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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
4
A scathing critique mocks a physician’s prophecies about the war and 1919 outcomes. The column teases grand predictions from Kaiser to Trotsky, notes partisan forecasts, and quotes a Tribune convention line joking that “sleep will save the world.”
German editors attack Wilson as arch hypocrite while censoring parts of his peace speech. An edict threatens to shoot allied aviators dropping such material over Germany, prompting calls for harsher treason penalties in the U S and reflections on autocracy versus democracy. The piece also notes unrelated war era topics including a Nippon-related mockery and a weather fuel protest in Wyoming.
A poem revisits traditional angelic imagery, contrasting ethereal wings with gritty winter realities. The speaker envisions angels as ordinary coal deliverers, dusted with soot and wielding shovels, delivering warmth in harsh weather. The piece blends humor with yearning for practical, everyday saviors.
A well known man missing days is found shot in Piney Woods. A note in his coat pocket claims suicide and absolves others, while a society editor uncovers a long strained marriage and a letter from the husband to his wife explaining his motive. The unnamed "John" signs off as husband.
A 1912 Pan-German League report warns of a bloodstained air and looming doom as great powers clash. It cites calls for unity, fearing German empire’s defenselessness while decrying conquest ideas among rivals and within the Reichstag.
A New Haven author Croft promotes 1918 prophecies claiming to predict global events. He asserts prior predictions of Titanic, Panics, and wars, then outlines 1918 shocks including royal deaths and a Japanese invasion of Russia, with a dramatic air-raid style battle foreseen.
A fragment recounts a Pan German league gathering in Erfurt 1912 where von Vietinghoff Scheel and Liebert condemn cosmopolitanism and urge expansion to prevent decline. They warn of threats from enemies and call for a massive mobilization of three million westward and one million eastward, framing war as inevitable.
The 1913 German law increased the army by 136000, bringing total strength to 866000 across ranks. First framed November 1912 and passed June 30 1913, it spurred French and Russian rearmament and drew mixed domestic reactions. The measure was defended as security and a step toward a world policy, while critics labeled it mobilization. Deputy Haase is cited. the piece ends with To Be Continued.
The piece reproduces Herr Hirsch’s Reichstag speech calling for destroying old Prussia and replacing it with a free society. It urges ending the war through renewed struggle, even while fighting with instruments of death, reflecting a powerful revolutionary message.
United States Steel plans plant shutdowns in line with the fuel administration order but will not pay wages during closures. Chairman Elbert H. Gary announced the decision. Separately, Union Pacific shopmen bought meal tickets or "pie books" for the new hotel opening.
Irish drummer boy Samuel Kidd, once listed as killed after capture at St Quentin in August 1914, survived 30 months in hiding with four spinster dressmakers in occupied Germany. He was later found safe, surrendered, and sentenced to ten years for refusing to name his saviors.
Torrington figure Cameron, a well known ranchman from Torrington, traveled to Cheyenne on a business visit yesterday.
A Windsor speaker claims Abe Martin will be effective in concealing a fluctuating Adam’s apple. Pinky Kerr asks a question this morning about the situation.
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