Statewide reforms outline for 4 year terms and appointive offices
The proposal calls for four year terms for all state and county offices or elected officials to be recalled. It advocates appointive clerical posts, county simplification, city manager systems, and public utility receivers named by commissioners. It seeks tax dodging safeguards, limits on extortionate fees, rural schools as community centers, free textbooks, a state highway commission, and governor suspension powers. It urges flood prevention steps, a mandatory mothers pension, a state detention home for women delinquents, loan shark abatement, three fourths civil juries, and cost cuts in legislative staff. It also mentions pruning the state house grounds and reducing waste in government.
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Kansas
Armstrong
Boston Globe
Problems of School Support Perplex Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming School Code Committee argues school funding is uneven across 359 districts with general county taxes, district bonds, and the state land fund. reforms must be careful, data driven, and limited to amendments rather than a new system. It cites Cheyenne Sheridan and other districts, notes the land fund distribution constraints, and calls for two additional state supervisor positions to improve funding data and standards.
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Firet
State Land Fund
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Rock Springs
Laramie
Casper
Evanston
Rawlins
Laramie County
Alstania
Fuel Oil Transformation Sparks Global Industry Shift
The article argues fuel oil will supplant coal in ships and factories, with lighter equipment and lower fireman needs. It highlights a 15 boiler New England plant cutting staff from 63 to 7 as oil burning proves more efficient and cost effective.
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Texas
Cali
Mexico
New England
Babcock- Wilcox
French War Cabinet Named With Briand Premier
Aristide Briand remains premier as France forms a new war cabinet. Alexandre Ribot becomes finance minister and General Lyautey is named minister of war. Rear Admiral Laraze leads the marine ministry, while Joffre is raised to field marshal and serves as 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 shows partisan committee control
The piece argues that Colorado’s Democrats control the lower house with generous minority access to committees, while Wyoming’s Republicans block Democrats from chairing any committee, allotting fewer than one third of seats. It suggests this reflects design to avert a GOP split and labels it partisan manipulation.
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House of Representatives
Wyoming
Colorado
Wyoming House
Venalere
Eubiniaston
Lawardene
Ambitious 14th Legislature Plans For Cheyenne Reform
A number of Cheyenne lawmakers discuss substantial changes proposed by Governor Capper in Kansas, including a constitutional convention a state budget system consolidation of boards and commissions removing politics from appointments and reducing district court burden while equalizing judicial workload.
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Cheyenne
Kansas
Capper
Shrinkage of Moral Standards in War Procurement
A New York World excerpt criticizes U S war contracts amid alleged greed and inefficiency. It cites Bethlehem Steel and competitors like Angland and Midvale overcharging for 14 and 16 inch projectiles, plus a Brooklyn yard shaft delay, framing it as a reproach to national ideals and defense.
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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
Governor Neville proposes severe penalties for liquor sales, targeting both owners and vessels used in illicit trade. The editorial questions timing of allied ultimatums to Greece and notes William Lawson’s hypothetical political career path, comparing him to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Neville
Nebraska
Oo Fitenechome
Greece
Germany
Misquoted Dialogue on Borrowing Trouble
Fragment reads a character arguing about borrowing money and trouble. The line contrasts worry over money with the idea that borrowing itself isn’t trouble if repaid promptly. No clear event, person, or organization is identified.
Plan to Free City of Tuberculosis Framingham Scheme
Framingham in Massachusetts outlines a three year program to make the town the world's healthiest spot. Dr Donald Armstrong, a tuberculosis expert for Metropolitan Life, presents a plan including sanitation inspections of factories schools stores and surrounding areas. The initiative also calls for lectures and clinics by national tuberculosis experts and an educational campaign.
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Framingham
Mass
Donald 9. Armstrong
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Eyperta
What the City Gives Back
A reflective piece recalls Tom Bodine's return to Paria after many years, noting how the city devours and then returns people altered by time and hardship. It laments the endless pull of urban life, suggesting some are left as empty shells or broken by grief, and questions what fate awaits those swallowed by the city.
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Tom Bodine
Paria Mo
Mercury
Alandeuill
New York a Moral City: Portrait of Pluck and Progress
Rollin Lynde Hartt argues New York ranks highest for outward morality and civic grit. He praises reformers Riis to Roosevelt, notes police reform, crackdown on graft, and the ongoing battle against Tammany influence amid social ills and future clashes.
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Rollin Lynde Hartt
Century Magazine
New York
Riis
Rainsford
Abbott
Coney
Tammany
Government to Build and Run Its Own Paper Mill
A Kansas City Star summary notes the Government Printing Office uses about fifteen thousand tons of print paper annually. A bill proposes the government build and operate a paper mill, leveraging existing lumber and power resources to reduce costs and establish a public price standard. The move aims to curb executive charges and stabilize paper prices for newspapers.
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Kan City
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Essen
Charles M. Sehwal
Thomas W. Lawson
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