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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
16
May assist in securing credit at a bank and stresses free services if accounts are in good standing. Warns that lacking a checking account at the bank is a mistake and urges readers to adopt a business-like approach and pay all bills by check.
The report notes that despite broad cultivation, the castor bean supply largely comes from India. It highlights regional production dynamics and imports shaping the market.
The Tuscania, a British liner converted for troop transport, was torpedoed and sunk with 2170 American soldiers aboard. Reports conflict on exact survivor numbers while authorities promise further details. The vessel, built in Glasgow in 1914, 567 feet long, 66 foot beam, carried up to 2500 passengers.
The ship had twin screws and a speed near eighteen knots. Since the war began she faced repeated torpedo attacks but escaped each time, aided by her speed and defense guns.
British naval forces bombarded Ostend, according to a frontier dispatch. The marine yards were severely damaged and reports indicate significant destruction along the harbor and facilities.
A letter to Robert D. Carey urged mobilizing U S communities to enroll skilled mechanics for shipbuilding. George F Porter of the Emergency Fleet Corporation urged publicity through schools churches and clubs to convert gold wealth into labor for ships and national defense. The speaker praised wartime labor and honored workers in wards as echo of battlefield service.
Local notices report A W French traveling to Cokeville on official business and return expected Saturday. Advertisements list cars for hire Call No 9, Rams shipped to Wheatland, notaries named A C Fletcher and F H Junk, Merwin Bristol to Casper for Kinney Oil offices, arc lights out citywide from high winds, M L Rowan Casper visits Cheyenne, Mabel Joy Casper visitor, and social dance at fraternal hall with free ladies admission.
Walter Bradley and R N Lafontaine took possession of the Atlas theater after entering through an unlocked door and removing the guard. Bradley, the building owner, says Todd refused to leave despite notices. The dispute centers on a lease from the Heaney estate and Bradley’s decision not to renew.
Ed McDonald, aged 30, will be transported to Sidney Nebraska today by the Sidney sheriff to stand trial on charges of forging checks.
An alert described two wild goose chases of false fire alarms last night. One originated at 11th Street and Evans Avenue and the other at Seventeenth Street and Van Lennen Avenue, tied to schoolboy mischief likely.
Humane society chief agent E Burke travels from Denver to Cheyenne with several children taken from Saint Vincent's home after state instruction. Aliens registered at the police station yesterday.
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