The Flu Brief Prompts Phone Listings Change
A short notice notes many people stop using Phone 526W at the store and dial 502M at home due to flu concerns. The item highlights altered access patterns and public health caution.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
3
Nomination Glass Proved as McAdoo Replaced
The Senate confirmed Carter Glass to be secretary of the treasury to succeed W G McAdoo. Glass will resign from Congress after 15 years and assume duties December 16. McAdoo will remain as director general of railroads until a successor is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Carter Glase
Secretary of the Treasury
W. G. McAdoo
Senate
Congress
McAdoo
Glass
Treasury
Julius Hanson Former Cheyenne Man Dead
Word from Denver reports Julius Hanson, formerly of Cheyenne, is dead. The body is awaiting disposal at an undertaking establishment there. He was known to have many friends in this city who will regret his untimely death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Julius Hanson
Cheyenne
Military flight plans tied to San Diego to El Paso route
Authority was given to Major Smith to use five army planes en route from San Diego to El Paso to continue the flight to the Atlantic coast if possible. If the mission is completed it would mark the first military formation flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D
Smith
San Diego
el Paso
Atlantic Coast
After the War America Faces a New Food Duty
The message stresses avoiding over confidence after military success and urges continued effort for civilization’s safety. It notes America’sOne major task postwar is feeding hungry neutrals and Allies, citing 120 million people helped last year and 180 million starved or burdened by war and piracy. It calls for swift aid to all affected regions and emphasizes rebuilding resources while resisting German attempts to starve nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
Poland
Servia
Armenia
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Rumania
Ukraine
Baltic
United States
Baer
Resignation of Aerial Mail Service Leaders Declared
New York December 6 Captain B B Litener announced he tendered resignation as superintendent of the aerial mail service to Postmaster General Burleson. He cited reason that novices would be placed in vital posts and contracts for mail planes. Max Miller, first pilot, also resigns for the same cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
B. B. Litener
Burleson
Max Miller
Denver reports over 10 000 flu cases in epidemic
Denver daily report shows influenza cases surpassing 10 000 with 170 new infections in the last 24 hours. The total death toll reaches 779 across the two month epidemic as 22 more lives are lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Associated Press
Coal and auto services in brief across Cheyenne
City notices list coal dealers Geox Coal Company and Plains Auto Company with services from tire vulcanizing to messenger calls. A death notice for Mrs Gertrude Ina Kinney notes her birth in 1884 and survivor details. Local figures J Schmidt D Dix I M Sommers visit Cheyenne with exhibitions and lodging at the Plains hotel.
Health records show low army mortality in 1917 18
Surgeon General William Gorgas reported the fiscal year to June 30 1918 shows excellent health in the American army both at home and overseas. 1917 deaths from disease totaled 2984 with a 6.5 per thousand rate, compared with a normal 4.9. Measles led to deaths primarily through pneumonia, with typhoid far lower than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
William Orgas
Ony
Gorgas
Senate Deliberates On League Of Nations Debate Fades
The senate held a general discussion on the proposed League of Nations with Walsh Montana Lewis Minors Williams Mississippi supporting the program. Borah and Reed opposed it as attendance hovered around 30. A delegation proposal to Paris was not up for today. The body adjourned to Tuesday with war revenue bills on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
League of Nations
Walsh
Montana
Lewis
Minors
Williams
Mississippi
Borah
Reed
Cummins
Iowa
Paris
Influenza Report Shows Improvement Despite New Cases
Cheyenne records six new influenza cases on Friday night with no deaths, signaling a potential early improvement. Visitors and hotel guests from Denver, Pueblo, Grand Island, Chicago, and other cities are listed among those staying at the Plains and Piping hotels, including Pred N. Austin, W. N. Karr, and J. Heineman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Eleven sailors missing after Baltic mine strike
An official admiralty communication states eleven men are missing after the British warship Cassandra hit a mine in the Baltic Sea late Wednesday night. Torpedo boat destroyers rescued the remaining crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Baltic Sea
