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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
10
In Kemmerer Wyoming Tom Pakask, a miner from a nearby camp, followed two young women after a dance. He was restrained by bystanders, jailed overnight, and fined 26 dollars for disturbing the peace.
Five Dittman brothers from Baveil Wyoming enlist in the U S Army joining their four brothers already in service. They pose with a Denver Post tribute and plan to ship to Mare Island and Camp Fremont California joining the artillery and other branches. Local officials and farmers rally support pledging time and funds to improve a key county road to Garland and the Bench to aid travel and food production.
Powell Wisconsin June 5 The Badger club room meeting Monday night raised 8500 to repair a long neglected road. Officials said funds would accelerate surface work and address safety concerns for local commuters.
Two escaped German prisoners attempted to cross the English Channel in a simple rowboat. They were intercepted by a coast patrol near Zeebrugge after sailing about sixty miles from a camp near Salisbury Plain. They carried small sums in silver and had bags of biscuits hidden under a boat along the beach.
A newborn boy was delivered on a southbound Colorado & Southern train near Cheyenne. Passengers aided by John Hardcastle and Miss Allie Jewell, with hospital staff, as Mrs. Anderson and infant were taken to St. John’s hospital. They plan to return to Denver soon.
Only one new recruit attended the wireless telegraph class last week led by instructor J R, MM, despite a call for ten. The government set a 25 member Cheyenne class quota, but only sixteen enrolled, with several routed for promotion to government schools, possibly creating more vacancies. The program runs four evenings weekly from 7:40 to 9:20, offering radio work training and potential enlistment advantages for the armed forces.
George Randolph Chester and wife Ilian Chester describe returning from a six month France visit to tell war stories. They recount New York and Broadway crowds, restored comforts, cake shops, ice cream, and the jarring contrast with wartime Paris. They note American war spirit and ongoing air raid alarms.
Alaska May 3 report describes Harry Beagls and Frank Burgess starting a trapping expedition in a light car to Delta country. The venture marks a push to modernize travel in harsh Yukon terrain despite poor roads and the risk of failure.
A reader from St Louis shares a testimonial about her mother giving Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to a fifteen year old girl with pains and weakness. The letter credits the remedy with restoring strength and health and praises the product and its maker.
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