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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1917
Page
3
The piece notes women’s broader wartime duties and praises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic herbal remedy for women’s ills. It highlights its long history, tablet and liquid forms, and its sale through druggists with a trial offer from the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York.
Washington reports that railroads have moved about 1.5 million soldiers to training camps and embarkation points since August 1. Some 600,000 avoided long day trips by using sleeping cars supplied by Pullman, with trains often traveling 25 mph and 20 mph when equipment cars are mixed in.
Official War Department notice states no voluntary enlistments after December 16 for draft registrants. Sergeant Noonan urges men aiming to go to France to enlist before the deadline, noting the order should speed up recruiting while those drafted will be placed where needed.
Four bodies are recovered from the Old Ben Coal mine four miles north of Christopher. Rescue teams toil to reach fourteen trapped men after the blast that wrecked the mine last night.
The federal food administration prohibits using wheat fit for human consumption in poultry feed. Rule 4 of Miller's regulations bans feed containing such wheat and limits its use to ten percent of the feed. Wasteful practices under Aug 10, 1917 law are unlawful and milling wheat should not be fed to poultry cattle or hogs.
Stenographers witnessed Miss Margaret B H Owen champions speed typist of the world. She writes of the system used to achieve her 142 words per minute record in one hour. The book is for sale by Forbes & Company of Chicago for one dollar.
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