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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1918
Page
10
A local advertisement lists fur lined gloves collars hats canes and coats along with fur lined coats suitcases and bags for sale. Items include fur lined coats accessories and luggage offered at discounted prices for shoppers.
A base hospital near Paris cared for about 1,000 American troops with 100 southern Red Cross graduate nurses from the University of Virginia unit. Fifty thousand dollars raised by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks funded the setup, and 39 surgeons plus 200 corpsmen joined the effort as 200 wounded arrived. The Red Cross provided food and care for stranded soldiers in Paris, including a tale of two starving men guided to a free canteen at Gare du Nord by a bandaged corporal.
Washington D C December 3 Senator Kendrick received a letter from C A Prosser director of the federal board for vocational education outlining plans for rehabilitating returning disabled soldiers and the board will assist in identifying men in the state to contact. The letter stresses aiding reeducation and self support and urges men to take the government offer with efforts to prevent indolence and dependency.
From the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau dated December 2 1914 the report notes clear skies for Clay with normal temperature. The date temperature is 32 degrees with last 24 hours up 2 degrees. Highest 43 at 3 50 p m lowest 22 at 4 10 a m wind 54 mph from the west at 9 32 a m.
In Winnemucca Nevada on December 2 a Basque sheepman hired a Black woman for $30 daily to tend his ranch near McDermitt on the Oregon line. With influenza widespread, many locals avoided work and the $30 rate was accepted after a prior $20 offer was deemed too low.
Hawaii's cane sugar crop is put at 693 500 tons for 1919 by the Sugar Factors' company, about 22 000 tons more than 1918, at a government price of 7.28 cents a pound, yielding revenue of 80 413 to Beneten growers. A separate medical advertisement touts Foley remedies for kidney and rheumatic ailments.
Pike's Peak served as a testing ground for high altitude physiology and aviation equipment used in World War I. Dr. E C Schneider of Colorado College led experiments with Oxford and Yale teams starting in 1911, influencing heart function research and white blood cell response. Schneider and students were recruited to Washington and Mineola, contributing to aviation field standards. The peak also hosted ore testing for engines. Hog and sheep markets report steady to weak hog prices, good demand, and lamb prices around 14.75 to 15.00 with feeding ewes 6.25 to 7.25. fat sheep scarce.
Denver state constabulary officers at the union passenger station have become adept at judging suitcase contents to curb whisky imports. Captain Harry F. Arlen says officers usually know if a traveler carries bootlegged liquor from a single glance, noting that a whisky-filled suitcase weighs sixty to eighty pounds and signals a bootlegger to experienced eyes.
An advertisement promises the genuine LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets and urges readers to look for the signature of B. W. GROVE. The notice, dated in a brief, old newspaper tone, hints at the product’s legitimacy and directs a call for full naming.
Denver market reports a liberal cattle run with active trade and strong demand. Prices rise for good fat cows and heifers by about 10 to 16 cents, while better grades of beef steers and feeding cattle show similar gains or stay steady. Overall trading indicates good clearance and steady to higher values.
The annual gathering at Harvard over two days brings representatives from major American universities. Trustees and faculty join presidents and administrators to discuss postwar reconstruction and the path to lasting peace. The program features sessions with Brithish observers and other invited scholars from leading institutions.
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