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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1918
Page
14
Washington dispatch reports Belgian civilians, not criminals, pressed into forced labor behind German lines. Camp conditions near the front, strict schedules, meager rations, harsh punishments, and scarce medical care are detailed, with deportations and labor intensification noted.
Advertisement extols Dr Prices Pinex syrup as the preferred cough remedy across the United States and Canada. It claims rapid relief from obstinate coughs and urges keeping a bottle at home for night and day use with a 60 cent bottle, totaling about 65 cents for a pint.
Two diagrams from the British Admiralty display submarine warfare scores. One chart tracks German U boats with a peak in April 1917 and a decline thereafter. the other shows Allied success rising since September 1916. Both rely on official records and scales, though not perfectly aligned in units.
The quote notes women’s aversion to factory labor due to distance from home and the lack of guaranteed childcare, highlighting social barriers to employment in industrial settings. It reflects concerns about balancing work, travel, and family responsibilities in the era.
The article reports a new campaign for war effort similar to last year’s “way gardens” and outlines state plans to organize home guard units in towns, resist Canadian draft enlistment, and set up labor agencies. Dr J. M. Wilson and Bishop Brown were elected to join the nine-member council, with other war-related matters addressed.
John T Morgan a prominent Greeley Colorado ranchman died at St Johns hospital after a brief illness. He was 28 and a partner in the Kelley and Morgan firm of Greeley. The body will be shipped to Colorado.
The United States Food Administration will ship 1500 farm tractors to France to boost crops and ease toil for the elderly and children. The first hundred are en route, with all units due by March for spring plowing. Henry Morgenthau Jr. will oversee instructions for French operators and work with the French agriculture minister to distribute and use the tractors efficiently.
Senator Baker challenges plans for a new department and warns against delaying essential work. Chairman Cham berlain presses that current conditions are overstated. Baker argues the public will feel secure only when full facts show progress.
W. H. Douglas, held in Cheyenne city jail after a recent overcoat theft arrest, is sought by Sidney Nebraska authorities for cashing a check without an account. He claimed to be a piano tuner and may transfer to Sidney for trial as Nebraska officials plan to obtain papers.
A bank robbery ended in multiple killings as an army captain, described as a friend of C Fuller Winters, opened fire after a hold up at 8 40. Warnall named the suspect, and Winters’ reply Dixon. Whisler, a former Spanish American War veteran, served as captain and was killed along with four others. He was 40, his family from Salina and Goodlands, Kansas.
The National Council of Defense urges public night schools in 24 Connecticut cities to advertise English courses to aliens and use English learning as a path to American customs. It proposes multilingual war bulletins and expansion of night schools to new cities.
Illinois the state council directs county councils to form an executive committee linking county agencies and federal bodies. Westchester New York distributes waterproof pocketbooks to service members with info on legal and business aid. Illinois plans a 1918 food program conference with federal and county officials. Montana districts study land under cultivation and farm activity from the past year.
Amster dam dispatch reports Admiral von Tirpitz former German minister of marine states Germany must hold the Flanders coast but Belgium's annexation is unnecessary and a solution to the issue can be found.
New York Jan 12 all unim portant industries and theaters may close for three days each week while the coal crisis lasts in New England New York Pennsylvania and Maryland. Action was recommended at a meeting of fuel administrators and final decision rests with Dr Garfield.
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