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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
8
Public notices list notaries for Gedo and Cum mings of Douglas. Cheyenne taxi services advertised with phone numbers. Old papers for sale at Leader office. Various local residents and visitors mentioned with brief notes on moving or business.
Perry of Torrington and E. P. Perry in Torrington arrive in Cheyenne. Hyatt from Burns attends the Prom in the city with Charles Hyatt also in town.
Descriptions depict coal moving en masse from Colorado and Wyoming toward Omaha and Julesburg. Trains loaded with ten to sixty cars receive priority, with coal cars on regular freight, and even some passenger schedules adjusted to speed the shipment.
Pythian Sister will perform a dance at the Knights of Pythias ball in Kansas City on Wednesday evening February 6. The event invites the public to attend and enjoy the entertainment and music.
Cheyenne area schools report thrift stamp purchases totaling 1124.57 by students. Churchill second grade wins with 65 dollars. Individual totals by High School Central Converse Corlett Churchill Johnson show weekly and grand totals, with Johnson delayed due to principal illness.
The Wyoming State Bar association meeting in Douglas elected officers and committee members. President W. E. Mullen Cheyenne and Ralph Kimball Launder as first vice president, Abraham Crawford Evanston as second vice president, George W. Ferguson Casper as secretary. Executive council includes W. F. Mullen T. W. LaFlerche John Stansbury J. C. Raymond Clyde M. Watts. Delegates named to National Security League A Campbell N E Crithell W Burdish. Delegates to American Bar Association R J Hawley C A Kuter A Campbell.
Former President Roosevelt may serve as pallbearer at the funeral of John L. Sullivan in Abington Massachusetts. No reply to the wire invitation has been received.
New York Feb 5 The oil tank steamer Alabama, reported ashore Saturday along the Atlantic coast, was today refloated undamaged.
Washington reports Belgium was granted another treasury credit of 4.5 million dollars, raising total American assistance to 80 million dollars.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a lasting cure for female ailments, claiming the medicine has relieved women for forty years and gained ocean to ocean recognition as the standard remedy. It warns that fake medicines exist but authentic products endure.
State Labor Commissioner Edward F. Taylor announced that badges will be awarded to boys as part of the boys working reserve. School superintendents statewide are enrolling participants, with about 200 boys already signed up to contribute this spring and summer.
The Scottish Rite Masonic bodies elected officers for the Lodge of Perfection for the evening year. Richard H. Repath as venerable master John A. Kirkpatrick senior warden John A. Whiting junior warden Dr. George C. Rafter orator Rev. John J. Shingler almoner Samuel Carson secretary Edward W. Stone treasurer.
Cheyenne endured a winter wind storm that reached 73 miles per hour at 12 20 p m, with 64 mph sustained from noon to one. The gusts disrupted light and telephone services, grounding the south circuit 45 minutes in the afternoon and the north circuit most of the evening, while smoke odors from city dumps wafted through town.
German losses include 14 120 noncombatant British men women and children killed. Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons the figures as parliament adjourns for prorogation after Versailles war council meetings.
Cheyenne residents are invited to the Eighty-third Artillery band concert at the YMCA hut tonight at 7. The program includes vaudeville stunts and a special six part piece titled Hunting the Snark described as a musical spasm. The band leader promises a real treat for attendees.
The state land board will hold a meeting at the capitol tomorrow. Members include Governor Frank I. Houx as president, Ray E. Lee as secretary, and Edith K. C. Clark.
A Associated Press report shows ten months of war spending totaling about 7.1 billion dollars, with loans to allies at 4.121 billion and 3 billion for U.S. war needs. Monthly outlays rose rapidly from May 1917, and future costs rely on new bond issues and taxes.
Cheyenne bowlers begin practice on Fort Russell alleys tonight ahead of a planned tournament between a soldiers team and a local civilian squad. Notables reading for the fling include J. C. Fulton Undersheriff Ed Schoels Frank Peters Mooney and M Davis as the post office alley opens to civilians from 6 oclock.
Advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT offers money back if it fails to cure piles including itching bleeding protruding. Claims first application provides relief. Notes 606 reference.
Governor Frank L. Houx issues a proclamation calling Wyoming artisans to join the Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve. The Emergency Fleet Corp seeks 250,000 skilled workers across states for shipbuilding to support U.S. and Allied efforts in France, with 618 slots already filled and 200 mechanics pending. enrollment details list multiple counties and trades.
Chence Jengen a member of the University of Wyoming varsity basketball team and son of Willis Jirsen, owner of a Laramie business, died in Laramie from pneumonia and meningitis. A freshman and Alpha Tau Omega member, he was regarded as a top young athlete and had captained his high school football team.
A false fire alarm was sent from the Bast Seventeenth and Van Lennen streets area. The fire department responded in full but found no fire or identifiable person who triggered the alarm.
An old remedy advises taking a small package of tea with lamburt Breast and boiling water. It suggests pouring the mixture through a sieve and drinking it anytime. The plan claims to open pores, relieve congestion, and loosen bowels to break a cold, noting it is inexpensive and harmless.
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