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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
15
Directory style list of names and addresses across Wyoming counties tied to a Senate roll call. Includes individuals in Sheridan, Sweetwater, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, Park, Platte, and other counties with associated towns and hotels.
A roll call lists Carl Jackson of Laramie at the Masonic Temple joined by N. Jennings of Bosler at 2312 Carey. J. A. Stevenson location The Siding Plains and R. C. May of Lovell at the Plains hotel are shown. A. 8. Mercer of Hyatville at Plains is recorded.
The department reports at 6am and 6pm the mean temperature for the date is 21 degrees with a 25 degree actual mean. It notes a 24 hour change of minus degree, a high of 36 degrees at 2 pm and a low of 12 degrees at 2 am. Winds west at 36 mph recorded at 12 20 pm. Total precipitation since January 1 is 0.19 inch, below normal 0.87 inch.
Federal officials warn of a multimillion shortage of workers when farming and factories revive in spring. Immigration cuts, forces abroad, and anticipated army service shrink the labor pool while training and funding are urged for the federal employment service. The War Industries Board price fixing committee will end March 1 following a Paris letter exchange.
New York reports a sale of ten million pounds of copper as price falls from 23 to 18 1/2 cents a pound and small sellers offer as low as 1 cent. The drop follows armistice market signs and coincides with wage cuts of a dollar a day at Butte in line with pay tied to selling price.
An old print advert invites readers to cut out a slip and mail to Foley Co for a trial package. It promises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, Foley Nat Pills for pain, and Foley Tablets as a cleansing cathartic, sold widely.
Several short notices advertise sales positions across the country. Listings promote high commissions from Detroit to Cleveland and Chicago firms, with permanent or trial opportunities, sizable weekly advances, and exclusive article protections.
The Polish official news agency reports Paderewski’s list and M Owaki lead with 60 percent of total votes. Of 436000 eligible voters, 320000 cast ballots. women participated heavily. Minorities split votes with Polish socialists 16 percent and Jewish candidates the remainder. Outside Warsaw results pending. Par is Paris.
Classified notes advertise agents needed to sell risqué photos of bathing girls with samples and refunds. Other items push coal stove burners, a Roosevelt history book, and tailor made to order quits from Leeds Woolen Mills with spring line incentives.
Aggressive ads from Barnum Co. and Daviee Raincoat Co. promise big profits. Sales copy touts big books and big business, offering guaranteed made to measure raincoats, sample outfits free, and a six fifty profit on each coat. Agencies sought from men and women with quick writing responses.
A wartime book insert features a photograph and military record with an introduction by General March. Roosevelt is listed with an introduction by Taft. Reported 72 sales in one day and 45 in eight hours. Outfit free via H L Baldwin Co Rockefeller Building Cleveland Ohio.
An advertisement for Pro fessor I A March history of the world war with introduction by General March and a Life of Roosevelt. It notes official photographs and an Intro due by ex President Taft. Also mentions demand rmous solicitors offering special terms and freight paid. A note on Portugal the country now known as Portugal and its origin from Vorto Cello and Oporto.
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