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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
13
Local items note an awning installed by Thoipton Motor Co on Seventeenth street. Visitors include C L Agnew from Rock Springs and J E Osborne from Rawlins. Laramie and Casper arrivals, plus Sherman Co. services and taxi calls featured. real estate and auto showroom plans announced.
Washington residents note Colorado Springs tops per capita war fund contributions with 4.20 dollars per person while Kansas City Missouri reports 3.10 per resident as the final week drive to raise 100 million continues.
The Women's Civic League of Cheyenne meeting at the Carnegie Library discussed progress across committees and sent a message to Secretary Baker urging a nationwide safety zone around all military posts. A program for next meeting was planned and posters for depots to aid women travelers were ordered.
The Lar amie County Sunday schools held their annual convention in Hillsdale at the First Presbyterian Church with over 100 workers and friends present. Rev. B L McFarland and other ministers spoke. Mrs W D B Gray led programs. a Red Cross donation topped 320. officers were elected and Pine Bluffs will host next year.
The administration introduces food bills in Congress to stabilize prices for producers and consumers. Hoover describes a four branch food program to regulate exports and curb speculation, mobilize distribution, and decentralize administration to states, under Wilson’s guidance.
An advertisement promises a confidential message for wives of drinkers and outlines a claimed method to conquer the habit in three days. It urges sharing the plan and writing to Edw. J. Woods in New York for the procedure.
Arthur Smith rode a Harley Davidson to easy wins in all events at Fron tier park Sunday. The 25 mile race was closest, with only two of five finishers, N D Folkrod on an Indian and Smith. Smith also won the five mile run in 5 minutes 33 seconds and the ten mile run in 11 minutes 10 seconds. A large crowd attended, many exiting after paying gate admissions to aid Red Cross.
Chicago June 25 Rabe Roth stays on suspended duties with the Red Sox pending the umpire's official report after he assaulted umpire Ow en Gesurday in Mesian.
A veteran, 8. B. Lamphere, credits a free book on tobacco habit with his sudden quitting. He reports no tobacco desire and feels renewed. To obtain the book postpaid contact Edward J. Woods at 1491 G Station E, New York City.
William M. Jeffers, longtime Union Pacific executive, has been elected vice president and general manager effective July 1. He began as a messenger boy in North Platte and rose through roles including telegraph operator, train dispatcher, chief dispatcher, superintendent of Utah and W orking divisions, and general manager in 1916.
CE McGarvey withdraws a $10 claim for use of a barn to register voters. He says he was not fully aware of the situation and assumed free service, noting prior election use of such barn and government service expectations.
A London report lists casualties from a German raid, detailing 157 hurt and 12 dead as the city endures its heaviest toll yet. Officials confirm a high fatality count in the East London area amid ongoing air raid warnings.
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