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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
14
A Hawaii wartime campaign promotes bananas as critical food stock and a morale booster. The Hawaiian Defense Society urges mobilizing banana production, shipping, and consumption while opposing German propaganda and urging stricter alcohol and public-regulation enforcement.
Portland Indiana resident Mrs JosefHie Kimble details displacing illness that left her unable to stand or work. After medical treatment failed, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength enabling her to resume housework. The ad invites readers to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
In Los Angeles on February 28, thrift stamps are promoted as wartime support, with local businesses replacing typical ads to bolster the campaign. A blotter touts thrift stamps as a partnership with Uncle Sam, urging citizens to convert small change into war aid and praising democratic values and national duty.
U S Navy crews aboard more than 600 American steamships have agreed to follow new wheat and meat saving menus crafted by the food administration commerce department and shipping board. Officials expect substantial reductions in wheat and meat use with eight wheatless meals a week and one meatless day weekly.
London reports indicate wartime conditions boosted Britain's liquor business. A Times writer notes whisky demand rose while tax based on strength fell, pushing profits up around 160 percent. Beer prices doubled, quality allegedly declined, and brewery stocks surged on exchanges.
A Boston Transcript fragment shows a wife asking if a bold map could kidnap her, with husband John replying he always rewards those who do a favor. The odd dialogue contrasts concern for danger with a whimsical pledge of reward.
February report from a port in France notes American troops found the camp three to four miles from town a welcome change from Texas and Mexico, but winter rains and mud have damaged roads and shacks. The base plans to hold 20 000 men with two large YMCA halls and dedicated quarters for black soldiers including a separate YMCA building under construction.
In Mexico City on February 28 bull fighting, long taboo, is about to resume in the federal district. Carlos B retina, president of the district, met President Carranza who reportedly had no objections. Officials cite revenue as the motive for changing policy.
Camp Kearny's library seeks technical and scientific books to aid soldiers. Southern California technical societies urge members to donate spare volumes, especially on engineering physics mathematics chemistry electricity and automotive technology. Everett R. Perry of the Los Angeles library coordinates the donations and notes many men seek technical reads for advancement.
Amsterdam report quotes a Warsaw pamphlet printed in Rheinisch Westfalische Zeitung. The Polish address to Emperor William mocks his army for stripping Polish homes and wealth while foreseeing a future Polish eastern province under the empire. It also derides allies and great powers and pleads imperial favor.
Philadelphia holds a premier art collection valued at about 4 million dollars from the late John G. Johnson. Executors say public viewing will take at least a year, delayed by plans to fireproof and adapt Johnson's home for display. The collection will eventually move to a new municipal gallery in Fairmount Park, but completion dates are years away.
London February 28. The famous steel pacing yacht Sareanie, once owned by Lieut. Guelayv von Bohren und Halbach, head of the Krupp works, was seized at Cowes at the war’s start and has now been sold for 850000.
The yacht, once sold in prize court last May for 50 000 to Capt Hans Hennevig a Norwegian, has now gone to the United States. The sale yielded 50 000 for the British and French Red Cross. The guarantee of 50 000 deposited to prevent delivery to the enemy is released and Hennevig asks the court to transfer the deposit to the Red Cross.
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