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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
2
A retailer invites customers to discover a refined selection of footwear. The note emphasizes courtesy and attention to service as it invites shoppers to visit and compare styles.
Professor A A Slade of Cody High School reports four youth leaders chosen to promote war savings and a drive underway with 280 pupils having sold over 1200 dollars in war savings stamps. A Maturita drive on the 27th aims for full town coverage and a 100 percent war savings community. county officials plan trips to boost sales.
Washington reports a six weeks course at the University of Rochester to train employment managers for wartime production. Twenty managers from shipbuilding firms join fifteen Rochester factories in a program to study human relations, safety, education, wages, and welfare to reduce labor turnover and boost shipyard output. The effort follows national defense council aims and cites Britain and France in recognizing psychology of war workers.
President Wilson warns that U S fortunes hang in the balance urging national thrift. Stephen Lea cock calls Canadians to save every cent and live frugally, reducing purchases and luxuries to endure wartime hardship and build a modest home and family economy.
A plan to consolidate the Adams Express companies in Douglas has been agreed by officials. The business will be handled after the first of the coming month through the American Express office on South Third Street. An additional team and wagon are expected to handle increased local business.
A letter to the National War Gas Commission in Washington describes Garabed as a miraculous motor claiming to replace steam and electricity. It asserts the device would power trains, trolleys, airplanes, and airships, delivering immense force but warns it cannot feed or fuel a family, urging readers to seek complete promotion.
State constabulary seized three bootleggers near Jack Springs in the Round Butte district with about 90 gallons of contraband whiskey. Arrested were W E Speer of Lafayette and two Denver men. Speer fined 200 dollars and four months in jail. The haul, valued at 650 dollars wholesale and 3600 dollars retail, highlights bootlegging profits.
In Tumnerfile Arkansas the Tote Pair owner assures a customer that if the purchase does not prove satisfactory in every respect he will take back the item and refund the money though he cannot promise cheerful execution.
Garden lesson outlines potato and sweet potato crops, noting cooler climates favor potatoes while sweet potatoes need heat. It describes soil types, depth, space, and propagation methods including slips and eye sprouts, plus frost risks and starting in hotbeds for slips.
A Boston tease asks where to find New England boiled dinner and contrasts it with goulash and a chop suey joint as noted in a Philadelphia bulletin. The exchange hints at regional dish preferences and cross city dining chatter.
Zurich reports say two large Austrian powder factories at Olarenbach exploded causing numerous casualties. Details and exact figures were not immediately confirmed.
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