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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
4
The nation conducts a broad round-up of suspected agitators as wartime tensions rise. Officials warn against socialist clubs and labor groups while praising patriotic citizens who support the war effort and defend national unity.
The passage discusses mobs threatening industrial stability and calls for recall actions. It notes government intervention under Attorney General Gregory to round up perpetrators of treason, with references to wartime measures and comparisons to regimes in Russia. It frames treason as a wartime threat to democracy and public order.
A Chicago Tribune opinion piece urges a national day of prayer for Germany to move Germans toward emancipation. It notes light tone about the war and warns of suspicion among Germans. Also reports Wyoming fair managers canceling the Liberty Bell exhibit amid miscommunication and mentions military drafts and a barber strike at home.
At a convention of the American Bar Association, Mr. de Leval denounced German wartime methods as illegal. He cited excessive fines, executions, imprisonment, and deportations as valueless practices, praising Allied aid and paying tribute to Brand Whitlock for Belgium.
A note describes Bert the famous cleaner at work on walls in a home. The message includes a contact line for Mert with the phone number 972M.
Casper Wisconsin September 6 Pedro Casarez a Mexican railroad section hand was cleaning an automatic revolver when he accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet entered his hip and passed through the fleshy part of the leg without breaking the bone. He lies in a private hospital.
In Douglas Wyoming on September 6 1917 two tag days will raise warm clothing for sailors on the battleship Wyoming. Young women will sell tags for ten cents each under the supervision of Mrs George Smith and Mrs BE T David. Citizens urged to support this patriotic effort to clothe the crew aboard the ship.
The Y M C A offers its buildings tents and huts to the new national army men and their families. It promises writing paper reading matter recreation and friendly support to keep soldiers happy and physically and morally strong while away from home. F A McCarl executive secretary urges communities to welcome service members and use Y M C A facilities wherever they are sent.
A wartime era poem urges pride in the flag and national symbols. It calls soldiers to bear the banner at the front, vow to guard the starry symbol through battle, and seek the banner’s return in peace. The verses blend praise for heroism with calls for unity and loyalty.
Mexico City reports the department of war orders the formation and equipment of a corps of lancers. The unit will appear publicly for the first time in military parades during Mexico's independence day celebration on September 16.
Mrs Brascus Jefferson of 703 Lyon Street Des Moines Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with saving her life after a serious female illness doctors said would have left her dead within a year Her husband opposed the operation but she began to recover after using the remedy and urges other women to try it as a health restorer.
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