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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
4
A Cheyenne editorial argues a Rotary club would energize civic and commercial life, drawing progressive men into municipal affairs. It urges local leaders including Mears, Stone, Nimmo and Storey to start a charter, noting support from industrial and literary groups and predicting lasting city benefits.
The note recalls rain checks for the World Series as less disastrous than the rain checks Allied armies faced last week in Flanders, highlighting the differing burdens of postponement in sports and war.
The piece argues that aggressive wartime frightfulness harms a nation’s standing and parallels this with a baseball anecdote about Jawn McGraw, nicknamed Magesy, who lost his lifelong ambition. It frames the idea that intimidation fails even in minor contests compared with war.
The piece contrasts the Giants epitomizing rough play under McGraw with the White Sox under Rowland, praising Chicago's fair play in the 1906 era and noting instances where Giants players fouled runners. It mentions Eddie Collins, umpires warning Giants, and mocks McGraw while lauding Frank Chance’s Cubs era.
The editor provides corrected wording for two columns. The first fixes a passage about the Friends of the German Republic extending in the US among German born and descended citizens. The second calls for proof of regeneration in the German people before peace with allies, as Wilson suggested. The text ends with a quip about the surname Cohen appearing more often than Smith in New York directories.
After the World Series, readers root for Lefty Halg to defeat Rube Hindenburg before a game is postponed by snow.
The speaker condemns German forces in Belgium and southern France for widespread rape and murder of women between fourteen and forty. One case drove a woman to madness. French authorities publish details in French to limit English readership. As French troops push back toward the Marne, locals call for no prisoners.
The article reviews anti German propaganda and exposes savage acts against Armenians by Turkish forces allied with Germany. It cites eyewitness lines about mass killings, mutilations, and deportations, asserting Germany bears moral and political responsibility. The author condemns German leadership and calls for reparations.
The Midwest Refining company, on the Hall company property at Pilot field, assigns a crew of carpenters this week to erect boarding houses for their workers, reflecting facility expansion.
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