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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1916
Page
12
The speaker lauded a domestic program with a global, humane aim. He argued against war as a method to settle disputes and praised Wilsonian diplomacy while noting Republican contrasts. He traced ideals from Seneca to Pax Romana, urging guardianship of international rules to curb barbarities of war.
About 700 people attended a political meeting in the city where speaker Towne argued that equal rights and no special privileges should guide policy. He traced party shifts from Democrat to Republican to Progressives and urged applying American principles to Mexico while stressing Latin American unity and Monroe doctrine history. The Cheyenne Cadet band and Capital City quartet provided music.
The Colorado Aggies defeated the Tigers 14 to 13 in a hard fought game. Key plays included Rothwell’s 25 yard run and Davis’s big returns, with strong defense by the Aggies late preventing a Tiger scoring drive.
Dorothy Rampsen of Chicago remarks on peacetime streets in America vs Europe noting many men abroad. Sampson, after wartime Europe, comments war weariness and a cautionary mood as she surveys local windows and safety.
Private Ira C. Stone of Afton Company H, 2nd separate battalion at Deming completed a 60 mile hike to Cook Peak, 7,600 feet high, in 11 hours 2 minutes. He started October 22 and beat the sunrise to sunset time window by nine minutes, escorted partway by camp officers and enlisted men.
The advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a remedy for backache kidney fatigue and bladder irritation. It claims uric acid from meat harms kidneys and urges drinking water and taking four ounces of Jad Salts daily. It touts safety affordability and a pleasant effervescent drink to keep kidneys clean. It ends with a sales pitch and contact details.
A letter from Franklin County Pookehill New York dated October 26 1916 urges equal pay for women and praises Mr Wilson for supporting woman suffrage and equal rights for all. It notes Mr Ford should pay his female employee the same six dollar daily wage as male workers.
A convict camp will be set up near Granite Canyon station to house a dozen Rawlins penitentiary convicts for winter labor on the Lincoln highway. They will perform heavy rock cutting to straighten sharp curves, with George Mead of Basin as foreman and Laramie county commissioners supervising.
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