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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
4
A critical essay argues against curtailing free speech citing Tolstoy and warns that restricting speech would erode American liberties. It disputes the idea of silencing dissent and defends free expression as essential to democracy. The piece ends with a riff on ubiquitous piano wire and brass as a metaphor.
The piece notes many children named after presidents such as Cox Harding Bryan and Roosevelt, with examples like Grover Cleveland Alexander and Goethals, plus a U S Bureau of Mines finding on natural gas heating value and a new adjustable workshop table costing $2.
A technical journal argues ball players demand instant judgment and flawless coordination. It notes their decisions are unalterable, openly made, and subject to public review, unlike other trades. The text likens the mental demands to physicians and hunters.
A fragmentary poem extols personal freedom from social constraints and daily rituals. The speaker longs for primitive peace, silent woods, campfire scents, and a life unbound by shaving or conventional duties. The verse imagines escaping rules and embracing nature’s simple worship.
A reflective verse recalls twilight fears and the comfort of sleep. The speaker finds courage in nighttime mystery and humor in the simple relief of not needing a shave.
The chrysanthemum symbolizes wealth and abundance and is widely cultivated in Japan. A legend from Himeji tells of a maid named O Kiku who drowned after accusations of theft, her ghost heard counting until despair. Her spirit was said to inhabit a flylike insect.
A fairy tale explains the origin of the Ki Ku, known to the Japanese as a threefold petal flower. A beautiful girl, promised marriage by an elf, seeks a flower and chooses a Persian carnation. She splits each petal with a gold hair-pin, creating three times as many petals and the Ki Ku legend begins.
Plans matured for an increase in capitalization of the Producers' and Refiners' corporation to permit the absorption of Gates IL into the group and reference to 60.
Proposals seek to gain control of producing and refining concerns including Gates Oil and Templeman Oil. Plans call for increasing authorized capital from 20 million to 50 million and an exchange of new stock for existing shares. Gates interests may join at 2 for 1. Kistler, president of Producers and Refiners, travels after merger contract is deposited in Denver National Bank. Shares traded between 1.00 and 1.20 as rumors spread about the deal.
Little stock appeared amid active bidding and high prices as buyers competed in the market.
Boston reports a spread of infantile paralysis near the city causing concern among health officials. The state health department recorded 97 total cases in the state with 14 new cases reported on Monday, the highest statewide total since the 1916 epidemic.
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