New Sweaters Offered At Attractive Prices
The ad lists attractive sweaters priced from $2.50 to $9 with new color options and prices below market value.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1917
Page
2
The ad lists attractive sweaters priced from $2.50 to $9 with new color options and prices below market value.
A Washington dispatch explains the U S Army pay scale shifting from old per man wages to a family centered system. Private soldiers receive 52 a month in base pay plus food clothing and medical care with a 20 percent European danger pay raise. The government adds allowances for dependents bringing a married soldier to about 84 a month in the U S and 54 60 abroad. Dependent allowances cover wives children and parents with caps and conditions. The plan factors in total family support and survivor benefits with insurance options up to 10 000, all aiming to replace the old single wage concept.
Alleged pickpocket Arche Perrin, a stranger, was captured in Kemmerer after robbing Stanley Hanson of $56 at the depot. Hanson identified Perrin, who pleaded guilty before Justice Holland and faces penitentiary sentence by Judge Arnold.
In Saratoga Wyoming, Dec 15, local growers have sent many carloads of beef cattle to market over the past week though shipping remains hampered by insufficient corn. Stockmen say many cattle could have moved weeks earlier if rolling stock had been available, with stock cars expected to be more plentiful soon.
Report outlines Goochland County indictment papers in the Chamberlain murder case modeled on the Webster affair in Boston. It notes the trial set for January 2, with Dr Asa Chamberlain facing charges after the death of his brother Albert Chamberlain. The narrative traces family ties involving Wheatland Wyoming residents and Des Moines relatives, and mentions a fiancée from Cheyenne.
Mrs. H Kalber recovers to be out again. Mrs. David Doak and Edith dd travel to Des Moines Iowa to visit relatives. Mr. Willoughby of Rockwell City Iowa visited Cheyenne with George Willoughby. Ernst Kimball and Douglas friends en route to Denver then San Francisco to join the navy. he is brother of Mrs. Arthur Madison. Mrs. Nels Peterson and children return from Baron Wisconsin visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Timblin. Mrs. Arthur Snyder returning from Wilson Texas. Anna Gordon W C T U met Mrs Babcock Thursday afternoon with good attendance and social hour.
The report shows a mean temperature of 35 degrees for the date, 11 degrees warmer than the normal 24 hours earlier. Highest temperature reached 42 degrees at 2 PM and a low of 28 degrees at 7 AM with west wind up to 42 mph. Precipitation since January 1 stands at 14.07 inches, above the normal 13.45 inches.
In Kemmerer Wyoming labor leaders promote forming a local chapter of the Alliance for Labor and Democracy, a national group aimed at fostering friendly ties between government and workers and aiding wartime efforts. The local group would watch those suspected of being unfriendly to the government once formed.
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