Otto H. Kahn as German American patriot and critic
An American German born banker Otto H. Kahn in New York delivers a speech stressing loyalty to American democracy and denouncing Prussian autocracy. He recalls his German army service and warns of Pan German plots to conquer Serbia and influence beyond Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oeraston
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Otto Kahn
Kahn
America
Germany
Kalin
Ermany
Weork
John D. Rockefeller Jr
J. Orden Armour
Untitled Fragment Reflects German American Loyalty Debate
Fragmentary excerpt shows debate over loyalty and perceived treason among German Americans during wartime. References to Katn and urging loyalty, with calls for stern measures against a minority seen as undermining national unity. The text critiques German influence and advocates reasoning and repression as needed.
Supreme Court Upholds Draft Law Against Objectors
The Supreme Court affirms the governments right to compel military service, rejecting conscientious objector claims. The ruling makes clear the government may draft citizens for defense anywhere, siding against anti draft arguments and labeling libertarian pleas as insufficient to obstruct the mandate. The piece cites figures such as Herr Wilhelm Mandolf Hearst and J Orden Armour as examples in a broader wartime climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court
Washington
Herkmans
Goldmans
Bargers
la Mollettes
Letters to Soldiers Boost Morale in Wartime
Governor Arthur Capper of Kansas urges cheerful letters to soldiers to lift morale. He notes unhappy letters harm soldiers near the front and training camps, while light, gossipy notes ease fear and keep Camile’s eye from grim war realities.
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Cantona
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Camile
Prelude to World War I Voices and Naval Tensions
English and German leaders debate a looming conflict as Britain defends a two-nation naval balance. German expansion worries London's control of the seas, while calls for limited dreadnoughts clash with accelerating German programs amid a shifting European balance of power.
Naval arms tension and diplomacy between Britain and Germany
In 1900 to 1912 Britain and Germany clash over naval buildup and diplomacy. Churchill proposes a naval holiday. Haldane seeks Berlin talks to curb arms if France is attacked. German policy seeks Britain’s neutrality in a Franco-German war, while social democrats blame Germany’s arms race. The piece cites Richard Du Moulin Eckart on anti British sentiment and fate of cultures.
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Europe
Germany
Arthur Dix
Leipziger
Tage- Hiatt
Sia
Prierte
Prierte Ckatnet
Napoleon
Morocco
Kiel Canal
Albrecht Wirth
Britain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Haldane
Berlin
Englland
France
Reichstag
England
Kruger
Richard du Moulin-Eckart
Fngland
Die Maechte
Mouwlin-Eeckart
Technische Hochschule of
Muenich
Farmers Meeting Postponed Due to Cold Weather
The Cheyenne area farm bureau rescheduled its meeting to two weeks later due to extended cold weather east of Cheyenne. This marks the fourth postponement of this kind caused by inclement conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Farm Bureau
Carpenter
National Defense Notes on State War Efforts and Education
The National Council of Defense coordinates patriotic education with a state teachers committee in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania forms six employment zones with works correspondents to place 6089 workers in November, and October’s 3957. Connecticut builds city war bureaus in larger towns with six committees guiding war work. Arizona disseminates county crop surveys via state council. Washington adopts the University of Washington News Letter as the official information organ.
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Wisconsin
State Council of Defense
State Teachers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Co-Operative Employment Bureau
Committee On Public Safety
State Department of Labor and Industry
Connecticut
State Council
State Council the Red Cross
Chambers of Commérce
Arizona
State University
Washington
The
University of Washington News Letter
Overheated Flue Triggers Fire at O K Rooming House
A fire yesterday morning at the O K rooming house on Pioneer avenue between Lincoln Highway and Seventeenth street caused slight damage. Chief George Bates said an overheated flue started the blaze. The log building sits in the old Whitehead block above the alley from the Dyer hotel in Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Pioneer Avenue
Lincoln Highway
Seventeenth Street
George Bates
U. K. Rooming House
Whitehead Block
Dyer Hotel
Cheyenne
Income Tax Change Aims At Profits Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue Bureau will accept income profits tax returns on two methods including cost and market value for security. Tax collection will follow later in light of a supreme court ruling in a pending case. Millions of dollars depend on the disputed point.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Supreme Court
The Task of Being a Wife and a Teasing Boy
A vignettes about Margaret Ann and Annie discussing Tim Lafferty and his behavior. A neighbor called Miss Margaret worries about her husband Harvey and Pat, with advice to tell the truth. The narrator plans a bold talk with an old miser to secure funds, then hints at a basketball note with Cheyenne Business College seeking an outside team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Tim Lafferty
Margaret Ann
Margie
Margaret Anni
Child
Margaret
Mr. Waverly
Miss Margaret
Alice
Pat
Harvey
Treatiow
W Marvey
Donna Tenney
Cheyenne Business College
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Cartier
Manecer
Maiio
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Department of Justice
Katn
Kate
Japan
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Pasailion
Father
Ethie
Forkerees
David and
Hanse
Everett True
National Council of Defense
Are Martin
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