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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
8
A 1917 era call stresses relentless food conservation as the United States pledges to save millions of tons of food to support allies. It notes sugar and wheat reductions, urging Americans to plan for victory through disciplined consumption and efficient use of all resources to uphold the food pledge.
The conservation commission of New York reports that fish culture becomes a wartime occupation open to women. Work is eight hours daily outdoors when needed, with winter eye-picking done seated and hatchery duties requiring standing. Women with education and initiative may advance, though placement favors those near hatcheries and who have other work.
A brief note describes progressing through early phases to gain hands on experience. It emphasizes the value of practical work to build skills and understanding.
Rome reports an official decree imposing a tax on all advertisements and establishing 13 state monopolies. Finance Minister Glynor Media introduced a bill to bring coffee tea sugar petroleum benzene gasoline paraffin alcohol wood explosives electric lights mercury and quinine under state control.
Rome reports that Anetro German and Turkish officers are fomenting discord in Libla while demanding strict armistice observance. Austrian merchant ships seized at Sevonico. Dissolution of the Jugoslav committee in Trieste widely approved. Italian POWs freed from Germany are being concentrated at Lyons.
A. M. Chasney of Memphis Tennessee is spending a few days in the city visiting local sights and meeting residents during a short stay.
Sheridan report describes prisoner LE Ward escaping from a moving train after leaving a toilet room window. Ward, wanted for theft of a 264 draft, fled during a bar visit as lawmen halted the train near Lincoln. Sheriff Mossberg and deputies pursued through night. Ward vanished from an iron handrail as the train slowed. Authorities alerted Lincoln Omaha St. Joseph and Kansas City offices.
The article describes how many men with sea experience or shipboard skills avoided early military service due to deferred classifications and training rules. With the selective service active, sailors inclined men who missed merchant marine entry will now be given a chance to join the armed forces while retaining ties to maritime work and ongoing training opportunities.
A war camp community director recalls a quarantine call asking him to obtain a diamond engagement ring. The director, amused yet practical, buys a glittering ring and jokes about the setting as personal travel and color schemes come into play, noting the odd but humane request reflects morale support.
Amateur boxers from all parts of the middle west gather in Milwaukee for the Central Association boxing championships at the Milwaukee Auditorium. Elimination bouts occur tomorrow night with final title events set for Saturday. The program includes bantamweight through heavyweight contests.
A crowd of visitors and locals check into the Plains hotel in Cheyenne including H H Schwartz from Casper A J Carroll and C D Brooks from Denver G Wiliams from Chicago John Eubank and Bob Hubank from Kimball Nev M R Inskeep from Denver Mrs W S Rodman and baby from Kimball and others from Denver Omaha North Platte Pine Bluffs Chugwater with several names listed for short stays and business visits.
Secretary Wilson advocates colonization by returning soldiers and sabers of large land tracts with federal aid to resolve labor problems after demobilization. He urges aid to individual farms grouped into communities and endorses collective bargaining as a wartime-extended right guiding peaceful reconstruction.
During the first two weeks of November thirty new vessels were completed and delivered to the shipping board, totaling 132,400 deadweight tons. The first week produced twenty vessels totaling 101,000 DWT and the second week ten vessels totaling 31,450 DWT, split evenly between steel and wood ships.
In Boston and Rowton Cambridge researchers discuss Lowell centenary events for the poet born in 1800s. Lively proposals mention commemorations in cities tied to his life and home preservation efforts amid the planned yearlong observance.
An article traces the origin of Spanish influenza to May in Spain, notes historical grip epidemics, and offers home care guidance. It details symptoms, fever, and duration, plus bed rest, fluids, and remedies like VapoRub and Vaporitol, emphasizing rest and avoidance of contagion.
A report urges federal purchase of agricultural land to form communities for returned service members. It calls for a board of Agriculture Interior and Labor to direct the plan, with land, farms, roads, schools and markets under federal supervision and protections against speculation. It notes employment services and housing for war workers, citizenship growth, and a push toward uniform employment standards in government.
A fragmented list notes several figures with birth anniversaries: Willam P. Dillingham of Vereest born Waterbury Virginia Beach area? 73 years ago, Princess Maria Christina of Spain born Madrid seven years ago, Brig. Gen. William A. White veteran of the war born 49 years ago, Charion Macfarlandy secretary of the Federal Council of Churches born in Amoyics sixty years ago, plus other unnamed individuals tied to Washington and Milwaukee and a publisher from Lor i.
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