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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
16
President Wilson asserts federal control must be refined and wartime legislation passed swiftly. He urges streamlined appropriations, coordination of transportation, and unity in prosecuting a just war against central powers, stressing democracy, liberty, and national survival.
Mike Ro hao a widely known ranchman living near Kane shot and killed himself at his home after a spree lasting several days. He terrorized his wife while drunk, and on Saturday night she locked herself in the bunk house hoping to wait until he sobered. On Sunday morning she found him dead in a rear room with a 45 caliber revolver beside him.
Prices on popular cigarette brands jump to 15 cents per pack effective December 1, due to wartime tax. Dealers say further hikes could follow as war pressures push costs higher. Sherman was right.
Ray K. Olds received notice of his commission as a captain of infantry in the national army and was assigned to Governor Houx's staff as assistant in the selective service department. He will oversee draft administration in Wyoming, continuing duties as state provost marshal. Olds has held county treasurer and state representative posts and is a leading local figure. Dr Fred Wood Phifer of Wheatland was also commissioned a lieutenant in the U S Reserve corps and placed on the governor’s staff in the medical division.
A wartime appeal warns the hesitant man about the toll of avoiding service. It argues others volunteer for France while the unwilling face public shame, urging enlistment as duty, honor, and national progress.
The article extols Miss Helen Holmes as a top one stepper and daring film star. It credits her with adventurous feats on screen from stunts to motor cars and bridges while noting her early ballet roots and love of the outdoors. Holmes is praised as the Pacific coast danseuse and leading woman in the Mutual-Signal fifteen chapter serial The Lost Express.
In Riverton Wyoming on December 4 a ranger Dusenberry found a shaft twenty one feet deep revealing nine samples with diverse colors and textures. Jack Broderick and Rubbelutve gathered them and display them in Ledifice seeking expert analysis for possible potash coal or ink like uses. Assayers will soon report findings.
James Edwards of Montgomery Alabama reports his family uses Foley's Honey and Tar to cure coughs and colds from night to night. The ad claims the product clears air passages removes phlegm heals inflamed membranes soothes chest and eases breathing. Sold everywhere.
Laramie county reports only five men rejected after examination at Camp Lewis. County Clerk Ida R. Graham says local board chairman notes the county exceeds quota and attributes the result to Dr. Conway and other physicians.
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