Proposed Reforms for State and Local Government
The outline calls for four year terms for state and county offices or recall provisions, appointive clerical positions, county level modernizations, city managers, public utility receivers named by commissions, anti tax dodging measures, limits on extortionate court fees, rural schools as community centers, free text books, a state highway commission, road gleaners work log, governor power to suspend officials, prohibitions on violations, flood prevention steps, compulsory mothers pension, a state detention home for women delinquents, abating loan sharks, three fourths civil jury verdicts, and downsizing legislative staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Problems of School Support in Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming School Code Committee discusses funding methods for public schools, noting three main sources: general county taxes, district special taxes, and the state land fund, with forest reserve fees adding little. It argues for a broad simple framework, cites uneven district sizes and teacher counts, reviews past legislation, and proposes limited amendments and data betterment rather than a new tax system.
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Firet
State Land Fund
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Rock Springs
Laramie
Casper
Evanston
Rawlins
Laramie County
Alstania
Future Industry to be Based on Oil
The article argues fuel oil will surpass coal as a power source in ships, factories, and industry. It notes refining increases efficiency, lowers costs, and reduces boiler manpower, with examples of plants switching from coal to oil burning and the need for improved distribution and supply stability. It cites Mesico and Texas as key oil sources and forecasts broad adoption pending infrastructure improvements. The discussion links to broader industrial and naval modernization and questions slow adoption.
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Texas
Cali
Mexico
New England
Babcock- Wilcox
Industria
California
French War Cabinet Named With Briand Premier
Aristide Briand remains premier of the new French war cabinet. Alexandre Ribot is minister of finance and General Hubert Lyautey becomes minister of war. Rear-Admiral Laraze serves as minister of marines while General Joffre is elevated to field marshal and made military adviser to the war council without duties.
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Aristide Briand
Alexandre Ribot
Hubert Lyautey
Laraze
Marines
Joffre
War Council
Contrast in State Houses Highlights Partisan Control
The article argues Democrats control in Colorado and Republicans in Wyoming differ in committee power. It accuses the Wyoming Republican leadership of designing a partisan tilt with no Democrat chairs and few committee places, while Colorado grants Democrats a larger share of assignments and a chairman role. It suggests the split prompts broader political maneuvering and calls on Republicans to accept responsibility for their committee allocations.
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House of Representatives
Wyoming
Colorado
Wyoming House
Venalere
Eubiniaston
Lawardene
Ambitious Kansas Style Plans in 14th Wyoming Legislature
In Cheyenne members of the fourteenth legislature discuss reform ideas echoing Governor Capper of Kansas. The plan features a constitutional convention a statewide budget system consolidation of boards and commissions removal of politics from state investments court reduction and work equalization between districts.
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Cheyenne
Kansas
Capper
Shames Over War Orders Highlight U S Industry Critique
The New York World accuses American munitions firms of greed and inefficiency in bidding for 16 and 14 inch projectiles. It cites Bethlehem Steel and other bidders charging high prices with long delivery times, contrasting with British and American rivals. The piece laments a lack of national ideals and defense focus.
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United States Navy
Hadfiells
Angland
Bethlehem
Midvale Company
Washington
Republic
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Nebraska Governor pushes prohibition enforcement plan
The Nebraska governor proposes penalties on owners and repainting required for liquor seizure. The piece notes harsher measures to curb sale of liquor and comments on allied ultimatums to Greece and a speculative remark on Thomas W. Lawson entering politics.
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Greece
Germany
Fragmentary Finance Quip Highlights Borrowing Oddities
A clipped dialogue fragment shows a humorous dispute over borrowing money with phrases like Oh come and borrowing trouble. The speakers joke that trouble is not money and claim they can settle debt immediately when they borrow.
Plan to Free City of Tuberculosis Framingham Program
A tuberculosis plan for Framingham led by Dr. Donald Armstrong outlines a three year study by Metropolitan Life. The program calls for sanitary inspections of the town including factories schools offices and surrounding areas. It also includes a series of lectures and clinics by national experts and an educational campaign.
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Framingham
Mass
Donald 9. Armstrong
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Eyperta
What the City Gives Back in the City’s Shadow
Reflection on a man returning to Paria after forty years as a coffin arrives by train. The writer recalls how the city swallows youth, leaving a broken elder with grief and desolation. It notes how city life can yield folly or emptiness, and ponders fate and loss.
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Tom Bodine
Paria Mo
Mercury
Alandeuill
New York a Moral City and Its Civic Pluck
Rollin Lynde Hartt salutes New York as outwardly moral and plucky, noting progress against Tammany influence, graft, and corruption. He praises reformers Riis, Roosevelt, and Hughes, and observes ongoing fights against underworld crimes, tenements, and social evils amid a resilient civic pride.
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Rollin Lynde Hartt
Century Magazine
New York
Riis
Rainsford
Abbott
Coney
Tammany
Government to Build Its Own Paper Mill
A Kansas City Star summary notes the government uses about fifteen thousand tons of print paper annually. A House bill proposes building and operating a government paper mill to reduce costs, with ample lumber and hydro sites cited as feasibility. It would promote cost publicity and help stabilize paper prices.
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Kan City
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Boston Globe
Te Dolorosa
Driand
General Lyautey
The
New York World
Lotos Club
Hethichem Ordnance
Krapps
Essen
Charles M. Sehwal
Neville
Nebraska
Oo Fitenechome
Thomas W. Lawson
T. R
France
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