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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
16
The document questions the Y M C A selection for overseas work during wartime, noting errors and recalls of men deemed unfit. It states seven thousand sent, five thousand still abroad, and explains enlistment or departure pressures for remaining workers as August approached.
The Y M C A continues to deploy soldiers to support troops in France while easing discharge transitions after World War I. It notes overseas workers faced danger, with nine killed, twenty nine seriously wounded or gassed, and thirty one dying from exposure or overwork. The council plans a demobilization budget revision and will announce how its war fund is used.
Secretary Baker states promotions were halted to avoid officer surplus after the armistice. He proposes raising reserve corps grades to honor every war service officer and asks Congress to amend ranks law. Demobilisation limits active duties while reservists remain, creating a need to adjust future commissions.
A maniac with two loaded revolvers shot through central Philadelphia streets. Two policemen and an onlooker died, five others were wounded as the fugitive yelled insults. Motorcycle officers caught and beat him into unconsciousness after a mile chase.
The Truth About Russia committee, formed by American publicists including editors from the Nation Survey and the New Republic, asserts the Soviet government is orderly under Lenine and urges Allies and the United States to deal with Lenine. It claims Lenine leads a moderate faction and that the regime has strong popular support.
U S Weather Bureau report for Cheyenne Wyoming on January 26 1919 at 6 AM and 6 PM lists a temperature of 25 to 26 degrees with a high of 24 and a low of 18. Winds northwest to 32 mph and 0.0 inches of precipitation. Relative humidity around 0.84.
Information from Lt. Claire Wilson, a survivor, reports seven of ten crewmen on the American oil schooner Augusta H. Babcock perished in a fire at sea last week near Bermuda. Two others survived injuries and are in a Philadelphia hospital. The captain was killed carrying a line. two crew jumped overboard. The Boston owned vessel, built in Brewer, Maine in 1904, burned to the waterline.
Rochester police arrest two foreigners believed to head a Bolshevik and anarchist group in the city. Prisoners claim thousands of Bolsheviks are organized here with regular meetings lately and Bolshevik literature found on them sent from New York City for distribution.
Barnes of San Antonio Texas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar cured a stubborn cough after flu and pneumonia. He notes lasting relief after one night of rest and a total cost of 1.20 for cure. He claims the remedy is worth 50.00 per bottle and urges readers to try it.
Local ads list coal varieties from Mital Coal Company and display items from Holza Huckfeldt & Finkbiner. Plains Auto Co. offers tire vulcanizing battery service and repairs with open hours 8 a m to 10 p m. Watches cleaned and springs replaced with modest prices. A Masonic notice announces a special Wyoming Consistory meeting at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday January 28 1915 at 8 o'clock with John P Rossman and Samuel Corson named.
New Bedford Massachusetts born rear admiral H G C Colby aged 68 today noted for war work in France. Danlel Willard Baltimore & Ohio chair and colonel of engineers in France born Martland Vermont age 65. Lathene Gilman Oregon Washington railways director born Levant Maine age 62. William V Allen former Nebraska senator born Madison County Ohio age 72.
Reports from Barcelona say disorder increases with daily street fights between Castillanists and supporters of Count Romanones. Several wounded, reports of two killed disputed by the interior minister who says they were only wounded. Police conduct house visits and seize weapons.
Theater lovers are invited to see Arthur Lavine & Co at the Princess Theater on Wednesday. The program promises a splendid, quality act and urges audiences not to miss the show.
A Cleveland based advertisement promotes a safe dependable treatment for itching skin irritations. It claims relief from torture and irritation with a single daily application. The product is sold by E. W. Rose Co. in Cleveland Ohio.
Washington January 27 The post office appropriation bill carries about 400 million dollars, up 39 million from previous totals, and passed the House. The Senate post office committee favorably reports the measure. The Senate also approved ten and a half million for a hospital building for sailors and soldiers and then addressed the agricultural appropriation bill in night sessions.
Italians, by delaying actions and obstructing lines, stunned Austrian positions at Nos and Camp Mulo valleys and captured 1500 prisoners, marking a milestone anniversary in the conflict.
A fragmented note references Calcerha calcium tablet touted as a tonic and health builder. It mentions remedies to combat coughing and weakness and hints at a medical patent or brand from an era, with unclear attribution to Bekmap’s Alterativ and ARAN.
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