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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
8
South Side items report Glen Schhilte resuming work in the store department after an absence. Births, quarantines, visits, and social gatherings fill the page, including newborns, birthdays, and school events. Multiple families on East Ninth and East Eleventh streets celebrate arrivals while others report illness, home confinements, and community activities.
The Re Rev Patrick A McGovern Bishop of St Marys cathedral will be the principal speaker at the Lincoln day business meeting in the high school gymnasium Tuesday night Feb 12. Several other speakers will be present and special music will be provided. Full details will be announced later.
A fragment from a 19th century page recalls Grace Dlessee Child under a window as a mother asks what troubles her. The child replies with a cryptic line about a late grape that wasn’t blessed, reflecting a moral or religious tone of the era.
The supreme war council at Versailles reports no progress toward meeting German and Austro-Hungarian terms. It pledges to continue fighting until peace based on freedom justice and international law can be achieved. The statement stresses unity of policy and action among Allied powers and lauds the bravery of soldiers and civilians.
The alien registration began at police headquarters yesterday and will continue for one week ending February. The 100 Per Cent American Society of Cheyenne has urged the police to assist in rounding up evaders.
Washington Feb 4 Another large detachment of drafted American 74500 men will start into war training camps Feb 24. This will leave 72500 more in the first draft to be called later, the War Department announced. Apportionments for the movement Feb 29 were made, with lists of states and colored versus noncolored troops. The last call on the first draft and the first under the second draft will come as soon as soldiers now in training are ready to be sent overseas.
Washington reports eight more American soldiers located in German prison camps at Tuchel West Prussia after being listed missing. War Department notes three men wounded in action and eleven deaths from disease or an aircraft attack. Names and home towns, including Ed G. Halyburton Stony Point NY and Clyde L. Grimsles Stockton KS, appear among the prisoners.
O W Dahlmer has been appointed lieutenant in the officers reserve of the non flying department in the aviation corps. The Cheyenne resident passed the Omaha examination as the only candidate ordered for immediate service among three. He has a technical education and former Union Pacific association. Mrs Dahlmer will move to El Paso to join her husband after his permanent station is assigned.
A fragmentary historical line attributes playful slang to Mia and Jime. The quip references learning resilience and clever speech, set in a light tone characteristic of humorous exchanges in period newspapers.
In a New York City talk, Richard Henry Dana called for a federal department of administration. He urged a cabinet level administrative director to unify methods, supervise departments, and free the president to focus on policy, arguing central control would boost wartime efficiency.
State Highway Engineer Z B Leyison announced that work on five surveyed roads will start next spring after federal approval secured for funding. The Hat Creek Warren road in Niobrara county spans seven and a half miles, Carter Lyman in Uinta county covers one and a half miles, Fort Bridger Urie in Uinta county four miles, Kemmerer Big Piney in Lincoln county six miles, and Spring Canon road south of Douglas in Converse county eight miles. Some 180 applications have been received for district highway engineer posts, with no appointments expected at the March commissioner meeting.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorg hum noting that constituents changed their opinions, and insists he did not cause the shifts. He states: you have changed your opinions in a number of instances. Don’t blame me.
The New York business and labor leaders call for patriotic sacrifice to meet fuel demands amid Hoover’s rationing push. Army guards and recruiting plans are praised for protecting home front needs while travel and city life face severe strain from heightened controls and shortages. Chinatown’s Tom Lee is remembered for calm counsel amid funeral reflections.
An advertisement in The State Leader notes an order for 1,000 shares of Wid Hiver Refining stock via Wilson-Fowler Brokerage. The bulk came from Emsworth, Virginia, highlighting an active, industry driven ad market and a local financial transaction.
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