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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
12
The notice states The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish all news dispatches credited or not credited in this paper and reserves all rights to special dispatches published herein.
A historical account analyzes Grace Lusk and a horse doctor affair ending in murder and 19 years imprisonment. It argues literature spurred her passion, criticizing how reading trashy works or clinging to abstract ideas shaped her dangerous mindset and life choices.
The war department extends age limits to nearly triple draft manpower. United States plans to send over 4,000,000 troops in eight months and build an army of over 5,000,000 by next summer. Leaders warn allies rely on US reserves, urging massive industrial and civilian mobilization, including millions of women workers and colossal bond funding. The nation must intensify effort, endure great sacrifices, and not falter.
Observers note Roluhaviki celebrate a revolutionary feast day with cublet decorations. Critics warn against declaring every day a feast and enforcing cubicat thought patterns, while one of the orar’s daughters reports headaches from the new order.
The article notes German papers lamenting gambling mania over land possession and mentions U S food administration assurances of no milk or ice shortages. It also covers bondholder concerns, Hindenburg, and a talk on War Savings Stamps pledges on June 28 as well as Miss Edpn Geister’s work on recreation centers in Washington and near training camps.
An American artillery regiment in France adopts an orphaned 8 year old boy nicknamed Pat after he lost his mother at Verdun. The unit raises 2000 francs to fund his care and education as they move to front duty. The exhibit, a US government display, will travel with badges and other battlefield items to the fair with bonds to the state fair association.
East Lake City reports visitors to the Utah state fair in the fall will inspect samples of practical articles used on the French battlefront by American troops. The feature highlights wartime homefront ingenuity and tangible equipment shown to the public.
A letter to Frank Phillips from his son in the sugar industry in the islands reports a cane crop at least 25 percent larger this year. Factory improvements will allow more cane extraction, nearly doubling output over last year, while industrial conditions and higher labor and food prices are noted for U S readers.
The report notes limited impact of the world war on Philippine life, with industrial conditions little changed. Factory workers earn about $3.25 per day for twelve hours, while some sugar boiler jobs pay up to $90 monthly for top performers. Many laborers, often Spanish, earn around 69 cents daily, with living costs said to be low and diets centered on eggs, chicken, and fruit.
Rome reports that keeping war capital occupied after conflict is the key and danger for Italy’s future. The Popolo Romano urges plans to keep wartime funds working and prevent dumping that harms home industry as read on page three of the Sok Growers National Bank advertisement.
A real eighteen foot whale trapped near Battersea Bridge in the Thames was killed and weighed on a wharf. The article notes royal ownership rules for whale parts, with the tail to the queen and head to the king, and cites historic royal perquisites tied to sturgeon and other catches.
Wyoming and Washington report a Interior Department ruling that state lands within reclamation projects are not classified as lands to private ownership and thus not subject to a 10 percent penalty for failing to apply for water within a year after notice. The decision, based on a Belle Fourche case, concludes state lands fall under unentered public lands and cannot be penalized, aiming to avoid coercing state purchasers who cannot file before use rights are defined.
The Y M C A at Camp Kearny in San Diego reports weekly educational activities with 14 Anatomy attendees, 180 in 10 French classes, 165 in 15 Bugilah sessions for Americans with limited natural group knowledge, and 46 in six grammar grade classes. Much of the Bugilah program centers on remount station work.
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