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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
3
Miss Bertha Lewis Mire, traveling from Casper, spent the Christmas holidays with her cousin Miss Delpha Lewis in Evanston Wyoming.
Hale Holden regional director reports unusually favorable traffic conditions for November. influenza impact eased, coal loading down yet ample car supply. Livestock loading up 12.3 percent year over year. Kansas City and South Omaha markets show higher inbound and outbound car counts. Troop movements declined. 42 special trains moved 15,632 men plus 9,000 discharged. Coal fields across multiple states remain easy for transportation.
The Baptist church members surprised Dr. Geo. Van Winkie and his wife with a Christmas Eve gift of a purse and a large picture of the Tetons and Jackson Hole. They thank the givers and say the artwork reminds them of eight and a half happy Wyoming years, despite quarantine preventing a public meeting.
Daily reports indicate coal road traffic remains higher than mine orders with a 16.3 percent drop the lowest loading since June. Market weakness plus holiday effects reduced shipments, and storage coal use suggests December will see continued light mine shipments.
Representatives of the Ministry of Labor describe wartime gains in female employment in France. Mademoiselle Bourat reports 2.5 million French women wage earners affected by invasion, shifts to eight hours, nursing provisions, nurseries, and renamed roles. Postwar plans aim to place skilled workers in peace industries, with many women returning to fine crafts and aviation-related work.
The Woman In Industry Service promotes photographs showing women workers during the war across factory shop and mill settings. Images reveal not only tasks but working conditions and plant improvements under government control, including adapted machinery and female labor in peace-time production.
The State Department with the State Board of Health cancels the December Teachers examination citing the influenza situation. It will extend certificates expiring before the April examination and asks teachers to send certificates to the County Superintendent of Schools for extension. Mamie E Heffreron, County Superintendent of Schools, 26.
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