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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
13
A Washington dispatch praises National Guard troops in France as capable, educated, and ready. It notes high officer potential, with many regiments featuring college graduates and ex football players, and describes rapid expansion of the American army and the homegrown spirit driving discipline and transformation.
Oil firms plan extensive drilling across Niobrara county as severe weather looms. Companies including Ohio Oil, Midwest Refining, and Casper Embar push multiple rigs toward Cow Buck, Lusk, Van Tassell, Muddy Creek, and Lance Creek fields while Hidden Dome and Teapot Dome see progress. winter readiness includes casings, supplies, and new standard rigs.
An old column suggests Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can revitalize women prone to worry and blues due to functional disorders. It claims outdoors life, sleep, water, and a few weeks of the remedy may strengthen the system and work wonders.
Union Pacific offers winter jobs for dry farmers along its lines in car shops and round houses. Free transport to and from work and potential earnings of at least 40 dollars monthly are provided to homesteaders, with placement arranged via local agents or district terminals.
In a United States district court session yesterday nine men underwent naturalization tests. Eight were of European birth and one from Canada. Names include Bernhard Wetman Russian Cheyenne Stefan Radheff Hulgarian Cheyenne William Henry Melilands Canadian Phillips John William Chicoros Greek Hartville Alaxim Ameljanik Russlan Phillipe James Morton Scot Cheyenne Vincent and Joseph Martellarg Shillane Chingwater Christian Johnson Norwegian Buford. Six applicants proceed to final hearing on April 1. Names listed include Gerard Schellinger Hollander Pine Bluffs Kriek H KE West Swiss Cheyenne Rudolph Simon Russian Carpenter John Slavik Austria Mvanston Mak and Morria Binder Ruselans Guernsey.
Cheyenne residents are urged to attend a 100 Per Cent American club meeting on Americanism led by Hilliard Ridgley. The gymnasium seats 1 000 with overflow plans and promises strong turnout as prominent local business leaders support the movement against German influence.
Unsettled and colder Wednesday with snow. Wyoming data shows low clarity but notes normal temperature around 26 degrees with a recent 4 degree rise. Wind velocities reach 24 mph, precipitation near zero with no snow accumulation today.
New national patriotic oratory drive to explain the war and its aims. Arthur B. Bestor leads a federal committee plan with speakers including Secretary McAdoo, Henry J. Allen, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and Bishop Williams, backed by state councils and diverse civic groups.
Casper prosecutor Nichol s receives a blackmail note demanding 7000 dollars be placed in a box at a Casper street intersection. A reward of 1000 dollars is offered by the All American League of Casper for the arrest and conviction of the sender. Governor Houx says state reward up to 5000 dollars may be possible through county commissioners and the prosecutor. The letter threatens harm to Nichol’s child if the demand is not met and imitates a past Missouri crime.
Cheyenne drug stores report Coca Cola will vanish from local soda fountains as sugar once used for the drink is diverted to other needs. Dealers say current stock may last months but there will be no more after that.
A string of short items notes Kemmerer and Divide residents in Cheyenne for business and social calls. mentions taxi and touring car services, quarantine alerts at Western Union, and scheduled meetings including a patriotic gathering of the Per Cent American club and a college basketball event.
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