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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1918
Page
5
An American editor reports his first and last ride in a battle plane over France to view German trenches. The engine stalls repeatedly after takeoff, forcing a dangerous glide toward but beyond the German front, with the pilot struggling to restart the unreliable craft.
A sensational stock solicitation claims The Uncle Sam Oil Company controls 100000 acres of leases and 2000 acres of lands and 12 or more wells with potential gushers. It promises rapid profits, vast development plans, multiple refineries, and a likely stock surge from 1.00 to higher values as spring oil fields heat up.
The excerpt recalls an uneasy air landing after a rough flight through trees and fields. The pilot apologizes for a jolt while the engine resumes, and the narrator reflects on still being alive, noting a rugged, survivor tone amid a tense journey. The passage ends with an old style medical ad for Bromo Quinine and a cold remedy.
Mrs. F. from Weesetsar Massachusetts credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending months of weakness and pain. After trying many doctors with no help she reports full recovery and now performs housework including washing, thankful for improved health attributed to the remedy.
Victor Morgan of the Cleveland Press analyzes the German peacetime plight in a Sunday State Leader installment. He argues teachers professors office-holders and writers bear the heaviest burdens under wartime, while skilled laborers gain pay increases and unions yet remain sidelined.
An OCR fragment warns readers about unsafe cough medicine claims. It notes dangerous mixtures and alleges Foley's Honey and Tar Compound contains opiates and outdated standards, urging caution in purchasing.
A World War era note from Captain von Papen, then German naval attaché in America, is quoted by Victor Morgan via Von Tannenberg. The missive complains that Americans are fools for talking too much and mocks humanitarian sentiment as mere idiocy. It frames German nationalism as superior and asserts right and wrong are civil life notions only.
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