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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
12
A Woodrow Wilson statement declares that the flag represents honor and the universal right to political liberty and self-government. It emphasizes that rights apply regardless of race or origin, warning that American traditions risk fading where liberty is denied.
An editorial condemns Charles Evans Hughes for shifting crises from a geodetic survey firing to southern congressmen to the Adamson eight-hour bill. It accuses him of silence on policy, courting diverse voting blocs, avoiding clear stances, and being the most colorless candidate since the Civil War.
A New Jersey progressive leader ALT Hopkins receives praise from Cumberland county progressives. BE H Sithens writes he never voted Democratic but supports Hopkins against the Old Rotten Machine to help break its control of national conventions. He commends courage and defiance of the Hughes Crane Smoot group.
The Life weekly lauds Woodrow Wilson as the greatest American progressive since Jefferson. It argues he fights wealth and aristocracy, supports the masses, shuns entangling alliances, and would curb bankers and railroads, contrasting him with Roosevelt’s perceived aristocracy.
President Loree of the Delaware and Hudson canvasses railroad securities abroad and estimates foreign holdings at about 1.4 billion dollars as of August 1, with 2.7 billion as of February 1, 1915. He notes net foreign debt now near zero and predicts a postwar U S trading and financial dominance if tariff protection is maintained.
The article touts Fletcher's Park as an easily accessible, scenic Wyoming resort between Laramie Peak and the North Laramie River. It highlights mountain trout fishing in North Laramie, abundant grouse, deer and bears, plus nearby mountain ranches and homes around Fletcher's Park. It notes notable residents and lodges, praising the area as restful and beautiful.
The clipping extols Andrew Dang as a unique voice uniting scholarship with daily journalism. It notes his work writing for Daily News and the Saturday Review, his wide range of topics, and his threefold role as critic, essayist, and poet, while praising his keen mind and humor.
The article argues that consecutive thinking is a difficult skill, harder for many and especially for editors. It compares mental discipline to learning complex physical arts, noting the mind's balance and internal logic require deliberate practice comparable to mastering the violin. A 30 year old attempting sustained mental focus is used as a thought experiment.
The author critiques shallow thinking and drifting thoughts triggered by news or familiar names. He argues true thinking requires the will to set and grapple with a hard task, not stimulants or easy distractions, and condemns the shoddy thinker as lacking hope in schools or elsewhere.
Paris reports plans to let pilgrims inspect battlefront trenches and field works as they were during hostilities. Officials will select representative trench and fortification sections to preserve in their current state through an agreement between landowners and the government.
The Senate debate on the war revenue bill, still pending in August, featured Senator Penrose opposing the profits tax on the war munitions business. He argued many manufacturers failed or broke even, with only a few earning substantial profits, challenging claims that prosperity came from wartime production.
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