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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1917
Page
6
A Wyoming reader warns editor that navy quotas are not filled and urges notice to prevent misperception. He lists authorized ratings including apprentice seamen firemen hospital apprentices bakers cooks radio electricians caper smiths mess attendants machinists mates and musicians to boost recruitment in a manpower shortfall.
National League games include Chicago 4 Houston 2 and Chicago 0 Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 2. St Louis 1 New York 4 and St Louis 5 New York 4. American Association results show Columbus 5 Milwaukee 1 and Columbus 6 Milwaukee 2. Toledo 0 Kansas City 3. Indianapolis 3 Minneapolis 1. Louisville 4 St Paul 2. American League results list Boston 1 Cleveland 2 and Boston 19 Cleveland 21. Washington 6 Detroit 2. Philadelphia 4 Chicago 6. New York 1 St Louis 7. Harry Herman, who struck Sam Bergman Friday night, was tried and fined $15 in Judge Housman’s court.
A short note from Lieutenant W P Brown of the U S Navy adds a few credit marks to a message titled dolhe your lit. The letter closes with warm regards and a sign off Yours very truly.
Herman bit Sam in the mouth during a dispute over an overcoat pawned by another man. Four prisoners were turned over to the county from police and U S marshal’s office for being slackers and bootleggers. James Daley Bently Jones Albert Simms charged with bootlegging and A C Douglas with slacker status.
Reports from the railroads war board show a large drop in unfilled car requisitions from May to August 1917 as railroads increase freight service 11 to 20 percent with the same cars. Cantonment supplies, government and civilian traffic, and munition factory movement taxed capacity, while cooperation with shippers and regulators enabled intensive loading, car utilization, and removal of redundant passenger service.
Nicholas Tchaikovsky, nicknamed the Father of Russian Freedom, spent substantial time in the United States while under an old regiment. He has since returned to Petrograd and remained prominent in revolutionary activities.
Multiple horse races with results from a track meet. Winners include Anna, Gannon, and Tamersay, with payouts listed for place and show. Details cover six races, claim conditions, track conditions, and times, with trainer notes and overweight caveats.
Washington August 18 The Tenth Engineers forest regiment known as the lumberjack regiment has been raised to full war strength and officers list no more candidates. Recruits assemble in Washington for daily drill under Colonel Woodruff with a staff of lumbermen and foresters. The unit will operate in France for woods work and supply material, carrying stationary and portable sawmills and equipment for logging and transport.
Cor corporal Quin from the Queen's Royal Hussars, wounded in Europe and suffering from gas exposure, fights to regain health in Colorado. He tends Milliken area farm duties near his alma mater while hoping to return to service with the Canadian forces and the U S Army.
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