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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
4
The article notes secrecy from the Hohenzollern and Habsburg courts affecting negotiations. It suggests the Kaiser and his Vienna counterpart prefer not to rely on a minister who has been bested in international debate. Czernin’s view highlights handicaps in responding to foreign pressure.
Lieutenant Pollock recalls a perilous mission in the Lafayette Flying Corps. He and six others pursued Fokkers and Albatros while protecting a rare field camera, plunging through thick cloud layers at 3500 meters and narrowly avoiding collision as they surfaced into clear air.
A United Press dispatch claims Swift & Co plans to raise 50 million dollars by stock sale at par and dividend melons to be voted at the next stockholders meeting. Meat prices already rose about two and a half cents per pound nationwide amid varied explanations. The piece questions whether the proposed melon sale influences prices and suggests Francis J. Heney as special prosecutor for the federal trades commission.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Czernin resigns to appease Berlin and Vienna leaders fearing peace talks could undermine the war effort. A sterner successor is expected as exchanges with Allied nations are seen as no Teutonic triumph and risk strengthening the Entente and American stance.
The piece notes that one large American brewery uses about 25 tons of coal daily, and total U S breweries consumed 8.65 million tons in 1916 to produce 58 million barrels. It cites Anti-Saloon League statistics on coal, grain cars, and trains, arguing such consumption clashes with wartime priorities.
In a lively dialogue among Margie, Mollie, Annie, and Alice, money and ownership dominate the talk on marriage. Margie recalls radical views that marriage is a business, not a courtship, and shares how love and finances shaped her union with Dick. The group riffs on women’s expectations, husbands’ money, and the evolving roles within marriage.
A pilot recounts flying under heavy anti aircraft fire over Ostend and Westende, dodging shells from top gunners while staying inside the danger zone just miles from home. He notes a lost patrol, fame for Archies, and a near collision as he returns to camp. Tomorrow Lieutenant Pollock will describe land battles seen from the air.
Names listed include Colevine William K, Mrs. Ida M, Williams Mullen, Hidgely, Kinkead, W Burdick, J fh Carpenter, Richardson Bros. The document appears as a payee or donor acknowledgment with multiple individuals named.
A humor filled wartime column jokes about Charlie Chaplin joining the army and performing in the trenches. It riffs on German humor, Irish soldiers, and liberty loan notes while offering light social commentary from Old Willow locals and war correspondents.
H R Miller of the Pauly Jail company of Bt. Lowia and his assistant F Gibbons will depart Cheyenne tonight for Butte Montana to install the steel work in a new jail there. All steel work for the Cheyenne jail is finished and the crew has packed tools and equipment for transport. The Cheyenne jail is described as one of the most modern and up to date in the country.
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