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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1918
Page
5
The State Leader advertises a garden primer from the National War Garden Commission in Washington DC. It offers onion growing guidance, seed sowing depth and spacing, weed control, and notes seed is sown in spring taking 140 to 160 days to mature. It urges early planting with hotbeds or window boxes due to high onion prices.
Miss Agnes Hakes of Riverton Wyoming spent Monday at the Woods home in Cheyenne on East Ninth Street as she plans to pursue business courses. The Anna Gordon Union met with Mrs D A Jones at 907 East Twelfth Street, with good attendance and routine business. A club named the I B C was organized at Roy Jensen’s home to host Red Cross dances and entertainments with officers Kalber Adams Hagel Galloway serving as president vice president and secretary treasurer. Arthur B Cole of Sunrise Wyoming visited Cheyenne Friday and Tim O Leary prepared for Pensacola Florida while Charlie Cole and William Doody join Navy assignments.
Community brief listing visits, farewells, and house projects. Edwin Mackey with Maisto and Donald spent Thursday. Bmil Osivad improves Van Lannen street with cement walks. Neighbors host dinners, depart for Philadelphia or Chanulo Kansas. covers for local residents and service folk.
CAMP KEARNEY San Diego Cal April 13 The Young Men’s Christian Association presents a vocational education program for Portieth division soldiers asking What are you going to do and be after the war The Rev C Belcetman of a Los Angeles church directs the program which will dedicate an entire week to exploring soldiers postwar options and career paths
Casper Wyoming April 13. The Casper Brick and Tile Company begins a modern brick works near north Casper with shipments expected by April 25. The firm, organized by local businessmen, owns all stock and has rights to Health Unit Tile across Wyoming eight South Dakota counties and nine Nebraska counties. Leaders include H L Welton president and George J Wagner vice president.
Private August Schoetl, a descendant three generations removed from Archduke Leopold of Austria, enlisted with the Fortieth Division at Camp Kearny in San Diego. He formerly studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and sought discharge after his Austrian parentage and lack of American citizenship were found. General Frederick Strong delayed action on discharge due to favorable reports, while Schoetl had served as a page in the German emperor's court and pursued American citizenship before the war.
Weather permitting crews plan to start shearing in most pens this week. Sheepmen report good winter, little loss, but late last year’s clip may reduce this spring yield.
A brief notice indicates men are urged to register for special study programs with options for those who wish to take up further study. The process involves a special registration and aims to prepare volunteers for army service.
Twenty eight carloads of potatoes were shipped from the Greeley district on Monday, selling 50 to 60 cents per hundredweight with most at the higher price. Farmers report feeding potatoes on many farms, noting feeding costs erase margins. Analyses show potatoes fatten well, with high protein and carbohydrate content. A separate item says a four horse team ran away in Casper, Wyoming, damaging a horse but no injuries reported.
A cryptic note from Cassell's Gaturcay Journal suggests appearances mislead. The fragment references a girl praised for refinement, with a line about judging someone by their actions rather than looks.
Dr. H. K. Loy, professor of chemistry at the University of Wyoming, resigns effective July 1 to enter commercial business in Wyoming. He will not pursue education work and has dates and credentials including Johns Hopkins PhD 1910 and Franklin and Marshall BA 1906. An unrelated note mentions T. Ben son arriving in Cheyenne from Wheatland.
Rayfeld Gomez, a Spaniard and Sheridan Inn dishwasher, was arrested Friday evening by Sheriff Mossberg for audacious remarks against the United States. In a Spanish conversation Gomez declared support for German victory, saying he wished Germans would reach Paris and that the United States was no good. County Attorney J L Gravers aided by sworn statements prepared a copy for the U S district attorney.
The War Department announced a reorganization of the general staff combining the storage and traffic division with the purchasing and supplies division. General Goethals becomes head of the new department of purchasing storage and traffic with broader powers, while Brigadier General Pierce remains tied to the War Industries Board and Col. Hugh Johnson succeeds him in the purchases branch.
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