Prohibition Campaign Leveraging Ads to Convert Cities
Campaign manager Charles Gielzte details a nationwide effort by the Strengthen America Campaign to promote prohibition through paid newspaper advertising. The program includes 60 ads daily, posters, leaflets, a motion picture, labor papers, and a 100 page study book distributed to lawmakers and workers, aiming to sway urban voters in cities where saloons remain.
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York
Houde
Chas.gielzte
Strengthen
Thougar
Ted Linton
Congress
Stelzie
Prohuition
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Hoston
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New Jersey
America
Army Surgeons Thorough in Preparations for Draft Examination
Camp Kearney San Diego California July 19 How thoroughly preparations were made for the examination of California draft recruits are outlined. Army surgeons describe meticulous medical checks and standardized procedures to assess fitness for service, with emphasis on accuracy and fairness in testing.
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Camp Kearney
San Diego
Cal
California
Democratic King George V Described by Woman Writer
Paris reports a Woman correspondent for the Petit Parisien describing King George V as a democratic king. She describes Buckingham Palace investitures as accessible to all, noting his simple costume and steady, dignified bearing. The article portrays him as incarnating public sentiment and sharing labor and anxieties with the people.
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Paris
George V
Petit Parisien
Buckingham Palace
George
England
Over 80 Years Old Completes His 48th Big Walk
London July 19 B N Radford aged over 80 has just finished his forty eighth Bristol to London walk to teach common sense about meat and drink. He delivers a Hyde Park lecture using Daniel text and recalls the Crimean War march to the Iron Duke’s funeral. He is a total abstainer and non-smoker. After the 200 mile stroll he walks into Wiltshire to work on a farm for four months.
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London
B. N. Radford
Bristol
England
Hyde Park
Radford
Portsmouth
Iron Duke
Wiltshire
Distribution of Sugar on Border Limited
El Paso July 19 The district food administrator orders further sugar limits along the border after grocers were selling beyond permit quantities. Buyers shipped sugar across the river to Mexico where it fetched more than double the price, prompting the curbs.
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EL Paso
Mexico
Death of Mrs Bond Prompts Local Sympathy
W W Woolston of this city received word of the death of his sister Mrs B B Bond formerly of Banta Cruz California. The Bonds lived in Cheyenne for 18 years before moving to California where they now reside at 1908. The community expresses regret and extends heartfelt sympathy to the family.
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W. W. Woolston
B. B. Bond
Banta Crux
Cal
Mr Bond
Cheyenne
California
American Consul Has Record for Hospital Visits
Col. Albert W. Swalm, American consul at Southampton, has visited more American soldiers in hospitals than any other man in the country. For three years he and Mrs Swalm conducted a weekly hospital visit program within a wide radius, aided by an informal intelligence network. May visits averaged 500 weekly as more Canadians and Brits entered service. He also tended American graves in nearby cemeteries with Memorial Day rites.
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Southampton
Eng
Albert W. Swalm
Swalm
Iowa
United States
England
Walm
American Red Cross
Colonel Swalm
Hours Changed at Camp Kearney Drill and Visit Policy
Camp Kearney announces a new schedule for drills and training with revised daily times. The day starts at 6 75 a m and runs 7 a m to 2 26 p m and 1 p m to 4 p m with guard mounting at 4 30 p m. Visitors may enter 4 30 to 6 30 p m Wednesdays and 8 30 a m to 9 30 p m Saturdays and Sundays.
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Camp Kearney
Reveille
Greeks Prove Loyalty to United States in Cheyenne Club
Greek citizens in Cheyenne show loyalty through action. The 100 per cent American club, begun days ago, now includes nearly all of the roughly 200 Greek residents. About a score have not joined yet but are expected to join before week’s start. All members have affiliated with Cheyenne’s 100 per cent American club.
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Cheyyenne
United States
Cheyenne
Thoes
Janathan
Three Negroes Registered From Other Boards Sent to Camp Lewie
Three Negroes registered from other boards were sent to Camp Lewie American Lake Washington by the local board of Laramite county yesterday. The men are Log G Heador from Ft. Madison Iowa in charge of three Lantor Dougherty of Allas Kanoss and Metcert L Foster of Buffalo New York. The other twenty two Negroes will leave from this county this month.
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Camp Lewie
American Lake
Wash
Laramite County
Log G
Heador Ft. Madison
Towa
Lantor Dougherty
Aallas
Kanoss
Metcert L. Foster
Buffalo
N.Y
Sale of School District Bonds in Big Horn County
Notice announces sale of coupon bonds by School District No. 42 Basin Wyoming. Bonds total 9793.17 dollars issued to fund a new schoolhouse, 6 percent interest, due in ten years. Sale date August 8 1918 during business hours at the County Treasurer's Office Basin. Trustees Jay Loman J A Snyder Harvey H Hurst.
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Bonda
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Econpon Bonda
Basin
Gale
Humbersa
Jay Loman
J. A. Snyder
Harvey H. Hurst
Building and Loan Association
National Brokerage Co
West 17Th St
Inez
Cheyenne
County of
Laramie
State of
Stock Growers National Bank
J. L. Murray
CALL FOR BIDS FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE PRINTING 1918
Wyoming Secretary of State invites sealed proposals for printing and binding legislative materials for the Fifteenth State Legislature. Bids cover session laws journals expenditures reports and miscellaneous documents with specific binding and format requirements. Submissions due by two o'clock p m August 8 1918. work to be performed within Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Secretary of State
Bliss
Boy Scouts Aid El Paso In Pear Orchard Work
El Paso Boy Scouts are employed in Ysleta Texas pear orchards and fruit packing stations. They camp on site and work on piece rates earning between 1 and 2 50 dollars daily under a foreman while assisting in preparing the pear crop for market.
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Ysleta
Tex
el Paso
Hasta
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Cheyenne Business Directory
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