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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
4
The American Federation of Labor backs U S war aims and accuses eastern shipyard carpenters and joiners of planning a sudden strike over wages. It argues the government and the Shipping Board could settle disputes, noting recent Pacific coast settlements and urging restraint to avoid hindering ship production.
In several Atlantic yards workers joined a wage-related strike, delaying rush shipwork and challenging labor loyalty to wartime aims. The piece urges unions to accept the wage board process and warns against actions impairing national war production. It notes Pacific Coast parity as a benchmark and contrasts government control of key industries with worker grievances.
The returning student Nenehel and Professor Michaels say Russia is near surrender as its arms and leadership fail. They describe famine in cities, vast wheat holds in sericultural regions, and ruined transport networks. A Russian named Spiridonoff confessed a Lenin kidnapping plot amid war department politics.
A column argues that German propaganda aims to sway U S opinion and calls every German a propagandist agent. It contrasts German militarism with declining self criticism, notes widespread Berlin slogans, and predicts new propaganda as Berlin seeks peace.
A war leader warns Americans not to be misled by German propaganda arrays. he stresses resolve to win, urges soldiers to counter propagandists in France and at home, and foresees a postwar united nation. The piece also notes Casper plans a street paving campaign.
A light item recalls advice on teaching parrots short words and jokes about taxation. Dustin Stax quips that he earns a dollar but pays back some as income tax while readers are invited to note the playful exchange in a Washington Star snatch.
A sly quip highlights pedestrian rights in city streets as a humorous exchange from the Age-Herald. The snippet implies advice about dealing with motorists and public behavior.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes home garages may not be ideal storage, as one speaker jokes they save money by not keeping cars in a garage but in a repair shop, highlighting cost contrasts and practical space use.
A Washington Star reader questions if society will force people to wear chains forever. An agitated citizen asks about a climate that forces such limits as Mr. Chugging remarks on not wanting to keep skidding.
A historical poem celebrates enduring courage through war and winter. It recalls seasons past and links springlike resilience to wartime hardship, urging readers to face the zero glass with heroism. Copyright 1918 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
George R. Smith conductor for Union Pacific was injured when his train bumped a string of cars on a siding in Fort Collins yards. The engine backed from the roundhouse and struck the cars, smashing a corn car that spilled its load toward a local elevator. Smith, on the caboose, sustained a wrenching back and possible cracked rib.
Up to Saturday 1715 men registered for selective service have been called to appear for physical examinations in Laramie county. All are class 1-A with no exemptions. Dr J H Conway, the examining physician, plans to examine fifty registrants every other day, accelerating district board work.
Washington reports that more than half the needed shipyard workers for the merchant marine have been obtained in the first half of the first week of the nationwide enrollment campaign by the United States Public Service Reserve. Incomplete returns to director William E. Hall show progress, with the drive to continue another week and in states not yet filled after the campaign.
Telegraphed orders from former Washington custodian A Mitchell Palmer designate the Trent Trust Company of Honolulu as alien property custodian and depository for Hawaii. Richard W. Trent is the appointed head, with significance due to many German individuals and firms operating in the territory including sugar planters and agents.
Miss Pearl Wheeler a trained cataloguer from Iowa State University Library school has arrived in Cheyenne to head the public document division cataloguing project. An appropriation was made at the Mastlecialeuse providing for this work.
The narrator observes Donna's solemn birthday ritual, mourning a lost past. Donna reveals a painted sixteen year old portrait is of herself, while the woman beside it is matured and altered by love and time. The scene underscores memory, transformation, and unresolved longing as the legacy of a life lived.
In Rock Springs the total real mined in state reached 8 789 514 tons by year end in September. The figure reflects mineral production as documented for the period.
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