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Local retailer invites customers to explore a selection of finer shoes. The note promises attention to detail and personalized service for new arrivals and classic styles.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
10
Local retailer invites customers to explore a selection of finer shoes. The note promises attention to detail and personalized service for new arrivals and classic styles.
News notes report Professor A. A. Slade of Cody High School leading a four man team to push war savings in Park County. Out of 280 pupils the school has sold over 1200 in stamps and plans a May 27 maturitas drive to reach 100 percent. County officials plan trips to Clark's Fork country to boost sales and county club leaders in Lincoln County report growing memberships and pledge card drives. A push to increase thrift through stamps appears nationwide with banks and clerks promoting the habit and a National Cash Register sign urging customers to buy thrift stamps.
Washington reports a six weeks course at the University of Rochester to train employment managers for war plants. Twenty students, mainly in shipbuilding, enroll as fifteen Rochester factories provide labs to study labor relations, wages, safety, education, recreation, and other human factors to boost production and reduce turnover.
President Wilson warns that every American must consider the nation’s future wealth at stake. Stephen Lea Cock appeals to Canadians urging extreme thrift and self denial to curb luxury purchases and promote saving, with advice to live frugally, work hard, and shun toys and new goods.
Douglas Wye April 26 A plan to consolidate the Adams Express companies in this city has been agreed upon by officials and the business will be handled after the first of the coming month through the American Express company. The office remains on South Third Street with an additional team and wagon expected to handle increased freight.
A letter to the National War Gas Commission in Washington touts an invention by Garabed described as a motor that would replace steam and electricity, powering railroads, trolleys, airplanes, and airships with immense force. It claims world impact, but warns it cannot feed or prevent starvation.
State constabulary intercepted a bootlegging gang near Jack Springs in the Round Butte district arresting three men from Lafayette and Denver. About 90 gallons of contraband liquor seized, valued at wholesale around $650 and potential Denver resale about $3,600. Speer fined $200 and four months jail. others plead not guilty with future hearings planned.
The Tote Pair store in Tumnerfile Arkansas assures customer satisfaction with a money back option, promising a refund if the purchase proves not perfectly satisfactory in every respect. The proprietor pledges to take back the item and refund the money, though he cautions it may not be cheerfully done.
Garden lesson explains growing potatoes and sweet potatoes. It covers climate, soil, planting methods, seed use, and care, noting that potatoes tolerate heavier soils and can be grown from various tuber parts, while sweet potatoes need warmth and frost protection.
In Boston a reader asks where to find New England boiled dinner. A shrug and directions point to a chop suey restaurant and a goulash spot in nearby guidance. The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes the exchange.
Report from Zurich dated April 26 says two large Austrian powder factories at Olaren bach exploded causing numerous casualties according to recapped dispatches.
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