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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
4
Tuesday marks a statewide Test of Women's Patriotism as the Council for National Defense leads poll duties in every precinct. About 55 000 Wyoming women are urged to volunteer for wartime service while registration blanks have been distributed and counties organized for the campaign.
A fragment notes that people choose times of day that best suit their convective nicor needs. It hints at scheduling around individual routines and environmental conditions, without detailing specific hours or locations.
A fragment argues that wartime conditions yield benefits like a wartime Fourth of July showing fewer fatalities and accidents. It emphasizes saving the lives of the youth over economic gains from gunpowder and criticizes careless practices that waste resources.
The article notes Russian prospects of renewed action after supposed long stalemate, with Galicia as a likely flashpoint. It remarks on previous chaotic name spellings by reporters and suggests wartime readers will now record Slavic forces as allies more accurately.
The president urges local draft examiners to judge exemption claims with justice fearlessness and impartiality as 9.6 million men are subject to call and 650000 to be chosen. The system favors those with less economic value, risking protests and potential unfairness at the outset. The aim is a war for democracy free from injustice and to test democracy itself.
A wartime camp diary describes daily drills from 6:30 p m to 10 p m at an officers training camp in California. It notes the fear of resignation, the heavy workload, and the uncertain path to commissions, with emphasis on discipline and the tough path to qualification.
In northern Mexico matches are scarce and conserved. A new tax adds to selling price and varies with supply from the United States. Mexicans light cigarettes with a single match shared by several men and use wax tips with sulphur heads that are lit briefly and saved for reuse.
New York announces an emergency nine hour course in bookkeeping and office practice to fill clerical war duties. The program, run by the College of the City of New York and the mayor's council of defense, offers free instruction and aims to train men and women for government service.
State paper explains the voluntary female registration day for food conservation. The article reproduces half the registration card women will fill and notes a second, simpler card from Hoover's Food Administration. It urges all patriotic housewives to register at the same locations as the June military registration, detailing duties without fees.
Sheridan dispatch recounts Maudlin Madeline Tone Sullivan nicknamed Mushy Madeline as she marries Albert Campbell a Cree from Alaska after chasing Plenty Hawk the Crow years ago. She returns from Chicago to wed the Cree and plan life on his native land.
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