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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
12
Senator O Connor's memorial in the Wyoming state house asks Congress to safeguard mineral rights for locators who labored on government lands even if they have not discovered a producing well. The Phelan amendments would tie claims to actual discovery, potentially invalidating placer and locator rights.
A local review extols the motion picture Civilization now showing at the New Atlas. The piece argues the film exposes hollow wartime rhetoric and aligns with antiwar and peace aims, urging audiences to reflect on President Wilson’s appeal and the civilized world’s responsibilities.
A New York World inquiry ponders translating democracy into international law and whether the Monroe doctrine can become a world doctrine. It asks if the Declaration of Independence can be internationalized and how nations might extend policy beyond borders.
The article contrasts Wilsons proposal for a League of Nations with Washingtons isolationist tradition and the Monroe Doctrine. It argues the peace must be democratic and equal among nations, and stresses the American public must back liberal principles and bear the costs to sustain a durable world peace. The piece warns cowardice could endanger liberty at home and abroad.
Dr Alfred Meyer of New York warns Europe faces invasion danger after WWI as tuberculosis rises sharply across warring nations. He cites a 100 to 200 percent increase in most countries and says soldiers abroad and at home are dying from the disease. Meyer notes tenfold rise in tuberculosis admissions to the United States in 1916 versus 1914.
Flint Michigan schools consider adopting Captain Steever's Wyoming plan demonstrated at Culver Military Academy Indiana. Delegates from Detroit Flint Grand Rapids toured and viewed wall scaling contests and a mock battle hospital drill, with a Chicago tournament planned for central states.
The 1916 U S exports reached 5.431 billion dollars, up 1.926 billion from 1915 and 2.997 billion above 1913, with December exports at 521 million dollars. Imports totaled 392 million, a record, and the year ended with a 3.089 billion dollar trade surplus and a 530 million dollar net inward gold movement, a new high. Gold imports for 1916 were 686 million, while exports reached 156 million.
Cheyenne Messenger will add six cents to each call after January 1, keeping the old rate in effect for existing charges. The change appears in the newly announced tariff adjustment reviewed by the company.
Letters from educators in Wyoming express hearty approval of the school code committee’s plan. They favor appointive state board control, higher certification standards, rural supervisor posts, and remove politics from offices to improve appointment quality.
A speaker advocates removing the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction from politics and replacing it with appointment. The plan calls for a state board of education with adequate salaries and a county board of education for at least one year, with a minimum annual pay of $1800, and the abolition of the third grade certificate.
A delegation of congressional union members led by Miss Maud Younger and Mrs. Sara B Freld along with Mrs. John W. Brannan and Mrs. Clarence M. Smith met President Wilson to present suffrage resolutions for Mrs. Inez Milhollagh Bolse vain but received no response. They then posted banners outside the White House gates asking the president what he would do for woman suffrage, planning to be arrested though none occurred.
A reader advocates placing charitable and penal institutions under a nonpartisan expert board. The author notes current spendings exceed 400000 per biennium and stresses the need for specialized knowledge, continuity, and modern, cost effective care.
A Chicago bartender provided steady service while a well dressed patron ran a bar bill of 65 dollars for himself and the crowd. When the party ended the patron said he had no money so they sent him to an asylum.
Clayton Negus, Superintendent of City School in Thomorlopolis Wyoming, backs a law allowing city school boards to contract for multiple years with superintendents and principals. He also supports replacing annual county institutes with sectional state institutes to improve training.
A Duluth Herald clipping praises a Indianapolis letter carrier who earned $1 per year for decades yet raised six children who funded or attended college. Three sons and one daughter became civil engineers or a teacher, two sons helped build the Panama Canal, another worked with Panama Railroad and Alaska projects, and the youngest son rose to a managerial sales post. The daughter who went to college teaches physical training. The family’s home life is hailed as foundational to the republic, all achieved on a dollar a year.
Kansas City Times reports Oklahoma Legislature advances a strict anti cigarette bill. The measure bans smoking, sale, barter, or advertising of cigarettes and papers in the state and awaits upper chamber action.
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