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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
6
The piece lauds President Wilson’s Mt Vernon Fourth of July address to thirty foreign nationals as among the era’s finest utterances. It compares the speech to the Declaration and Gettysburg Address, framing it as a peak expression of America's ideals in a transformative era.
The passage reflects on America's stance toward world freedom and the readers of the republic. It quotes a line about preventing death of whole peoples and a goal of the reign of law based on consent of the governed and human consent. It praises Washington, Lincoln, and Wilson as voices shaping republican ideals amid crisis.
The article outlines U boat design features including bow and stern torpedo tubes, potential side tubes on larger models, fixed or retractable guns, a portable machine gun, and fore and aft masts with wireless gear. It notes mines on some subs and devices to cut nets, deploy divers, or raise a buoy, with varying effectiveness.
A Black man in town reportedly consumed five pounds of boiled ham 18 eggs eight orders of potatoes half a ton of bread and nine cups of coffee at John Baker restaurant. He finished the meal paid seven dollars and fifty cents and departed without incident.
Lucas, Tortegon and Mike Bena, two Mexicans known in Cheyenne, were jailed in Fort Collins awaiting trial on bootlegging charges. Authorities say they loaded a car with 30 pint bottles of whiskey headed for Fourth of July consumption but stopped at Belews where they intended to continue by auto.
An old offender aid faces Colorado penitentiary for a second offence after a failed attempt to steal agriculture property was thwarted by police. The other man had no prior arrests for this charge.
Two men, formerly at the T. D. HoHt ranch near Cora Wyoming, absconded last week with two saddle horses and outfits not theirs. A posse searched but they vanished into the Jackson Hole region. The suspects are described as desperate and well armed, last seen after a night departure.
The article notes over $75 000 paid to soldiers at the fort on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hundreds of soldiers visited downtown to spend their pay, yet they remained orderly with little trouble. City police reported only minor fights and no arrests among uniformed men. Military police had little to do.
Wednesday's police court session was light with only two intoxicated men charged with disturbance. The drunks did not pay their fines and were left to face local officials on the street.
The Sellar Flooto circus brings two prized elephants named Tebby and Snyder to Cherottie Batutday on July 13. The elephants, portrayed as star performers rather than typical acts, receive praise from trainers Mona Thomas and Adele Winters. The piece highlights their temperaments and talents, contrasting them with less skilled bulls and noting their central role in the parade and big show.
A Glenrock Oil Company well, described as one of its largest gushers, caught fire in the Big Muddy district and shot flames into the air. A telephone report from the scene cut communications, leaving the blaze’s extent and danger unknown.
Pinedale Wyoming postpones the Fourth of July celebration due to floods. High water hindered fish for the feed, poor root conditions will limit attendance, and speaker access was difficult. A full celebration is moved to July 19 with hopes for a grand event.
A short wartime appeals item urges residents to buy War Savings Stamps to support national defense and postwar savings, highlighting civic duty and financial prudence as the drive continues.
An error in Thursday’s paper misidentified buyers of two purebred Holstein cows. The Archer experiment station, a breeder, was the seller, not the purchaser. Plaine Dairy of Cheyenne and Virgil Anderson of Pine Bluffs were the actual buyers.
In London at St James Square, the American YMCA set up a women run hostel for US troops. The facility, built by Agnes Brooks and staffed by Lady Essex and volunteers, includes 110 rooms, a reading room, dining hall, baths, showers, and meals from 1.20 to 2.50 dollars. The effort leverages wartime hospitality with strong British elite presence nearby.
The wife of a Royal Engineers brigadier general, Miss Decima Moore, has opened a home for British soldiers on leave in Paris. Baron d Er Lang er provided part of the Hotel Merne near Place de la Republique. subscriptions exceed 250000 dollars. About 200 men dine daily. 52000 meals served in January. 7500 find lodging at Hotel Moderne. Activities include trips to historical sites, concerts, dances, and entertainments. A guest leaflet urges soldiers to maintain the honor of the uniform abroad.
Niobrara county rural school trustees meet at Luak to discuss paying 76 dollars monthly to teachers through the county. The proposal, seen as a recommendation, aims to gain wider acceptance by other counties including Larathie and will be brought up at the rural school directors conference at the state university in Lar mie.
Magsie M Martian of Wheatland and dozens of out of town guests from Nebraska Colorado Iowa and Wyoming celebrated the Fourth in Cheyenne. Visitors included J E Omera Chappel Neb Otto Sorenson Potter Neb Westey and Virgil Schmidt Coleman Colo and many others spending the holiday in the city.
Located in Cheyenne the piano tuner offers 17 years of service tuning and repairing pianos player pianos and pipe organs. Claims to have worked for famous artists and urges readers to call 600 or 209W to place an order for guaranteed expert service.
A skeptical reader argues against condemning all advertised medicines while acknowledging fakes exist. The piece cites Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments, claiming forty years of relief and growing nationwide popularity.
The first U S. service member to be buried in Cheyenne during the current war will be laid to rest at Mt. Olivet cemetery with full military honors. John J. Mullin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Maltin, died of pneumonia after arriving from Camp Lewis Washington. A morning funeral includes a military service, pallbearers, escort, firing squad, and a requiem mass before burial in the family lot at Mt. Olivet.
Cement contractors are the busiest in Cheyenne handling mall repairs. Work includes the alley crossing between 17th and 18th streets on Carey Ave the post office floor street crossing at 7th and Carey the Woolworth building and several other small repairs in progress.
Frank Rabou a former Chevéup resident now prominent rancher and businessman at Pine Bluffs spent the Fourth of July in Cheyanne. He reports active lumber and building operations at Pine Buffs and says he will erect buildings as soon as materials and workmen are secured.
An old wartime advertisement promotes Irontic a mineral iron tonic claiming to boost energy stamina and blood vitality for soldiers and civilians. It urges purchases via trials sent to Dr Pierce’s Surgical Institute Buffalo New York and mentions Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a related product.
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