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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1919
Page
8
The Johnston Grocery advertises dried fruit from Griffin & Slype, highlighting Fancy Seedless Raisins and Seeded Raisins, with limited stock and low prices. It notes wartime supply shifts and urges families to buy in reasonable amounts, listing 1917 pack peaches and large box quantities.
An OCR fragment notes strong European demand for Winesap apples with Paris and London cited as hungry markets. It mentions 800 boxes shipped over three months, ships carrying full loads, and price outlook around five dollars per box in the country. Promotes immediate sale of a box described as perfect for two to three months storage.
Wilhelm Wolters of Honolulu, naturalized American for decades, left nearly all his 455000 dollar fortune to the Free and Hanse Town of Bremen Germany in a will made four months after U.S. entered World War I. The estate is to be held in trust ten years with annuities to two brothers and other relatives, then the residue to Bremen for charitable and educational uses. Richard H. Trent of Hawaii Custodian of Enemy Alien Property will seek Washington guidance on whether the wealth ultimately reaches Bremen. Wolters owned shares in H Hackfeld Ltd and Pactora Ltd and died recently.
Readers are invited to mail a coupon to Foley & Co to receive a trial package including Poley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheum and Foley Cathartic Tablets for digestion. Ad appears as a consumer promotion.
Notice by Soul Weiss of a special meeting of stockholders holding over ten percent of The Good Hope Mining and Production Company. Meeting set for February 5 1919 at The International Hotel Cheyenne Wyoming at 10 p.m. for renewal and continuation of the corporation under Colorado law.
Union Pacific press bureau reports that most Wyoming men remain with occupation forces in Germany as the 9th and 35th divisions are not yet detached. Army officials say overseas forces will shrink to a minimum and many units will sail home soon, with Camp Funston handling a high demobilization capacity. Early returns appear possible for the 25th division and two middle western units, while the 40th and 2nd divisions also prepare for discharge.
A vintage storefront ad highlights Fancy Utah Tomatoes in large two pound and two and a half pound cans and lists canned kraut string beans and Red Cross Brand items. It promotes bulk coffees and oleo with assorted prices and package sizes.
A Swed ish American foundation is formed in Stockholm to develop and improve cultural commercial and sports ties between Sweden and the United States. Honorary member Ira Nelson Morris and business science and finance leaders head the group which operates independently of the American-Scandinavian foundation but will cooperate with it.
London reports that all restrictions on trading in metals in the United Kingdom have been removed, though export licenses remain required. Ministry of Munitions stockpiles as of December 1, 1918 include copper 27,530 tons, Boelter G. C. B. 18,748 tons, refined 6,544 tons, aluminum 10,215 tons, soft pig lead 49,111 tons, nickel 1,735 tons, antimony 303 tons.
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