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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
8
May be of assistance to you in procuring credit at a bank. This is particularly free if your account has been conducted satisfactorily. If you haven't a checking account at our bank you are making a great mistake. Decide now to put affairs on a business-like basis and pay all bills by check. We solicit accounts large or small.
Despite growing cultivation elsewhere, the majority of castor beans come from India. Trade sources note India remains the primary producer and exporter, shaping markets and pricing for this versatile oilseed.
The Tuscania, a British liner carrying about 2170 U S troops, was torpedoed by a German submarine while in convoy. Reports place survivors around 1100 as officials confirm the loss of many Wisconsin and Michigan Guardsmen from the Thirty second division and related detachments aboard.
The ship carried twin screws and a speed near eighteen knots. Since the war began she faced several torpedo strikes but escaped each time thanks to her speed and her defense guns.
British naval forces bombarded Ostend according to a frontier dispatch. The marine yards were severely damaged and casualties were reported amid the heavy bombardment.
A letter to Robert D. Carey from George F. Porter of the Emergency Fleet Corporation urges national mobilization of labor for shipbuilding. It calls on public schools churches and women's groups to publicize and recruit skilled mechanics for immediate or reserve war work. The piece also notes honor for diligent workers akin to battlefield service. The final sentence mentions Chinese valuing large families as a sign of good living.
Various notices from Cheyenne including business ads for Cahill & Holliday coal and car rentals, A W French visiting Cokeville on business, Idaho ram shipment to Wheatland, notary appointments for A C Fletcher and F H Junk, Merwin Bristol heading Kinney Oil offices in Casper, power lights outage due to wind, M L Rowan Casper visiting Cheyenne, Lee Hobbs Luckfelt furniture ad, Mabel Joy Casper visitor, taxi call numbers for vehicles, and a social dance at the fraternal hall with ladies admitted free.
Walter Bradley and R N Lafontaine took peaceful possession of the Atlas theater after entering through an unlocked door. Bradley, owner of the building, had refused to renew the lease from the Heaney estate, asserting Todd occupied under a lease that expired in October. Todd denies vacating and warned he would leave only after a new theater is built. A legal contest looms as guards were stationed and a trap drummer was jailed for disturbing the peace after smashing a door pane while attempting entry.
Ed McDonald, age 30, will be taken to Sidney Nebraska today by the county sheriff to stand trial on charges of forging checks.
The department responded to two wild chases by unknown Individuals last night. One alarm came from One Teenth Street and Evans Avenue, the other from Seventeens Street and Van Lennen Avenue. Authorities suspect school boys triggered the alerts and may face corporal punishment if caught.
E Burke chief agent for Humane society travels from Denver to take several children from St. Vincent's home by order of the state to new homes in Cheyenne. Aliens register many registered at the police station yesterday.
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