Admiralty
Labor Secretary Urges Workers Against Mooney Strike
Secretary of Labor Wilson appealed to workers not to strike nationwide over the Mooney case. He said a strike would hurt the jury system and that only a new trial could resolve guilt or innocence if evidence supports a conspiracy. He urged that strikes cannot advance justice for Mooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
Wilson
Otto A. Hardwie
Oregon State Federation of Labor
Mooney
Stephens
Federation of Labor
Labor
Notable anniversaries mark first mass in western world
Washington dispatch notes that 425 years ago the first mass in the western world was celebrated on Hispaniola Haiti. Father Juan Peres served as guardian of La Pabida monastery and aided Columbus. He built the first chapel at Point Conception and offered the first holy sacrifice on December 8 in the new world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Haiti
America
Juan Peres
Columbus
la Pabida
Spain
Perez
Hispaniola
Point Conception
Father Peres
New World
Jesus Christ
Public Health Officials Meet in Chicago for APHA Session
More than a thousand public health officials from the United States Canada Mexico and several Central and South American countries will attend the forty sixth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Chicago. The agenda includes war impact on health housing wages infant mortality and care of disabled soldiers with Charles J Hastings presiding and speakers from Rockefeller Foundation Chicago and federal agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Canada
Mexico
South
Central America
American Public Health Association
Charles J. Hastings
Toronto
Association
George BE
Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
John Dill Robertson
E. R. Kelley
Massachusetts State
Frederick Hoffman
Newark
N. J
BE. Clewell
Philadelphia
Elbeth B. Bricker
Harrisburg
Julia Lathrop
Federal Children’s Bureau
Washington
American Troops Enter Mainz and Belgian Cavalry Reaches Düsseldorf
American forces seized Mainz, capital of Hesse, on the Rhine front while Belgian cavalry of about 500 men advanced to Düsseldorf on the left bank. Communications with the far side of the Rhine were cut off as operations continued along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Mainz
Rheneh Hesse
Germany
Rhine
Wolff
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Mrs H T Hanks Visit To Salt Lake City Utah
Mrs H T Hanks of Salt Lake City Utah arrives for a stay of unspecified duration in the city, with locals noting her arrival and potential plans during her visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. H. T
Hanks of
Salt Like
City
Utah
Crown Prince Wilhelm Renounces Prussian Throne Claim
Copenhagen dispatches report Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm renounced all claims to the Prussian and imperial thrones on December 1 1915 at Wierengen in a note signed WILHELM. In New York an Associated Press interview Dec 3 quotes him saying he has not renounced anything nor signed any document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Frederick Wilhelm
Basel
Wolff Bureau
Prussia
Wierengen
Wilhelm
New York
War revenue bill to face senate debate Tuesday
Washington Dec 6 Senator Simmons will open debate on the war revenue bill next Tuesday with exclusive right of way for the measure. Filing of committee reports on the bill was deferred. Simmons will submit the majority report while Penrose of Pennsylvania will file a minority report attacking the 1920 rate plan. Smoot and La Follette will file separate views on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Utah
la Follette
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The
Equitable Life
Fla
Tion
DEPT
Pioneer, Avenue
Theodore Diers
Wyoming
Sprial
Que Burleson
City News
Cahill & Holliday
Geox Coal Company
Holm S, Huckfeldt & Finkbiner
Plains Auto Company
Dumphey Auto Express
Plains Auto Co
Lagrange
HH. M. Babbitt
Adv
Goshen Hole Land
W. O. Benner
Gertrude Ina Kinney
Jersey County
Springfield
William L. Kinney
H. E B. Donaldson
East Seventeenth Street
Cheyenne Public Achools
Swisher Jewelry Store
West Seventeenth Street
J. Schmidt of
Laramie
Plains Hotel
D. R. Dix
Kaycee i
I. M. Sommers
the Plains
K. J. Farlow
Leroy Moore
Ross
Plains
Tim D. Noble
Thermopolis
A. Tewhabury
Roy J. Campbell
Kimball, Neb
Raska
Pred N. Austin
Heaton
Colorado
Piping Hotel
W. N. Karr
Powers of
Dc. J. Jones
John Kelly
F. E. Shaw
James Lonsdale
B. W. Marshall
Pine Bluffs
Gabe Brown
Kimball
Nebraska
R. H. Churchill
John Heineman
Duluth
Minnesota
J. P. Acomd Ty
Cincinnati, Ohio
J. H W. Cunningham
Grand Rig
N. G. Woods
N.T. Young
Are
W .A. Reynolds
Fam Kahill
Tminois
Ory
Thomas J. Moone
Secretary of
A. S
Prince
Liberty
Merman Gebtblast
Lincoln
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