances amid fiscal strains and ongoing revenue adjustments.
The piece argues foreigners in the US enjoy free speech but must not conspire to ignite industrial and political revolution. It supports Attorney General Palmer’s deportations and the arrest of 4,500 radicals as self protection, insisting the action targets armed anarchists, not peaceful reformers.
The piece discusses Chicago’s public hanging spectacle as an alleged psychology experiment, notes historical use and clerical defense, and argues modern humanitarian sentiment rejects public executions. It contrasts past conscience with current demand for secrecy and evolving attitudes toward capital punishment amid violent crime trends.
China forms a Heavenly Feet Association to combat the ancient practice of binding girls' feet. In America the similar burden of keeping shoes affordable without financial ruin is highlighted as a parallel concern.
Entries note Michigan's territorial government seat at Detroit 4805, pianist John Field dies in Moscow, Azel Knapp dies at New Windsor born 1759, Vassar College incorporation 1864, India offers 25000 prize for China grass fibre machinery, Stephen Bins nominated WV senator 1895, US Britain arbitration treaty 1897, US Senate liquor ad ban in dry areas 1917. One year ago Berlin uprising collapsed and WWI allied events.
Earl Curzon of Kedleston born in Kedleston England 61 years ago today Sir Charles W Macara born in Scotland 75 years ago today James H Hustis born in New York City 56 years ago today William Spry born in Berkshire England 56 years ago today Miss Alice Paul born in Moorestown New Jersey 35 years ago today
A tribute recalls Martha Lillian Pearson Rollman born February 6 1896 Sheldon Wyoming early Christian life baptism Cheyenne teaching career at Laramie County and marriage to Harry Francis Rollman August 20 1918 Their infant Dorothy Elizabeth Lillian died shortly after birth and Lillian Rollman passed January 8 at Firt Baptist Church Cheyenne Rev Bruce H Jackson officiated with a quartet and organist singing hymns Jesus Saviour Pilot Me Abide With Me and I Shall See Him.
In Green River Wyoming Bert Lacey 20 was shot and killed at the city and county hospital by caretaker John Williams who says he did not know the shotgun was loaded Williams his wife and John W Lacey father of the dead youth were arrested The elder Lacey was a hospital guest during a convivial evening when the tragedy occurred all were staying at the hospital overnight Williams claimed a joke led to the gun misfire and investigators weigh if Lacey was intoxicated or in a bad mood earlier in the evening
Friends and neighbors honored the deceased with numerous floral offerings as the body was laid to rest in Lakeview cemetery, reflecting the esteem in which she was held.
State officials endorse Law and Order Sunday January eighteenth as the eighteenth amendment goes into effect the Wyoming Anti-Saloon League backs the plan and Daniel C. Hoper heads the federal enforcement push for the prohibition amendment across the state and nation.
A Casper telegram reports the four inch pipeline from Lost Soldier field to Fort Steele will be removed and replaced with a ten inch line due to clogging in low winter temperatures. A parallel ten inch branch will be laid by Illinois Pipe Line to Ferris field in early spring.
A physician warns tobacco hardens arteries and raises blood pressure with age, urging readers to quit or cut down. He recommends Nicotol tablets as an easy aid, noting a steel-bound money back guarantee and urging readers to ask their druggist for more information.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a quick corn remedy. Apply a couple of drops to the corn, relieve pain immediately, and in time the corn may fall away with no soreness. One quick quarter ounce bottle costs only a few cents.
Old fashioned remedies use yellow mustard plaster for soreness and swelling though it can blister. Begg's Mustarine offers a heat based treatment that relieves throat and chest pain quickly without blistering, sold by druggists for 30 and 60 cents.
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