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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1918
Page
5
Garden readers are urged to start early by growing flowers and vegetables in window pots for a home food supply. Tomatoes cucumbers peppers eggplant melons and lettuce can be started in pots or boxes on porches rooftops or balconies with careful watering and gradual transplanting.
The speaker recounts personal experiences in No Man's Land and gas attacks from the Western Front. The event, organized by the Cheyenne Industrial Club, will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the high school gym and features James H. Walton coordinating.
Notice announces annual meeting of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association to be held in Kemmerer Wyoming on April 11 1916 at 10 oclock a m for officer elections and other business. Alice Smith secretary. Call phone 73 at Leader office for News and Editorial Departments.
Rain fails to bother soldiers at Camp Lewis as drill and training continue through showers. Recruits adapt quickly shedding rain gear, noting the rain is dry and temporary. Officers observe improved health in wet weather, with the men accepting rain as part of training for France.
Jonn Gillard of Nashville Tennessee reports relief from a dry hacking cough and chest pain after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. The message promotes this remedy as soothing coughs colds and croup and suitable for whooping cough with wide availability.
Guidance on sowing or sowing in hotbeds about two months before transplanting outdoors for crops like early cabbage cauliflower celery cucumbers peppers peppers tomatoes and squash.
A special dispatch argues two schools of thought on Germanys western drive. Some observers see a deliberate deadlock strategy while others warn of broader aims in the east and futures beyond Paris and Berlin. Propaganda efforts reach India Egypt China and Mexico to distract Allied forces as Germany may shift focus later.
At Camp Kearny California April 2 many units boast elaborate insignia outside HQ and mess halls. The 144th Field Artillery display a standout plaque with a gray cement grizzly bear, white arment, black cobble edging, and an American eagle bearing the red white and blue shield. A wheel insignia is also crafted in cobble near the supply area.
A Utah medical office in Grove endorses Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney medicine, stating five years of use with universal satisfaction and no complaints. The letter is signed by George L. Smith of MedQuist Co. dated March 4, 1016.
Paris reports wartime schooling adapts to military use as authorities mobilize buildings for barracks. Despite disruptions, French schools keep education alive with five day suspensions shortened, pupils returning daily with gas masks and lunches. The piece highlights student loyalty, wartime productivity, and women workers in munitions, noting strong national resolve.
Whitewashed cobbles outline the California infantry brigade headquarters with each regiment’s quarters and messes featuring cobblestones. The Red Cross displays large four to five foot crosses before several headquarters, while other units frame their names in white cobbles on earth.
CAMP KEARNY SAN DIEGO April 2 A sanitary detachment of the 145th Field Artillery practiced a simulated gas attack in No Man s Land They evacuated wounded with varied pretend injuries while one man vanished from the area and was left to die as a prank observers reported the missing soldier fled the scene and was presumed dead
London reports from an official source that Britain has destroyed enemy aircraft since operations began on the front. The casualty tally and dates are unclear due to damaged OCR text but the note emphasizes British air operations and losses.
San Diego experiences a biweekly influx of soldiers from Camp Kearny who flood the city with thousands arriving by train. Hotels fill, trains run extra, and many sleep in parks after struggling to find rooms. Restaurants with soldier reputations gain long lines for meals as lodging and transport strain the town.
Civilians outnumbered on streets as troops fill sidewalks and rooms. Soldiers pack motion picture theaters and dances while officers report no price gouging. Hotels and restaurants maintain current rates during congestion.
At Camp Lewis Washington April 2 horses never shod before learn farrier skills under remount depot instruction. Trainees undergo stocks for safety and work four months to become first class horse shoers. Forty five fires in the school equip each trainee with full gear as Lt. Joseph X. Parent commands the program.
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